Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-03
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.
Both Parties MarshaIling Their Forces
for the Struggle.

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The Executive Committees of the two
parties are now fairly engaged in the pre-
liminarv work Of the campaign. which
will be formally opened a month hence
Both parties intend 10 rely largely on the
persuasive elOquence Of the stump orator,
and every man wha can make a speech
will be drafted into the service by one
committee or the other for State or local
meetings. New York. Pennsylvania and
other Eastern States viii be drawn on by
both committees for speakers, so that by
the close Of September the Buckeye State
Will be deeply inundated with political
Oratory. Which party it viii drown re-
mains 10 be seen.
The first work Of the committees viii be
TO make canvass Of the State, and this
they are now engaged in, and both eX-
press satisfaction with the outlook 50 far
as the canvass has proceeded. The Re
publicans profess to have found a large
number Of disaffected Democrats, but this
is denied by the Democrats, who insist
that the greatest amount of disaffectiOn
exists among the Republicans. and that
the prohibition vote this year viii reach
10000, or 5000 more than last year, all Of
which VIII come from the Republican
party.
Preliminary reports have been received
from the heads Of the local.cOmmittees of
the two parties or from active Democrats
and Republicans in all parts Of the state
in which they set up claims as TO their
expected vote or the probable vote of their
adyeTsaries in October. These claims in
many instances are rather conflicting, and
show a wide difference Of opinion be-
tween the contending party managers.
After carefully sitting them they may be
stated thus: The Democrats claim ma
jOrities in fOrty-seyen counties aggrega-
ting j4.04j, and cOncede the Republicans
maiOrities in the remaining fOrty-one
counties aggTegating 35,S2J.
In 1852 the Democrats carried fOrty-six
Of these counties by majOrities aggTega-
ting %. S43. and the Republicans carried
the remaining fOrty-twO counties by ma
iOrities aggregating "a, 72S, from which it
Will be seen that the Democratic claim is
that the party will substantially hold its
own this year.
On the other hand, the Republicans
claim that they will be able to carry fifty-
one counties this year by majOrities
aggregating 5S,525, and concede the
Democrats majOrities in the remaining
thirty-seven counties aggregating SO, 100.
To bring about this result the Republi-
cans would have to gain 23,797 and the
Democrats lose 20,625. In 1882 the Republi-
cans lost CuyahOga county Cleveland by
2,5S1 and Hamilton (Cincinnati) by TO-
6S9-13.270 in all. In their claims TO ma
jOrities this year they estimate 5000 ma
iOritv in Cleveland and 800 in Cincin-
natl. In other words, they expect to make
a change of %, 80 in these two cities. But
as a matter Of fact, the Republican lead
ers concede that they are more likely to
lose than gain in the large cities, and
that their gains will be in the rural dis
tricts. But according to their own cal
culatiOns, as put forward in their claims
as above, they will lose the State unless
they carry both Hamilton and Cuyahoga
counties.
The Republican leaders, Of course, are
aware Of this, and will put forth every
possible effort to carry these two coun-
ties. In them they expect to do the real
work Of the campaign as effectively and
quietly as possible, while they will make
their most Ostentatious demonstrations in
the rural districts. But if they expect to
find the Democrats asleep in the two great
cities Of the State. whose vote will decide
the election, they viii find themselves
mistaken.