Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-22
The Two October States.
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From the y. Y. sun.
Indiana casts fifteen electoral votes
and Ohio casts twenty-five. They both
hold State elections in October, and
these elections will be watched with
anxious interest by the managers OF
the two great parties. The third party
this year will make but small figure
in the national contest. The venerable
Peter Cooper, who may be said to rep.
resent its best element, was quick to
cknowledge this fact by his visit to
General Hancock.
In 1876 the vote for President III In
diana stood as follows:
Tilden........... 2l352i Cooper ............ ns3a
Hayes ................ 2soIl Tldrns puty.... 55l5
In 1878, for Secretary of State, it
stood:
shanklin, Dem. l9Ii9l James, Natl...... 3a.t4s
Moore, ReP........ lso,7i5 Dem. puiy ...... 1875
The vote of 1878 was about 1900
short of that of 1876, and with this de.
ficency the Democrats lost 10000 and
the Republicans $4,000 on the total
poll. Hence it is apparent that the
detection to the Nationals was greater
on the Republican than on the Demo
CIdllC Aht HhHl lFal Ftf'
eral thousand negroes we're coloDized
in Indiana, with the expectation of
capturing the State by that movement.
But the practical effect of the attempt
seems TO have resulted iniuIiously TO
the Republicans by reaction against
this partisan manmuvre.
In 1876 the vote for president in Ohio
stood as follows:
Iiayes...........spGp Tiien. .....:4l is2
Hayes mRjonty-.............., .,.....s.hlo
A change of less than one and half
per cent. on Hayes vote would have
/ given the State to Tilden.
! In 1879 for Governor it stood:
Forster Rep. .........16 26l PlAt, Grcenbkr-. P'72
Ewing, Dem......s!lnl32 stewart TEN 4,I4j
Fosters majority over All......A,"l2
The vote was l4,730 greater than in
| 1876. 1t is well known that many
hard money Democrats refused to sup.
port Ewing, while on the other hand he
did not satisfy the Greenbackers.
These figures exhibit the political
condition of the two States-Indiana
strongly inclining to the Democrats and
| Ohio to the Republicans. The candi.
| dacy Of General Hancock brings a new
| element into the contest which will re-
inforce the Democracy in both States,
and ought to be decisive in each. But
| it would be worse thon uDwise to count
upon accessions which are contingent
on circumstances, and would be foolish,
even if they were reasonably sure, to
abate any effort or TO relax any energy
on that account.
The Republicans will concentrate
their resources, their appliances, and all
the official machinery on Indiana and
Ohio, knowing full well that if either be
lost they are certainly beaten. The
Democrats cannot do better than organ.
ize their campaign on similar basis.
! They are in condition to carry both
States, and the battle should be fought
with the resolution to make the victory
crushing at the outset. A decisive
triumph in October would settle the
Presidential election, and save a large
expenditure of money and of material.
One hundred and eighty.f FIVE votes are
required in the electoral colleges to
choose the next President. Given 13S
from the South, according to Mr.. Conk.
ling's favorite form, with 80 from New
York and Is from Indiana, and Gen.
eral Hancock would have three more
than are required. Or Indiana might
be left out, and New Jersey and Con.
necticut would furnish Is to make the
same complement.
There is much confidence that Penn.
sylvania win vote for General Hancock,
and the Pacific States promise to do
likewise. But we cast ali these specula.
tons aside, and regard the October
States as the pivot Of the contest. In
that view, the friends of Hancock
would be criminally negligent IL they
failed to organize promptly and vigor-
ously, so as to put Indian beyond all
doubt, and to make Ohio hot for the
Credit Mobilier candidate. Now il the
time to begin the work, and every day
of delay invites danger.