Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-10-20
THE ELECTION.

The delay ill counting the vote ID
 Hamilton county gave rise to suspicion
 of fraud on the part of the democrats
 whO had control of the polls, especially
 m Cincinnati, and an inquiry began 10
 be circulated why this delay, and now
 there are grave suspicious of fraud of
 the worst kind, and as far as investiga- tion has gone the democratic majority,
 as claimed, has been cut down very
 largely. Among republicans who are
 well versed in Ohio politics there is
 not much surprise at the result.
 Since 1872 the democrats carried the
 State four times and the republicans six
 times. In 1873 the democrats elected
 their Governor by ST plurality, in 1874
 their Secretary of State by 17,302 plural
 Ity, m 1877 their Governor by 9, ,53O and
 last year their Secretary Of State and
 other State officers by l9,115 plurality.
 The republicans elected their Cover nor in 1875 by 5,549 plurality and Presi- dent Hayes had a majority of 7,5l6 over
 Mir. Tilden in 1876. They elected their State officers including Secretary of State in 1878 by 3,l54 plurality. Gov ernor Foster has twice been elected Governor since then-in 1879 by 1LI39 plurality and in 1881 by 24,3O9. Mir. Garfield carried the State in 1880 by B. 227 plurality.
 The largest vote ever boiled in the state was at the Presidential election of 1880, when the total vote cast for all candidates was 724,967. The largest vote cast at an election for Governor was | Tn 1879, the first time Governor Foster ] was elected. There were four tickets in | the field, the total vote being 669 TO, of | which there was cast for the democratic | candidate 319.l32, for the republican 336, ,26l At the gubernatorial election l two years ago, the democratic vote fell | of, as compared with the vote of 1879, | 3O,696, and there was a decrease in the | republican vote 23536. This gave Eos ter an increased majority al his second | election. The total vote for governor in that year was 624,0SS, of which the dem ocrats boiled 2Ss,436, the republicans 3l2, 735, the balance beng divided be- tween the greenback and prohibition the former polling 16,597, the latter 1880 votes.
 At the election last year for Secretary of State and other state officers the to- tai vote reached 632,1s0. or 5000 more than at the election of 1881 for gov ernOr. The democratic vote was 3l6,- S74; the republican 237,759; greenback, j,3i5; prohibition, 12,202, and the demo crats had l9,ll5 plurality The demo- cratic vote was larger than has been cast for republican candidates in any other than presidential years, with the single exception of 1873, for governor.
 In thi- last election there were three distinct tickets, epI5icau democratic and prohibition. The latter polled a heavy vote, and drew mostly from the party. The Germans, who  are republican, in Ohio, voted the deIn- Dcratic ticket because they feared the upon the license question. The wool interest Of Ohio, which Is large, voted against the republicans be- cause Of the action of congress upon the tariff on wool The democrats claimed that their party, as it suited their purpose, were in favor of protect ing the wool interest by a tariff, etc. The republicans fought the foe outside, inside and all around them, and 1t Is DO surprise that they are beaten, but 1t would not be surprising thing either, if the official returns should show q vic tory for the republican party. That there have been shameful frauds no one who has any knowledge of the facts pretends to deny. The election will have no bearing upon the presidential elec- ton. Ohio always goes republican at presidential elections.