Morning journal and courier., 1880-10-02
INDIANA.

All eyes are turned toward Indiana, where 'sthe October election' takes place week from next Tuesday. Both parties hope to carry the State and both are doing their best to win The Democrats have as their candi. date for governor a man who was nominated to catch the Gre enback vote, Landers being one of the widest of currency lunatics. They importing squads of men from Kentucky, who will appear at the polls election day, they are exporting all the colored Repubi- cans whom they can induce to leave the State so as to forfeit their right to vote. and they are doing everything else that promises to in crease their vote. The Republicans have put forward their best man for governor and they are doing all they can to prevent the importation and use of Kentucky Democrats, and to bring out their full vote. In the early part of the campaign the signs were all in favor of the Republicans, and the feeling was general that they would carry the State, and though there has been change the outlook to-day is not wholly gloomy for them. Many things are working in their favor. The res- toration of good times is one the success of resumption, convincing Republican Green packers of the error of their ways, is anoth- CT; the partisan action of the supreme court, in overturning the constitutional amend ments has disgusted many Democrats; busi ness men in Indiana, as elsewhere, are alive to.the disturbing consequences of a Demo- cratic victory; the workingmen have been in- structed as to the dangers to their industry of radical change in the tariff system. Add to all this that the Republicans are complete 1y united and harmonious, that their organi- zation is perfect, that their candidates are popular, and that their willingness to work hard is unbounded, and it will be seen that con- fidence in their success, is not preposterous. The Indianapolis Journal on 8 survey of the whole field, expresses the judgment that if the election is fair, Tor within 5, 900 votes of fair election" /" the Republicans will car ry the State.
 On the other hand, the Democrats point out that the Republicans have not been suc- cessful at a State election in Indiana for ten years. Governor Hendricks had 100 ma jority in 1872; the net Democratic plurality on the vote for Congressman in 1874 was more than 15,00O in 1876 Williams was 6IecLeQ governor Dy plurauIy or 3,UuU; III 1878 the Democratic candidates for State of ficers had average plurality of about H. GOO. In all the latter part of this period, however the Democrats have been profiting by the soft-money mania, which affected all parties more in Indiana than in any other State except Maine. The Greenback party vote increased from 13, ,0OO in 1876 to 39, GOO in 1878, and the evidence is conclusive that most of the gain drawn from the Repub- lican strength In the latter year the vote on Secretary of State was follows: Re- publican, 18O,657 Democratic, 194, ITO; Greenback 9,415. The Democrats had plurality of 14,0OO, but they were 25,OCO short of a majority.
 If the Republicans do carry Indiana at the State election it will be brilliant political victory ,and if they do not it will not be fa- tai loss, or necessarily decisive of the way the State will go in November. Since 1856 it has been uniformly Republican in presi- dential elections with the exception of 1876, when it's vote was recorded for Tilden. And it should be observed that Tilden only re- ceived a plurality of the votes east. He was really in the minority by over 4,0O0.