Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-10
THE OHIO ELECTION.
The State Claimed by Both Republicans
and DemOcrats-The German Vote a
Factor in the Campaign-Importanc of
the Question of Prohibition.


A correspondent Of the Philadelphia
TINES, writing from Columbus, Ohio, SAYS
Of the political outlook in that State;
The campaign which will terminate in the
election on the 10th inst. is a remarkable
one. Things have seldom been so mixed as
now. Ii is all owing to the LIQUOR question.
and old prophets are sll at sea- At the two
political headquarters here the most extra
ordinary claims are made. II Chair
man Thompson, of the Democratic
State Committee, were less Of q brag
than be is his figures giving the State to the
Democrats by 20 900 or so might mean some
thing, but Thompson always claims every
thing he can lsy his hands on and a good
deal that Is clear out Of sight as well. At
the Republican headquarters like figures
are claimed. but for public use only. Pri-
vately the Republican leaders are greatly
worried lest they shall lose the State on sc-
count OF the bolt of the German vote
to the enemy. A week ago the Demo
Gratis apparently had everything their
own way. Victory seemed assured:
but, instead Of following up their
work, they were content to let matters
rest. and have done little since but brag Of
the majority they would have. On the
other hand, the Republicans redoubled their
efforts, and in these last few days have put
in their best licks, so that their prospects
are much brighter to-day than at auy time
in month past. Still the drift OF opinion
among the best informed men is that the
Democrats have fair chance to elect their
State ticket by small majority and gain
several members Of Congress, although their
victory is not assured.
The offices to be filed are Secretary of
State, Judge of the Supreme Court and a
member Of the Board Of Public Works. The
Democrats figure out victory in this wav;
They claim Hamilton county, including the
city Of Cincinnati, by 5000 at least, II not
10000, although 1t went to Foster last year
by 4, 800 majority. They also claim Cuva-
hoga county BY 1000. 1t gave Foster 4,SO0
over Bookwalter last year. The Republican
loss In these two counties on this score
would be 1900, leaving them only
1000 OF their last years majority.
1t is claimed by the Democrats
that this will be overcome and more in Co
lumbus, Dayton and Toledo, and that gains
in the country will swell the Democratic
majority to large figures. To get this they
count on the German vote going Democratic
and the Prohibition vote remaining intact.
On the other hand, the Republicans will not
concede the State ticket to the Democrats
in Hamilton county by more than 5000,
and will not concede Cuyahogs, in
Guiding Cleveland, at all. Calling It
a stand-off they would lose in these two
counties IL 900 and would still have a ma
1ority of 1000 left. Outside of these
counties the Republicans claim that the
Democrats will not gain in spots more than
they will lose in others and that the Repub-
licsns will get the bulk of the Prohibition
vote besides. It is pretty certain that both
parties are putting their figures too high.
Undoubtedly the Democrats can only hope
for victory by great gains In the cities, for
they cannot affect the country vote to any
great extent.
Some very tight contests have been car
ried on in the Congressional districts The
present delegation consists of fifteen Repub
licans and five Democrats. Ohio gains a
member by the reapportionment and the
Legislature last winter undertook to divide
up the districts so as to capture the extra
man for the Republicans. The gerrvman-
der was not an entire success and the Demo
Gratis will certainly add to their number In
the coming election. Some of them are
sanguine enough to imagine that the new
delegation will stand seventeen Demo.
Gratis to four Republicans, but # is
nonsense to talk of such a thing.
They undoubtedly have a good fighting
chance to carry q majority of the delepa-
tion, but it is not at all certain that such q
result will be attained. They have to start
with four sure districts, and will elect lie
Fevre In the Fourth, Seney In the Fifth,
Converse in the Thirteenth and wilkins in
the Sixteenth. 1t is extremely probable
that they will also carry the two Cincinnati
districts, and elect Follet over Ben Butter
worth In the First and Jordan over Amor
Smith in the Second. Cincinnati is
conceded to the Democrats by q good
round majority on the State ticket,
and as the two districts are close at best
the disaffectiOn will doubtless swamp the
two Republicans. Further than this the
Democrats can count on nothing sure. The
Republicans have six sure districts at the
outset and will undoubtedly elect Keifer in
the Eighth, Mccormick in the Eleventh.
UpdegrsH in the Seventeenth, Mckinley In
the Eighteenth, Taylor in the Nineteenth
and Mcclure in the Twentieth. This dis
poses Of twelve districts-six to the Demo
Gratis and six TO the Republicans. The
other districts are debatable, but with the
Republicans standing the better chance in a
ms1ority of them.
These contested districts are the Third,
Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth,
Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Twenty first.
While the Democrats are claiming about
everything, they put down as sure of cleo
ton, Follett, in the First; Jordan, Second;
LeFevre, Fourth; Seney, Fifth; Hill, Sixth:
Campbell, Seventh; Hurd, Tenth: Neal,
Twelfth; Converse. Thirteenth; Warner,
Fifteenth, and Wilkins, Sixteenth This
would give them a majority of one In the
delegation. There is certainly good chance
for them all, but 1t is not clear that they are
all safe by any means. 1t does not seem
certain that the Democrats will have over
nine members in the next delegation, which
would be gain of four, but it is pretty safe
to count on that number at all events.