Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-08
The POlftical Outlook.
WHAT rs SAID IN WASHINGTO

The battle In Indiana and Ohio is no " so nea,
that the liveliest interest is felt In the result
the gel eral belief seems to be that Indiana vii,
so democratic by reduced majority, tn com
parist with the vote OF 1876 and that Ohio will
give republican majority which will exceed
that of the last presidential year. Both the
reI uDlican and democratic congressional com
notices express aDUrehenStOnS that the one
party will practice frauds upon the Other. While
Tie GemOcTats insist that democratic majority
in Indiana In october Will assure the election OF
Gen. Hanct OK In November. the republicans do
not make any such COZ cessiOn. They do say.
b ,wever, that II the republicans carry Indiana
next Tuesday that Garfield'S election is assured
because the fight In New York, New jersey and
Connecticut will be made upon Business ana
tariff issues. with the chance that the repubi
cans In vigorous fight on this line will carr
all three of these states.
The news received from California Is not at al
,tOuragfIg TO the democrats There was d
lear at one time that the visit OF PreSiden
Hay yes to the Pacific Slope states was part
OF the republican program to influence the votes
CT the people Of those states. The President
however, has made no political speeches, and
the democrats now feel no concern over the
TOD, and not OF politics.
The betting men stu offer odds on Indiana
going democratic and the election of Hancock.
Tht re is, though, but little betting. If the en-
ployes of the government would back their feel
1ngs with their money, Gen. Garfield would
have the odds on bis side. The temper of the
OlllCt uUluu 5 GLASS, OuOuBu 10 QOlu 1dS1 10 Wna'
they have. fearing the uncertainties Of the
fuluTe, and general hOuse-cleaniDg in the de-
partments In case of democratic success.
There Is feeling growing, too, that the
cnaFge that Gen. Weaver. the greenback preS-
Dental candidate, is secret ally CT the repub-
hcans, has been proven. II Weaver can deliver
any goods, (Which point is involved in doub }
he might be able to turn the scale In Indiana
Ihere are several thousand greenback votes in
Indiana, which, If one half can be influenced by
weaver, viii give the republicans the state.
The fact Is, though, that LanderS, the demo
cratic guberDatorial nominee, has always IL
public life been identified with the soft-nloneF
men; very logical conclusion is, then that ir
weaver loses the confidence Of the greenback
tate to Landers
The republican Congressional Committee have
no rear but that Ollo Is safely anchored in the
republican column. The democrats claim to
see chance, but hardly hope to carry the state
Cne great fight is being made In congressional.
districts. 1t Is possible that the 1st Ohio dis
Irlct may be lost to the republicans. and Major
Butterwortn be defeated, but there Is the slme
chance TO offset this loss through the defeat OF
Mcmahon In the Dayton district. The republt.
cans claim that they viii gain three member
OF Congress from Ohio, a claim hotly disputed
by the democrats.
The chances now seem to be that the republl-
cans will loose two districts In Pennsylvania
the ones represented by Harry White and Mr..
No one here seems to be able as yet to tell
how the comparisons are to be made Of the vote
10 De cast In Ohio and Indiana next Tuesday
me democrats say that the comparison should
re made with the vote In 1876, the presidential
ear, and 1t probably will SO be made.
Tie outlook In Illinois is not such as to dis
courage the republicans or to give the dem
ccracy exuberant hopes. Trumbull is making
q active canvass for governor. but there Is no
real danger that the republicans will loose the
ate All the democrats now claim is that the
republican majority will be cut down.
Senator Kellogg, OF Louisiana, thinks that II
the election was held in New York to morrow
the chance for the democrats carrying the state
would be more favorable than for republican
success: Still he believes that by November
the business men will wake up, and that Gar
field will get its electoral vote. 'You see" said
he. I'VE can elect Garfield without the vote OF
New York, but the democrats must carry New
York TO elect their man.
Word comes from New jersey that the queS
ton OF the tariff is the prepopderating feature
OF the canvass In that state, and is being
pushed forward for all 1t Is worth In the manu-
facturiDg cities CT Newark, Paterson New
brunswick, t &C; also, that large proportion
TIE democrats In these cities do not endOrs q.
that feature OF the democratic platform which
declares for "a tariff for revenue only"