Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-10-07
BATTLING BUCKEYES.
A Feeling Of Uncertainty In the
Camps of Both Parties at
Columbus.
Prohibition a Doubtful Element
The Temperance Party Well
Supplied With Money.
How the Bets Are Being Made
Republican and Democratic
Meetings in That State.

COLUMBUS, October 6.-The political sit
uation in Ohio is sadly mixed. There is
an aggressive element OF uncertainty in 1t
that is seriously embarrassing both parties.
Within the past week this disturbing
power has so shaped itself as to oyershad-
ow the movements of both Democrats and
Republicans. Every hour it Is making the
result more uncertain, and thsre Is not
leader of judgement IN either party who
does not admit that no man can forecast
the result of next Tuesdays vote.
This new force is
The Prohibition Party.
It has full State ticket in the field, and is
making a stronger canvass than either OF
the two great parties. 1t is more enthu-
siastic than either and better equipped
with money and speakers than the Repub-
lican or Democratic organizations. Within
a week two men IN Cleveland have given
$4,000 each to its campaign fund, and it is
believed that at least S5O, 100 has been or
will be expended by it in carrying on its
war against the liquor traffic.
The Other Parties.
Both Mr.. Rarger and Mr.. Oglevee, re-
spectively, chairmen of the Democratic
and Republican State Committees, claim to
have had less than Sis, 900 each for the en-.
tire campaign, yet both seem to have orga'
nized and kept going fairly warm caE-
vss In the last days of the campaign
hey are each letting out link and trying
to pick the & ,untet Of success from the
b nhre which the whisky aud anti'whisky
elements a'e bu lding.
A Large Vote Expected.
Naturally this condition OF affairs will
have the tendency 10 bring out large vote,
and all parties are expecting a greater poll
than was ever cast here. In this fact
lies the hope and belief of Republican
success Theirs has been healthy can.
vass and free from outside controversies.
The Democrats have been, and still are, at
war among themselves but practical eX'
pectstion Of Republican victory cannot
oe based upon this fact. As usual in the
last hour OF the campaign, the lines are be.
ing drawn, seserters are being caught and
malcontents coaXed into the party fold.
The result virtually depends upon the
number Of votes the prohibition State tick
ct will draw from the Republican ranks.
Practically whatever number it gets it
takes from them, and with such an active
canvass as they are making there is danger
in the movement.
The Closing Days OF the Fight.
The bulk of the work OF the campaign re-
mains to he done. During the next four
days movements will be made that shall
decide which party wins this great battle.
Ii is yet no ones victory, and, unless all in
dicstlons fail, it will be a doubtful contest
to the last. Either party may win by few
thousand 1t is possible, also, to divide the
honors, one getting the Governor and the
other the Legislature, but this is not proba'
bable, as only once in the history OF this
State has the party lost the Legislature that
elected its state ticket.
The action of the Prohibitionists in thus
forcing fight upon the second amend.
ment at this late day has changed the fea-
lures OF the contest on the legislative as
we'll as state ticket, and there seems a
chance of the Democrats winning their
legislative candidates in Cincinnati, Cleve-
land and Columbus, where they were prac-
tiCally beaten before the German element
became alarmed for fear the second amend
ment would be carried.