New-York tribune., 1884-10-17

,.,;or Of eleven congressman Inc io'
e'.,~.s eie'"v o;ded the Democrats largely py pol-
pi'ioi'';, ;,,o-oased vote The vote on Congress
"s ." ;ndicates about 1900 kepuonean
men ,;.,. in tbe districts. Frank IL. Hufd
Pu'"s contesting the election OF his hepuo-
lcan opponent wo.t VIRGINIA is
The Democratic majority IN west III 'A'' =
about 5000.
rpI1-MPH IN SPITE OF GREAT ODDS
row THE PRoHBIroNIsTs HELPED ihL ',,
on,rs-ErAsONs FOR EXPECTING MI"
.ocrR PLURALITY IN NOVEMBER.
my TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE
,-.., ,xr oct 16.-According to advices re-
W, torc from every county RobInsons pluraity
- xowmap Dem.l for Secretary ot otale Is
o,,z but that Is not fair test ot the hePuo''o""
- The Democrats made great ehot' 10 run
NAN ahead Of his ticket. and have succeeueu
:. do,uc So The Chairman OF the Nemocra''
Go Committee sent out written instruction W.
,bo election 10 his subordinatcs III large Deino-
-. CONGRESSIONAL Districts and in several coun-
49, "a trade off votes for other cahdiuaIes
ues 10 CO. ro,os for Newman. The
a. = shown in Newman runnlng Ill
- - .o,,r.ios 800 votes ahead of his ticket. Then
General Robinson was denounced aS cfuS'",
- n, tbat account incurred the host'l ty oi 'he
lrtN 4
shovn IN the vote for Flicknger, the nomine' i'f
N.,i.r ,f the Board of Public Works. HIS pIu-
r.l,,v over his Democratic opponent Is l6o'o. III
No,s,.b her there Will be no state issues I" era"
- +ror, the Repubhcans. Mr.. Blaine VII ho'
only receive the 10000 plurah-y gwen MA
niger but at least 10000 more votes L.aoih-
perubhcans believe that MIR. Blame VIII e''
oo 600 VOTES more than the October ticket Many
IRISH Democrats who supported their party WIS
week will vote for Mr.. Blaine
COLLAPSE or THE INDEPENDENT MoNhNfNl'
There are no Independent Eepuouch' IN '"'
c. and # there were any every oue Of them
voted the Democratic ticket on tue-u"5,
,in, Influence of tn, alleged Independents was
,nr,ei against the Republicans in this stare con-
test and It Is particularly gratifying 'u"' !"
t,Iruhus DAYTON Cincinnati, Toledo, OleN"hhu'
Youpgstown and other places where Schur1 ana 'h'
I,denendent spea Aer, abored and where the "rI-
man vote is centralized, thc kepnhH'Ah
GAINS were the greatest. II rs also true 'hA'
the Democratic gains were IN ruI" '"''"
moi visited by Independent orators ana
whore ncwspapcrs of that class are almost u"-
known. Ia Maine the Independent workers
brought about similar results Whether "f not the
Democratic gains are based on fraudulent c"uNll"s'
II rs certain that they are not the rcnli o. lh"
pcndcnt mh cucc. IN Cincinnati ana o'n'I ''"''
~ lnNrIrNflttiN
deal of strength among business mcn the Nrpu'h
cans have made most remarkable gains. u II "
them very satisfactory result. rs II MARKS 'n'
uft.r COLLAPSE OF the Independent movement IN ~,
West. The whole basis Of Its mIepc'
ttrengtb was the large German vote N
Wisconsin and other Western statcs. bal
that Foundation has been "c'UoN ''
by the result in OHIO, the cities where
the German vote Is polied showing tine creates
gains for the Republicans
Complete returns have been received from 'uit
cieut number Of counties 10 show that the t"t e
vote will be larger than ever before c1,t lA i''
state The average increase over tnat Of -" j.
12l2 per cent That viii make the I., tot"I N"u ,,o
SnT-O1O The poll of the Republican comm zee
made before the election, showed proDaDic 'ole ol
100000.
INCrrAsE ~ THE PROHIBITION VOTE.
In furnishing money to run the Prohibition can
vas and IN securing the aid of It. john the Dem"
Gratis made a better investment than IN hIIlh2
schurz. A friend Of -. Johns here says 'n''
since he ran for Governor of Kansas the thiTd 'h'
o,d vas defeated bv : 900 votes though the rest Of
the ticket had 10. .OOOO majority, he has never loI
given the Repull lcau party. Whether or not thai
true II i. certain that he took the slrest means OF
aiding the Democrats ID Ohio Returns from large
uuuher oi counties show an average increase o. i
rer cent in the Prohibition vote over last year lh
total vote was s.362 and this year II Will rcacl
about 10000. In 1850 II was 2.G22, 50 that ''"'
Republican votes of that year have gone 10 -
Johns candidate. This is the more exasleratns u
temperance men in general, because nhuen'"'
brewers and liquor dealers from other states W''
imported 10 secure votes against the hrpnnHcul'
They circulated among the Germans ana tou ul''
that if the RepullicIns carried the state proh.b.
ton would be enforced. Many former proprietor
oflouor shops in Iowa were here engaged IN tha
- - Il q al
10000 liGuor dealers and were getting Germans &
scratch General Robinson because he was temper
anee man. St John was aiding them by drawn
away votes from the Republican party hlchlan
County. which gave a Democratic majority. IL t
only one yet heard irom that suOwS q oc'r''''
prohibition vote ls compared with last year.
Practically there was no Green BACK tchtl ia 'l
field ths wear. In some OF the p"llhg pace
tickets of the Peoples party were 10 he iouud. h
they were rare The G,3s1 Greenback votes q
l~-O have, therefore largely gone to swell the Den
Ocratc vote and yet with that advantagr and VIZ
the aid of the lndepen lent llqnor->t John como
nation and great army OF deputy sherlitS 10 nt'm
their control and plenty OF money, the Democrat
have been routed and the State rescued to the l''
publican party.
In Mahoning County, where there is a large his
vote. the Republicans made a gain OF 300. Ia IN
Seventh Ward of Youngstown, which has man
lTish voters the Democratic majority Is j. Ia
ward has given before 800 Democratic majority
In the First Ward of Springfield. which is stronel
Irish. the Republicans gained 81 votes. Nmla
Instances might be gwen to show the tendency
Tie IRISH vote.
RESULTS OF TIE DEMOCRATIC GERkfMANbEE'
There il some sympathy among Republicans 70
Hurd, who was defeated He had the man!iness I
take straightforward course on the tariff henc
his party abandoned him, giving him no outsd
help. HIS party now tries 10 make out thrt he II
jured himself by voting TO seat Mckinley bnt th1
receives no credence among Republicans here.
The result OF the Democratic gerrymander OF III
Congressional Districts il shown IN tie vote
foran's old district. Two years ago ne was elcc'e
bY i,53s majority. Had the district not bee
changed lie would according to the vote on Tue