Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-09
FIELD OF POLITICS.
THE SITUATION IN ono.
Both sides Fearful OF the Resalt - Hem
bricks saurn,ne Thu, the state wili Gs

Democratic.
A Columbus special Of Tuesday to the
Philadelphia Times says: Governor Hen
bricks Is the only outside statesman who
has been in Ohio any tine during the pist
week who has not IN an hour been satisfied
about how the election will go. IL Il HUI
morouS feature Of the situation that none OF
the political managers here know what The
result Will be. When a mau comes In from
the Easts however, he will tell You in AN
hour what Is coming on. of IL. lie always
predicts In accordance with his prefer
ences. Governor Hendricks. after going
over most Of the State, has merely said mat
he would not care 10 trade chances with
the Republicans.
This Is the first campaign in many years
in Ohio when the Democratic managers
have no claimed everything. 10 Is the
frSt campaign In presidential year when
they have had any reason whatever 10 clam
ANYTHING, They are now expecting the
Republicans TO carry the state. but hoping
otherwise. The Republicans are expect
iue TO carry The State. but fearing other
wise. The Democrats get much encour-
segment from The fact that in 1883, for the
first time in the year preceding n pre-
sidenfisl election. they carried the State
sand short O! that given for President in
1850. The Republicans are banking very
largely upon the fact that they have never
lost the State in October OF presidential
wear. II the election were held to-day
there is scarcely doubt that it would be
Democratic. and the Democrats hope It may
lc so n week hence. The coming six days.
however. VIII develop Dudley's peculiar
work. Money is going out freely. and the
democrats Themselves admit the possibility
81 lie Cut-and-out purchase OF a majority
4 anywhcrc from twelve to fifteen thou-
ssnd.
TIIr EFPUBIICANS LOSING SPIRIT.
The Republicans have lost spirit during
thc ya,i iwcnty-iour hours. They have not
ytt comp!sfed the poll of the State, the first
ilcy have undertaken Ia make. The bcst
that ihty cNpc 10 do now j. 20 have il
r,a3y To submit 10 Mr. Blaine when he
comes here on Thursday. Tue reports
which they have received are in many in
stances Ia had shape. and they have been
conl4ucd 10 send back and have the work
Jone over. There was too much gene
reHyatiou about n. Taken r. whole,
the returns ere not encouraging to the
Rcpuhhcap,. There is not such show
q! reserve strength - was expected. Com
,uffur from the reports TOW IN, Il i H--
rrsd That the total Voi" viii he ii.Olj.
This dos no, NEE, ;ac expectations. The
HtruhlicgnS do not claim 10 have recap
iurci any useful number q The term ms
Who went with the Democrats last fali
They ~ that they Will get four or hNc
thousand lri>h Noics and gain from the
wool -roWcrS' vote as much more. In
doubleday the Republican Wool-erOw-
Z
will tuis wear ictun IL their parry.
Tlcy are Uot estimated NJ more than three
thousand i'm auy figuring. The Rcpubl-
csus themselves DO not give any details TO
show where they are to ect four or five
thousand Irish pcmocrltic votes. / have
.rtd % find tm, diSafiecti9n. and am salts
.,0 {. g., sporadic and uncertain. i will Doe
.Iout offset by toe Independent Vote. and
Chat :, NCrV insignificant in ONO. There j.
orr i7ct quite piain-ihc few Democratic
ln>hm'n who may have been persuaded TO
y.-,f.r Elaine viii LOT generally vote tine
ETcldc.u tirkc, 20 thg state election.
TIE EFPUBIICAN HOPES.
Tho Republican hope now lies in three
3rrrtioDs-a biz reserve vote. q revolution
u liamieOn county. and the effective Use
o. uorey. Tie reserve vote j. not easily
calculated. There are some among the
Republican figure men who believe il t. hc
O., li-b a> seventy five thousand. This
would make the aggregate vote M the state
ahou, eight hundred thousand. The aver
axe Democratic opinion Is that the new vote
will hcaaout lny thousand. Unless there
sre material changes in tac vote OF last fail.
t will require q new vote Of one hun
drd thousand and the full Republican
{ Ia friy la
can, d majority 81 few thousand. II,
however. the Republicans claims are any
where near correct. they VIII show M
jority II ahout niue thousand. They do
This rs claiming four thousand Irish Demo
craft. which max @ change u eight thou
sand votes: hy adding six thousand OF the
Celi thousand Prolibii.0nisi> Of last fall,
Snd then putting on seven thousand gam
bv the new vote. This makes twcnty-one
Thousand Republican gain over last t1li.
when the Democrats lad twelve th0us ND
majority. These are the figures based upon
new vote Of fifty thousand. and preSu-
ming that the Republicans will hold their
natural Ter cent. Of TINT increase. TIN,
tshes no account OF purchased votes. II
the Republican managers under Dudlcy's
direction can buy four or five thousand
Democrat they will double their figure, Of
nine thousand majority. That : the exact
situation ,o-day. and il D, upon these ca,-
culaiioH> that the Republican claims are
based. They expect u q! from fifteen %
twenty thousand majority. The Democrats
Snow that 90 Dee possible. bat hope % pre-
won't IL.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS At WORE.
To assist in the work which Dudley ha,
lid ou'. several hundred special agent. Of
tac Po.t-Oiice aud Treasury Drpartm GlS
ar, FOB .hr >.aj.. There ere a dozen OF these
official. iu this city alone. one po,i-oliice
inspector has, with the aid 81 the p9stmaS-
ter, made the only Republican poll Of the
State go Tn completed. II j. very faulty.
a.aMaifsT ~ course. ana not at all iuspir-
lr-. l. wa, made apparent % the RcpUb-
lean managers this morning, from the re-
turns ~ their own poll, that IN many see
tiou- there VIII be- q decrease in the vote
fromli.t IAN. There has been great deal
oisri.ritioa from the state. The most Of
this 6, from the Republican sections. 30
Ter 4- can now be figured at Republican
hc8dguaT,Is, thi, los, amounts 10 5000
Republicans and LOCO Democrats.
The Democratic management here has
teen mdcuiaby good. II has been wholly
conducted hv Democrats inside the state.
while lhr Republican campaign has been
taken out ~ the hand, Oi the local man.
a-cr> hy outside workers. Tie Democratic
caWlaign has been made in accordance
With the Ti.den methods. The voters are
personally communicated wiki. aud the
slightest chance IN the situation anywhere
j. 40 once known.
LITTLE EHCDrrACENEST FROM THE STATES
NEN.
There j. litlc encouragement 10 De had
from some ~ The statesmen who come and
- here. senator Allison, Of Iowa, spent
The t1y 20 the Neil House. lie frankly said
De- could not sec much TO encourage tue
Republicans, hut ~ they were claiming that
abe state would give anywhere from l1,OOO
io 10000 Republican, he supposed it must
he accepted.
Nulat Ilalstcad passed through here on
li. way home. lie has sent seventy con-
secuiiyc daily dlspatchc- 10 IN, newspaper
ana come hack % see what the effect has
been. Like all who come from outside the
state. be j. full Of confidence OF Republican
success. The Republicans here would Ike
20 haye some Of bis feeling.
Chauucey 1. Filley. who = not much
gwen 20 depression. says the battle here i
amost desperate one, but ne expects II 10
turn out all hight.
sIatr.