Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-03
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.
Beth Parties Marshalling Their
Forces For the Struggle.
THE STUMP ORATORS ACTIVE PART
Both COMMITTEES Summing Up the Situation
and Claiming to Have the Best oft
The Democracy Fully
Alive to Business.

COLUMBUS, August 2.-The Executive
Committees of the two parties are now
fairly engaged in the preliminary work ot
the campaign, which will be formally open
ed month hence. Both parties intend to
rely largely on the persuasive eloquence ot
the stump orator, and every man who can
make a speech will be drafted into the ser
vice by one committee or the other for
State or local meetings. New York, Penn.
syivania and other Eastern States will be
drawn on by beth committees for speakers,
so that by the close of September the Buck
eye State will be deeply inundated with
political oratory. Which party it will
down remains to, be seen-- s,s.s.-... 80.
The First Work
Of the committees will be to make can
vass of the State, and this they are now en-
gagged in, and both express satisfaction
with the outlook so far as the canvass has
proceeded. The Republicans profess to
have found large number of disaffected
Democrats, but this is denied by the DEM
ocrats, who insist that the greatest amount
OF disaffection exists among the Republi-
cans, and that the Prohibition vote this
year will reach 1000, or 5000 more than
last year, all of which will come from the
Republican party.
Preliminary reports have been received
from the heads Of the local committees OF
the two parties or from active Democrats
and Republicans in all parts OF the State
in which they set up claims as to their ex-
pected vote or the probable vote OF their
adversaries in October. These claims 10
many instances are very conflicting, aud
show
A Wide Difference OF Opinion
between the contending party managers.
After carefully sitting them they may be
stated thus: The Democrats claim MAORI
ties in forty.seven counties aggregatinS
"a O45, and cOncede the Republicans major.
tiles in the remaining forty.one counties
aegregating $685..
In 1852 the Democrats carried forty six
OF these counties by msjOrities aggregating
53, SI3, and the Republicans carried the re.
naming forty.two counties by majOrities
aggregating "A, ,72S, from which il will be
seen that the Democratic claim is that the
party will substantially hold its own this
year.
On the other hand the Republicans claim
that they will be able to carry fifty one
counties this year by majorities aggregat'
ing s., ,525, and concede the Democrats ma
jorities in the remaining thirty-seven
counties sggregatiDg $3.50. To bring
about this result the Republicans would
have to gain 23, 797 and the Democrats lose
2O,G25. In 1882 the Republicans lost Cuya-
hoga county (Cleveland) by 2,5Sl and Ham,
ilton (Cincinnati) by 1O,GS9-l3,2IO in all.
In Their Claims
to majorities this year they estimate 5000
majority in Cleveland and 800 IN ClnCin-
natl. In other words they expect to make
q change of about %, 30 in these two cities.
But as a matter of fact, the Republican
leaders concede that they are more likely
to lose than gain in the large cities, aud
that their gains will be in the rural dis
tricts. But according TO their own calCu.
lations, as put forward in their claims as
above, they will lose the State unless they
carry both Hamilton and Cuyahoga cOun-
'ieff'o - shis and will put forth every
possible effort to carry these two counties:
In them they expect to do the real work oil
the campaign as effectively and quietly as
possible, while they will make their most
ostentatious demonstrations in the rural
districts. But if they expect to find the
Democrats asleep in the two great cities OF
the State, whose vote will decide the elec'
ton, they will find themselves mistaken.