, 1864-10-03
THa OCTOBER ELECTIONS.
RennkYlEAu1As Ohio Nud Indiana.

.oAN0 &
Zoe Hooker!
EHE OCTOBER ELECTIONS.
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana.
The great central States OF PENNSYLVANIA,
11i1o &nd INDIANA hold elections in October,
It v lich each OF them WILL choose Reprcsen.
latiyee In the next Congress and the whole
or major portion Of Its next Legislature. In
,lana L Cts this year d Governor also; tue
othera elected Governors last year ior te!ms
pt TWO aud three years respectively. New
Js1sey, lows, and perhaps one OF tWo other
6iatts, formerly held elections 10 October,
but have eeVeralIy changed 10 the day fixed
BY Cnngrees for Ihe general choice OF Ptesl-
dental eIcctors--tho fueaday succeeding the
first Monday IN Noyemher-whlch' falls this
ytar on the 6th. The October elections
talIs this year On the 1lth.
When the three states 60 decidedly the
same way In. October, It is generally pre-
suned that the plrty which carries thsm will
almost certainly elect its President; 1t two
Of them go decidedly one Way. 1t Is presumed
chance IN November; while, II one goes esch
NAY and tbs third ID equally divided, 1t is
believed that the Presidential con
test will be verJ close aud OF dubious Issue.
PENxsYLyAa1A-Thi1 State elects no OIL
Ger t lis year by central ticket, so that It may
be ditticult to collect her verdict from the
known that, in l662, she chose to Congress
twelve members oi either party-swo or the !
{Messrs. Hale aud Tracy) belac
elected, over the regular Republican candl-
dates. mainly BY Democratic yotea; while
like manner. chosen BY Repuollca1 votes;
over the regular Democrats candldate- At
that election, the Democrats had 1854 ma
5o1ity on the State ticket auditor GenerAD
In total Of 1874 756 votes. The aggrcgato
rol1 Of the stat:, 1t her most recent cleo
1850. Oct. Governnr. fo3 a3ass2
:" Nor, President. ...,,....s53030 a034la
1ssd .1n, tse,ss.nre eho';n. tP; Ps maj.
4 great many soldiers last ysar came home
to vote, nearly all Of whom voted for Cartin.
They now vote in the field, and 1t is claimed
thai = majority will there vote for Mcclellan!
Ne do not believe 1t, >but the result Will
1.-THE 1,y., candidates forcoSsgress, With
the Tote OF thelrrespectlve diatrtcts. IN 1862,
are ak follows:
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N..dso. = W.Ls11enes Jssis Z. kiis:f 81
*1n these districts tie contest ior Con. s1
gress In 81 having been independent Of poll
tics, we give the vote for Auditor instead.
Ohio was formerly preponderabtly q Whig
State, and tas been usually Republican slnce
the formation Of that party IN 1854. II 1867,
crats' 10 frs sRepabli ans to Congress-, By
IN aggregate majority OF 6.717. Last year,
she went heavily against the .tPeIce'' party,
but more especially against Vallandlgham.
their candidate tor .Goyernor-61,9 $50 On the
Homo and Said en- the absent Soldiers
yoft--total ~ ,o99 It Is not likely that so
lslRe majority will soon again be given BY
her for any party. Her aggregate vote 1t the
recent elections has beenas follows:
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Se1 F1es flssoin ea al osss: ssi 81
II; III Ss Sss s:s @ Il
The candidates for Congress in the several
districts, with the vote OF those districts re-
spectiyely In 1867, are as fol1oWa:
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s:::$ $:s:sii $';::S y
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oves n.s5s s tas It es
beads vii be redeeme d (: !, 3, 4,6, 7, s, Q,
| 10, as, "A, 15, ID. We Go not believe tho
Copperhetds can elect more than thfea Con-
grestmen ftom.Uhio thiA fall.
Indiana Is the arena Of desperate and
doubtful contest, She must have more than
TO day. whereof We arc confident that less
thin nye thousand are CorT erheada and
none OF them tre Allowed to vote, sxye at the
polls OF thkir respective homes, wherc NO:
onotcnth Of them can be It tnelr stste cleo
ticn but Governor Morton and other Union
candidates, especially those tor Congress,
are making gallant CANVAS. and are hope
ful Of COX d xesnlts.s Could her soldiers yote
We should have no fear "A to 1udIauz,
though she vent heavily wrong In 1868 Hei
aerregate yote at her recent elections il a,
follows:
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"-NoT. Crt1 Lii coin. .fS9 0S3 All Others. 131 liz
1se1-No election except tposs,bl,) for local On
1sts-oct sec..petle. :. 1857. Athon :,.1:s. 20
Tie rivkl candidates for Congress- now
and the vote OF their respective districts 4,
the last election {l8G2}, are ~ follows:
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~: ssssR@S:: ss5@:;:: :S:e; hs%:.:::.. % .'e@: ~ ~
l. sH >. W..ssuS1s ~. 81. y Ta:; Teoss::s iSs3 %
ssssss Geas5: ni:n.s:: IT.
1;:.4 . asaSa: Rs;z:: ' + + asB5s III
". Pc sanssss So; Ii. T6i14a T.nth
and ThIrtetnth Districts will be redeemed
with fair show for tha Seventh.
Our readers hare thus placed before theu
the means Of Judging fairly the results 0
The October elections and Justly estimAt,nj
their Presidential slgnldcance. Lit then
eaye this article for comparison With the re
turns ~ they sban be received, and the
VIII bf armed sgalnst III efforts, Whether Of
ona eide or tho other, to mislsad them Wit
,eka1d TO ths nature and btsriax Of thos