The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-11
The Republican Defeat Traceable to a
Heavy Vote for the Prohibition Ticket
Iowa Very Largely Republican.
A Close Contest, with Some Peculiar Phases
Gains in Unexpected Quarters.
To Ind1anannfa I6nrnaI

COLUMBUS, Oct. 10.-It looks not unlikely
this evening, that an official count may be
necessary to determine the exact result on
the legislative and possibly on the State
ticket. The election has been phenomenal,
upsetting the calculations of both commit
tees. Hoadly is still in the lead, but returns
since o'clock this morning indicate steady
| Republican gains where least expected. Gin
cinnati and Cleveland, early this evening,
had not fully reported the gubernatorial vote,
but the wards and precincts then in poi nted
| to net Republican gains of $4,000 in those
counties. 1t was hardly more than hoped,
however at Republican headquarters, that
the ratio of gains would be kept up, for the
unreported quarters had always been mainly
Democratic The experience OF 1865 is vivid
ly recalled by the present state of affairs, for
| then Mr.. Thurman's election for Governor
over Mr.. Hayes was believed for four days,
the Republicans acknowledged defeat and put
up the shutters at headquarters. Full returns
gave Mr.. Hayes 5000 majority, but
whether or not an official count may be
necessary in this case, it must be some time
before an explanation of yesterdays vote
can be made with absolute accuracy There
was large poll all over the State. Fine
weather completed the favorable conditions
for it. The Republicans counted on this to
elect Foraker by means of the rural districts,
careful polling of which promised large Re-
publican gains. The Democrats conceded this
advantage to the Republicans. On the
other hand, the Republicans were dreading
| Cincinnati and Cleveland. Dispatches early
last evening from these Cities sent by Re-
publicans, confirmed the reports of the day
that the Democrats were making havoc of
Republican prospects Senator Bruce who
! left Cleveland an hour after the count be-
gan, said to-day the boxes seemed full of
Democratic ballots; that, at any rate, the
counters had not then reached the
Republican ballots and that the
prospect was gloomy indeed. Returns
dribbled in, last night from P. NJ. on, but
| they did not begin to become significant
until after midnight, when less than one
| fifth of the State had been heard from. That
comprised what would ordinarily be fairly
representative part of the rural vote, and
| the Republican net gains were falling far
short of antcipations, There was Demo
CIfliC Iud VI l0,OUO W ONeICOutS. Lie
rate of gains at 1 clock this morning was
| less than half of what it should have been
according to Republican representations,
and Cincinnati and Cleveland the Demo-
cratic strongholds as supposed, were yet to
report The Democrats became jubilant,
with claims of Hoadly's election by from
1900 to 10000.
REWIIDERED Politicians
Returns from the cities began to come in
within the next hour. They disclosed, to
every ones surprise, substantial Republican
gains AT o'clock this morning Republican
stock had risen. but as computation on the
ratio of returns threatened to leave Hoadly
still ahead by anywhere from 5000 to 8;00O
the City Hall, where the Republicans had
been receiving dispatches was abandoned by
depleted and discouraged audience.
The Democrats at that hour were packed
in the Board of Trade rooms, under the same
roof. yelling for Hoadly. No bulletins were
issued after this, and during the morning
| dispatches came in slowly. They spurted up
this afternoon, coming mainly from the
cities, with occasional interior comfy sum-
maries. The cities continued to record Re.
publican gains until evening, but Hoadly
seemed still well inside the danger line. In
terror returns Offset each other How this
general reversal came about is a quession
not easily answered Had the Pro-
hibitionists, for whose sake the
Republicans suffered defeat year ago. and
whose continued demands resulted, last
spring, in a milder effort at restricting the
liquor traffic, gone over to their open enemy
the Democrats? Had the rural vote been
traded or diverted from its natural allegiance?
Had the Germans returned to the Republic
ans, after threate~ing to vote again with the
Democrats as a means of resisting prohibi-
ton? The returns carried affirmative infer
ences to these questions; but differences did
not rate we'll in the market after last nights
upset. The large poll implies that the rural
districts turned out in force. But where had
the Republican votes gomez 1t may be found
that the Prohibition ticket got many of them.
Ex- Chairman Nash says he should not be
surprised if the complete returns show
poll of 25 900 or 10000 votes for that ticket,
against II, 900 last year. That would go far
to account for the discrepancy between ex-
for the second amendment, although from
prohibition quarters, was a general surprise.
Suspicion that part of it may have come
from trading on local tickets had the merit
of plausibility for the meagerness of reports