The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-10-11
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON,
wAsu1soros, D. G.. October 7th. 1854

WASHINGTON, ID. o., October 7th, 1884.
Messrs. Ed;tors:-There are times when every
body seems to stand with bated breath waiting
and watching for some great or momentous event
to occur, and that is the case seemingly now with
the whole country and the members of the two
political parties--those that are not engaged in
the ight-waiting to see what is going to be the
outcome of the great battle that has been going
on and is to eliminate in the election in Ohio on
next Tuesday. Ordinarily the election, being
only for some minor State Offices, would not seem
fraught with any great Importance, except to the
candidates concerned in that State, but by reason
of its preceding the great Presidential election
that is to come off on the 4th of next month, and
the State being one of the only two-West Vir-
ginia being the other-in which elections will be
held before the people of the whole country have
the opportunity to express themselves on the
Presidential question and say who shall have con-
troll of the Government for the next four years.
whether James G.. Blaine, with the continued
benefcent rule of the Republican party, or Grover
Cleveland, with the revolutionary policy of the
Democratic party, as regards the tariff, threaten
ing all the industrial interests of the country with
the direct evil if not total ruin-seemingly by
common consent of both the great political parties
that State has been made the battle ground and
that election the great battle that is to have the
greatest influence upon and perhaps determine
the result of the election next month. That, in
lance upon the outcome Of the election in Ohio
next Tuesday, well perhaps as upon that of
West Virginia also, should the latter happen to
go Republican, can be seen by the character OF
the contest that has been waged there. True
there has been considerable commotion in West
Virginia for the last few days or weeks-hun-
dreds of speakers traversing it for both the Dem
ocratic and Republican parties and making
speeches in every part of it, and Hon. John A..
Logan darting over to Wheeling and drawing a
crowd of from go, 900 to 100000, or Blaine run
ming up to Parkersburg or Grafton and making
such speeches in favor of protection and American
industries he did at the latter place, exciting
the laboring people to the widest enthusiasm
yet the excitement and the energy being thrown
into the campaign there are nothing compared
with the excitement and energy of the struggle in
Ohio. There both political parties seem to have
marshalled all their strength and put all their
available forces in the field. And what will be
the outcome? As it used to be said of Pennsyl-
vania as an October State may it not now be said
GAS goes Ohio so goes the UnionF z,
Whichever party may be successful in carrying
this election in Ohio, it may be safely presumed
that if the Republican majority is moderately
SMALL that party barely carrying the State, it will
renew the contest after election but with much
less prospects of winning in November, or, if the
Democrats should carry the State, the contest will
be renewed with scarcely any hopes at ALL But
if on the other hand the Republican majority be
unprecedentedy large, as it is likely to be-
though with many dangers from Democratic
schemes and intrigues which have not space
here to mention to prevent it-as in Maine, it
will decide the contest in November in favor of the
Republicans beyond all peradventure, while a
moderate majority Of from 5000 to 10000 would
give very good assurance of success for that party
then.
Probably there never was more money spent
by either party or greater efforts made to carry
any one State in an election than in Ohio now, 1t
being said that the Democratic party is expend-
ing their every dollar of campaign fund in the
fight and all their available strength is brought
into requistion, they recognizing that if they are
not able to gain victory and hold the State,
which is now in their hands, and thus Offset the
great victory the Republicans gained in Maine,
the election in November is "gone up" SO far as
they are concerned. The Republicans here are
confident of victory there and do not hesitate to
express assurance of the same in Novemeer.-
They are, therefore, in comparatively good mood,
and would lay wagers with the Democrats, but
none of the latter seem inclined to take or make
any bets on the chances of their carrying any
election this year. This is an omnous sign for
them for the Democrats have always heretofore
been enthusiastically anxious to prove their
faith" with their money that they were going to
carry Presidential elections, although they never
did. But this year they don't seem to have any
faith at all.
An interesting item of local news in your coun-
ty has reached me, and as it is not likely to get
in THE UNION any other way, send it in this
letter. Last Friday, the Sd inst, was the 25th
anniversary of the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
D. Yingling, of Reisterstown, 4th district, the
former being the very efficient postmaster of that
place. Although there was no formal celebration of
their "silver wedding" yet the highly esteemed
counJe yas not forgotten by their friends from
whom they unexpectedly received a considerable
number of valuable and handsome presents, con-
sisting of pieces of silverware table linens, &C.,
and new and handsome silk dress for Mrs.
Yinging from her two sons, Dean and Samuel,
now both grown and one employed as fine arti-
san in the Elgin watch works, at Elgin, Illinois.
Nav their lives he nrolonged and hanniness and