The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondents
wAsnlNeTos, De-

WASHINGTON, De-
Oct, 6 1854
At the rare mat tho Blaine papers.
are claiming msjorities for the Kepub-
licans it is apparent that o most
nauseating feast OF crow is in pre-
paration for them when the returns of
Cieveland's majorities begin 10 come
in. From tho tidings received at the
Democratic Headquarters here from
Ohio, there is every possible indica-
ton of q sweeping Democratic victo-
ry in that State. l say sweeping, be-
cause any victory at all in Ohio, I'M
der the circumstances, would be O
sweeping one, rs well as an effectual
and decisive one. Such q victory has
got to be gained against the great
odds of the money hat the Repub-
lican leaders are pouring into the
State 10 influence voters in every pre-
cinct from Toledo to Ironton. The
subscriptions of Jay Gould, of VIM.
FL. Vandervilt, of Russell Sage, of
Chas. P. Huntington, of Mr.. Astor,
and the pecuniary aid coming from
Minister Morton, a~ggregating moro
than a million of dollars, with the
vast amount of Blaine's "hagaetismv
now being disseminated BY the hero
OF the Mulligan Give Awavs, will
make o Democratic victory one of the
most wonderful achievements in
modern politics.
1t is announced that Mr.. Cox,
Chairman OF the House COMMITTEES
on Naval Affairs, has already matured
N Iii 1l;,n 20 The ,.o1o .
the American navy by the immedi-
ate construction of twelve line of
battle ships, as q commencement. to
be followed yearly by the addition of
smaller, but equally effective vessels.
France, with not a dollar of surplus
in the treasury, is building fourteen
first-class war-vessels of the most
powerful description, with eight /, on
clads exclusively for coast defense,
while England, in addition to her al
ready powerful fleet is building seven
large war vessels, and five iron-clad
cruisers. The twelve ships that Mr..
Coxis bill provides for are to be each
equal in strength and armature to
that of the French ships, which of
course will be of the best fighting
power. With the French ships COM
pleted, England will no longer hold
her position of superiority on the
seas either in the number or strength
of her maritime armament, though in
the matter of iron-clads she will lone
remain at the head. Germany will be
third in point of naval strength.
Italy, with her American built yes
sells will be fourth, Russia fifth and
Austaia sixth. Russia is now build
ing three battle-ships and three iron
clad cruisers. Germany is nearly
ready to launch a powerful iron-clad
cruiser and two iron-clad gun-boats.
Austria II battle-ship of six thous-
and tons burthen. Denmark one IRON
clad for coast defense, and the United
States four steel cruisers besides the
" Miantonomah" and the "Monad-
mock" the former ofwhich has been
the subject of a good deal of sporting
criticism, and the latter humorously
alluded to az tho second edition of
Noah's ark.
The Census Report says that we
are to have q voting army this year that
will number about fourteen millions.
against the ten millions that cast the
Presidential vote in 1850. This
figure is reached by figuring the in
of population at u per cent.
and omits the population of the Ter
;itories who have no vote. OF this
number nine millions arc native
whites, three and u half million |
foreign born, and Ii and a half mill
lion colored. Dividing the popula-
hon up by States, we have sonrc iu-
teresting data upon which TO base
speculations as to the results in curl
of calculating increase ofpop-
New York State has six |