The New York herald., 1876-10-21
INDIANA.

BLUE JEANS ACTUAL STRENGTH IN THE CAN
vAss-PHosPECrs FOR NovEMDER-THE DE-
FEATED PARTY RISING BRAvELY FOR THE
SECOND ROUND.
INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. Is. 1875
The struggle that ended last week the victory OF
the and tho defeat Of the republican party
Of this State was one of the most remarkable ever
witnessed in tho West. Forty millions OF people were
eager and anxious spectators and the actors In tho
combat fully realized the fact. Never was a State
thoroughly penetrated by the oratorica
OF both parties, thoroughly fooacd with political
tracts and pamphlets, and moro desperately fought
for through corrupt and unlawful, as we'll through
legitimate, meane. The quantity OF money expended
speakers, tracts professions, colonzers repeat
crs, &c, by both sides must have beon enormous
The cost for the professions Of tho two parties
throughout the State l estimate roughly at
g., 10000; five hundred speakers at $500 each
$3.50, 900; 100000 documents at Ave cents EACH
$3.50 OO0 600 coonizsrs ropoaters shoulder httcrs
and mercenarcs generally At 500 each, ST. 600 00o
contingent expenses for rent elegraphc dispatches
fixed banners advertisements, posters &c, 81 000 0OO
tota So oOo oOo Add to this tho loss to business by
the universal absorption of the population In politics.
about sl5,ooo0oo, ana you have grand total of
$40 900 tho cost Of the canvass IN The
State of Indiana.
THE AND BODILY WEAR AND rRAR
occasioned by Tho excitement OF the contest the late
hours aud consumption OF timuants, may be estimated
as shortening the lives Of tho aggregate population
OF voters 43O OOo by at least l2 900 years. 1t was
costly campaign and eercest ever fought In the
West
ELECTION.
l am satisfied that on the whole there WINS q fair
was so nnnltesimai not to be considered in re-
la.ion to .ho result II is hard in largo city
like this to poll spurious votes when both parties
are up and active and watching each other like tigers
preparing for . spring II II bo difficult here It is
impossible out In the country, where every man 10
known to every other. Perhaps 500 ogtimate votes,
all told, were recorded. Each party OF course raised
a deaicning howl about the importation OF repcatcrs
and coonizers, the ono accusing the other OF per-
forming all tho rasc,lity This is too and well
understood trick To deceive anybody; yet while tn
proportion OF fraudulent ballots In tho
great Of honest there is doubt whatever
that 10th sides largely imported repeaters and
colonzcrs from abroad. However, said before,
the intensity OF feeling and wstchulness so great
the mportations rendered mpotent for mischief
MORE sAyGuISE PARTY.
Tho republicans sangu,no OF victory than
few exceptions, who did feel doubtful OF the re
suit, and hardly think ever met more than two Of
the former who did not feel convinced tho State
going Tor Harrison No crowd OF funeral mutes could
appear sad and silent than the democrats includ
ing Governor Hendricks, who sat in gloomy rcs-
ccnce At the rooms of the Democratic State
Central Committee tho night OF the election,
while the republican headquarters there STIR,
buoyancy and an anticipation Of victory that I'M
pressed on the mind OF the casual visitor the assur
nf I've "a IN lha md fhn m
pubcans kept their iaccs TO the foe and met defeat
with n sublime hcroism Evidently there 10 better
material better organization and vastly moro pluck In
the than In the other. And this leads TO think
that tho not yet out OF the woods that
ana como to the struggle In November in superior
moral and numerical strength Even now they are up
and doing, and preparing with all their might for the
final contest The democrats are tho victors n0w but
from time mmcmorla a conqucring army has been
subjected 10 the temptation OF reposng On Its aurcIs
and 10 the danger OF being conquered turn by willy
and slceplcss antagonist.
LOOKING THE rixLp OVER
The republicans looking the field carefully
to where they repair heir losses Their speak
will swarm over the State next week. Thoy
satisfied enough OF bloody shirt not injected Into
the recent canvass, and that \ more sanguinary
representation OF the to which the southern
people intend to carry their Of determination
tho negro and more alarming picture OF the desperate
designs thcS have upon the government will arouse
moro thoroughly she Tears oil the people and impel
them 10 tho republican side.
BLUE JEANS WILLIAMS
is given credit In many quarters for pulling the dem
ocrats through tho campaign. Certainty the fame
OF his blue jeans aud the TACT his being
. farmer populnrized him to some extent
among the rural population, but his uncouth
appearance and uneducacd address forfeited him the
votes OF hundreds OF democrats In the towns. While
the agricultural Hoosier Of the accepted type doesn't
care button how man dresses speaks so long as
he is OF the craft there a numerous class Of
farmers, democratic as woll as republican, who feel
sensitive regarding the style OF man that should oil
the gubernaIoriai chair and who In this
keeny alive TO the fact that Indiana likely to be-
the laughing stock Of the nation by the election
Of Blue Jeans. Had Blue jeans shown himself 10 the
farmers aonc and avoided making his appearance In
the towns his majority might have been a fow thou
sands larger. The mistake made by the republican
prcss was Mt snecring at his blue jeans as if in
this free democratic country mans ability
or standing should be measured by the
quality OF tho cloth he wears. He was
Jeans, which were 10 him coat OF mail and
Republicans will continue that the rccont sue
cess of their opponents due 10 this suit OF
clothes, but they deceive themselves
rug SUCCESS OF TUE DEMOCRATS
was owing could readily ioresoe weeks before tho
election TO dsaection In tho ranks OF tho other party
among class Of men In business, who ascribcd tho
staguaton trade and the prevailing duIness every
where To tho corruption OF the party In powor Those
men were not be lcd nwsy by the glamour OF tho
ensanguined undcrgnrment, and whether thcr pro-
miscs right wrong they reasoned that no
change IN the government could mnkc thor condition
any worsc than u is while might possibly make u
better. From men OF this persuasion took my views
OF the canvass. They not tho blatant oncs who