The daily gazette., 1882-10-10
THE ELECTIONS TO-DAY.
THE coNrEsrs IN ONO AND
KENTUCKY. v
CLOSE IN THE r6EGER srArE
Views Of Leaders as to Hoy f1R 1hi1x
WIN Go-Rspabliesas Azl,nls tohfe -
Doubt. atft"N ~

COLUMBUS, Oct. 9.--Not an estImzts has
been made Of fo-morrow's election thst u
not pure guess work. The campaign has
been one OF certainty and the election may
be one Of surprises The usual brags hava
been made by campaign orators and figures
for the public given out from time TO tme
from both headquarters. Tonight, how
ever, on the eve Of the election, the leadees
OF neither party care TO be quoted. TheT
doH'tcare TO 20 on record rs making esti-
mates. Chairman Mash, Of the RepublicaA
too many elements of uncertainty to make .
prediction. He hopes that the Republican
majority in the State sswfll run
up to 10000, but he viii not pre-
dict 1t. The issnes are too many spd
all calculations may be upset. Chairman
Thompson OF the Democratic committee is
just as reserved "No one knows how this
election is going" he says. .'It is all guees-
work" Nevertheless he has made up. sn
estimate for the use Of hfs committee, and it
elects the Democratic State ticket by 5000
and the following Congresemen, 10 out Of
II I: FolIett, First district; Jordan, Second;
Lefevre, Fourth; Hurd, Tenth; Hill, Sixth;
'Foran, Twenty first; Neal, Twelfth; Geides,
Fourteenth; Warner, FifterDth; 0btney,
Fifth; Converse, Thirteenth; Wilkins, bIxs
teenth. This is the result on 'Chairmaa
Thompson's poll of the State, and It 10 -
near right as he can get It. It puts the
Democratic majority In Hamilton county at
5000. in Cuyahoga at l 900, I'D Franklin al
1,200 and In Lucas at 1000. 2y,s,..
In making up their estimates the two
parties figure in this way: The pemocrnts,
by the great detection of the German vote
in Cincinnati, Cleveland and Toledo, claim
that they can overcome The "a, 900 majority
N Iaaf 49,
hand, the Republicans hope to be able ID
secure nearly all Of the 10000 Prohibitioa
votes cast last year and claim that this vote.
with gains in the country, will more th&6
balance the losses caused by the bolt Of III
Germans In the cities. No one can estimate
the strength of the dissatished Germans.
No one can tell what the bulk 0f ~ Pro
hibitionists will do, and this Is Just tlie rea-
son why the election is uncertain.
The leaders are all at sea ON the total vote
that will be cast. The Democrats have
sighted many portions Of the State, lespeci-
ally the strong Democratic districts, and, in
fact, the campaign in the country has from
the start been rather listless. Most Of the
work has been done In the cities and the
result will depend In great measure on the
Democratic majorities which can be, rolled
up there. Both parties claim majority Of
the Congressional delegation, but the Re
publicans apparently have the best. chances.
The defeat Of Butterworth I'm, the First Gin
cinnah district, is highly probable, ~
PHLADELPHrA, Oct. 10.-The Tssnss
prints the following dispatch: sery
"CINcINNATI, Oct. 9.-Estimates Of tho
result of to-morrow's election are simply
guesses. No man has enough reliable data
on which to predict with anything like Ger
tainty. One of the best posted Repuhlicafis
in the State says: Il am prepared for de-
feat and i would not be surprised If this
should prove the Waterloo Of the Demo-
cracy.' The chances seem to favor ths
Republican State ticket, though Townsend,
its head, will be scratched more than the
Others. The Republicans feel sure OF nine
Congressman and are more or less sIaky
about the other twelve, with o. more than
even chance for halfof them. The Republi-
cans have been scared from the FIRST, but
hitherto when scared have always won more
than they expected. The Democrats have
been confident from the start, but are less
SO thar. 10 days ago. To sum 1t mp In
word, neither side has a bit of well grounded
confidence. In Cincinnati Butterworth
seems likely to get through; with possibly
one or two candidates on the local ticket.
The rest of the Republican nominees are
rather more than doubtful, t,.o
GAZETTE"