Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-18
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER Is. 1891.
About Ohio.


pounccs in special from Washington,
where headquarters are supposed 10 be.
that although Ohio will be the chief centre
OF political interest during the next month,
the Democratic managers, so Governor
CiKyEIASD's friends say, have decided not
10 concentrate all their energies on the Oc-
tober State; that the campaign in the Buck
eve State will be conducted with cxtraor-
binary vigor and push, yet the friends Of
Governor CLEVELAND do not stake their
chances Of winning in November on the
prospect Of success there. This Is a mere
repetition in other words OF what has been
so often said before that though BLAINE
cannot be elected without the vote OF Ohio,
CLEVELAND can. The same special says:
1.-THE announcement that both Mr. Blaine
and General Logan will speak in Cincin.
natl and that PostmasterGenerll Gresham
will at once take the stump in Ohio. is con-
sidered evidence that the eXigenc;es OF the
campaign require the presence Of the Re-
publican candidates in Ohio, and, as in
Maine, money and burrah will he used
without stint 10 keep the State IN the Re-
publican column. The Democrats will
have all the big men in the party speakin!
i'm The State, and will probably he Supplifd
with money. They count largely on the
German Republican diSaiection, which has
given them the state the past two yelr,.
and will look on The outcome Of the election
there with considerable anxiety "a an indi-
cation OF The strength Of The German move
ment toward Governor Cleveland in west
orn States
The Democrats cannot be too cautious in
their movements nor too liberal to the Re-
strength Of CLEVELAND and HENDRICKS.
We do not regard Ohio AZ the state in
which the decisive battle j. TO lie fought.
Now York is too evidently the national
arena in which is 70 be witnessed next No.
vcmber the surrender Of one or the other
OF the two great parties. But the result IN
Ohio In october might affect most serious
ly the result in New York in Novem-
Der. Everybody admits, we believe, that ii
he Republicans lose Ohio in October, the
race for tbs presidency will have been run
and won. That is all admission that the
result in 4 single State might 10y its con-
trolling influence suffice TO elect Pres.
dent a the United States. But this admis-
sion Is qualified by the antcccdcnt under
standing that tn State whose vote Is TO
be thus potent is Indispensable to the
success Of the party that fails to get
it IN October In word, we come
back TO the original proposition that
the Democrats may fail to carry Ohio
in October and yet not be defeated
in the Union in November, whereas
il the Republicans lose Ohio in October.
they will be overwhelmed in November.
Their army will disappear like that OF SEN
sACuEBB. "The angel Of Death" will
have "come down on the fold" No Won
der the Republican leaders have determined
10 send all the money they can collect, and
all the speakers they can command, to the
Buckeye State. We warn the Democratic
leaders that they cannot do better than to
follow the example. Let us consider the
situation.
Is It certainly true that the Democrats
can lose Ohio in October, ana vet elect
CLBvEIAND in November? Wetbink there
is at present no good reason for doubling
that they might do so. Nevertheless, there
ought 10 be a qualification here also. A
Republican majority Of five or ten thou
sand in Ohio In October might be accepted
asa precursor Of Democratic success in the
Union in November. Such a majority, or
any majority al all. on the Democratic side
would be conclusiye-would settle the aues-
ticn; but on the Republican side would
presage defeat to BLAINE. On the other
hand Republican majority OF twenty to
thirty thousand in Ohio IN October would
be a terrible blow to the Democratic party.
1t might make even New York a doubtful
State. We cannot for a moment doubt that
the Democratic National Committee is alive
TO the importance Of carrying Ohio in Octo-
Der, or vt the least cutting down the Repub-
lican majority to a small figure.
II Mr.. BLAINE goes to Ohio, as il is re-
ported he will, he will not dare TO make pO-
iitieal speeches. He will be used to draw
crowds, manufacture enthusiasm, and close
up the Republican ranks. Ills utterances
will be oracular. But II need be. CLEyE-
LAND can follow him and speak out boldly
on the very issues which BLAINE is afraid
TO touch upon. Then victory In Ohio will
be assured 10 the Democracy.