Daily Republican., 1880-10-05
THE OUTLOOK IHIsDlANA.
RepabIicans Prospects Hrfghten.
G-Democrata Disce enraxed aud
Republicans HepefnL

Republicans HspefHL
u A late dispatch from Indiana state
, that in general terms 1t may be stated
; that the Republicans enter upon th
last days Of the canvass with increases
confidence and decidedly better pros
poets. The Democrats give evidence o
Weakness on every hand. Their cam
paign of fraud has been beaten in ad
vance. The preparations made by th'
Republicans to meet and checkmate i
have been so complete, and the shadoV
Of the United 6tates authority Is 81
threatening, that the Democrats have
about concluded it will not pay. Thu
talk of, and alsrtness against, fraud ant
the preparations made TO meet 1t art
such as to warrant the belief that th'
election will be- measurably free from
the scandals which have been contem
plated. The one great thing to feal
now is the opening Of barrels in every
county on the day of election. This
the Democrats propose to do. They
lopenly brag, both here and in the east,
that they will have plenty Of money or
election day, while the Republicans
have been left to make their fight with
out sufficient means at any time. i
There was money enough here properly
TO guard the ballot boxes, and to pay
for work that Is indispensable TO check
Demo cratic processes, there would be nc
doubt for carrying the State and settling
The whole Presidential election by a
decided Republican victory in Indiana.
But it will not bs 80 regarded, proba
bly,, by the NationalCommittee and by
the gentlemen of the Est who have
their own campaigns yet TO make. The
Democrats have been driven from
their contemplated frauds. There is an
UNDRRTow TOWARD THE REPUBLICAN PAR
TY
the strength of which is hard 10 esti-
mate, but 1t exhists with great force
On every hand there are reports OF
Democrats who will vote for Porter or
not vote at all, while l do not know OF
a single Republican who has altered
his political affiliations. What this
will amount to, as has been said, is hard
to conf lecture, but it is silent vote, the
force Of which will be felt on Oct. IL
So decided has this become since the
business mems meeting was mcoted
that a careful member of the State
Committee said that it would not sur
prise him If Mr.. Porter had 10000
plurality. The Green hackers are going
to pieces, and the tendencies from that
party are toward Porter. Urder the
force of recent circumstances it would
not be strange il the greenback vote did
not exceed 5000, and it may be even
less than that. The selling ont Of two
Of their prominent men 70 the Demo-
Gratis has proved a bad bargain for Mr.
English, and the Democracy will most
certainly lose by it. General Weaver
and DR.. De La Matyr are both using
their full influence to prevent any in
crement to those who have seduced
weak Greenbackers with Democratic
money. The strength Of
TIE WORKING MEMS MONUMENT
is much greater than hasbeensupposed,
While this is being written the streets
are alive with demonstrations by the
Knights of Columbia. the Working
Mems organization Of this city, formed
to vote particularly for Porter. Al
least 800 torch bearers are in line, and
they claim a mem bership of 2.2S0, full
ly 10 per cent. Of whom have hitherto
been Democrats are at their WITS end.
They do not know which way to turn,
and they are sadly divided among
themselves. Mr.. Hendricks eharghes
the failure Of the Democratic canvass
to MIR. English's unpopularity, and
Mr.. English retorts that the trouble is
because the constitutional amendments
we're overth,own for Mr.. Hendricks 3
benefit and that If there Is q failure, ii
will be directly ehargeable to Mr. Hen
drick's ambition. To settle the differ
ences between these two men, Mr.. Nc
Donald has stepped in and taken
charge of the canvass, if possible, to
save it, but about their headquarters
there is nothing but dissatisfaction,
and Language that would do credit to
the army in Flanders.
The situation closes this week with |
more cheerful and hope
full than they have been at any time,
and the Democrats decidedly despond-
ent. The tendencies in favor OF Re-
publican success are becoming more
pronounced, and they will be strong
enough to overcome the Democratic
plurality is the belief of more people
Tonight than ever before.
In addition to the above an Indian
apolis despatch to the Philadelphia
Record" says: The last week of the
opens with the Republicans
IN better spirits than they have been
Iincs the canvass began, and their be.
belief in the election of Porter is opsn-
y and confidently expressed for the
irst time. This is the most decided
eature of the outlook at the present
uucture The most timid Republican
low asserts his faith in the triumph of
'Orter, whether the remainder OF the
icket is elected or not. The Demo.
rats are certainly not SO aggressive as
hey have been, and there are signs of
too prominent to be over
ooked. The agency which has caused :,
his change of feeling IL the one Of the !,
ariff policy of the Republican party as
pposed to the free trade traditions and
lattorm of the Democratic party. y
Within few years Indiana has be-
ome a manufacturing State, and with
a the past year all t,e furnaces, mills
nd shops have been running on full
me, and the workmen have been re- +
swing good wages. The Wood tariff +
i'll and the attitude Of the Democratic y
arty toward American manufacturers L
ave arrested attention, and more votes t
ave been Influenced within the past s
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