Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-10-18
THE ELECTION IN OHIO.

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 morrow, they have not even a fghtinI
 chance left to elect Grover Cleveland
 Ex-SenatoT Barnum and the Nationa
 Democratic Committee, after spendini
 thousands upon thousands of dollars il
 preparing the way, have lately sent t,
 Columbus an additional sack contain
 ing SlO0,O00 which the Standard Oi
 Company and the Ohio State centra
 committee agree to cover with snothe
 slOO,OO0 to be used on election day t,
 corrupt the Tote of that State, and i
 possible se,ure it to the Democracy
 Hundreds of men are coming Tn iron
 Kentucky sad Indiana with the svoweC
 determnation of voting the Bourbon
 ticket. Rovghs by scores are being sent
 Tn from Baltimore to take possession oI
 small election precincts and vote them
 solid for the Democratic ticket. Every.
 thing in the way of fraud and trickery
 VII hs p:. sT.Ec3-so carry Ohio, and il
 possible the purity of the ballot box in
 that loyal State will be put down on a
 level with the fraud and viIlainy hither-
 to practiced n the solid South. Such
 action, on the part of any party, is not
 only disgriceful, but strikes at
 the very foundation of cur republican
 institutions, and if not eradicated will
 sooner or later utterly destroy our system of government. So far as we
 are concerned, We had rather lose the
 State of Ohio than to have one single
 dishonest or fraudulent vote cast by the
 Republican party. While we are anx-
 ious to see thlt State go Republican by
 a good roundmajority, we do not want 1t ;o go that way unless a majority of
 the borsrr+fi ssrTi5iG5fs-5t tse State sfs- in favor of it. Defeat IS always prefer able to drgrace, and no party nor no set of men can afford to destroy the purity Of ihe ballot box for the sake of temporary success.
 The Democrats are circulating the report tha: the Republicans are shipping il negroes it large numbers to tue Hooking val!eg mines from Virginia and Kentuckey. t. vote the Republican ticket. But this campaign lie carries its own reiulaion with II; a black man could be spotted at any polling precinct, and i. would be impossible for him to get his vote n without being challanged. Further; 1t I. well known fact that strike is in progress in the Hooking valley, and the strikers who have ab- soIute possession oi all the mines, would not allow either black or white men Co go into that region Of country for any purpose. The Democrats are simply crying fraud, fraud, when they alone are seeking to perpetrate fraud tO elect the Democratic ticket, which they well know can only be elected by the most and outrageous frauds that have ever been perpetrated in n North ern State.
 Yet, notwithstanding the eXtraordin- ary efforts made by the Democrats of Ohio and the national Democratic ticket, We trust that the honest Republi- cans of that State will be able to thwart and prevent the frauds that will be at- tomorrow. We have been at some pains to arrive at something like an intelligent view of the strength of the two political parties in that State. and from the best authorities at hand 1t would seem that the Republicans will carry the State by at least 10,OOO major i;y. Yet if they can carry 1t by only halt thnt number, we shall be satisfied for at least 20000 can be added to that majority in November. The hope of the State by 10000 Is basel on several considerations. First 1t was the delec.ion of the German vote that elected Hoadly last year, which defechon extended all over the State; this year it is chiefly confined to Cincinnati and Hamilton county, which usually gave d Republican major ity of $500, but which las. year gave majority of 2,JOO; but tue Republican vote was 6,C00 less than the vote m 1880, and the Dem- ocratic vote only 1.JOO more than the vote for Hancock. The vote showed that at least 1 4,jO0 refused to vote last year. on account of the dissension on the liquor question. The Democrats promised tc repeal the Scott law, but the legislature failed to fulfill the prom ise. It is rov believed that many who failed to vote last year, and many who voted the Democratic ticket, will vote the Republican ticke. this year.
 The influence of the anti-prohibition vote in 1883 may be judged from con- parison with the Republican majority in 1880 with that for Foraker in 1883 in the very strong Republican county of Guy ahoga (C!eyeland). In 1880 this county voted:
 For Garfield tRep.). 22, l23 For Hancock (DemI ............ .lj,l3O
 Republican majority ........... G,993
 In 1883 the vote for Governor was: For Foraker lRep. 1e, ,S61 For Hoadly (Dem.J. l9,126
 Democratic majority y.......-... 35j 4 change of T,3jS against the Repubh- cans. From the same cause the Repub- licans lost 1000 in Erie county, GOO in Columbia. zoo in Warren. and in propor- tion in all the counties which contain large towns and many saloons and beer houses. IL was this that last year over came the 3i,OO0 majority for Garfield Tn 1880 and elected Hoad!y by l2.52O over Foraker.
 The Republicans will gain votes among the wool growers, who are nearly all proteetionists. The detection from the Irish Democracy on the tariff ques- tion may also become an important fac tor in the elec.Ion tomorrow, though that is not certain. But from 5000 to to 1900 Irish Democrats are sure to