The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-09-21
FOR HAYES.
FOR TIIDES.

According to these figures Tilden
would have twelve votes to spare, and
Hayes would require titty-siX to elect
Conceding to him the four States CLASH
fed as doubtful, he would still be short
thirteen votes Where are they to come
from is q question which the Republican
managers have not been able to answer
to their own satisfaction.
The most interesting points at this time
are Indiana and Ohio. No doubt is en-
tertaned by the Congressional Dcmocra-
tic Committee Us TO a decided majority
in Indiana for Williams. The estimates
generally agree upon $4,000, though there
NAV be a margin of 900 either way. At
the outset of the canvass the Democrats
did not count upon Ohio at all rs one OF
the necessary elements to elect Previous
distractions on the currency had wrous hit
bad feeling and divisions. Now they are
united heartily, and the Republicans are
giving ground in the manufacturing
counties. The Germans are substantial
ly united for Tilden in the cities and
towns where they are mostly found IN
large numbers. They have cast OFT
SchurZ as a leader-at least for this occa-
sion. The reports are encouraging, and
the result will be close; but the State is
put down rs doubtful.
Wisconsin Is included in the doubtful
list, though the aCcessions to Tllden are
numerous, and the Germans are Jealous
in his support. The accounts from there
claims the State for the Democrats de-
cisIvely.
No fear is entertained of the votes OF
Florida, North Carolina, or Mississippi,
which the Republicans have treated as
uncertain. North Carolina will give Til
den not less than ten thousand majority,
and IT NAV reach double that number.
Peace prepsils in Florida and Misslssip-
nj, and that Is the best assurance OF n
Democratic victory in both States.
But for the corrupt Returning Board
in Louisiana, no doubt Of any KIND would
be admitted in regard to that State. If
frauds can control the vote, and the vote
is essential, they will be perpetratcd. But
the belief is general that the Democratic
majority will be So overwhelming that
the managers will not venture upon this
experiment. Colorado is claimed by both
parties, but as 1t is about TO emerge from
a Territorial condition, the Federal pa
trOnage becomes III important factor IN
determining the result, and Will be used
without scruple, in view especially OF two
new Senators.
No serious attention is given by the
Democratic Committee to the newspaper
reports about West Virginia, which orig
mated with the Republicans. That State
is booked for eight or ten thousand for
Tilden.
While no claim has been made for
South Carolina it is known that the col
ored detection is large enough to justify
great expectations; and the recent local
elections prove that III spite of threats
and violence by the Republican leaders
many blacks are separating from the fold
Joining Tilden clubs, and voting the
Democratic ticket. This is the view OF
the situation taken here by the most pru
dent members of the Congressional
Democratic Committee, though some OF
them make much larger estimates, and
include States that we usually conceded
to Hayes. ~
If the october elections favor Tilden to
the extent anticipated, r stampede may
be looked for among the Republicans,
which cannot be arrested by any arttul
management. A decided Democratic vic.
tory in Indiana, though success may cas-
ilv be achieved without it, would be the
signal for a still grander triumph in Nc
vember.
The popular impression that Mr.. Til
der's friends have contributed literally
OF the sInews of war, and the stories cir
culsted to that effect from Vermont and
Maine preceding the recent elections,
are entirely uniounded. 1he rant of
means for tic most legitimate purposes has
been al aloug, and IS to-day one Of the
serious emJarrassmcnts of the campaign.
When the whole truth is written and the
actual facts are known, the public Will be
astonished Mt the economy with which
this national canvass has been conducted
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