The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-10-16
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Elections in Indiana and Ohio.

ctatlc neaoQOaftefa was CLOSED unu DESERT |
ed all day, aud il was difficult TO discover
a prominent member Of that party at any
time during the day. Gov. Hendricks APP
peared on the streets ahoss noon, and was
quickly surrounded by crowd of his po-
liIical friends eager for some word Of com
for, but he had none to give, except TO
Say that there was no idea Of giving the
State up in November. | saw Senator
Voorhees, tonight, Just us he was taking
the train for the East He said II am
overwhelmed, aud do not know what to
say about IT, 1t Is awful. | would have
staked my life GU 5000 for Landors, but
through some cause several Of our strong
holds have miserably disappointed US.
However feel sure that Hancock is ten
thousand votes stronger in Indiana than
our State ticket"
The Democrats generally are so cast
down that they do not dispute the Repub.
lican figures. 70 this Senator Nc Donald,
whose hopes Of reelection to the Senate
are bound up in the result, is an excep.
ton. He still thinks that the Legislature
will be Democratic, aud that Porter's ma
jority is under 5000, aud it is possible
that he may turn out to DO correct. III
the Republicans should have the Legisla.
ture the prominent candidates for United
States Senator win be Mr. Porter aud Gen.
Ben. Harrison, with the chances in favor
Of the former. The intense interest felt
all over the country in the Indiana elee.
tion was shown in the immense number OF
inquiries addressed here by politicians and
betting men from every section of the
country. The managers at the telegraph
offices say that tho business in the last
forty-eight hours has been more than dou-
bic that at any preceding election, as is
invariably the case in unexpected defeats
aud victories.
Many theories and assertions are
brought forward in explanation, and many
OF them, Of course, lacking in slightest
foundation. Some Of the disappointed
Democrats are ascribing the main cause to
the personal unpopularity of both Mr..
English aud Mr.. Landcrs, and are free in
declaring that with other men in the lead
the result would have been different II
cannot be doubted that there are men in
the Democratic party Of Indiana who
would have held the party together better
than Mr.. English and Mr.. Lauders, but
there Sse causes behind the result far
deeper aud broader than the mere ques-
tion Of the more popularity Of two or three
men.
This is not the time nor the place to
discuss the subject further than 10 touch
upon one or two elements which almost at
the last moment entered into the canvass,
aud which it is now proved exercised an
important influence upon the result
First, the stalwart, or Grant element,
which held off for so long after the nomi.
nation Of Garfield, but which within the
last two or three weeks, after, as is under
stood, thorough understanding with Gen.
Garfield as to his policy aud patronage ia
case of his election, sent into the arena
the flower Of its forces, stripped for the
ARRAY.
To those who have been on the ground
it is plain to see that the yigor and un-
reserve with which Gen. Grant himself
has entered the lists supplemented by the
skill, experience aud fnesse Of his chosen
friends, who have eutrenched themselves
here, has had much TO do in snatching
victory from the jaws of defeat This IS
freely admitted to-day by those who were
little FESTIVE under what they called out
side interference. Second. The Repub
licans threw to the winds the bloody shirt,
which they had displayed so prominently
in the early part OF the canvass in both
Ohio and Indiana, aud in the latter days
addressed themselves almost entirely TO
the tariff issue. II Is now seen that this
was big card, and that operatives aud
working men in both States were deluded
into voting against their lifelong political
convictions for fear that otherwise ii would
be question Of bread for themselves and
their families.
The republican committee aud other
prominent republicans here have been in
consultation all day with leading rcpubli.
cans in other sections They are all 50
much encouraged that the word has been
passed along the line that the presidential
contest is settled, and that solid North is
now assured aud a divided South not i'm.
probable; that the democracy are so dc.
moraized that they cannot repair the
breaks IN time for November. This talk
is, perhaps, natural under the clrcum.
stances, but it will not be long before the
republicans will awake from any such de.
lusion. The democracy have been dealt a
serious blow, but they will soon recover.
They will fight just as hard for Indiana in
November as they did 10 October, aud |
they will redouble their efforts for the
States 10 the East which arc considered as
fighting ground. They are fully organis.
ed and equipped, and viii enter on the
contest with high hopes and renewed yigor.
At the November election in Indiana
the only candidates to be voted for the
presidential electors, aud it will therefore
be squarc,out 6ght between Hancock aud
Garfield. The republicans viii then not
have the Immense advantage possessed by
them yesterday ofherds Bipartisan deputy
marshals at the polls, aud the election will
be conducted entirely under State auspices.
MrIIurlburt, of the New York World,
who is here, telegraphs an editorial to the
World tonight setting forth certain causes
Affecting the State election, which viii not
exist ll November and arguing prospects
OF Democratic success 10 indiana at that
time W