Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-10-11
I'd Edition.
Latest l6lGglans to The Star.
THE NEWS FROM OHIO.
THE CAMPAIGN At FEVER heat.
DEMOCRATS CLAIM THE STATE.
FIGURES WHICH GIVE THEM COURAGE.
The REPUBLICANS NOT DISMAYED.
THE GERMAN AND TIE PROHIBITION VOTERS.
THE SITUATION AS SUMMED UP THIS
AFTERNOON.
THE NEWS FROM OHIO.
THE CAMPAIGN At FEVER heat.
DEMOCRATS CLAIM THE STATE,
FIGURES WHICH GIVE THEM COURAGE.
THE REPUBLICANS NOT DIsMaYED.
THE GERMAN AND TEE PROHIBITION VOTERS.
THE SITUATION AS SUMMED UP THIS
AFTERNOON.
ial Dispatch to THE EVENING STAR.


COLUMBUS, october 1.-The most exciting cam
paign ever known in Ohio politics virtually closes
tonight. The fact that Mr.. Blaine during the past
few days has characterized 1t as the pivotal state
OF the presidential contest has intensified the In
terest Of the campaign that the state promises a
full vote OF nearly 100000 on Tuesday next. Both
parties are making every effort to bring out every
voter. There is not a school district in the
state, which viii not be gone over again between
now and Monday night, to see that every man is
talked OF, or dreamed OF. Even women are wearing
badges at the public meetings. while their children
are appearing in uniforms There VIII be mass
meetings in 81 cities and towns Of the state to-
night by the republicans alone, with one hundred
and sixty speakers, to say nothing Of the demo-
cratic rallies in the larger cities.
PYRoTECHNICs AND CARL SEIZURE.
Last night both parties had public meetings here
on opposite sides of the street. and although
the attendance was large for both, the utmost
good order prevailed The republicans exceIled in
the pyrotechnics OF the display. Carl Schurz adj
dressed the democrats and emphasized the i'm
portance of Tuesdays vote as bearing on the, No
Vember result, though he predicted Cleyeland'S
election il even Ohio went republican. Still he had
Is" said he "yictOry In the air for Cleveland De-
cause OF the enemies he has made"
CHARGES OF CORRUPTION AND COLONIZATION.
The air is blue with the charges of corruption
and colonization, with flaming bulletins OF both
sides Offering liberal rewards for any one who is
i
or every stranger Is promptly Investigated, and
washington figures so extensively in the colonial
non schemes that one physician and two news
are publicly named In morning papers as
dangerous reporters" who should be care
lie to-day from Secretary Mcpherson, stating
that organized gangs OF repeaters have left WASH
ington, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Baltimore. St
Louis and Wheeling for Columbus and Cincinnati
The republican organ this morning comes out in
these head lines: "Sound the alarm-the state to
armed" 1t says that 600 democratic votes alone
will be smuggled in from Buffalo to operate on the
northern tier OF counties.
THE DEMOCRATS CONFIDENT.
The canvass at the respective committee head
quarters remains about the same. The democratic
committee are absolutely confident this morning
of victory. They have made careful poll OF the
state, ana Will not except an 'tf' or a "but" as
6eaIiog on their estimate They claim majority
counties. They estimate that the republican ma
jOrity In Cleveland Will about antagonze the demo-
cratic majority in Cincinnati, which Will leave the
rest Of the state open to careful calculation 1t
cannot be denied that the democrats have the
best organization here. 1t is excellent The east
ern republicans freely admit that and say that
most OF the entire life in their own committee is
supplied by Col Dudley, Filley, OF St Louis, and
appear to be well supplied with funds, though ex-
travagant stories are reported as to the hundreds
OF thousands OF dollars that have been brought
into the state since Thursday, and fact Is EVIL
dent, and that Is there is no betting whatever.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION.
To the outside observer, who has averaged his
facts, the situation is about this: The democrats
have certainly got the hurrah their side, while
the republicans are only fairly confident The lat
ter merely say: 81 believe we will win" In long
talk with Senator Frye this a m, who has been
here for two weeks, all the state, he said: "
believe the republicans viii win," but he at once
added: 81 would not buy my own judgment for
one cent" At the same time his experience had
been such that he did not see how any committee
could make a poll OF the state.
THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY.
II one could find out how the Germans generally
were going to vote the result could be anticipated
but In Cincinnati and here those who have ques-
toned them have got Silence for an answer The
republicans say that their Germans have not made
up their minds, while the democrats agree that
their being nOn-committal means that they are
going to capture most OF that vote. The next fac
tor Is the prohibition TOte and the republicans re-
ly ON this more than anything else. They claim
that more than half OF 1t Will return to the republi-
cans, and thus save the state ticket The
democrats estimate the prohibition vote will be
from thirteen to fifteen thousand, and thus insure
republican defeat. They do piacett below 900
in their calculations. The hotels are full of east
ern politicians, while nearly every newspaper in
the United States has representative here.
G. w. A.