The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-10-19
OCTOBER ELECTIONS.
OHIO

Cincinnati dispatch OF tho lath saws:
Detailed returns ar. coming III hut sOw'v,
but CROUCH is known to sly TINT the Dem
ocrstc majority in the State will lie likely to
overrnn o,o0n. with probably fifteen of the
twenty one congressman
4 spec'a telegram from Columbus to the
Chicago Times SAYS: "The Democrats claim
that the plurality will not be less than
an,OW and may reach :n.eN while the
Republicans admit that it will not fall
much ii any bc'ow the first figures.
The result is surprise to the
Democrats as well as Republicans, and on all
81 DIES the question being asked is How did IL
happen! The Democrats attribute the re-
suit to super or organization on their part,
Republican dissatisfaction with the national
administrator. and local quarrels, Of which
there We're more than the usual number in
the Republican ranks They also argue that
the action OF Congress at it's late session had
tendency to disgust Republicans aud de-
stroy their confidence in the honesty of tho
party leaders
"Gov Foster says the result il due partly
to apathy on the part of Republican voters
and part to the organized and persistent
efforts OF the anti-tnmperancc element in
behalf OF the Democracy. Secretary Town
send, the Republican candidatc, attributes
his de.eat to lght vote in part. but mliny
to the war made on the party by the brew
ers, distil!ers and saloon -keeners He claims
that they not only spent over SDO.N .Np in the
State to secure the defeat of the Republican
ticket. but succeeded in effecting AMI oper-
atiny in the interest Of the Democratic party
the most perfect political organization ever
known in tn State. The organization it is
claimed, extended throughout all sections,
an succeeded in controlling almost the en-
tire floating vote.
Capt J. c. Donaldson, Secretary OF the
Republican State Executive Committee, gives
1t as his opinion that the result demonstrates
clearly that the majority of the people OF the
State are not in sympathy with the radical
moral-reform measures upon which the Re-
publican party has stakcd and lost everything
in the campaign Just ended While the state
issues have played an important part In the
canvass, it is probable that the death OF
Garfield and tho instalmcnt Of q new ad-
ministraton with antagonistic tendencies,
and the dissatisfaction consequent upon this
change, has been an important factor in
bringing upon the Republican party in Ohio
it's defeat The chickering's between the fac
tions of the party in New York and Pennsyl-
vania have also had their influence in Ohio,
and that influence has been detrimental.
The Garfield Republicans APPARENTLY mistrust
the national administration. and were not
particularly interested in giving ii the same
Endorsement they gave Garfield last fall in
the election OF Gov. Foster. BY far the most
unfortunate feature OF the disaster for the
Republi can party in this State is the loss of
nine congressman, among them Bntterworth
and Mckinley, the two ablest members of
the present Ohio delegation"
A Cincinnati dispatch says that returns
from seventy nine If the eighty eight coun-
ties gives Newman plurality OF Il, ,fh. II
is now estimated that the Dem ,cratic ma
| 10, ity in the state vii be between Il 600 and
| ao,ua A Columbus dispatch states that
/ Mckinley, Republican, is elected to Congress
| in the Eighteenth district by eight
votes, according to the official returns,
which reduced his opponents majority
| in stark county from Sis to so4 The Demo-
| Gratis are considerably stirred up over the
matter, and charge fraud ON tie part of the
Republican clerk. Chairman Thompson
states that the case will be contested The
kuccessful candidates in the three close dis
trcts--the Seventh Twelfth and Eighteenth
--wer. elected by a total Of Il. votes Should
! MckiI ley take his seat the delegation will
stand eight Republicans and thirteen Demo-
Gratis.
WEST VIRGINIA
A dispatch from Wheeling says sthe latest
returns confirm the election of John ". Ma
son to Congress in the Second district oyel
| Wilson, the Democratic candidate by ma
/ iafifS pf twenty five In fifty This make,