The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-10
The Story of the Election, and How 1t Was
Received at Columbus.


The Story of the Election, and How 1t Was
Received at Columbus.
Special to tho Indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS Oct. 9.-It was known here in
mid afternoon that the anticipations of
heavy poll throughout the State had been
realized. The day was incomparably the
finest for a month. This is good tor 25, 900
extra votes for US in the Western Reserve"
the secretary of the Republican committee
said in the morning. The secretary of the
Democratic committee thought it was too
fine day to call out a full rural vote, the
weather of the past month having retarded
farm work. The clear inference from this
opinion was that the Republican claim that
the interior increase over last years poll
would be to Republican advantage, was con-
ceded by the highest Democratic authority.
There were meager data at the closing of
the polls to indicate what the increase
had been, as but few advices had
been received. One dispatch, at noon, from
Wilmington, Clinton county, said that over
half the full Republican vote had been
poled at IL o'clock. Republican Chairman
Oglevee said this was more than he had ex-
the campaign, of the Republican legislative
candidate in that county, because of a dam
aging exposure of his record, had chilled
party interest there at the time. He regarded
the dispatch, accordingly, as strong confirma-
| ton of his opinion that last years stay-at-
home vote would come out and give Foraker
| the popular majority.
Reports from the cities, especially Cincin-
natl and Cleveland, were fully up to expec-
tations. The morning poll at both places
was enormous. Rose, for Lieutenant
governor, was running ahead of the other
Republicans, and likely to beat his
Democratic opponent at Cleveland, but the
most popular candidate on either ticket was
| Blee, for county treasurer, whose name was
great strength for the Democrats. A dis
patch from Republican with an excellent
reputation for political judgment, said that
| Cleveland would give the Democrats ma
| jority of at least 1000 on both State and leg
islative tickets, and that they were claiming
| 5000. Late in the afternoon an Associated
| Press dispatch said that the Democratic ma
| jority there would not be less than 300.
The Republican committee heard nothing
during the day from Cincinnati, which was
construed to mean that there was no good
news to send especially as the Democrats
were getting the most glowing dis
patches one of them claiming an
assured majority of 15,0OO which
probably was stretching the limit
beyond all reason. The local Demo-
cratic chairman, however, telegraphed at
! 3 o'clock that there could be no doubt of
the election of all of the Dem ocratic ticket,
as it was calling out substantially a full Ger
man vote; that reform ballots had not been
seen at quite half the polling places and that
the reformers yielded the fight George X.
Nash ex-chairman of the Republican COM
mittee, admitted, that ii these reports were
true, which they were for all that the Re-
publican managers had heard, they indi-
Gated Democratic Legislature.
THE PROHIBITION PROGRAMME
The Prohibitionists here were very quiet.
There was union prayer service in one of
the churches, but the rest of the programme,
comprising the presence of women at the
polls dealing out amendment tickets and
coffee and rolls, and the street parade
of school children singing for prohibition,
was abandoned. The fizzle of the much-ad-
vertised rally on Saturday probably diseour-
aged the original intent. Men stood at the
polllng-places with amendment tickets but
| they were unobtrusive and made no open
effort at proselyting.
| The programme was fully carried out at