New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-17
WHO Is GOYERNORf

That "there is no knowing who will be Gov
"ernor till after Election" is a trite proverbs
but we never till now supposed that the problem
would remain unsolved long after the Election
took place. Yet we are writing at midnight of
the ninth day after the close of the polls, and are
at this moment in doubt ss to the name of our
next Governor. although the scale, after taking
decided dip in favor of Clark this morning. and
30 continuing through the day, appears for the
last hour to have inclined once more to the side
of Seymour. And after figuring nearly all day
and most of the night through the nine days
which have interviewed since Election, in order
to keep our readers ~ fully and promptly advised
as others can be- we are half inclined to pro-
nounce all figuring futility, and urge readers
to wait for the State Canvass next month to tell
them whom they are to respect as Governor
through the next two years.
When we saw on election day how the Wings
were betrayed by those in whom they trusted, and
how their ballots were extensively suppressed by
conspiracy so that Thousands who wished to vote
Wing could find no ballots, we supposed every
thing gone overheard of course. The terrible
pluralities for Seymour over Clark in this City
and Brooklyn, as also in the interesting National
Wing County of Erie, with the tidings Of "Know-
Nothing" triumphs IN Ontario, Livingston,
Orleans, Csttarsgus and Chautauque, seemed to
preclude the possibility of sny other than dis
astrous result, and we gave mp the Governor
accordingly. We believed Seymour would have
large plurality in the State, and so advised our
readers.
Later reports, however, showed that the
"Know. Nothing" detection had in many Counties
eaten quite as badly into adverse ranks as into
ours, 90 that-when Ullmann's case had been dis
posed Of-the result in most Of the Western
Counties erie always excepted) was not so very
disastrous; while the North and Center, if we
except hop-growing Otsego, had done very well
for Clark. The rural majorities for Clark con-
tinued to eat steadily into Seymour's preponder-
ance in nearly all the cities and their suburbs,
until on Friday last and through good part of
Saturday, there seemed fair chance of Clatk's
election. But the discovery of telegraphic
blunder, by which Clark's plurality in Jefferson
had been swelled more than Two Thousand Votes,
blighted these buds Of promise, and the week
closed with almost moral certainty of Seymour's
reelection.
So things stood. though Seymsur's majority
was gradually pared down, until yesterday fore
noon, when our letters and dispatches gave de-
cided and unlocked for gains for Clark. Washing
ton County, previously reported as official at
l,S57 majority for Clark, came up 1927; Ale
gany, which had been sent us by q safe cores
pendent as complete at $50 majority for Clark,
turned up77O; Cattaraagas, previously reported
at 3oo to 500 for Clark, came up Sill; the new
County Of Schuyler (hitherto lost sight of or sup
posed to be included in Chemung and other
Counties from which it was recently detached)
came in with 2l5 majority for Clark; Delaware
dropped to Sc for Seymour and all, until late last
night gave promise Of Clark's election, though
Kings had meantime been figured up BY the
County Clerk to 1913 for Seymour.
At night, however, there came killing blast
from the North. Os,ctgo, which had Yesterday
gone up on /" Telegrsphic report" bearing evi.
dence O, authenticity to l,4o7 for Clark, recsded
to 1916; and there was dispatch in town from
the County Clerk cutting it still further down to
1,oe7. We do not pretend to reconcile these
discrepancies, DOR explain how they occurred.