New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-09
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THE OHIO CANVASS.
EFFECT OF PROHIBITION LAWS.

| lFRoM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRrBUyEI
| CLEVELAND, Ohio Sept. 5.-Speaker Hodge. Of
the Ohio House of Representatives, IN conversation
with the writer yesterday, made the following
estimate of the results of the elections next month
"Our average majority over the Democrats In
recent years when straight party issues have been
| uppeTmoSt has been about % 600. Next month
| 10000 Republican Germans will probably vote tho
Democratic State ticket making n difference 70 US
of 10000 votes. Probably 5000 more will
scratch our Secretary of State but Will not vote
for the Dcmocrltic candidate We should
| and probably shall receive 5000 votes from
ProhibitIonists for Townsend, our candidate for
Secretary OF State. / do not look for many Demo-
cratic vo,cS-not more than thousand IN the whole
State-for Townsend. This will give a majority
over the Democrats of from eight to ten thousand
votes We shall probably lose three Congres5men.
two In Cincinnati and one in Toledo. The Germans
who leave us now will not cease TO be Republicans,
but VIII use tn Democrats cudges 10 punish us.".
Mr.. D. w. Gage a lawyer Of standing IN Ceye-
land an earnest churchman and one OF the original
and leading ProhibtiOnsts of Ohio, gave 10
TRIBUNE correspondent substantially the following
statement of the hopes and purposes OF hIs party
"Our organization" he said is rapidly extending
its influence IN the State and in ncighborng States
Between this line and the day Of election fifty lee
lures will be delivered in this State for our causs
ard our party, and against both the Republican and
Democratic parties by trained Temperance lecturers.
men who can maintain themselves in a debate with
the experienced speakers among their opponents.
We believe not only that our strength VIII not DO
essened by the stand taken by the Republicans. but
that shall considerably increase it over the vote
of last year for Governor, when as you remember.
we pOiled between sixteen and seventeen thousand
votes. We have 10 sympathy with, or faith in, tho
In, faaf han txtth
the Democratic. We hold liquor making and selling
to be crimes, and are opposed TO their recognition
in any way by a tax a license law proposed by
the Republicans We did not for this reason, ap-
prove the Pond bill, nor do we wish 10 have sub
sttute for il in any form passed by the Legislature
next session. We are. however IN hearty accord
with the primer lc of the Smith Sunday law. Tho
Republicans should have incorporated an emphatic
Endorsement Of this law IN their platform. but this
they neee ctcd 70 do. Resolutions of this kind werc
proposed I'm the convention, but were voted down.
The plank which the party did adopt, namely tho
declaration that the party was in favor Of the en-
fOrcement of all laws, was evaslve and meaning
Less
Mr.. Kaufman, young German of enterprise aEd
influence Editor of the Aaseiger, the leading Ger
man paper of Northern Ohio, a lifelong Republic
can says he looks for the defeat of the Republican
State ticket BY 25 600 majority. Ills paper is most
earnestly advocating the election of the Democratic
State ticket, but is supporting the Republicaa
County and Congressional nominations. This
movement" h. said substantially, " is hypOcrtlcal
and rnnOu-, and VIC shall take tins occasion 10
beat some sense into the Republican leaders. The
Germans have been the most faithful element Of the
, Republican party In the State. II /, untrue that
we are IN favor of free whiskey and 10 sunday Wo
desire judiciouS aud even stringent license law
and we Should approve wise Sunday law bne
not an attempt 10 drive us into the churches against
our wills Tho Americans do not understand us
who say such things. These legislators, lawyers
without clients for the most part, who up to the
capital from the country villages to make laws for
US make q grave mistake in this movement and we
shall teach them lesson. First they began by
passing the Subbs law, shutting mp the theatres on
Sunday Now we had here before thai law went
into effect German theatre company, not oD Sd
grand Il scale as those You have IN NeW-lorN. but q
crcditable affair. You should know that German
theatre cannot live that does not play on Sundays
We assemble IN them, or did before they wcr" made
ILLEGAL, with families and listen to music aud
plays. and this we do not consider Gisordcrly pn-
ccdurc Cur company, / say, was good one. lt
did not play YOUR sensational plays, like those which
find favor t., such an extent in American tAeatres-
mere dramatlzati0ns Of dime nOyeis-but gave us
classical plays in excellent style WethonSht these
ADVANTAGEOUS as means Of educating orr children.
but they have been swept away. Then came tho
smith SUNDAY llN. closing up the gatd"us. lhcre
wer, several in Cleveland, a. in all the cities of
Ohio where Germans with Their families went N
Sunday afternoons and spent their tl.ne In social
intercourse where roung was uhhh0"h ana lmPo%
'Anl 80 tie party is going on t. prohibition, II not
checked. What. think YOU won!i be tn r''Iit IL
prohibition WHY It would make the large cites
permanently DcmocTauc, when Woui1 - 100
worst of lniSforCuues The Democratic party -
nothing. 1t IS nos even party Of opposition hnt
il will Dc the only resource Ol Uctlnals "h" WISH
10 preserve their liberties"
Major Armstrong. Editor ofIhe Pldi- Lclir who
viii problbly b. nominated nrNi Saturday
for Congress by the Democrats Of tho
NXIst District ScOlis at tie sincerity ot tte
Republican party Ia their law and mo,dilty AZ
titulc Tie says the Democrats adopted the same
couls a few years ago and were never - bady
beaten before or since. lie believe, tbe German e-
lection Viii make the Democratic St3.c ticket tho
victor ana that It VIII ID some degree Affect TIE re-
suit OF the vote Tor county officials ahd Congress
Major Armstrong says the grape growers u
whom there are many along tie Noitn'm ter OK
counties and to Some extent the cl2'l interests als
effected adversely and VIII help swell th' Demo-
Tb.c Conflicting views viii not help the read,-
IN forecast he result OF tie election tp any de-
oor, of confidence. but ihcy idIIly re- lirscht NO
ron,uSon Ot Opinlo3 among the best lloiWcd' 10
=, interesting To note that quite as wide dlYcrz-
eucc exists among Tie more intelligent ol tho Nh!
are neither politicians nor professional ca ers Ok
uubic ouIuIOn. Two Or three examples Viii mus
tInte this. 4 German merchant OF wealth ani
standing "a lifelong Rcpubhcan,a a mcmoer of ih,
last Rcpubl AN state Convention, sdll ttr gfea:
majority of his country men woHld scratch "a n'at
ot the Republican state ticket and hc would 40 50
himself did he not feel bound IN honor As member
of the convention To support It's nominees.
a D,mnc,atl. lawNor Oi standing, au American
nv blrth A member or the last Democratic Siato
Conventions but . man Who there Is reason -
fear Il, the type Of only an eNcecdhsiy eiHi tloa
NJ AIS nrty deplorcd the atutud' oi the Democracy
% t-' tl -. on the Temperance question. lle had
so,,lt m convention to commit tic party 10 sliopB
So.H1 ,,',, " Jfoilnds but had been overcome IN
Ttd n uutaNed liquor selling WIS monsi0us.