The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-21


Ohio, who have boon contcndlng with each
other vigorously since the election on the
sth OF October, may learn n useful lesson by
studying the official figures with mparti-
atty. They prove, when examined without
partisanship, that the people of Ohio hold
both parties on their good behavior. and
have a reserve force well in hand which
may send either into an overwhelmed mi
nority whenever it shall be necessary for
full exhibition OF their strength.
The first point to consider is the aggre-
gate vote cast at the last three elections
which will show the falling off and make
clear which of the two great parties suffered
the more:
is7e The losl vote ofcvcry Kind VAS. esss7a
In 1877 the total vote oi every Kind was bal'7
Absent vote, Observation-Disclosures. iO8eo
This reduction may he explained by two
causes First. the natural reaction after a
heated Presidential campaign: and secondly,
the disgust of the Republicans with one
years experience Of HAYES and his Fraudu-
lent Administration. THIS year both sides
put forth their best efforts to carry the
state and To elect majority in the Congress
sonal delegation. The Republicans, To- effect
harmony in their ranks, adjourned internal
discord until after the election. and the
Democrats, to aid the aspirations of THUR
MAN, buried their jealOuses and sharp rival
rios. still, with all the advantage of tens
Of thousands of idle hands, and Of the stag
nation in business, which allowed unusual
leisure for politics, n full vote could not be
brought out. as will be seen by the following
comparison:
v...f ,..t, 90 t--t
I"l N'' ' .'....'+......''..'..-...- ii'- '1
'"slt f"' 'l l0'' h-NiE'-
Absent votes 10 al
True, 3i.l25 more voters appeared recently
at the polls than in 1877, but still nearly
seventy thousand in round numbers failed
10 exercise their privilege, and they now
stand in the background, reinforced by u
large body Of new voters, native and natu-
rallied, to turn the balance in 1880, as the
Democrats or the Republicans may deserve
success:
n is7euc Ropubcans aaoeas
Ia -" the Democrats aggregated j9 lr2
HAYrs over 1915
In 1877 the vote for Governor stood as
follows
sn;is~ e,? ~, S;.,. * r,o,,.,
Ien, rllc 'iuort combined vote il7l7
Republican fl'Ilu- on On
Democratic falling Oh on 81 sol
1t is thus seen that the percentage of fall
ing of was largely on the Republican side,
and the Nationals and Workngmcn and
Prohibitionists were mainly recruited from
that party.
In 1873 the vote for Secretary Of State has
just been officially reported in the following
figures:
5k:ii.S " 9 s;"s2s % s.ss: T''r s$s.
Tyrunra minorii, ON combined yote......... 4,.li
Dcnocf,uc falling OF ON 1870. 5s2i8
As compared with 1877 the Republicans
increased their total vote By 25,0l5, and tho
Democrats fell OF go. The Nationals
gained 1881 and the Prohibitionists S3s. The
Inference To- bc drawn from those figures is
that the Nationals who left the Republicans
did not return but that the former were
able % call ont fuller vote Of their abscn-
tees than their opponents, while in fact tho
Democrat, barely hod their strength Of last
year Ani when the absent vote of both
parties IN 1873 is compared with the poll 81
1876, it is found that the narrow margin Of
1852 separates the Republicans from the
Democrats
On the Congressional vote the Republican
majority is ll,oll As the struggle was not
u.ir for votes to secure Il majority in the
most House Of Representatives, but also for
q majority in the delegation, SO as to con-
IRE, the vote Of Ohio, If by any chance
tine election Of President should go to the
House, extraordinary efforts were en-
poNcd and the Republicans had the adj
vantage Of large supplies Of money, put
. a H. 81.