New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-10-09
A REPUBLICAN VICTORY ASSURED.

A REPUBLICAN VICTORY ASSURED.
FAILURE OF THE DEMOCRATS TO GAIN VOTES BY
THE HARD TINES cRY-IBERAL AND INDE-
PENDENT RTPUBuCANs REJOIN THEIR PARTY
GAINS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THROUGHOUT
THE STATE
Iron STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRrBUNE.l
CINCINNATI, Oct. G-If James G. Blame lived in
Ohio there would be Republican majority Of
10000 this year. The only weakness in the Repub-
hcan canvass since the scare Of three weeks ago
warmed it into life and action is the want of
powerful dire ing mind. This is a lack the party
has long felt, however. It's leaders are cOntented
with local influence. No one of them attempts to
get grip on the politics of the whole State to
understand tie details and ntIicacies of the opera
tons Of all the forces that combine to produce the
result of a majority. Each limits his efforts to the
boundaries of his county or Congress district.
In Cincinnati you can scarcely ind man who
knows anything outside of Hamilton County; in
Cleveland they do not even comprehend the little
field of the Western Reserve, ard in Columbus they
have only vague and general information about the
State at large The State Committee is an indus
tious bureau that does admirably its work Of
assigning speakers and distributing documents, but
has no organizing, inventive, and executive ca
pacity. Ohio has no political center and
perhaps for this reason seldom produces a
politician with ambition and ability for max
ing himself power in his party all over
the State. The Democrats appear to have developed
g man of this type in John G. Thompson, their COM
mittce chairman. He is not, of course, to be COM
pared with Mr. Blaine, for he is merely good pO
lcal manageable Z. II. Rollins of New-llamp
shire if a comparison is wantcd-bOld, skl!ful, full
Of resources, and knowing the State thoroughly.
The Republicans have nobody that is his equal in
this peculiar field. Out of incongruOus materials he
masSed last year the biggest Democratic vote ever
polod in Ohio. He was in a fair way Of converting
the Democratic minority into a majority this Fall
when the Republicans took the alarm and set to
work. The Democrats are evidently discounted
by the brisk fight the Republicans making all
over the State. But they are not entirely without
hope and are fighting every foot of the ground.
They rely for success on
First: The hard times. Their speakers and news
papers make this a dominant theme. Almost every
man feels poorer than he did few years ago. Re
duced wages OF no wages, diminished business, and
small profits are facts which all acknowledge the
existence of. II the Democrats can make unem-
ployed laborers, pinched mechanics, and embar-
rassed tradesnen believe that the Republican party
is irresponsible for the times, they establish large
fund on which to draw for votes. There would be
reason to apprehend the consequences of their con-
slant use of this argument if they had not worked
The vein out last year. The enormous vote for Allen
was hard times vote. 1t cannot be held together,
much less increased.
Second Desire for change of administration.
The Democrats have faith that the wish for new
men in office and a new policy at Washington is at
last strong enough to overcome the popular Teluc-
lance to trusting their party with power. And no
doubt 1t would be If the Democracy had not organ
lied the solid South as menace to the stability of
the settlements Of the war. The Republicans are
heavily Handicapped with the load of Grants ad-
ministration which they have to carry whether
they will or no but they lightfOoted compared
10 their antagonists, who have shouldered the whole
ksetheEa COnfederacy.
TeS>; shifting Of the German vote This has