Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-11
THE ONO OUTLOOK.


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a. A. the election OF = 6overncr and
General Assembly for the State Of Ohio
uox, Tuesday. Neither party ~ over
confident. Zach accuses the ether Of
A. intention al devoting al i;s energies
~ carving the Legislative ticket, the
r,eiIve for which Is 10 elect successor
n John Sherman 10 the Senate Of the
uited States. Foraker. the kopubii-
can. and Boaely, the Democratic can
d,dato Tor Governor, u Is said. sre %
h. traded of with the friends OF
Leonard. the prohibitionist candidate.
40 exchsurc for votes for tho kepnbi'-
ca and Democratic Legislators, g. the
cas-, msy be. There IS no betting on
m election among gamblers. P0ii1'-
cans who have heretofore always beer
ready with figures and estimates are no"
entirely a. sea on the subject. As
40 tbe outcome on the Governor no
one would be surprised 81 any result.
n IS SIMPLY a question OF how much
IA Prohibluonisf candidate iof Gov
ernor will gan and from winch party
h. wil make the greatest gam. That
Leonard vii gain Is pretty generally
admitted. fiiteeDthousRnd votes have
been the maximum vote Of frohibi-
tionists II OHIO IN the past The est
msies for this wear vary from 20, 000to
a. 600 bv Observation-Disclosures, though
+, IS believed BY many that they have
been losing ground during the last fort
night. Their organization, however,
bs. been very peryasIve and perfect,
extending even TO the school districts,
including clubs and local speaking.
Leonard Iss Methodist mlnlster, yet the
Methodist Church hss been greatly
,vrrse a. rule 70 his candidacy.
8, that has Church influence for his
us1tv Is far from whist ne expected.
lei ;, j. something, especially with
,hc Younger men. Just how much that
something vii amount 10 Is the problem
both o. the great parties would ike 70
sOlte Or the other hang. j; was sur
ml-el by few IN the outset. and lsnow
admitted by many, thai the Prohibi-
tioms, gain from the Democratic parry
VII b. vastly greater tins year than
ever before. Three times proposition
ioi g iiquor-lceDse amendment 10 the
Constitution has been voted down IN
OHIO. and nowhere were the maiorities
snuins, it greater than IN the Democrs-
l,r counties D. Central OHIO. Inc first
recruits 10 the ProhibiticnIst party came
nom the Republican party. Their a.
most stationary vote during the iss,
ihfcc wears seems q Indicate that theT
have about exhausted their draft upon
the Republican party. Two years ago.
vner the prohibition amendment re-
cc,Yel 333.OOo votes IL Ohio.
both TIE democrats and Republi-
caa. put ~ candidate for the
LEGISLATURE committed against d.
sense and ior prohibition. This wear
Governor boadly ms planted hlmseli
s0asrciv in fsvor Of license ana nothing
e.se. and not only against prohibition.
tr. scainst submitting o. q popular
vote q prohibition amendment 10 tn
Constitution But the Republican nomi-
nee ior the Legislature II Hamilton
county have pledged themselves 70 vote
szansi giving the people chance %
ksv bv . popula' vote whether they
want prohibition o. not. But this
happened ouiv u Hamilton county. the
beer centre O. the West and the wins
Icv centre o. the world. Foraker has
been talking taxation and regulation
IN local option, and MS expressed
himself against o wholesale State pre-
hihiuou Leonard IN the outset svOWe1
hls purpose L. destroy the DemocratIc
usrly. and ne directed a furious FIRE a.
the Republican party. Many believe
tins had the effect 10 consolidate the ke-
pubhcans. Leonard coddiei hOadly. and
tbe Democratic press coddied Leonard.
Maur believe that tins had the effect 10
DESTROY the order or the extreme hguor
element for the DeinocTaur party and
H. ahonair some Of d. Certain % is
nat there have been no attempts a. the
hnuor organization % recommend their
members u vote the democratic ticket,
such . there were last year and the
wear before. Indeed, ihl hquor-men
nave been silent r. this campaign,
whereas thev were oulspOken and active
~ years aeo with money, with meet
irr an with vast quantities Of circu-
.af. sent through ihe mails. The iact
many oi the hquor-meu lee that
fhev went too Ia and incurred the dan
str O. q prohibiuOn amendment. an
Ina. it d. safer ior them u have large
contingent NJ both parties and 50 nave
settled back prertv much into their OLD
r.acea. There D. some iacuonal feeling
am0n- the Democrats against q. l.. Nc
teau. Of the Eagrrer. being elected sen
stoI which ihcv teheye would be Ger
tam result Of the election Of a bemocratic
legislature The extent Of this feeling
s., not small. an !. L. Mclean recog-
n,l.t THIS fact n an interview when he
reproduced o. his paper, and n which
4 81 ,olemniy aFowed that n was MOI
a. would ne; b. a candidate for seDs-
TO- ana would not have the office if o.
'erel Inn. A o. the Legislature. the
democrats are the less confident Of suc-
cess. There are ter counties doubtful
tl,s wear that sent & democratic dele
-auon T. the Legislature las, year.
Hamilton county. including Cincinnati.
j. enc O. them. Il sends thirteen dele
gate. O. the Legislature. The present
IndicSuoss are thai Il Is going kepubii-
car. TIE registration Jaw. which Ope-
rate, N Cincinnati and Cleveland only,
J. Is believed. viii secure the iirst non
es- yotc had here for yezfs. What The
effect OF tuesdays election wal be.
other ;ban &C reduce the vote. only 1ue>-
cav can TELL John Sherman has made
q harl nght ~ Dino. He is nov
,nofo than ever n favor Will The
Republicans. aad n business ceH-
tYes irzuy democrats aye well affected
iowarc. mn. Now, have given the
POINTERS car DO nothing more. Inc
brsf iudges vii not rlsk their money
on their ircgmen; ST Egures- Ny IN
oninual opinion Is. that between
HCadiv anl Foraker tn chances are
about even that the kepubneans WI
CsTv Hamilton county aud the STATE
Il legislature. ] ne situation d 100 new