The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-05-16
PRESIDENTIAL PREDICTION.

we pave prehlcllph w "'''l "H''"
we think IL based upon facts in the po'
litical history Of the United States that
will justify and support ii That pre-
dicton IL, that IL the Democrats carry
Indiana and Ohio IN October next n
Democratic President will enter the
White House If they fail TO carry these
two States, our defeat is assured The
facts of history upon which we have
based our prophecy are oollated ~ the
Richmond Enquircr, and are as follows
In 1870 the Wings triumphed generally
in the summer and fall elections Pub
lie sentiment ran with them like mill
race, and in November the defeat OF the
Democracy was u rout In lSll the
fight wns closely contested and victory
hung almost doubtful in the balance.
BY October the Democracy had got
ahead of their adyersarics, They ear
riod Pennsylvania for Skunk, for Coy
crnor, by 1881 majority, and tins gave
thom prestige and confidence for the
final contest of November The ma
iority in Pennsylvania was increased ana
New York carried New York would
individually have been lost to the De-
mocracy IL they had lost Pennsylvania
in October As il was, they barely car
ried New York, and this decided the
election In 1913 the Wings carried
Pennsylvania by II small majority for
Johnston, for Governor, This pracli'
cally settled the contest, Taylor ran
up this majority in November to l3,53I
and this decided the election The
vote of Pennsylvania turned the scale
I'm the Scott aud Pierce contest of 1907
the Democrats carried the October cleo
tons in Pennsylvania, Ohio and In
diana by decisive majoritics. The re-
suit was that the Presidential election
of November wns II mere lormallty,
Scott was beaten two hundred thousand
votes. The contest of 1896 was very
hard one between the Democrats and
the Republicans, then first organized
under the lead of Fremont, The Dem.
ocrnts nominated Buchanan IN
order to make surc~ of Penn
sylyania, In the October elections
| i'm Indiana, Ohio and Pennsyl
yania the Democrats carried two out OF
the three States namely Pennsylvania
by 2,77j majority, and Indiana by j,S72
majority. Ohio went the other way,
but il was felt that the Democrats were
victors IN the October fight, and IN No
vcmber the Fremont column was com.
plctcly broken. In 1860 the Republi-
cans carried Pennsylvania, Ohio and
| Indiana in the October election, and IN
November following Lincoln wNlkec
over the course. In 1854 the Republi
cans triumphed in the Same State ii
October, and in November following
Lincoln had over iOO00 majority, In
1868 the contest was between Seymour
and Grant. The Maine election slowcc
badly for the Democrats, but they hope,
to straighton matters by the October
election. They were disappointed, Penn
sylvania gave Republican majority
for Governor of 0,677, Ohio gave l7,3S,
majority, and Indiana Q6 Republican
majority This settled II. Grant swept
nearly everything in November. In
diana ran up from 06l to o,572 Rcpubli
can majority, Ohio ran up to II, I2S, and
Pennsylvania increased her Republican
majority from 9,6I7 in October to %,
sos in November In 1872 the Prcsi
dental contest was again practically de
cided in the October elections, The
Republicans carried Pennsylvania in
October by 10000, and in November
they had l37,5lS. Ohio gave the Re
publicans il50 in October, and in No
vember Grant had 1851. Indiana
gave small Democratic majority tol
governor, but the Republicans elected
the Congrcssmen-at-large, and it being
perfectly apparent to all that Greeley
was beaten, the Republicans had in No
vember 22,5l5 majority in Indiana.
Thus it will be observed that the un.
varying law of Presidential contests is
that the October elections decide the
fight, and in the light Of this past his
tory we are inclined to believe that the
October elections of Indiana and Ohio
will point Enthusiastically and uuerringly
to the next President of the United
States.