The daily gazette., 1880-07-12
From the N. Y. sun.
The TsVO October States.


and Ohio casts twenty-five. They
both hold State elections in October,
and these elections will be watched
with anxious interest by the mana
gers of the two great parties. The
third party this year will make but
a small figure in the national con-
test. The venerable Peter Cooper,
who may be said to represent its
best element, was quick to acknowl-
edge this fact by his visit to Gen.
Hancock. ''-. 's4
In 1876 the vote for President in
Indiana stood as follows: ..
Iliden... ......-........... 2lS by
Hayes................ A6,0ll
'ooper.. ......................... 9,0B
Tllden plu'ty................... .615
In 1873, for Secretary of State, 1t
stood: -, II sa4
Shankiin, Dem. m.......................l l9449l
Moore, Hep:............ .......- lS0, 100
James. National. l..................... 39a4s
s The vote Of 1878 was about IL lsasS ,6oS
short of that of 1876, and with this
deficiency the Democrats lost 900
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 Democratic side. During the
past year several thousand negroes
were colonized in Indiana, with the
expectation of capturing the State
by that movement. But the practi-
cal effect of the attempt seems to
have resulted injuriously for the
Republicans by a reaction against
this partisan man9uvre. ........
In 1876 the vote for President in
Ohio stood as follows: %"
Hayes............... 3S0. 69S
Tilden. ........................ 823, 1872
Hayess majority. 1915
A change of less than one and a
half per cent. ON Hayes's vote would
have given the State to Tilden. b..
In 1879 for Governor it stood:
Foster, Rep. ....................... 1856, ,26l
Ewing, Dem. ..........,............ ,l5z
Platt. Greenbacker..... 9,12
Fosters majority ever all........ 4,9li
The vote was Ia, ,730 greater than
in 1876. 1t is we'll known that many
hard-money Democrats refused to
support Ewing, while on the other
hand he did not satisfy the Green
hackers.
These figures exhibit the political
condition of the two States-Indi-
ana strongly inclining to the Demo
Gratis and Ohio to the Republicans.
The candidacy of Gen. Hancock
brings a new element into the con-
test which will re-enforce the DEM
ocracy in both States, and ought to
be decisive in each. But it would
be worse than unwise to count upon
accessions which are contingent on
circumstances, and it would be fool
ish, even if they were reasonably
i SIRE, 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 Indi-
ana and Ohio, knowing full we'll that
if either be lost they are certainly
beaten. The Democrats cannot do
better than to organize their CAM
paign on similar basis. They are
in a 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
large expenditure of money and of
material.
One hundred and eighty-five votes
are required in the electoral college
to choose the next President. Given
1873 from the South, according to Mr..
Conkling's favorite form, with 35
from New York and Is from In
diana, and Gen. Hancock would have
three more than are required. Or
Indiana might be left out, and New
Jersey and Connecticut would fur
nish Is to make the same compile
ment.
There is much confidence that
Pennsylvania will vote for Gen.
Hancock, and the Atlantic States
promise to do likewise. But we cast
all these speculations aside, and re-
gard the October States as the piv-
OTIS of the contest. In that view, the
friends of Hancock would be crimi-
nally negligent if they failed to Or
ganize promptly and vigorously, so
as to put Indiana beyond all doubt,
and to make OHIO hot for the Credit
Mobilier candidate. Now is the time
to begin the work, and every day of
delay invites danger.