The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-14
THE OCTOBER STATES.
Ohio and West Virginia i'm the ThrOes
of Great Political Exeitement,---
ACl0se and Exciting Contest.
AN EXCITED CITY. .

Special TO the Daily Argus.
CINCINNATI Ohio, Oct. IA, p. m.-
The city has never experienced such pO-
litical excitement bordering on frenzy
as has been witnessed today. Noise and
turbulance is the order of the day, and
already blood has been shed, and it is
feared that before night the city will be
red with the acts of riotous men.
ILLEGAL VOTING.
Special to the Daily Argus.
CINCINNATI, 2 p. m.-Many arrests
have already been made at the polls for
illegal voting. Challenging is being car
ried on to greater extent than ever be-
fore known. Several slight collisions are
reported in the different wards, but the
worst so far has been in the Sixth ward,
where large negro and Irish vote is
always polled. A scrimmage took place
at this ward shortly after the polls had
opened this morning, which resulted in
one of Pinkerton's detectives being badly
beaten, and the
KILLING OF A NEGRO
named Anderson. A report comes from
the Fifteenth ward that the deputy sher-
ifs have been overpowered and are una
bic to stop the prostitution of the ballot
box, which is being stuffed by negroe S.
The United States marshal has sent an
additional number of officers to the scene
The weather is delightfully."- cool and
pleasant, and large vote is being polled.
Men about the polls say very little
scratching is being INDUCED in, and great
eamcstness is manifested everywhere.
BOTH SIDES SURE OF VICTORY.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 14-The result of
today's contest IS clothed in uncertainty.
Both sides are making desperate efforts
to win Last evenings Post, an indie
pendent paper with a democratic tend
ency and free trade proclivities, contains
the following giving the situation here:
Never in the history of Cincinnati has pol
itical excitement been so intense or part
isan bitterness so dangerous TO peace as
now. Combustible material figuratively
speaking, stalks the streets and needs
but the touch of lighted match to
ignite Il flame, which would defy any
effort to control. Large gangs of strang>
ers, many with Unlocking faces. crowd
the Custom House steps, and it is rea>
sonably certain that commissions are
being issued to them as Deputy United
States Marshals There are few men
congregating in the vicinity of the re
publican headquarters, the same seeming
| TO have been removed to the office of the
United States Marshal. The crowds
around the democratic headquarters are
numbered by hundreds. Here special
policemen are being sworn in to the nuns
Der of GAO, that at least ten may be
stationed at each voting precinct. The
Chief of Police and his lieutenants were
all night and morning in conference as to
the best means of preserving the peace.
1t is rumorcd that Acting Deputy
! United States Marshals are making arrests
by the wholesale and locking them in
| the vanlts beneath the new Custom
| House. There is considerable excite
ment. Another report is that United
States Marshal Dustin has distributed
200 reyolvers to the deputies sworn in
today.
The republican managers are claiming
the state by $4,000 while the democrats
are confident of 10000 for their ticket.
WHEELING, w, Va, Oct 14.-There is
hardly doubt but that West Virginia
will roll up handsome democratic ma
iority today. The election of Wilson, the
democratic candidate for governor is con
cedcd, with almost the entire state ticket.
The clear majority in 1880 was 3.109,
and the democrats must increase that to
make gain. If they do so the victory
| for them will be tremendous and decisive,
for the republicans have closed a CAM
paign unparalleled in the history of the
state. Money has been freely used, though
perhaps not illegitimately, and their
work has been thorough and systematic.
Their only blunder was in the boast of
carrying the state early in the campaign.
which has had the effect of stirring up
the mountain districts as they never were
before, and will bring out democratic
vote so heavy that cry of fraud will be
raised, Both parties have large reserve
vote and on this depends the result.
Late last night Chairman Leonard, of
the democratic state committee claimed
the election of Wilson by 10000 Chair
man Cowden, of the republican commit
tee says simply, "We have a chance tC
elect Maxwell" This describes the situa>
ton.