Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-30
FIGURING. IN OHIO.
A Veteran in the Business Says Nc
Kinley Will Have a Plurality
RANGING FROM 1000 TO $4,000.
He Can't See Where the Democrats Have a
Ghost of Show.
GEN. BEAVER TAKEN SICK AT A MEETING
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH, ,

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.l
COLUMBUS, Oct. 29-General w. T.
Wilson, veteran who has been about Re-
publican State headquarters for the past 20
years, and whose predictions are watched
with much interest, tonight furnishes the
following as the probable result: 81 pre-
dict Major Mckinley will not receive less
than 400, 900 votes, but he may receive any
where from 5000 to Is, 900 more Governor
Campbell will not have less than $50, 900
votes, and may have from 5000 to 10, 600 in
excess of that number But I think it is
safe to say that McKinley's plurality
will not be less than $1,000, while
it may be anywhere from 1000 to 10000.
OF course, the guerrilla warfare makes 1t
somewhat dificnlt to guess the result with
the same degree of certainty that has char
State heretore, but 1 think nv minimum
figures will be foundt to be about right. That
is to say, that neither candidate will have
less than the number of votes have given
him. But if the total vote goes above
these figures McKinley's majority will be
proportionately increased.
"The Legislature will be Republican by a
good, healthy majority, just as the last
Legislature would have been if we had not
lost Hamilton county by our own foolish
pickering and petty quarrels.
LOSSES UNDER THE SECRET BALLOT.
seUnder the fool system of voting which
has been forced upon the people of Ohio by
the Smart Alexis who are sent to this city
annually to make laws for the State, there
will be at least 10, 900 ballots cast that will
be vitiated by the mistakes of voters in mark
ing them. Of course, we are unable to tell
which party will suffer most by these
mistakes, but I am inclined to think that q
majority of these vitiated ballots will be
cast by Republicans, and for this reason, The
ranks of the Republican party are crowded
with men who think they know it all, and
who are unwilling to receive instructions
from anyone These men will go slashiDg
round with their pencils on election day
and will make all sorts of mistakes before
they get through, while, on the other hand,
the rank and file of the Democratic party,
as rule, are not only willing to receive in
structions from their bosses and leaders, but
have been in the habit, to great extent, of
being instructed by them at all times.
1.-THE largest vote ever polled in Ohio was
in 1888, when there were about SAC, 900 votes
cast. But in 1889, when Campbell was
elected Governor, the total vote in the State
was only about 775, 900, or about IS, 900 less
than the year previous and while the vote
for Harrison was 416, 900 in 1885, the vote
cast for Foraker in 1890 was only 36S, 900, or
nearly $4,000 less than Harrison's vote. On
the other hand, Campbell's vote in 1889 was
only about II, 900 less than Cleveland's the
year before.
CLOSING DAYS OF A CLEAN FIGHT
''Thus it will be seen that when the Re-
publicans of Ohio go to the polls and vote,
and especially when the party is as har-
monious and enthusiastic as it is this year,
there is no earthly show for the Democratic
victory which the leaders of that party pre-
tend to claim with so much confidence. The
poor fellows who are blindly backing these
false pretenses with their money will find
their rolls somewhat diminished when the
result is announced. The fight has been
clean, square, honorable one."
Tne Republicans of Findlay and adjoin-
ing cities held the closing demonstration of
the campaign with mass meeting addressed
by Ex-Governor Foraker tonight. The
cred an address which intensified the en-
thusiasm which his presence in that city
always excites as no other Republican
speaker can do. His speech was ter
rife arraignment of the Campbell
administration, with passing attention
to the tariff and silver topics.
He concluded by predicting the trium-
phant election of Major Mckinley by a
plurality which could barely fall below 90
600, statement which carried the audience
off their feet, and their cheers which fol-
lowed could be heard for squares away.
General Joseph r. Hawley addressed a
large and very enthusiastic audience in the
Opera House, at fremont, tonight, and
ably discussed the issues of the day. Cen
eral Hays entertained the distinguished
gentleman.