Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-11
Ohio and Indiana.


The display part of the political canvass In
Ohio and Indiana is done. with now, and the
tine for quiet and hard work, the ''judicious''
use OF money, has arrived. Conflicting reports
and predictions are sent from those states, but,
taking the only practical way of arriving at a
future event-by carefully considering the
past-no reason appears why Ohio should not
g. republican and Indiana democratic. In the
first place there are no indications OF any de-
cided change OF sentiment In favor OF or against
either of the parties Both are well organized
and In view Of the important bearing
OF this election upon that for President,
1t Is likely that each party Will bring
out its entire vote. During the
last ten years Ohio has been carried three times
by the democrats. In october elections. These
democratic victories were In 1873, 1874 and 1877;
but the vote each time was light, and showed
a larger falling of OF republicans than demo-
Gratis. In fact. the result each year was due to
republican Indifference. In every closely con-
tested election the republicans have won by
majoritieS ranging frpm 1000 to 2OOOO 1t is
reasonable to conclude that fun republican
vote will be brought out to morrow, as the
efforts OF nearly all the brilliant leaders of the
party have been devoted for several weeks to
that end. Early In the canvass there was a
feeling among republicans that they could hold
the state without special effort. and they d.
rected their energies mainly to Indiana. Sew
eral weeks ago, however, 1t became appar-
ent that the democrats were taking ad-
vantage OF the confidence of their opponents
TO carry on "still-hunt,r with the
purpose Of forcing every democratic voter out
to the polls The republican managers seemed
to realize suddenly that they had taken too
much for granted with regard to Ohio and a
most determined and vigorous canvass was
entered upon, beginning with the meeting at
. warren. over which Gen. Grant presided. The
democratic leaders admit that the republicans
have made good Roadway In the past two weeks
and Will bring out all their vote, which Is
equivalent to saying they will carry the state
In the october elect )ns for ten years past the
republicans carried Ohio in 1870 by q majority
OF 1865, In 1871 by 90 les, In 1872 by 121O4 In
1875 by 5,5i4 In 1876 by 5'S4, In ISIS by 1854 In
1921 by 1I.12o. The democrats carried october
elections I'm 1873 by SIT majority, in 1874 by
1922, and In 1877 by q, $50. Last year, when
Foster was elected governor, the largest
vote ever polled was cast, but GOV
trnor Foster himself says that as at least
5000 hard-money democrats voted for
him in preference to Ewing, the result-17 ,129
republican maIority-did not indicate the re-
Specuye strength OF the two parties. The DEM
ocratS, however, insist that comparisons of the
vote cast tomorrow shall be made with that of
1879. This Is straw, showing that the demo-
Gratis really do not expect to carry the state:
that their object Is to compare with last year In
order TO claim any decrease from Fosters vote
as republican loss. The best authenticated
opinion appears to be that the republicans will
carry the state by not less than 5000 and pos.
sibly not more than 10000.
AS to Indiana, 1t has been more uniformly
Ia for TON
republican, and there Is nothing to show that
the democrats are any weaker in that state
this year, or the republicans any stronger,
relatively, than In past years. At the
october election OF 1870 the democrats
got 2,55S majority In the state, In 1872
majority OF 1887, In 1874 OF II, 252 in 1876 of
5,Ooi and In ISIS Of 14,113. 1t appears that at
each OF the last three elections the democrats
have Increased their majority. The democratic
leaders OF Indiana are among the ablest men OF
that party In the Union, and all OF them have
worked In this canvass with more diligence and
energy than ever before. They realize the i'm
portance Of holding the state true to its poll
tical colorS, and have so drilled the party
voters The numerous reports of changes here
and there, first to one side and then to the
other, count for nothing 1t is only an evidence
OF the effect Of money. In the face
of the fierce contention of the past
two months no doubt voters have taken
their places firmly In the line of the party
they believe In, respectively, and the purchased
voters " Ill, perhaps, about Offset each other.
Roughs and repeaters are in Indianapolis for
both parties, but their presence and characters
are known, and no doubt there are honest
voters enough OF both parties to prevent these
aliens from so corrupting the ballot-box as to
misrepresent the sentiment OF the state. Up
to the very last moment democrats Will con-
tinue TO claim Ohio and republicans to claim
Indiana, but the claim On each side is put forth
for the same reason-to keep democrats at work
In Indiana and republicans busy In Ohio.
Should the republicans cOncede Indiana to the
democrats, the latter would forthwith send all
their spare money into Ohio, and the same
tactics would be employed as TO Indiana, If the
democrats were TO eoncede Ohio to the repub
ucanS