, 1876-10-07
The october Election in Ohio.

Ii WOnid Oe an odd ana cneGp pecte0 turn
Of sfF4irs if Governor Hayes should fail to
carry his own State. There is not Yet any
very strong reason for supposlng that rssult
so morrifying and damaging to the republi-
can candidate is probable But this at leas.
is certain. that within the last few days rs-
plblicans have become uneasy and democrats
are beginning to De hopeful in relation to
Ohio. y prominent republican journal OF
this city -oUniei Il note Of warning last even
ing, calling on the pI,ty TO "Remember
Ohio and slyirg, . We hope the republi
cans Will not forget 70 carry the election in
Ohio in their anxiety 20 carry the election IN
Indiana" We presume this adm0nitiou is
not 81 much prompted by the sudden hopeful
ueeS Of the democrats as by the tone of doubt
and insecurity which prevaies the recent re-
publican correspondence from Ohio. Ga Fri
day morning the leading administration
journal in this city published dispatch from
Columbus which was quite III, reverse OF as
suring. "Unless there IS d great change
I'VE quote from the dispatch lin the next
four weeks i, Is useless 20 expect more than
meagre majority in Ootober-" This con-
fess.Ou of weakness Is il singular contrast 10
the confident boasts 80 often repeated since
Governor Hayes nomination. After de-
scription of the bad features Of thu situation
this republican despatch goes ca to say -
at Is not intended to say that Ohio Is il any
danger Of going democratic, but only to as
sert that unless the republicans wake up and
do something their majority next month viii
10 them no credit" On Saturday morning
another prominent Journal in this city which
Is 4 Jealous supporter OF II .yes printed long
letter from Columbus reviewing the situation
in Oaip. which equally betohenei more
formidable opposition to Hayes in his own
State than the party short time since had
any reason to apprehenl. The writer Of the
letter does not despair Of the republican can
vasS, although he fears a close contest. HtveS
carried the State last year only by the aid Of
the German vote, AMI DIS majority was small
It Is supposed that tTO-thIrds Of III, German
citizeus will now vote fo- the democratic
candidates and should this be the case Hayes
would be in great danger Of losing his own
State. His majority last year was only 554i,
and change of 2713 votes would have pre-
vented hi- election. If the German vote.
which was pretty woIl united on Hayes Ia-.
year, should DC divided this year and two
thirIs, or even one-hlli oi il, be given to
the democratic ticket, /. Is difficult 10 see
how he republicans ooul! carry ths State.
The gapao'csn c,rre-r,al-nt whose letter
We have cited says On this point: Il con
fesS - so'n: aax.e:y as to the course Of the
Germans. They saved ,hs 5 ate for Hayes
in 1870, aul II il be true that they threaten
20 oppose the Republican State ticket b-cag-e
of Mr.. BHncs' Temperance vi.ws, then there
( i danger aheaI" The sln3 r,pn5lican co--
respondent explains, in another part Of his
letter, thai CJ,on.l Thompson. the chairman
! of the democratic state committee, "places
/ great reliance on the German vote, which he
is conf lent tn republicans have alienated in
! large part by nOminaiins pronounced pro
( hIbitioni-t for Secretary o; State" The clr-
respondent Is unable TO dispute ths TACT that
the republicans Of Ohio have pat fauatical
prohibitiouist at the head OF their State ticket
! lie says: There seems 70 be no dOGb.
! that Mr.. Barnes record shows him TO be
temperance man Of the ultra sort, tba, ere
forever seeking to force men into habits OF
! total abstinence by penal statues Ar-
/ Barnes was probably nominated in the hlPs
of fOrestslhug seDIrare prohibiiiOnist ticket,
| but if this was the aim It has failed. Thcrs
is Il temperance ticket in the field, and the
republican correspondent We have been
( quoting says " the:r movement has some in
por,ance in a close centesr such as this prom
ises to be, for whatever strength they can
muster Is sub:ractel from the republican
ranks"
Blu, quite apart from the ternI=Tance cues
tiou the German population, no; only Of
Ohio, but generally throughout the country,
have manifested = strong disposition to sap
port Tilden. II Is certainly 80 here in New
! York, and there J. god reason for believing
that it Is 50 evsryw here It was stated IN
onr Indiana let published yesterday that
more than rwo-rhir3- Of the German news
wp,rs in rhe United Sr4trs-IG5 out 2iO-
supp1rc TiIien aud oppose Hayes, II the
| attitude of the Ohio Germans Is such a. the
/ democrats claim aud the republicans Partl-
/; ally coucrde il Is po~sble and not very I'M
probable that the lender republican majority
/ Of last year, which was wholly due 10 the
/ German vote, may be reversed next month
st any rat~. Ohio, which was thought 80
recure for Hayes, l. suddenly bee, ming the
! crurr- of political interest II, Cunirury 10
1 ali previous expectations and predictions, the
State should be carried by the democrats,
their victory viii pn' quite neW face On The
national canvass.-N J Esrzl2, Stpt. -.