Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-12
DEMOCRATS CLAIM TIE STATE.
Filntes Which Give Them Courage The He
pubIicans Not Dismnyed.

George w. Adams, proprietor OF she
Washington Star, tclegraphs from Column
bus under date OF Yesterday:
Tie most exciting campaign ever known
in Ohio virtually closes tonight. The fact
that Mr.. Blaine during the past. few days
has characterized it as the piyofN state OF
the presidential contest has 50 iHensiiied
the interest Of the campaign that
the state promises a full vote OF
SGC.000 on Tuesday next. Both parties
ere making every effort 10 bring ont every
voter. There Is not school district in the
state which will not he gone over aglin
between now and Monday night. to see that
every man il ready with his ballot. No
thing else is thought OF, talkcd OF. or
dreamed Of. Even women are wearing
ba'gos at the public meetings, while thcr
children are appearing in uniforms. There
will he mass-mcetings in eighty-One cities
and towns of the state tonight by the Re-
pubiCans alone, with one hundred and
sixty speakers, 10 say nothing Of the
Democratic rallies in the larger cities.
PYEoTECINICs AND CARR. sCnURz.
Last night both parties had public meet
iugs here on opposite sides OF the same
street. and although the attendance va,
ylilcd. The Republicans cScelled in the
p'rotcchnicS Of the display. Carl Schurz
addressed the Democrats, aud emphasized
The importance Of Tuesdays vote as bear.
inc On the November result. though hc
predicted Cloveand'S election il even OHIO
went Republican. still hc had no doubt
90 The Democratic victory here. " There
is" said he. VICTORY in the air for Clcyr.
land because Of .hc enemies he has made"
CHARGES or CORRUPTION AND CoLoNI2A-
TION.
The air i, blue with the charges OF cor
rupt.0n and colonization, with flaming bui-
lcin, OF both side. Offering liberal reward.
for any one who is detected in casting "a
fraudulent ballot. The status Of every
stranger il promptly Investigated. ami
Washington figure, - extensively ~ the
colonization scheme, that one physician
ana two newspaper men. who are here
attending their own affairs, are pu5}i"l,
named IN morning papers q, = dan
CcrOuS rcpcater>." who should ba care
fully watched. kilograms are made pub
lie TO-DAY from Secretary Mcpherson.
stating that organized gangs OF rep atcrs
have left Washington. Philadelphia. Pitts.
burgh, Baltimore. -. Louis. and Wheeling
f0r Columbus and Cincinnati. The DE-
publican organ this morning comes ont in
those headlines "SOund the Alarm-The
state to be Flooded with Rcpeatcrs-Fore-
warned is Forearmcd." II says that 900
Democratic votes alone Will be smugglcd in
from Buffalo to operate on the northern
tier Of counties.
THE DEMOCRATS Confident.
The canvass 1T the respective committee
remains about the same. The
Democratic committee are absolutely con-
fdcni This morning Of victory. They have
made a careful poll OF the state. and will
not except an "if" or "but" Is bear.
Ing on their estimate. They claim a ma
joritv Of about 5000 outside OF CuyahOga
and Hamilton counties. They estimate
that the Republican majority in Cleveland
viii about antagonize the Democratic ma
jOrity in Cincinnati. which will lcayct the rest
OF the Stale open 10 careful calculation. II
cannot be denied that the Democrats have
the best organization here. II i excellent.
The eastern Republicans freely admit that
and say that most Of the entire lie in their
own committee is supplied by Colonel Dud-
ley. Filley OF ST. Louis, and other well
known Republicans. Both committees ap.
pear 10 bc wei. supplied with funds. though
eXtrayagant >tOrie- are reported ~ TO The
hundreds OF thousands Of dollar, tbat have
been brought INTO the state since Thurs
day. and one fact l. evident. and that j.
there l. no betting whatever.
A BRIEF SUMMARY or THE SITUATION.
TO the outside observer, who has ay-
craged his facts. The situation is about This
The Demo cats have certainly got the hur-
lah on their side. while the Republicans
are only fairly confident. Tue latter
merely >ay IL believe we viii win In
a long talk with senator Frye this morn
ins. who ha, been here for two weeks, all
over the State, be said Z" | believe the Re-
publIcans will win." but heat once added
=. | would not buy my own judgment Tor
one cent" At the same time his expert
ence bad been such that he did not see how
any committee could make 4 pJll OF the
STATE.
TIE UNKNOWN QUANTITY.
II one could find out how the Gernan,
generally are going 20 vote the result could
he anticipated. but in Cincinnati and here
those who have questioned them have got
silence for IN answer. The Republicans
say that their Germans have not nude up
their minds. while the Democrats agree
that their being nOn-cOmmiual means
that they are going 10 capture most OF
inst vote. The next factor is the Prohi-
bition vote. and the Republicans rely on
tnls moic than anything else. They claim
hat more than half OF it will return 10 the
Republicans. and thus save the state
ucket. The Democrats estimate the Pro-
hibition vote will be from 5000 to 1890.
and thus insure Republican defeat. They
do not place it below 1000 in their calcu-
lation,. The hotels are fun OF eastern
politicians. while nearly every newspaper
~ The United states las representative
here.