New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-12
THE sTATE ELECTIONS.

IhE StAf AiO.'-'
The State Elections of Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Indiana are held this day. The electors
OF PENNSYLVANIA will choose Members of Con-
cress. eleven Members of the State Senate,
full set of Members Of the Assembly, Judge
Of the Supreme Court, Canal Commissioner,
County Judges, Sherifs aud other local officers.
In Ohio are to be chosen Members of Con-
gress, Judge of the Supreme Court, g Mem
Der Of the Board of Public Works, aud County
Auditors, Recorders, &c In Indiana, in addi-
ton to the Congressional Delegation, the Gov
ernor Lieut.. Governor, Legislature and local
administration generally have to be elected.
In these elections We confidently expect
that the Wings will gain considerably upon
their opponents, especially in Pennsylvania
and Ohio In Indiana we look for one or two
additional members of Congress but orr hopes
are not very sanguine, and we prefer to wait
till the votes are counted before indllging in
feeling Of certainty, We presume the State
Administration and Legislature will remain as
Hitherto in the control of the Sham Democracy.
In Ohio there has been comparatively little
excitement with reference to the State and To-
cal officers, while the Congressional canvass
has been more animated. Though the last
Legislature districted the State for the ex-
press purpose Of giving it to the Opposition,
ard the Wings accordingly have to work AZ
great disadvantage, We rely upon gaining two
or three members of Congress In several
districts the Opposition IS badly split up, and
in others the Wing candidates are likely, by
dnt of persOnalinhuence and hard work. to Sc
cure their election against heavy odds. Our spe-
cal hope is that Hon. NELSON Il. Obs, in the
XIIth District, may be among the defeated, aud
that his place may be supplied by SAMUEL GAL
IowAY. The State election proper will have lit
tie significance either way, turning as it viii
upon local considerations If Governor and
Legislature were 10 be chosen. the Wings
would sweep the State, so general is the dis
gust ri the conduct Of the present Legislature /;
but rs il is, We must wait till next year.
IN Pennsylvania we expect to make n gain in
the Congressional delegation, and that a Wing
Judge OF the Supreme Court will be elected.
Changes in the Legislature are also to be
locked for; these will. however, be due mainly
to local causes, and will have no decisive bear
iDguIon national politics.
Werepeat that we do not entertain very
hieh expectations with regard to this days
work in either of these States. Pennsylvania
and Ohio, We 10 net doubt will vote for wiz
FIELD ScoTT, but they may to-day fail 10 vote
for his friends. Him they have long known
and honored as the illustriOus soldier, civilian
patriot, and him they support in many eases
from considerations that outweigh party
names and predictions. The present con
test will at any rate give no adequate indi-
cation of what viii be done on the Il of
November. The vote will not be so full,
nor will The votes be- cast for the same party
now as then. Thus in ISIS, III Pennsylvania,
the October election returned Loco-Foco
Canal Commissioner by a majority Of $500, and
Yet in November Gen. TAYLOR led Gen. CAss
by 10 less than 1860 votes The result of to-
day may be similar; but whatever il be, we
warn our friends against attributing TO il more
weight than it ought to possess. five triumph,
it will still be necessary to cork in order to
give ScoTr the overwhelming majority he de-
serves; il not, there will he no reason tof dis
couragement, as the facts in October, lsis,
when tire election was much more rarmly con-
tested now abundantly demonstrate.