Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-10-14
A Heavy shower i'm Ohio last
Tuesday-The Republicans
Completely Inundated.
A Huge Tidal Wave Sweeps Over
the State, Resulting in an
Overwhelming Defeat of
the Republicans.

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Evening News tells the story as far as
heard from up to Thursday:
COLUMBUS Oct. .12.-Returns on the
election come in slowly, owing to the
Republicans having lest interest in
them and the Democrats not having
made arrangements for their prompt
transmission. The late dispatches do
not materially change Democratic ma
jority on the state ticket, which is GER
tainly $4,000, and mayreach $4,000.
THE RESULT ON c0MGREssMEN.
is better for the Democrats with every
additional dispatch. They have elected
10 out of the II sure, and the more san
guine leaders claim IL. Several of the
districts are uncOmfOrtably close, and
it will need the official count to decide
them. Even then there are likely to be
two or three contests for seats.
The best information at present OBJ
tainable on congressman gives the DEM
ocrats 10. as follows: First district,
Follet, S39 majority; second, Jordan, L.
763; third, Murray, 26l; fourth, LIE Fevre;
fifth, Seney; sixth, Hill, 600; twelfth,
Neal, 200; thirteenth, Converse; four
teenth, Geddis; fifteenth, Warner, $50;
sixteepth, Wilkins; eighteenth, Wallace,
l6O; twentieth, Page, 1l9; twenty-first,
Foran, 4,65l.
ihr Republicans elect in six districts
ty eighth, Keifer; ninth, Robinson; !;
eleventh, McCormick; seventeenth, Up
degraff, 800; nineteenth. Taylor, 5000.
THE CLOSE DISTRICTS.
The majOrities are given above as far
as reported. In no case are they official,
and the final count may change some of
them. The only close districts where
| majorities are not given are Geddes,
Democrat, in the fourteenth, and Robin
son. Republican, in the ninth. Hart,
Republican, claims majority OF IL over
Neal, Democrat, III the twelfth; and Nc
Kinley, Republican, still maintains that
he Is elected over Wallace, Democrat, in
the eighth by a few votes.
TERsE OPINIONS.
Murat Halsted: The Germans are the
core of the Republican party in Ohio.
Irritated by the meddling folly OF mis-
calculating politicians they have knock
ed the Republican party down and
dragged it out.
Martin A. FOran: The result is due
to the wOrkingmen, the liberal element
opposed to sumptuarylegislatiOn,a and in
dependent Republicans opposed to ma
chine politics.
Col. Markbreit, editor Cincinnati
VOlksblatt: The license and Sunday
bills and Foster and TOwnsend's
speeches did the mischief. 1t Is not a
Democratic victory, but the protest Of
liberal voters against insane legislation.
If the lesson is needed all will be we'll.
Ohio is not Democratic state.
Amidst their rejoicing, however, our
Democratic friends should remember
that similar defeat of the Republicans
occurred in 1877, when Gibson waselect-
ed governor by 22,52O plurality, but by
the next year the people of the state had
enough Of Democracy, and in 1878 the
Republicans had majority, In 1874
the Democrats elected thirteen of the
twenty Ohio Congressman, in 1876 only
six; in 1878 they elected eleven, and in
1880 only five. This year they elect Is
of the 81, the Republicans doing even
worse than 1874.
Several causes contributed to this ut
ter rOut of the Republicans, one of the
most prominent being the disaffection
of the German element, heretofore
strong element in the party, on account
of the action of the last legislature on
the Sunday observance and temperance
questions. Acrimonious contests over
congressional nominations had its ef
feet, causing luke warmness among
the people, especially in the rural dis
tricts. vfr-r