National Republican., 1884-10-07
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.

Yesterdays Philadelphia Press contains
fine example Of journalistic political enter
prise. with II view Of asccrtaining the extent
to which German republicans are disafcctcd
this year, II at ALL the Press has had q careful
and comprehensive investigation of the sub
ject made the field of inquiry being the states
of Ohio, Indiana, New York, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Missouri, and New Jersey. In view
of the prevailing impression that u very con-
siderable body Of German republicans IN these
states are hostile to Blaine aud Logan the
tenor 0f the interviews published In the Press
is surprising. The interviews are with lead.
ing Germans whose positions and means OF
feeling the political pulse Of their couutrymcn
are such that their opinions are bound to be
regarded with respect. German editors, law.
ycrs public speakers, merchants, brewers,
have given their views and from n careful
reading Of tho whole It is apparent that the
lukewarmnCss or hostility Of any considerable
number Of the German republicans Is moro
imaginary than real. In It's editorial com.
ments upon the showing made by the inter.
views the Press says:
The result is highly gratifying and encour-
aging TO the republicans Of the country. IL
shows that. except at two points there Is no
dctecton-and not serious there. IL csiab-
fishes the fact that as u rulo the country over
the German republicans will vote the rcpnbli.
can ticket, and that the division will be about
| the same In 1850 or 1876. The points where
| the chief interest has cCntcrcd are Cincinnati
| and Milwaukee. The conclusion from the re-
ports Is that, while there is some disturbance
| ut both places II Is not of dangerous char
acter and docs not lmpcrll the states OF which
| they are the principal cities. outside of these
| places the reports are uniformly favorable;
| They show that while Carl SChurZ was treated
with respect by his countrymen, he made no
| marked impression and won few converts.
| They prove that the local disturbances In n
few OF the state elections will not affect the
national contest, and that the Germans VIII
follow their old party lines. This intelligence
| will be welcome to republicans everywhere
and adds another to the accommodating evil
denccs Of an assured republican victory.
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One of the features Of tho campaign in In.
diana has been the manner in which the re-
publicans have persisted in making things un-
comfortable for Gray, the democratic nominee
for governor, by proving him to have been a
know-nothing In days gone by. Danial has
been resorted to by the democrats, but the
evidence produced Is so overwhelming that
Isaac +. was really high official in the order
that he has been advised by good democrats
to own up and face the music. But the case
has been thoroughly proved that all the dam.
age such an accusation could do him has been
| hNhNs ~ hihg bt hhhNh Nhht hhJ NhihihS W Nv
is a cool.headcd politician, not given to over
sanguine estimates, is confident OF his election,
and that Indiana will give Blaine as large a
majority as 1t did Garfield.
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In New Jersey the Philadelphia Times con-
cedes that the republicans will elect Hires 10
congress in the first district Buchaafnn In the
second, and William Walter phelps in the
fflh, with the sixth in doubX The republ
cans, however, count on ghrrying all four o
the districts, and will m9ke n hard fight fol
the third, where the strength of Green, the
democratic nominee, iyfmperled by bad feel
ihg, growing out of ysplit in the convention
that nominated hiG
ath
Gen. Charles ~ Grosvcncr is of the opinion
that the republicans will have from 10 900 tC
10000 majority in Ohio next Tuesday. In ana
lying tbe'yote he says: "There II no source
| from which the democrats can draw addl.
tlOnm strength over their vote of last fall
There are not 100 men In Ohio who voted for
Foraker last year that will not vote the repub
lican ticket this, On the other hand, every
republican wool grower who voted for Hoadly
i back In our ranks There were not less
than 200 Of them, and some say many more;
| Twelve thousand saoonkecpers worked aud
voted with the democrats last year. Five thou.
sand of thom have returned TO the republican
| fold. Gov. Hoadly received n considerable
colored vote, of which he has always boosted.
Ninety-live per cent. of that element will this
| year stand true to the republican ticket. The
prohibitonists will poll 1000 votes less than
last year and 1900 OF them will vote the re.
| publican state ticket. The Irish vote for the
state ticket will not be nearly so large as for
Blaine in November, but It win reach three or
iourthousand. Alarge iufnber of Germans who
voted ngaiust us last year will return TO the
republicans this year. This fact Is abundantly
shown by the German republican OrlnniZA
tions In the cities. Gov Hoadly got about al
the German republicans last year and hi
party cannot gain from this source If they &C
them all this election"