Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-29
MANUFACTURERS BULLYING.
THE INDIANA CAMPAIGN.

| ing 10 explain WHY the recent SiFlhtS uhNt
occurred all over the country.
TIE INDIANA CAMPAIGN.
| A Poll of the State Shows IL 20 he IA for the
Democraey-Dudiey and New Alarmed by
| the situation Of Affairs.
The Worlds indianapolis special says
A few days ago | stated that was credibly
Informed that the second Republican poll
Cf the State showed Democratic majority
of over 5000. To-day had tbi. informs
ton confirmed from another source, and it
is infercntialy corroborated by the known
result OF the first Republican poll, which
was completed shortly before Blaine en-
tered The State. That poll indicated a
Democratic majority OF 5,444. lnas-
much as the Democratic poll, which
wss very carefully made. showed Demo-
cratic majority OF $500, each OF these re-
suits must be accepted as very strong
proof Of the approximate correctness OF the
other, they having been arrived ut by en-
tirely different sets OF canvassers whose in
terests were aItagonistic. In order that
this statement may not mislead, il is proper
10 say that in the estimates Of both parties
| there are about "a, 900 votes. which, being
in measure uncertain, are divided as each
| Of the statisticians deem fair II |. not a, all
probable that in arriving at its conclusions
| Mr.. News committee claimed for the Repub-
| ljcan party any less than its fair share.
have much more faith in the poll Of In
diana than had IN the party polls OF Ohio.
for the reason that the Indiana vote is very
largely an agricultural and village vote,
and il is proyerbial that in the country the
number and political predictions OF the
voters of each precinct are known OF all
men. Farmer Smith can tell you how
Farmer Brown has voted at every election
for the past ten years and how he i going
TO vote at the next election. CObbler Jones
ear tell you how three fOurths OF the men
in his hamlet will throw their influence
and their ballots. and il there be any
man in the town or township who
makes a secret Of his politics that very fIct
is construed TO his detriment. and he is
watched as q trader. There are only six
or seven communities in the State which
aspire 10 the title OF cities, and lndianapO-
lis, with its $4,000 or 10000. Is the only one
in which the work of canvas,ing is in any
large measure uncertain. Even here the
work is much facilitated by that provision
OF law which limits precincts TO the num-
Der Of 80 voters and requires the Legisla-
is exceeded. The consequence is that
Irdiana. with only two thirds Of OhiO's
population. has almost exactly the same
number of election precincts, and the
dimnuliyc size Of The precincts enables
each subcommittee TO keep thoroughly
acquainted with the names and even the
faces of all who have right to vote. That
class OF voters who are working to-day in
this shop and tomorrow in yondcr factory
are constantly shifting and possessing no
responsibility to bind them 10 either pOlitl-
cal party is very small indeed in this STATE.
Us compared with any other State in the
North. III then, IN Ohio, one Of the
State Committee secured poll which
proved TO DC within less than a
thousand Of the total vote subSe-
quently cast. and the other committee
came within 1000 Of the correct figure, it
/ Is not unreasonable to suppose that the
polls Of this state. under such infinitely
more favorable auspices, are pretty acct
rate index. | think they are accepted aS
such by both committees. and ! believe
that Mr.. John G. New and Colonel W. W.
/ Dudley are well satisfied that in order TO
/ win victory next week Their organiZa-
/ tons must overcome, 10y some argument
/ other than sky-rocketS and tom-tOms. the
{ tnce is established by their own cinya.s.
/ In other words, a very pronounced mt
/ jorty OF the voters Of the State Of Indiana
/ desire the election of Cleveland and Hen
/ drick>. and the fash 10 which Messrs. New
/ and Dudley must address themselves is not
I that II altering the convictions Of any part
If that majority, for the day for that is
past, even though these gentlemen dealt in
/ questions OF principles, but OF inducing
a portion OF that majority TO con-
/ tribute TO the triumph Of q party OF
| which these voters rs jury have already
| convicted. Given three numbers Of a
proportion problem and the fourth Is
easily determined. Given such task as this,
with such man as dudley or New TO per-
form IT. and the method Of it, accomplish
meut Is certainty which admits OF no
| speculation. Ii is a method which, II it eau
| WIN in Indiana, with its overwhelming ma-
| jority Of responsible freehold votes against
The personal efforts OF man who il loved
| and respected by all classes, renders here.
after the presidential vote Of any State in
the Union purely 4 question OF commerce,
or, in other words, question OF the United
States Treasury against the people.
For six days | have heard on every hand
anxious inquiry a TO what has become OF
Dudley, who left Washington earlT last
week. | have frequently asked OF Repub-
lcans what Dudley could 30 that New was
not doing, and why all this interest. An
answer, when finally elected in any case,
was ALWAYS tantanOunt % statement that
Dudley was understood To be bringing the
wherewithal 10 capture y Republican ma
jority. and that he intended TO conduct
the financial transactions in person.
have not heard any Republican, however
respectable. express either doubt OF thi,
fact or the slightest protest against il. The
stronger statement made in his behalf is
that II the Democrats had the money they
would do the same thing. II Dudley j..
The innocent gosling which that other in.
nocent. thauncey |. Filley, ccrtiiies him 10
be, then he is the worst iibelled man in the
United States, ard The Ii Jel is un.pimops
and Oy reclamation.
Wei, Mr.. Dudley cot here to-day. lie
halted for a DAY or two, ii appears, In that
stronghold OF Republicanlsm. Richmond.
Richmond is one Of the seven large towns
IN The State in which the Republicans ex-
poet 10 do the work necessary 10 their sue
ceSS-sueh work as Cincinnati has such
good reason TO remember. Ii il the only
one OF the seven towns, moreover,
which Mr.. Blaine failed TO visit,
owing To It's remoteness from his
general course, and. in order that it
nigh, rot tie altogether neglected, Mr..
Dudley made amends for Mr.. Blaine. He
has kept secluded to-day, a. is his custom,
but the knowledge of his arrival has re.
I yNed the spirits OF Mr. News strikers,
who had begun TO grow skeptica as to his
promises, which had been held out TO them.
Mr.. New did not embrace the commissioner
10 any great extent, Il having been reported
that Dudley proposed TO handle the money
himself. leaving the chairman OF the
State Committee the rather dry work OF
making out the vouchers. II Is not d;
all probable in fact that these rival can.
didaies for the United States senator.
ship will waste much time IN caressing
each other. Sslf.interest, however. viii
impel both TO work for The destruction Of