New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-10-14
INDIANA.
counties.

REPUBIJCANs WILD WITH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
DEMOCRATS DISCUSSING INSTRUMENTATION
ABLE REPUBLICAN GAIN OF TWO coNGREssMEN
TO WHOM TUE CREDIT OF TIE VICTORY IS
DUE-DEMocRArs DISGUsTKD WITH ENGLISH.
lBY TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUNE
INDIANAPoIIs Ind. Oct 13--i p. H." The great
est political victory won in this generation. this
is what the Republicans of Indiana arc saving to-
day The whole State rings with cheers. Crowds
marched about the streets of Indianapolis all day
with flags and drums and improviSed banners. The
colored men blew tin horns and carried dead roOs-
ters suspended TO poles. General benjamin Harrison
was seized while his way to his Office, carried on
the shoulders of enthusiastic thrOng and set upon
n dry goods box TO make IA speech. Another crowd
found General Strejght in hotel and In spite OF
his two hundred and fifty pounds weight. hoisted
him up and carried him block to a buggy in front
of the Post Office. where he spoke to multitude
that applauded every sentence.
The coolest man at the Republican headquarters
last night was Albert G. Porter When his friends
congratulate him. and called him Governor" he
said Let us wait till morning before We do our
shouting. We not quite sure yet that we are
out of the woods He was the last man to fully
believe that his election was beyond doubt. The
Democrats at their headquarters fought against
the figures as long as they could but when the re-
turns from the River counties, where they had ex-
pected to make heavy gains by the aid of Kentucky
voters began to come in and To show that the
gains were the other way, they gave up all hope.
turned of the gas and went home.
None of the Democratic leaders are to be seen on
the streets this morning. Mr.. Landers was Ques
toned by a newspaper man. and said, I'm beaten.
and that's all I've got to saw" Senator Mcdonald
said We've got the Legislature anyhow" evil
IDENTIFY thinking more of his prospects OF gong
back To the Senate than of the frghtfn disaster to
his party. Senator Mcdonald brealdastcd this
morning with Mr. Hurlburt. of The Aew- York
Uorld and the two were observed talking IN
Iistless way about the bass-ishng in the vicinity
of Indianapolis. 1t is by no means certain that the
Democrats have got the Legislature. The State Is
so eerrymandered that the Republicans never had
the smallest hope during the campaign of carrying
majority of the Legislative districts. But Porters
majority is going up 50 rapidly that they begin to
have hope that their victory is complete and that
Indiana will again have Republican representa-
ton In the Senate of the United States.
The returns have not yet been tabulated by Con-
gressiOnal districts, but the Republicans think they
are safe in claiming eight Congressmen.-a gain of
two and have strong hopes of nine. The Republi-
cans believed to be elected are Heman in the lst
District Browne in the With. Peee in the With.
Pierce in he With, Orth in the IXth, De Motto in
the Xth, Steele in the XIth, and Calkins in the
AlllLu. Inc hOuDllul 10 'hO <AiAI, "AiSAN
Taylor is the Republican candidate.
The Republicans of Indiana have fought the
Democratic party OF the whole country. The
Democrats knew that the loss Of this State would
be the loss of the Presidency. The Republicans
felt that while victory here was in the highest degree
valuable it not essential to Garfields success
in November. The two pa ties fought with a
different spirit one with the energy of desperation.
the other with the stimulus OF hope.
Tie election was remarkably quiet. The silence at
the polls was unusual and impressive Like power
ful gadiators gagged i'll life and death struggle the
two parties grappled with each other. No Strength
was wasted in making noise. The excitement was
TOO intense for shOutin2 The despair of the Demo
cratic rank and te is amusing to A crowd of
sullen men has hung about The sentinel office all
day refusing believe in the total defeat OF their
party aud spelling out an old bulletin with the
returns from Sugar Creek Township, pat up last
night in the hope that ID contained good news. The
two great masses Of rhe Indiana Democracy have
been badly and cruelty deceived by their leaders.
They heard in every Democratic stump speech ard
read in every Democratic ewspaper that the State
was sure TO go for Landers by at least ~, 900
ioritV and that " there "A Mi ghty Hancock
boom sweeping over the country" and they were
wholly unprepared for disaster. Many are de
nouncing English as the canse of the rout. If he
had not loaded himself upon the ticket and Obliged
the party TO carry him with his mortgages ms ex-
tortion and all his meanness, the misfortune might
have been ayerted, they say.
Republicans in other States, and most or all In
New-York. where an equally hard fight must be
fought in November. will ask to- day, how has this
gloriOns victory been won The answer Is, by
thorough organization. the hardest kind OF work.
great vigilance TO circumvent the schemes OF the
enemy and excellent political generalship. The
general of the Republican forces was stephen W.
Dorsey, Secretary of the National Committee This
be said without detractng in the least from he
merits OF John G. New. the chairman Of the State
Committee who has done his full share of the work
OF the campaign. IL was easily tha the labor
was too great for one man. sir Dorsey who was |
In Chicago. at the office Of the Western branch OF
the National Committee. was invited to come here |
with George &. Gorhsn and Chauncey /. Fils,y aud