Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1884 — THE OCTOBER ELECTIONS. [ARTICLE]

THE OCTOBER ELECTIONS.

Press Comments on ths Result— No Cause for Democratic ' Discouragement The Great Battle to Be Fought Out in New York, Indiana, New Jersey, and Connecticut The New York Herald says editorially of the Ohio election: “This net result of the most desperate canvass ever made*by the- Republicans can scarcely raise their hopes of a favorable result In November. In Lctober. 1«8O, the Republicans carried Ohio by 19,005. In that year they soent their huire corruption fund mainly in Indiana, then an October State, which they carried by Dorsey's administration of ‘soap’ and ‘new $2 bills,’ This year, under the management of an Indiana politician, Pension Commissioner Dudley, the Republican Indiana methods and ‘soap’ were concentrated In Ohio. Mr. Blaine was paraded over the State. In Cincinnati, as the Herald correspondent relates, <5,000 Republican Deputy United States Marshals, an armv of disreputables, a large proportion of them not even inhabitants of Ohio, were given control at the polls, and will, of course, be paid out of the United States Treasury for their scandalous and murderous partisan work, and the Republican headquarters were actually in the custom-house, as they used to lie in New Orleans in the old anu corrupt carpetbag days. The scandalous scenes in Cincinnati can scarcely fall to shock and disgust reputable voters in all parts of the country with a party which, under the eyes of its candidate and with his management, used such means to carry an election. The Democrats have no reason to be discouraged at the result of yesterday, but on the countrary the Blaine men have spent their strength on a blow which hurts them far more than it uoes their antagonists."

The St. Louis liepublican says: "In Ohio the Republicans, from returns received up to midnight, seem to have carried the State by about 12,000 majority, in West Virginia the Democrats have hold their usual majority, if not gained considerably This paper conceded all along that the Rdbnnlicans would carry Ohio from the fact that Ohio has always voted with that party in Presidential years and that extra efforts were put forth this year, Blaine even being compelled to uo there and use his personal influence to stem the tide that evidently had set in against him. That the majority is no larger is a matter over which the Democrats can congratulate themselves and Is a plain indication that, with all the money used, personal appeals of the Plumed Knight, and incessant work by the party leaders generally, Mr. Blaine’s strength is not • great enough to pull him through In November. The result of today’s elections in the two States is at least a stand-off betivecnthe two parties.” The New York Worldcomments as follows: "The result of the election in Ohio is a drawn battle, with a slight advantage to the Dembcracy. The Republicans, although cautious in their estimates during the last few days, felt confident of a majority far exceeding the October majority of P.i.000 in 1880. They repeat their victory of twenty-eight years in the State, but their majority is reduced, and they have the disturbing element of the St. John spirit in the cauvass threatening them next month. Blaine is shown not to l>e the true heir of Oartield. it changes the battle-ground from a Republican stronghold which has stood unshaken in Presidential years for twenty-eight consecutive years to a Democratic State with a glorious record. New York again becomes the battleground for the Presidency, and the Empire State will prove true to its record. It has tried Grdver Cleveland, and found him faithful to his trust. It will give him its electoral vote as it gave it to Horatio Seymour and Samuel J. Tilden, and as it would have given it to Hancock but for admitted corruption. New York is sure for Cleveland, and New York means victory.”

The New York Times says: "After a canvass unprecedented in the history of American polities, the canvass which has placed the full strength of their case before every voter in the State, and left no appeal unused, no enticement untried, the Republicans have carried Ohio by a majority G.ooo less than that given the Republican ticket in the October election of 1880. If the supporters of Mr. Blaine can derive any comfort from this result they are welcome to it. It in the Ohio returns they can find new reasons for indulging the pleasing delusion that their candidate will receive a majority of the electoral votes of the country in November, we would not rob them of that fleeting joy, for to do that would be both cruel and useless. Ohio was but an outpost which the enemy have carried at a fearful cost. They have well-nigh exhausted themselves before the beginning of the actual fight. New York is now the actual battleground, and on that field the assuranoe of victory is already complete.” "Everything now hinges on New York,” says the New York Star, John Kelly’s paper. “The Presidential battle-ground is still to be fought out and decided on the old linos in New York, Indiana, New Jersey, and Connecticut-above all in New York, which is still the pivotal State.” The New York Truth. says: "To Blaine,.Ohio is essential—to Cleveland it is not. Cleveland can be elected withdtrt Ohio—Blaine can ndt. New York is, after all, the real battleground, and Republican success in Ohio will not give New York to Blaine.”