Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-10-11
MENTORS" OPINION.
The Result in Ohio Not a Dead Sure
Thing for Either Party.

Thing for Either Party.
CHICAGO, October l0-"Mentor,' the
special correspondent of the Daily Herald,
Independent Democratic, sends the follow
ing dispatch to his paper:
COLrNBUs, o., October lO.-The country
at large is extremely anxious to know how
Ohio will go. That is an important but un-
answered question the country over. Con-
sidering the enormous vote, the nearly equal
strength of the parties, the numerous inHu-
ences at work, and the uncertain effect Of
the money which both sides mean TO use,
prophecy is useless. do not wish to proph
esy, but if | were making wager, even
money, should prefer to bet on the Repub-
Hcans. The chances favor them. / be-
leve Johnson, the Republican candidate
for Judge will either De beaten or
compelled to crawl through with
head of the ticket, Robinson, for Secretary
of State, do not look for more than 5000
plurality. Fickinger, for Member of the
Board OF Public Works, may come out with
1000. those who are the most confident
Of sue cess, and who talk of Is, 900 or 10000
plurality, base their calculations on the sup
position that there are more Republicans
than Democrats in the State, and that full
vote will win. They say that from $4,000
10 10000 more votes viii De cast this year
than ever were before, and that much more
than half of this reserve is Republican. In
u A., - ,ka
their maximum last fall, most OF the ab-
senteeS being Republicans
The Wool Vote.
Republicans outside of the state have
heard much of the wool vote. They have
been lead to believe that many thou
sands of Hockmasters who voted with the
Democrats last fall will desert them this
wear. After dihgent inquiry | cannot dis
cover any such detection. In the hrst
place. the Democratic gain in the heavy
wool counties last fall was small. 1t did
not average 100 votes to the county in the
wool district. Not more than half OF this
was due TO wool. The gains having been
small, there is not much to lose. Further,
the head of the Republican ticket Con-
gresham Robinson, was anything but
WOOL champion in the House. The Demo
cratic committee is this week sending out TO
wool growers 20O.0 circulars showing
m" Rnbinson's anti-wool record. The fact
is, there is great cry and little wool in this
political sheep scare. Republican wool
growers will vote their ticket Democratic
wool growers will vote their ticket II
scratching is done it will be on Congress
men. The Democrats will not lose 1000
votes in the stats'on the wool issue.
The Coal Fields.
In the coal and iron regions, where great
Industrial Prostration prevails, the Demo
Gratis expect to gain. The corporations,
generally Republican, have lost their power
over the men because the men are idle,
many of them on the strike. In the manu-
featuring centres the same is true, though
10 less extent
Butler is likely to get three or four thou
sand votes in November. The Greenback
State ticket will not have more than $500.
The ProhibitionistS Will about hold their
strength of last year. Several of their lead
ers, such as Mills Gardner, General Ed.
Never. and John Rockefeller, president OF
the Standard Oil Company, are for Blame.
do not think the Prohibition vote next
week will exceed 10000, merely holding Its
relative strength snd therefore falling to
become factor Of Importance.
An Advantage.
The Democrats possess sn advantage IN
having on their ticket two popular men
| Newman is strong with the Germans. and
many Republicans interested in the hqnor
/ traffic viii vote for Martin for Judge. The
Democrats have the entire patronage OF the
( State. legislative and executive. This Is an
advantage Of some Importance, especially
in the case Of the Board OF Public Works.
For the first time in many years the Demo
Gratis nov control the canals. with their
thousands Of boa,men, foremen, contractors
lock-tenders and lAborers.
The Prospects are that 1900 votes vii
he cast The Greenhsckers and Prohibi
tionis.s viii have about Is 900. leaving us.
600 20 be divided between the two big par
: ties. The fontisys on either ticket vii
rar ge in the neighoorhood q 100000, th