Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-07
Indiana and Ohio.

the problem i'll the October States
will have been reached, and the decks
cleared for the final and decisive battle
of November. There can he no two
opinions as to the effect of the result
in the great commonwealth Of Indi-
ana and Ohio on the 18th of October,
upon the verdict in November. If
Indiana shall vote for the Democratic
candidate for Governor by decided
majority and Ohio trembles in the
balance and is saved to Republican
ism by 10 greater majority than that
given their October candidates in
1876, there will be no exhaustive
struggle in November. Such a result
will be accepted by all as virtually de-
Gliding the contest and thereafter it
will be a mere matter rs to Hancock's
majority in the Electoral College.
Should Indiana, however, record her
verdict for Judge Porter, the Repub-
lican candidate for Governor, and
should Ohio endorse her Presidential
aspirant by vote that goes up high
into the thousands, then the struggle
for supremacy in November will be
the most desperate of modern political
battles. The final success of the Dem.
ocracy by no means hangs upon the
slender thread of success in the Octo.
Der States. General Hancock can be
easily elected without the votes of
either Indiana or Ohio, and should
the result in these States be adverse
to his cause in October he will lock
horns with his opponents in a death
grapple for the great Atlantic States
of New York, New Jersey and Con-
necticut. While it is needless to deny
that defeat in Indiana would be a seri-
Gus check to the grand onward move
ment of the Democratic hosts, yet it
would not I've necessarily fatal. 1t is
otherwise with our opponents. Should
they suffer defeat in Indiana and bare
ly escape it in Ohio, General Garfield
would have an equal opportunity of
becoming King of Bulgaria as of
reaching the Presidency of the Unit
ed States. Republican leaders under.
stand this and have staked their all
upon the throw of a single die in In.
diana. The managers of the Indiana
canvass upon behalf of the Republi-
can candidates are the most astute and
able in that party, and they command
exhaustless resources. Impressed by
the conviction that the Hoosier State
must be wrenched from her Democrat
ic moorings in order that debauched
Republcanism shall remain in pos
session Of all the vast power and pa
tronage of the Federal Government,
the Republican leaders have thrown
themselves into the breach and are
fighting with the desperation which is
born of despair. The mighty bank
ing and corporate interests of the
country, the special pets and benef-
Charles of Republican power, are pour
ing vast sums of money into every
avenue Of corruption and are endeav-
oring to buy further lease Of official
favor. All the potent machinery of
the Federal Government is brought
into play and the sovereign people of
Indiana are confronted at every point
with the humiliating supervision of
Federal officials. Looking dispassion-
ately over the whole field the strug-
gle appears to be most unequal one.
What with the lavish use of money,
the importation of thousands of ne.
groes and the army of office holders
in the thickest of the fight, it would
seem as If the gallant Democracy of
Indiana could not prevail against the
cohorts of power and patronage. But
Notwithstanding the great odds Indi-
ana will vote for the Democratic State
ticket in October. Hendricks and
Mcdonald and Voorhees, and English
are everywhere in this battle, and
where they lead the people understand
they can follow with honor. There
can be no question as to Indiana being