National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-09-24
THE PROSPECT IN OHIO.

LUG DuChtye hlUle HHS All aOHS Dteu
claimed with full assurance and confidence
as certain TO cast its electoral vote for GAR
FIELD and ARTHUR by majority that
would exceed 10000, and it has been re.
garded as certain in that respect us any un-
TRANSFERRED event. We con fess that we have
entertained fears of an overweening con-
fdence on the part of the republicans of
Ohio, for we have been aware all along that
the democrats had determ ined to make a
fierce onslaught upon General GARFIELD's
own state, and we have had npprchensons
that Ohio republicans were not fully sensi
bic of the danger that was impending over
them
The Dayton Journal which is among the
most able and intelligent of the sentinels
on the republican watch-tower in Ohio,
evidently scents danger, or it would not
utter words of alarm with so much car
nestness at this time. 1t says:
The republicans take ii for granted that
Ohio will 20 for GARFIELD, am ", suppose
that with ordinary campaign work thlIa is no
reasonable doubt Of than, Luv thore is u,i.
dence enough on all sides that .he democrats
0 y
get out all their voters ana carry the stale
without alarming the republicans. There is
evidence, also, that they Will stop dt nothing
| to accomplish their Object. T uu cities aad
large towns there are three modes Of accom.
| plishing frauds on the hallot-boG. FIst, there
are fraudulent naturalization papers (Which tHe
republicans must guard against with all the
means in their powcr) which the democrats
| praCticed in New York in 1865 to the extent of
| $4,000 papers, most of which, however, were de-
| tected. This was n few years ago one of the
democratic favorite methods of securing the
purity of elections. Secondly, there is repeat
| ing" which was the popular democratic method
| in 1876, which, in Cincinnati, defeated STAN
LEY MATTHEWS, and has been practiced largely
in all the cities. There will be more difficulty
in that at this election, but it will be at
| tempted in all the large towns. Lastly, there
is stulling tho ballot-box with false votes
This cannot be done well with honest Judges,
but there are precincts whore the judges will
look out the windows while performances of
| this kind arc going on. All these practices
are for the cities and large towns, but Ohio
has good many of them.
After reminding the republicans of Ohio
| that TILDEN still lives, and that his barl
will be efficient, and that BELMONT and the
other democratic millionaires will food
Ohio with corruption funds, the Journal re-
marks:
Now, with the knowledge of all this, the
democratic committee at Columbus are quietly
| but most actively at work to carry Ohio, and
we warn the republicans of C oming danger
The alarm has not been sounded one mo-
ment too soon, as appears by the following
note of admonition from the same source ;
1t is true we had 10000 majority last year,
] uY1 ig W uNn tol,t to l.,
it 10000 now. But that is not very great
margin on ego 600 votes, and we shall poll near
! 100000 this year. The democrats know this,
and they are covering the state with speakers,
| looking into every corner and searching the
woods for every cabin, and more than this,
they are preparing for every possible fraud,
| by repeating, stufling aud naturalization
these are sober facts and if we wish Ohio to
| give q majority which shall encourage repub-
| lcans in other states we must use uutring
vigilance aud untiring effort.
These are the words of common candor
and sense, and should awaken new zeal
and energy among Ohio statesmen of the
republican persuasion-for " the woods are
4" full Of Them "-and lead to sensible and
practical hard work throughout the re-
mainder of the contest, On this point the
journal says;
Now we say, if the republicans wish Ohio
| to give a large majority, they must wake up,
not merely to fine speeches aud fine process
| sious all OF which are right aud necessary,
1 but to the quiet, silent work Of canvassng
townships aud individuals, and especially to
guarding against frauds
After referring with much earnestne IS to
the possibilities of the canvass under hard
work, and expressing the confident belief
that fourteen members of congress can be
secured in Ohio in this campaign, the Jour
nal closes its timely review of the canvass
and its words of Rdmonition as follows:
Republicans, take warning; sleep not, rest
not, until you gain glorious victory
These are words Gtly and timely spoken
and they have not come precipitately OF
premoturely, The democrats affect con-
hdence that Ohio will be scored for HAN.
COCK, for they fancy that the republicans
are devoting themselves more to the ona,
m entail in politics than to hard work in the
way of organization and canyasslng down
to the school district and the very house,
of the voters. 1t is to be hoped that the
warning voice which has be en- raised II
Ohio by it's own sentiuels will be heard ant
needed throughout the state, until the
pledges heretofore given from that state