The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-10-05
AN sxPsnrs rRoPzscH on OHIO.


A RspuSiiesa Majority q Over Twenty
ThsussaA PreAsetsA.
CINCINNATI, O.. OCT. f.-Traveiline through
Ohio from Akron to Dayton. and thence horo
TO Cincinnati. have boon impressed with tho
marked similarity which tho present political
canvass bears to tho October contest OF 1871
Then. 40 now. there WAS q revolt within tho
ranks Of both political parties. Many Repub-
licans. under the leadership OF Cox. stallo. Has
saurok. Judge Hoadly. and Stanley Matthews.
were pronounced against Grantism Hundreds
OF old-lino Democrats were In open. avowed
hostility to Greeley. Carl Schurs was here with
his German speeches. and the politicians In all
their calculations wero ct sea.
Ohio H. In many respects. . peculiar State.
Tho heart OF tho Buckeye Commonwealth 10
Democratic; the edges and borders are Repub-
lican. Draw a circle Of seventy-hve miles
radius. having Columbus for . contre. and the
Democratic majority In this fertile agricultural
region IL 10000. From Oonneaut 10 6andusky
on Lake Erie. 10 the Western Reserve New
England colony Republican By 10000. From
Youngstown down tho Ohio River to Ports-
mouth. q distance Of 800 miles. 10 tho mining
region. 1t 10 Republican by $4,000.
Thore are. this year. $4,000 qualified voters
In the State. just half Of these are out and-out
Americana or tho remainder $50 900 are Ger
mans. either by birth or descent. 600 Irish.
90. 900 English. Welsh. Scotch. and Canadian.
md the balance SWISS French. and Bohemian.
or the lattor there arc s. 500 voters ak sovenths
OF them In Cuyahoga county tCleveand). Tho
oolored vote OF Ohio is 22.7GO
Tho political conditions which prevail In New
York arc just reversed In Ohio. There the
farmers are mostly Republicans; here they arc
Democrats. There the workingmon are usually
Democratic. Here thoy aro with few exoep-
lions. Republican.
In October. 1879. Wyckoff the Republican
candidate. beat Aauia Wiley. bis Democratic
opponent for Secretary OF State by 14.150. This
year tho Republican State Committee Is work
ing for. hoping for. and claiming It, 900 plurality
for Gen. Robinson. who heads their State ticket.
The Democrats have nominated Newman. the
present incumbent and a popular man. They
are hoping and expecting that no will not DO
beaten by moro than 5000 to 1000 votes.
But the present situation is this; Outside OF
a very slight detection OF Germans. tho Inde-
pendent Republicans In Ohio do not number
1900. Tho Irish revolt against Cleveland is
fully 10000.
We're Allen G. Thurman or Samuel j. Randall
the Democratic candidate. Ohio would DO safe
for the Democracy both In October and Novcm-
ber. Neither money nor talk could swerve the
voters. But. as things stand. the Democrats
are on the defensive. The Republicans are
forcing the lighting with protection as the IL.
sue Prohibition will not cut much OF figure
In October Blaine's visit has aided the Re-
publioans considerably. Olevoland's absence
has done his side no harm. The leaders regard
him as Democratic II. b. Hayes.
In October. 1880. made a canvass OF this
State for Eastern parties and after touring
through 1t from tho Ohio to the lake. esti-
mated the Republican majority at 10000.
When the votes were counted. it turned out to
DO 1905. My best impression this year Is that
the Republicans will carry the State In October
by $4,000. and that Blaine and Logan will have
not less than SO. 900 plurality in November.