The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-09
THE ELECTION.
How the Three Tickets Are
Being Cast.
Hoffman Badly Scratched,
And the Workingmen Polling &
Heavy Vote.

| Inc election Is passing Ou quietly w.
day. No rows have been reported from
any of the station-houses, and it looks
as if this day will be one Of the most
orderly election days seen here for
number of years.
The dividing Of the twenty-five wards
into one hundred and forty-seVen pre-
cincts, has been effective OF one good
thing, namely, keeping away the usual
crowds OF ward bummers from the polls.
| There is no excitement in the least,
but few men being around each precinct.
The voting this morning was principally
done before o'clock.
From that time up to noon but very
| thin vote was cast. 1t seems, taking in
all the opinions of the Workingmen,
! Democrats and Republicans, that the
! Workingmen's ticket is polling an un-
Expected vote.
| The Republican party seems 10 be the
greater loser. The Workingmen are
voting straight ticket, not u name be-
ling scratched.
| The Democracy are taking Hoffman'S
name from the ticket and substituting
| CappellePs instead; whereas, the Re-
lpublicans In many OF the wards over the
Rhine are putting Bond, the Working
meL's candidate Tor Governor, on the
| ticket in the place of West.
The politicians of the Democratic and
Republican palties nave no idea in the
least how the election is to result.
Wards that have formerly gone
straight Democratic or Republican, are
now divided into factions, and nothing
| idefiuite can be aScertained
| The greatest light is about Sias W.
Hoffman, Ior County Auditor. His men
are at their posts, trying every means
possible TO catch every stray vote for
him.
| Nevertheless his friends are despond-
ent, as number OF prominent DEM
Gratis are openly working against him,
and it looks, Il ON our tUu- of inspection,
that they seem proud OF 1T.
There are lnnumerable fraudulent
tickets in circulation. Hotfnau's name
is on the Republican ticket. as also on
the WorklnsEens, and careless voters
have been frequently 'taken Ill" by
| these tickets.
| The Senatorial and Representative
ea4dlssttssss stss tsGns b9f straixat"
10 any extent. ''Ahs scratched
The Democrats and Republicans con-
cede tnat the Workingm4n viii poll
5000 votes in this oity, whereas that
party expects to cast fully 1900 votes.
In !he West Eud, Fralz's nome, he is
holding BIS own, While Hoffman, espe-
clully III his own ward, can lind but fe
ardent supporters. Tue Twentieth and
Twenty -Arst Wards are astonishing
both the old parties by the persistent
| work and success Of the advocates Of
The WorKingmeWs party.
| The urinCiDal tiuht bAtwann tha two
original parties Is lying between the
Fourth, Eighth, Il eventh. Thirteenth
and Nineteenth Yards. Here the great
falling of was expected, and from the
returns up 10 noon 1t looked as il this
expectation wouiI be fulfilled. Every
thing was being carried by The Working
| men.
The Thirteenth Ward, always Demo
cratic, IS given up by that party. The
Workinsmen will carry 1t by d majori-
ty oil 125.
IN the Sixth and Tenth Wards the
| Democratic Executive Committeeman
threw up the ticket and voted the
straight Republican. The SIKH Ward
is expected 10 go In favor of the Work.
ingmen by a majority OF %.
| Hoffman, however, Is not being
scratched as much as was expected;
! still his defeat here is almost beyond
| doubt.
| Tine Democrats in the Nineteenth
| Ward are scratching Hoffman and i'll
serting Senger for County Auditor. The
colored voters are voting the Working
mems ticket largely, substituting Will
iams' name, Republican candidate for
Representative.
| Precinct d in the Eighth Ward seems
! to be more alive with enthusiasm than
any other. There is considerable
scratching. Up to 10:15 A. M, l57 votes
had been polled there. .
1n the Ninth Ward the colored men
are polling four votes to one OF the
whites, and it is hard TO tell how they
vote.
The Democrats say they are gaining
many of the colored votes, while the r
puDlicans feel assured that they are not
losing ground. Here also the Working
men are polling heavily.
| Up 10 O'Clock 200 votes had been
polled. The scratching done here Is
principally by the Republicans, who
are voting for many OF the cand. dates
on the Democratic ticket.
| The Sixth Ward, in which Mr.. Loder
has mis- business shop, does not favor
him much, although it may be said that
he is not behind any Of the candidates.
In other wards, however, especially in
tie German precincts, he is losing
ground.
The general impression is that very
little scratching Is being done in the
| precincts of the Eighteenth Ward. The
tickets appear to be running very close,
with the Workingmen little ahead.
| In the Tenth Ward the Worklngmen
are gaining considerable votes for Bond
from the Republicans, who are scratch
ing West. The falling of of the Repub-
Lean vote was unprecedented, and as.
tonished every one.
The other wards, which generally
cast winning vote for their respective
| tickets and in which a hard contest
could hardly be expected, are now puz.
zling every one. 1t seems that the
knowing politicians are unable to judge
how the election will run.
Thergipgs and hummer politicians,
most of a1i, seem to be treading ON pins,
and are fearful that their pets will be
slain.
In the Seventh Ward the Workingmen
are gaining.
Precinct A. of the Thirteenth Ward,
which never yet has gone Rspub-
lican, at o'clock, poIled 81
votes, 90 OF these were for
the Workingmen's candidates, five for