The Republican journal., 1876-09-28
From the Springfield Republican.
Ohio and Indiana,

AS October draws near, signs begin to
crop out in the Republican press that the
prospect in these States is not quite so
rosy, after all, as eloquent stump-speak-
ers and "enthused'' organs have chosen
to depict it. There are unmistakable
symptoms Of uneasiness-not to say ner-
vousness. One Of these is q disposition
to hedge. to prepare the party mind, to
soften the shock OF possible calamity by
judlclously discountng and minimizing it.
Thus the Cincinnati Commercial casu-
ally mentions that Sergeant at Arms
Thompson knows how to run q canvass
about as well as the next man, and ad-
Viscs the Republican committee to keep
unWlnkln9 eyes on him. The Chicago
Tribune says Ohio has been more thor
oughly canvassed by the Democrats, this
year, than ever before, and canyassed to
win; the Tribune hopes the Republican
managers understand their business, but
evidently has its doubts on this point
The New York Herald hears from Wash
lngton that there is great solicitudc among
Republican politicians there about Ohio;
they fear that the campaign has been mis-
managed, and there IS great danger the
election will be SO close the Democrats
may carry it by surprise" An Indian
apolis letter to the Tribune, a commune
cation which has all the ear marks of be
Ing official" undertakes to correct the
g wrong impression prevailing in the
East about Ohio and Indiana Eastern
Republicans are respecting too much
Both are close States; Indiana has been
Democratic for several wears. The prec-
edeats are in favCr of the Democrats car
rying it next month. 10 ask the Re
publicans of Indiana to overcome the
odds against them, and to carry the State
in October, is 10 ask them to do more
than is expected of their party friends in
any other state. If they do succeed, it
will be the most brilliant political victory
ever won. But our friends in the East
ought not to expect it, and they ought
not to let their own action depend on
what is done in Indiana, next month, but
90 to work at once, counting the IState
og0tnI them, and organize Tor victory in
NoVember.N This sort of talk, at this
stage of the canvass. doesn't need y com
mentary.
There are local causes for the Republl-
can disquietude in both states In Ohio
the hard-money and soit-noney Demo
Gratis are wing with each other in work
lor the state ticket; there is German de-
lection, the lormdabeness Of which is
now admitted; the prohibtionists have
made separate nominations; the moral OF
the Republican organization is not quite
what il should be- In Indiana the Demo
Gratis are thoroughly united, also, for this
canvass; the record Of their candidate APP
peals to the "greenback" element, strong
er there than in any other state; he is
popular with the farmers the Cooper
Cary side-show is actually helping him;
the fact that "Tom' Hendricks is up for
Office, this year, is an additional and suf
licient reason to every Hoosier Democrat
for doing his level best Co operating
with these local causes are general causes
the most potent of all being, as We be
Iieve, the growing disgust at the capture
of the Republican CANVASS by the things
and persons to be reformed aud the grow
ing doubt as to Mr. Hay es's ability to save
his administration from like capture and
detilement.
If Ohio and Indiana 90 Democratic IN
October, it does not necessarily follow.
by any manner of means, that they will
90 the same way in November. But it is
just as well to face the fact such result
will create aviolent presumption that MI
Tilden is going to be the next president.
1t cannot fail TO powerfully impress the
floating vote-East as we'll as West. Not
withstanding the nprecedentedness and
the risk, = the latter serious enough to
give timld man pause, and to justify his
hesitation.- still think that Nlr Haves's
best chance at this moment. his true poll
cy as a candidate not less than the only
selt-respecting course open TO him as q
reforner and q gentleman. is to recap
tNFc his ca1lroSs. ~ way OF u beginning,
he might inform MI Zach Chandler, mild
~ but firmly, that this ''poitcal assess
mcnt1 robbery must be stOnncd