The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-05 00:00:00

PROGRESS OF ELECTIONS.

(From the Anglo-American Times.)

Seldom has a day so important dawned on Phila-
delphia as the 13th October, 1868. By general
consent that city was considered the indicator, and
it was thought that the voting in the Keystone
State would be so close that if Philadelphia threw a
strong majority either way, Pennsylvania would be
carried, and " as Pennsylvania decides, so decides
the Union." The polls were opened at 7 a.m., but
long before that hour crowds of voters had assembled.
Every preparation had been made by the rival
party authorities, the sheriff's deputies looking out
for the Democratic interest, and the police interested
for theßepublicans being around the polls. The people
rapidly threw their votes, though challenging was
general on both sides, and it took each voter
an hour to reach the boxes. Ordinary work was,
of course, suspended. The first three hours up to lo
o'clock witnessed the heaviest vote ever cast in the
same time, as business imaa generally desired to get
their part hurried through. Among them was
Governor Geary, who then hastened to his official
desk, having given orders for the military of the
State to be in readiness, and he received there full
reports every hour. Although the Quaker city
absolutely overflowed with ruffianism, principally
from New York, but also from the purlieus of Bal-
timore and othergreat cities, yet, on the whole,
order was preserved. A Sheriff's deputy named
Flanagan, the bar tender of a rat and terrier pit,
having quarrelled with Denis Lukens, fired at but
missed his antagonist, and mortally wounded Henry
Perkins, a boy who was standing near ; Flanagan
was arrested. Jack Tobin discharged a pistol at a
police-officer, whose brethren seized and carried him
before Judge Allison, who held him to bail in
$6,000. The four policemen were then arrested by
the sheriff's men, and held to bail by Alderman
White, and thus the two parties kept up their at-
tack on each other, but nothing very serious oc-
curred. The judges of election rejected naturali-
zation papers recently granted by the court, when
six of the Sheriff's deputies who interfered, were ar-
rested by the police, and committed to prison with-
out bail. Three New York " roughs " so far
caused a riot, that, being arrested, an attempt was
made to rescue them, some pistol shots were tired,
and two of the prisoners escaped. In Baltimore a
party of men pulled from the car of an express train
for Philadelphia several Republicans. No one dis-
putes the fact that every effort has been made by
both parties in colonizing, naturalizing, and " re-
peating" to carry the city. The Republicans assert
that their opponents cheated 10,000 votes in Phila-
delphia and its neighbourhood alone, and it was
only the want of skill and material in the Repub-
licans which prevented them from being at least
equal. The 13th was noticed in New York as the
quietest day known there for years. No one was
robbed nor assaulted, drunk and disorderly. The
police had little to d.i, and the courts nothing.
I'he State tickets el cted were, for Penns.) I-
van:a—John F. Hartrauft, auditor-general, and
General Jacob M. Campbell, surveyor-general.
[le total poll of Pennsylvania was 700,000, and
out of this enormous number the Republican majo-
rity did not reach 10,000. The Dem3crats gained
three Representatives; their number in the coming
Congress being 9, when before it was but 6. O.
J. Dickey was elected to the seat vacant by the
death of Thad. Stevens by the largest majority cast
in Pennsylvania, 6,800 ; and this gentleman is one
of Mr. Stevens's executors. Two of the Demo-
cratic gain- in Representatives are by majorities
so small, that they may be disputed ; John B.
Reading being elected for the Fifth District by a
majority only of forty-one ; but, on the other
hand tho Democrats might dispute John CLivode's
re-election in the Twenty-First District, whose
majority was but 29. The State Legislature is Re-
publican, and will therefore elect a Senator vice the
present Democratic one, Charles R. Buckalew,
whose term expires next March, and it is said that
W. H. Kemble, the State Treasurer, whose corre-
sdondence with Mr. August Belmont we kid once
the pleasure of commenting upon, has al ready secured
a pledged majority. Philadelphia polled 11S,000
votes, and it is believed that the Democrats have
carried the city by majorities varying from 800 to
2,800. 11 this Le so, the present Republican police
will be turned out, and Democrats substituted, but
there will be a strong effort male by the Repub
!leans to frustrate such a result by bringing home
charges of fraud. On the other hand the Democrats
are working as hard. As a number of those who held
naturalization papers issued by the Supreme Court
were refused permission deposit a vote, a case is
to be presented to the proper Court in order to test
the question of the legality of this course. The
decision will be sought in time to be made avail-
able at the November election. From Ohio the
Democrats have returned six Representatives in-
stead of three. That party secured the following
majorities for their old Representatives—Wm. Mun-
gen, fifth district, of 4,000 ; P. Van Trump, for
the twelfth district, 4,800; and George W. Morgan,
thirteenth district, 1,750 ; they likewise carried the
first, ninth, and tenth districts. The following are
the state officers elected :—Secretary of State,
Isaac R. Sherwood ; Supreme Judge, William
White ; School Commissioner, John A. Norris ;
Board of Public Works, James Moore ; and Clerk
Supreme Court, Rodney Foos. The latest news by
mail leaves Indiana still doubtful. The last full
report made the Republican majority 1,429, but
from Indianapolis, October the 16th, the ac-
count reduced this number to 1,000, and the
Democrats still assert that Senator Hendricks
had carried the State. The present Democratic re-
presentatives, Niblack, Kerr, and Holman, have
all been re-elected, together with Daniel W.
Voorhees. The Republican Representatives Julian,
Coburn, Orth, Shanks, Williams, have all been
re-elected ; but H. D. Washburn, Hunter, and
Speaker Colfax have no place in the ilex tHouse. The
other new men, Packard and Daniel D. Pratt, are
Republicans. That some districts of Indiana were
almost wholly Democratic may be seen from Kerr's
majority of 5,400 in the second district. Shanks has
been elected to the seat of Schuyler Colfax. The vote
in. 1866 was considered to be very large, giving a
total of 325,000, but the present exceeds it by
nearly 75,000 ; the entire vote approaching 400,000.
if Hendricks is defeated, which may be considered
certain, for we would have known by Cable had
the Republicans erred in asserting they had carried
the State, he will not only lose the place he aspired
to of Governor, but also his seat in the Senate,
his term ending next March, when he retires into
private life, as would Colfax, were he defeated
for the Vice-Presidency. The following are the
State officers elected :—Governor, Conrad Baker;
Lieutenant-Governor, Will. Cutback ; Secretary
of State, M. F. A. Hoffman ; Auditor of State, J.
D. Evans ; Treasurer of State, Nathan Kimball ;
Reporter Supreme Court, James B. Black ; Clerk
Supreme Court, T. W. M‘Coy ; Attorney-General,
D. E. Williamson ; School Superintendent, Bar-
nabus C. Hobbs. The Republicans of Nebraska
have elected twelve State Senators and thirty-five
Representatives against 1 State Senator and 4 Re-
presentatives of the De.nocrats ; and the former
party claim a larger majority than 2,000, showing
the State to be thoroughly Republican. Their pre-
sent Representative, John Taffe, has been re-
elected. The State officers elected are as follows:
—Governor, David Butler ; Secretary ,of State,
T. P. Kennard ; Treasurer, J. Sweet ; Auditor, J.
Gillespie ; Attorney-Ist, C. B. Hewett ; Attor-
ney-2d, J. C. Corwen ; Attorney-31, E. F. Gray.
A Cheyenne despatch says that the returns fro:n
Laramie city and other stations west, in the
new territory of Wyoming, secure the election
of Spink, as delegate to Congress, over Bur-
leigh, Tod, and Toohey, by several hundred
votes, but one hundred was the true majority.
The complete district returns show that the Repub,
licans have lost eight Congressmen and gained one
and are as follows :