Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-12
ANOTHER REVIEW.
Intense Excitement bad Biood-Talk nj
HeadGuatiers--The Odds IN Favor OF the
ntIuocTptS.
Especial telegram to ~ Is,2a,,Al

IeadGuaricrs--Th The Odds IN Favor OF the
Democrats.
Especial telegram to ~ IN.aatcNl
CCIUNGyS. ONO. October l1.-Saiurlay
preceding an election Is ALWAYS exciting in
tins state. To-day has been unusually 50.
80 both Republican and Democratic State
headquarters they have done all they en-.
and are awaiting The verdict. The mails
could not reach hilf the couniic, now,
and ;he final work for the rural districts is
done. Outside the cite. the state is Demo.
cratic, ana with these points campaign
work 10y telegraph i carried on TIL TIE last
moment.
The result viii depend on Cincinnati and
Cleveland. The only indications are that
The Germans and lquor-dcller> there Will
give The state 10 the Democrat, by close
vote.
Blaine finished bis travels to-dqv. closing
at saratoga, where the Democrats tried 10
Guido the Republican reception to him
with a tTcmcndou, demonstration. The
county is strongly Demo ratio. and last
night The platform Of the Republicans W3s
torn down. TIE professions colhdcd in the
street. and there WAS bad blood OF aii sides.
II Uight have Teen called rio! a.
Dauvilie or Cincinnati. \ huge hat
was erected with a painting OF the
tattCoed man. displayed after The manner
Of sitc-Show> and man calling out "Only
ton cents 10 sec the greatest curiosity Of
the axe" There Wa, also q road-cnginc
drawing wagons. marked Little Rock
ard For, smith railroad and a conductor
calling ont the station. along the Hooking
4
cu1icd Nv lot OF agents. Among them
WAS one giving a dozen or more advertise
mcnt> from Richmond papers of i. =. JUS
lis. employment agent. for one. two. three.
four. five. and six hundred negroes 20
wo.k in the Hooking Valley c1al-miHes.
These stirred mp the Striker.
The streets are full Of agitated groups.
Most Of the attaches Of the State heIdqllar-
ter, have gone home 10 work over sunday
and Monday. Chairman Ogleyec. Dudley,
FilI,y. and others at Republican Stlte
headquarters. insist that they will carry the
state by 10000 10 10000 and get a majority
II three cougre, Smen. They say that their
poll shows 10000 majority. aud, giving all
allowance for Shrinkagc and fraud.
tnoy feel safe. They think the vote
VIII 20 over 10000. and that they will have
$4,000 they have no d0Ilt. The tide on
local is>ueS may 20 against them in the
cites. some 10y the agltI'iOn> over SUNDAY.
and the Probibtionist> may also east biz
vote. but they say that on the eve of an
election they never felt more sure. except
from fraud. They to-day offered e reward
Of SlC0 FOR each illegal voter arrested anu
convicted.
Chairman Barge, at the Democratic head
quarters. claims the state by from eight q
hitcCn thousand. and two TO one Of the
concrC>,meE. He SAYS he knows no rcI-
son for decrease in the minority OF last
wear: that the detection of wool growers
amounts 70 little. n changes in the country
are rot made g. they are in the cities; that
the Irish detection is a myth, and that at
al other points they have reports that they
ale holding their Own or making gains.
lie was never more confident Of success.
By striking the difference it is the general
opinion mat the State VIII 90 less than
10000 either WAY next Tuesday, with the
odds I'm favor OF the Democrats on account
Il state i>>ue,, but were the election now
on the national ticket the State would be
conceded 10 Blame.