The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-10-11
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON. D. c., Oct. 6. 1884,
A solid Republican majority in
Ohio on the 14th inst. will about COM
Dlete the decentralization that has al
ready set in upon the Democracy,
and that this is to come is about as
sure as anything that can be foretold
by the present indications. Though
there is absolutely nothing entering
into the local contest in Ohio that
pertains to national issues, there is a
sort of universal agreement that as
Ohio goes in October, so goes the
country in November. In many
things Ohio ought to be considered
sort of pivotal State, in that she is
one of the largest, contains a denser
population, has a smaller foreign
vote than any ofthe large States. and
her people are both intelligent and
independent. Her sons in both par
ties are the ablest political leaders in
the country. and her policy, whether
upon the tariff or any other national
question, serves as an example to all
of her sister States, and so all take as
lively an interest in her campaigns
as they do in their own. Democrat
ic success in Ohio in Presidential
year is something to occur for the
first time in her history since the
birth of the Republican party, and
should it occur tor the first time this
year, it would only be the stimuIa-
ton to the Republicans to assert
themselves with unrelenting desper-
alton in November, and compel the
State to redeem herself and perpetu-
ate her history as Republican State
every fourth year, at least,
The Census Report says that we
are to have a voting army this year
that will number about fourteen mil
lions, against the ten millions that
cast the Presidential vote in 1880.
This figure is reached by figuring the
increase of population at twelve per
cent, and omits the population of the
Territories who have no vote. OF
this number nine millions are native
whites, three and a half millions for
eign born, and one and half million
colored. Dividing the population up
by States, we have some interesting
data upon which to base speculatiOns
as to results in our system of calcu-
lating increase of population. New
York State has six hundred thousand
foreign born males over twenty one
years of age, a number equal to her
whole population forty years ago.
Illinois and Pennsylvania have each
three hundred thousand foreign born
voters, Ohio and Wisconsin have
each two hundred thousand, and so
have Massachusetts and Michigan.
California, Iowa, Minnesota and Mis-.
souri, have one hundred and thirty
thousand each. The colOred vote
predominates in Georgia, which has
one hundred and fifty thousand
males Of the colored persuasion over
twenty-one years of age. The State
of Mississippi has almost as many
and Virginia has one hundred and
thirty thousand. In the doubtful
States, Connecticut shows up with
tifty'six thousand foreign voters out
ofits two hundred thousand foreign
population. fifty per cent. of whom
are of Celtic origin. Florida has sew
enty thousand voters, one half OF
them cOlOred, and four thousand of
them foreign-mostly from Cuba.
Illinois, which some consider doubt.
full State with Carter Harrison run
ming for Governor. has eight hundred
and fifty thousand voters, three hun.
dred thousand of whom are foreign
born, and only fifteen thousand COL
ored, while Massachusetts has five
hundred and fifty thousand voters,
and one hundred and ninety thous-
and foreign votes out of them, the
like proportions existing in the votes
of New Jersey, North Carolina and
South Carolina, while Ohio has nine
hundred thousand votes and only
two hundred thousand of them for.
eign and twenty five thousand color
ed, and Pennsylvania three hundred
thousand foreigners out of a round
million of votes.
JUNIUs.