The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-29
October Elections of the Past,

Whenever the October States have
been carried decisively by one party,
that party has chosen the President in
November. There is no exception to
this rule. More than this, since the
Republican party was founded no i'm
portant October State has reversed its
verdict in November. The Democratic
pretense to the contrary is not support
ed by facts, as q careful reference to the
election returns will show. In October,
1856, the Democrats carried Indiana and
Pennsylvania by 1872 and 5000 major
ity respectively, but the Republicans
had $4,000 majority in Ohio. Buchanan
was elected, and carried both the Dem
ocratic October States by largely-in-
creased majorities, while Fremont held
Ohio by 16, 623 majority.
In October, 1860, the Republicans
carried Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania,
and the election of Lincoln was con-
coded from that moment, and prepare
lions for secession began in the Demo
cratic South. The returns in October
and November compare as follows:
Rep Majs. Rep. Maj's
pennsylvania .......... 49, 64 S9,159
ONO. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 12903 44,378
In October, 1864, Pennsylvania had
no election for State officers, Curtin
having been chosen Governor the pre-
vious year. But the Republicans car
ried Ohio and Indiana by large MAORI
ties both in October and November, the
vote being as follows
Rep. Majs. Rep. Mqjs
Oct, '64. NOU, 64
ONO 1858 $3.50
Indiana. ........................20, 863 20,189
This October majority in Ohio was
exclusive of a considerable soldier vote,
which swelled the Republican majority
to huge proportions.
In 1868 the returns of the October
and November elections were:
Rep, Mais. Rep. MqJjs
Oct, '68. NoU., 49,
Penn 9'655 22S3,s9S
Indiana. Observation-Disclosures. 961 9,572
The Republicans carried all the Octo-
Der States in 1872, though Hendricks
democratic candidate for Governor)
pulled through alone in Indiana by q
majority of LAS, the rest of the Re
publican ticket being elected and a Re-
publican Legislature chosen. Scholl,
Republican candidate for Clerk of the
Supreme Court, haG 2,5O3 majority.
The comparative vote was:
Rep. n'ajs Rep, rssjs
Oct, ~, No0., ~
pennsylvania ............. .40,443 1S5, 538
ONO. ...................,...l4 Ia, $50 1881
Indiana. ...(av.) 1000 22,5l5
In October, 1876, Indiana went Dem
ocratic and Ohio Republican, both by
small maiorities, and the Presidential
election which followed was the closest
in the history Of the country. Williams
Dem. majority for Governor in Indiana
was 1904, and Tilden's majority for
President 5,515. Barnes (Rep.) ma
iority for Secretary of State in Ohio was
$685. and Hayes majority for President
1916. The October elections being so
close and the general result i'll doubt,
the parties held their strength remark
ably well in the two States, and there
was less variance between the October
and November elections than ever be-
fore.
The above returns, viewed in another
aspect, show that Ohio never but once
before gave SO large a majority in Octo-
Der for a Republican candidate as this
time; and the aggregate Republican
maiorities in Indiana in Presidential
years since 1864 do not equal that given
for Porter last Tuesday. The majorities
since 1864 have been as follows
Republican MajOTitieS Ohio. Indiana.
1908. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - 1908 9o1
le12.... ..................,........ 14,loU 'oO
1910 9'ooo -;
This being the experience of parties
in the October States, it is as certain as
any future event in politics can be %
that Indiana and Ohio Will go Republi-
can in November, (2) that they will give
increased maiorities, and (3) that the
Presidential candidate who receives their
electoral votes will be inaugurated the
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