The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-09-18
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ONO STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES
Headqnarters: Park Hotel,


Columbus, Ohio,
The Republicans, with an assurance
| unsupported ny lacta or any good rea-
sons, are claiming that Ohio Will give q
majority for their ticket at the October
election, and that Blaine and Logan win
secure the electoral vote OF the State In
November.
These claims are based on those
grounds.
First. In order 10 elect President,
they must carry Ohio In October, for N
the Democrats carry the State at tho
test Will be settled beyond peradyen-
ture.
Second, The Republicans claim Ohio
because tho State has not given any but
a Republican majority In a Presidential
year, since 1855,
Upon these slender threads do tho dis
treAaed and desperate opposition hang
all their h0peal tn hrst claim disp0ses
OF itself; all clncade that the Republic
cans must carry OHIO In October, or all
IL lost The second claim ls not we'll
founded Because OHIO, for six con
scout w Presidential elections, has cast
her electoral vote i0r the Republican
candidates II does not nec0 0lsarily follow
that sne will do no In 1884
A study Of the facts and figures, no
presented by past elections, presents an
encouraging aspect 10 the true ana tried
democracy OF Ohio, and tells them that
II they but do their duty this year, Us
they did last year aud in years past,
Ohio will certainly give ID lm0cratis
majority In October, and will head the
Democratic column, aud give her elec-
tOrnl vote TO Cleveland aud Hendricks
In November, The election statlatioa ~
wei an thb census returns Of the several
counties In the state. show q steady and
uniform increase In the wealth and
population aud growth OF Democrats
strength; not only In counties giving
Republican maj1ritiea, hut more espeo.
tally In counties giving Democratic ma
jnrilioa, Counties that few years ago,
like Erie, Lucas and Montgomery, that
gave large Republican mAJOritlea, have
swung into the Democratic column, aud
now give large Democratic majOIitles,
while In no single instance has u cOun-
ty, that IN twenty years has given u re-
liable Democratic majority, been trans
posed TO the Republican column.
The counties, such aa those on the
Western Reserve, which have given the
Republicans their reliable maj0rlties,
are among tho oldest and most thickly
settled, and In the past ton years have
only made q nominal increase In p0pu-
lati0n; while the counties OF the north.
west, which, with scarce an exception,
gave largo and reliable Democratic ma
jOrItea, being composed OF new terri
| laH "A "a
wealth In u few years, ana the growth
OF Democracy has naturally Kept pace
with the material development and
prosperity OF these counties until they
give 1900 Democratic majority, where
They only gave half az much ten years
ago.
An examination OF election statistics
for twenty years show the Republican
party has not kept pace with tho
! growth and development Of the State
and the increase OF populations; while
the Democratic party has been progress
ing aud has steadily grown In numbers.
: In 1855, In total vote OF $3.50 ,dS7, Jns.
: 'C, Fremont had plurality over Bu'
chGuan Of 1893,
In 1860, In Il total vote OF i82 .862, Lin.
coin received POI 800 and Douglas 70.
celyed lS7i2l.
, In 1854, In total vote OF al, 1853, Lin.
, cOln beat Mcclellan 60,055 votes.
In 1858, In u total vote OF blB, 1888,
, Grant received 1855 votes more than
I Seymour
In 1872, In total vote Of bsS, ,t9S,
Grant only got 1886 votes more than
had been cast for him four years before
while Horace Greedy received 300 more
. votes than were cast for Seymour In
1868. Grants majority over Greeley waa
, was 3763l,
In 1875, In q total vote Of 759,7l7.
llayea received 33O,6lS aud Samuel j.,
!, 'rildOn received 323 lS9 votes. While tho
: Republican vote hnd only increased 49,
600 IN four years, the Democratic vote
increased SlSBl, and the Republican
majority dwindled TO 1910
In 1880, Ia Il total vote OF 72l,0B7 Gar
9 Aeld received 373,0lS aud Hancock $40,
/, S2l. In twenty years the Republican
? vote increased from 22l 500 10 376, ,06S, or
= about 90 per cent, while the Democratic
vote increased from lS7,i2l, In 1860, 70
I 3i0,S2l In lSSO
I. In 1881, IN n total vote Of 62a 800, the
r Republicans carried Ohio by 2i,O0O ma.
b jOrlty over the Democrats,
a In 1882 In u total vote OF 632, $50, tho
|, Democrats carried OHIO by 10000 major
|. ity over tho Republicans
In 'S3. In u total vote OF 7lS, l6S the sec
ond largest vote ever p0lled IN Ohio, tho
i, Democrats pOlled $780, votes, or 1900
= more votes than were cast for Hancock
. Ia 1880 The total vote Of 1850 waa
Q within $50 Ot the largest cast IN Ohio,
a Tho Democratic majority over the Re.
= publCans WAS l2,62O II IN estimlted
, that no less than 10000 Democrats did
: not como TO the polls In Ohio last year,
4 In such strong Democratic counties ~
: Crawford, Mercer DOrke, Brown aud
0 Others hundreds OF Democrats did not
n vote
!, They will this year. II they do, with
o this enormous reserve force 10 draw
b upon, the OHIO Democracy will cast ,ho
largest vote ever p0led In October by
any party In the State
The Ohio Democracy occupy u proud
position In tho great contest now 0pOn
!" edl They eau settle this contest In Oc
u toborl Let every Democrat do hls duty
y and bO nj the polls and the victory IN
;. October viii be- one Of the gtandeet and
!, most memorable In the history Of Amer
a. lean politics.
" y, &, IA, BARGGH, Chm,
~ HENRY BOnL Sec'y
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