The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-10-17
The Late Election.

After taking careful survey of the
battle-ground of 'the second Tuesday of
October" and duly noting the killed,
wounded and missing Oh our side, we have
come to the conclusion, that. although we
have been pretty badly licked in Cambria
county, yet the Locos have not so much
to crow over after all. A comparison of
the vote of last year with that of the pres
ent, exhibits some strange, not to say
funny results. Let us, then, look for
moment at the fgures-the reader bearing
in mind, that throughout this article, the
Loco-Foco candidates are marked in italics,
and that our calculations are based only
on the vote actually polled in the county !:
Last year, the vote for Governor was /:
Foster, 1888; Curtin, 2177. The vote
this year, for Assembly is: Rershing, 1860;
Kopelin, 1885. Now, if we compare these
two votes,-and we regard them as fur
nlshing fair test,-we find that Foster S
vote exceeds Pershing's only 214, while
| Curtin's vote exceeds Kopelin's 942
Again: If we compare the vote cast for
Sheriff this year, with the vote for Con-
gress of last year, we shall have similar
result. Thus: For Congress, WAUister
had 2452 votes, and Blair had 2263 For
Sheriff, Buck had 2242 votes, and Ham
ilton has 1889. The result is, that while
Ministers vote exceeds Bucks only 210,
Blair's vote exceeds Hamilton's 924l
Again: Let us institute comparison
between the average vote thrown last year
for Commissioner, Poor House Director
and Auditor, and the average vote thrown
for the same Offices this year. Thus: Last
year, for Commissioner, Ferguson Doug
las) and Gil (Breckinridge) together had
231O votes; for Poor House Director.
Hoppel had 2151 and for Auditor, Chris
y (Douglas) and Stab (Breckinridge)
together had 1859 votes. THIS ,cou2d make
the Average Loco-Foco cote for these offices
2273. At the same election, for Commits
sioner, Cooper had 1902 votes; for Poor
House Director, Douglas had 2361 and
for Auditor, Nelson had PSI votes. Ihe
Average Republican uote ,oould then be 2281
/ AT the recent election for Commission
er, Little had 2O82 votes, and Conrad had
1852; for Poor House Director, Delan,
had 2108 votes, and Lloyd 1853; and fo1
Auditor, Donncgon had 2184 votes, and
Evans, 1881. This gives an Average Loco.
Foco uote of 2125 !; and on average Repub.
hcan Uote Of 1880 We thus find that the
difference between the Loco -Foco vote OF
last year and this, for these three Offices, is
only 14S; whilst the difference between the
Republican votes, for the same periods
and for the same Offices, is COL
Now, what do these figures prove p
They prove, first, that the vote of last
year exceeds the vote of this year, by q
fraction over 100; and, secondly, that
Mis deficiency as almost aeholy upon TIE
Republican side. In other words, if the
Republican vote had been out, as it was
last year, James Conrad and Rees S. LLOYD
would have been elected by very respecta-
bic majorities, and it is altogether proba-
bic that Major Hamilton and John Fl
| Evans would have shared the same fate
Let any candid man, whatever his politics
may be, examine the figures for himself
and he will see that our conclusions are
well-founded
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