Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-10-10
The October States.

over the coming contest, as the October
elections have always beer looked to in
the years of Presidential elections as fore.
shadowing the result of the general cleo
ton to be held in the following month.
OF the two States which are to hold their
local elections on next Tuesday, Ohio has
been strongly, and almost uniformly Re
pub lean ever since the organization OF
that party; while West Virginia has been
uniformly, though not as strong'y
Democratic During the thirty years OF
the existance of the Republican party
Ohio has given that party its vote no less
than twenty tour times, with majorities
averaging frol, $4,000 to 40 900, and at
times exceeding 100000. Although the
Democrats have occasionally carried that
State in what are known as ''off years,
and at times when great tidal waves Of
popular indignation tossed the Republican
ship, in square contest upon national is
sues the Republicans have never lost the
State.
The last two elections, however, which,
took place in that State in 1882 and 1888
have indicated such revolution in popu,
lar sentiment in the State as to threaten
the supremacy of the Republicans upon
National questions. The decided counte.
nance and support which the Republican
party in that State have SCI fit to give to
the prohibition of the liquor traffic and
similar sumptuary legislation, has served
to ALLEVIATE to large and threatening extent
the German voters, who are largely inter
ested in the manufacture and sale of spir-
iteus and fermented liquors. This was
shown in the election of the Democratic
ticket in 1882 and 1888 by najorilies above
10000. In the last election new element
of discomfort was manifested in the agri-
ricultural districts of the State, growing
out of hostility to the protective tariff.
These revolutions and defections in the
Republican party in recent elections have
encouraged some democrats to claim the
State for that party in the coming October
and November elections, and the Repuoli-
cans seem at one time to have been serious
ly apprehensive of a reverse, and they have
concentrated their money and their best
exertions in that State to guard against
so serious a result as pre- iminary defeat
in one of their greatest s'rongholds. Blu
such result does not now seem probable,
indeed no spacious Democrats have ever
at any time counted upon it.
Although it is clear thatthe German vot-
ers hold the balance of power in the State
and that similar detection among them to
that which existed in the last two cleo ions
would defeat the Republicans, yet i, is not
probable that the DETECTION in the coming
contests, in which the liquor interest are
not directly involved, will be so for
midable as heretofore. The Germans are
naturally inclined to Republicanism, be,
cause they are speculative people, with
whom the accumulation of large fortunes
is an instinct and the pltarnai policy OF
the Republicans makes The accumulation
of large fortunes possible, while the
Democratic policy of popular rights exerts
a restraining influence upon such accumu-
lation and serves to keep the wealth Of the
country more uniformly distributed among
the masses. For these reasons it does not
seem warran,able to base very great hopes
upon the German vote as factor IN Dem
ocraiic politics in the coming election.
In the November election there will be
another influence operating against the
Republicans, which will not have any
place in the election of next Tuesday viz,
the prohibition ticket, which promises to
create large detection; and it is qui'e
possible that the State might give the
a fair majority in the coming
election only to be reversed in November.
The Democrats are comparatively indif-
ferent as TO the result in Ohio, because the
electoral vote Of that States has never en-
tered into any of the Democratic cslcula-
tives and is not relied upon for the cleo
ton of their national ticket. On the
other hand, it is of vital importance to the
Republicans, because without its electoral
vote they cannot succeed, and should they
meet defeat there on Tuesday, or succeed
by bare majority, they would be leading
an utterly forlorn hope thereafter.
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which defranchised exconfedcrates went
into operation, uniformly Democratic.
Since 1872 the Republicans in running a
straight out ticket have never come within
10000 votes of winning. But this year
they have effected fusion arrangement.
with the Greenback element in the State
which four years ago mus cred some 5000
votes. Encouraged by this fusion the
Republicans have made a spirited effort
to carry the State, it being estimated that
a Republican gam of some 5000 votes
would accomplish their purpose. The
latest advices, however, are to the effect
that, instead of gaining, the Republicans
here sustained loss in the present canvass,
and that.the Greenback fusion will not be
effective and that the State is sure tor the
Democrats.
Should the Democrats lose West Nir-
ginia next Tuesday, it would give their
campaign somewhat of set back, because
the calculation upon tie 1853 votes of the
South, which has been the basis of Demo
cratic estimates, would be broken in upon.
The report of the Springer Congression-
al Committee on the Star Route frauds re-
up to the adjournment of Cor gress. Over
81 100000 was stolen from the Govern
ment during Hayes administration. Frau