Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-10-10
Ohio and Iowa.

Years ago the October elections" were
deemed of the utmost importance as show
ing what way the great middle belt o
states were going. Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Indiana, followed by Iowa further tc
The west, made close guess possible as
TO what a national result would be, for
they not only comprised large portion
of the nations voters, but great success
of either party was great help to it In
oher states in the November elections.
But Ohio and Iowa only are left as the
October states and while victory in them
is very good thing for the party that
gets it, the old political Importance Of
the second Tuesday of October is gone.
And specially of late when the campaigns
in these states have not rested on national
issues but have been largely affected by state
issues. The present campaign in Ohio for
instance has been so complicated by the
Scott law SO called, which, a high license
law, was last summer declared consti.
tutional and by the two proposed consi-
tutional amendments, one license and
the other prohiblory amendment, that
it is difficult to say just how much of an
indicator the vote is as to the present
standing of the two parties.
Last year the republicans ba.ely car
ried Iowa, and they lost Ohio by 10 1856
They lost about everything else in the
great northe states and Tuesdays voting
had il shown that last years tidal wave
had come to stay in Ohio and Iowa would
have made it pretty certain that the repub.
lcans would stand no chance in next
years presidential canvass.
The result however shows nothing of
that. Iowa elects B. r Sherman, the
present republican governor. over Kline
the DEM cratic candidate by more than
$4,000 and Ohio is 80 close that it makes
no clear prophecy for either party's sue
cess next year. The vote cast has been,
perhaps, as large as that in presidential
election, and the large democratic majority
of last year has been made so much
smaller, to say the least, that it took a
good many hours of hunting, after the
election. to find it.
Besides the fight over the election OF
Hoadley and Foraker for governor and the
rest of the state ticket there were two
constitutional amendments voted on on
which very likely the voting was not
defined by party lines. The first of these
amendments provided that the liquor
traffic may be regulated by LAWN other
wards legalzes license laws. This amend,
ment got but few votes being supported
neither by the prohibitionists or liquor
interest The other amendment was one
prohibiting the manufacture or traffic in
liquor to be used as beverage. Either
amendment to be adopted mus. receive a
majority of all the votes cast at the eec.
ton. This amendment as we'll us the |
other is supposed to have been defeated.
but unlike the other it came very near
success.
The latest news which we have, that of
he second night after the election, is that
he election Of Hoadley by Il small majority
seems to be conceded and that the legisla
ure is in doubt. The closeness of the
yote leaves Ohio in tho list of doubtful
tates for next year. The full returns of
his election will be of interest as the
letals are said to show gains and losses
hat very much surprised both p,rties.