The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-10-17
: .rhe Recent Elections.

The Recent Elect1Ons.
The elections on Tuesday last resulted, as
was expected, in triumph for the Repub-
licans in the States Of Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana, and Iowa
In Pennsylvania the majority for Gen. Jno.
W. Geary. for Governor, over Mr. Clymer,
the Democratic candidate, is between 30
900 and $4,000 Pennsylvania is entitled to
"a members of Congress The present men,
bers stand 16 Republicans, 8 Democrats. It
is know that II Republicans have just been
elected to the 40th Congress, which will
commence after the 4th of March next; and
the Washington Chronicle claims a gain of
three Republicans, which would give 1s.to
5. We shall give the names of the members
elect in full in our next.
The Pennsylvania Legislature is claimed
to be Republican by two-thirds, which en-
sures Republican Senator in Congress in
place of Mr.. Cowan, Democrat.
In Ohio the Republican majority ON the
State ticket is $4,000 to $4,000 OF the 10
members of Congress II are Republicans.
No change from the present Congress
The Republican majority in Indiana is
about 10000. No change in the members
of Congress, though some of the districts are
said to be in doubt.
In Iowa all the Republicans are elected to
Congress by large majorities, and the State
has gone Republican by some 10000 ma
jority.
We shall give fuller details, with the names
of the members elect, in our next.
In Baltimore, there was some excitement
in the municipal election. We have no re-
turns, but we infer that the Republicans
carried every thing.
The New York Herald says: t,1
altogether we think the results of YES
terday's elections may be pronounced suffi-
GENTLY decisive to call for new departure
by the administration and the Southern
States in favor of the constitutional amend
ment of Congress now before the States for
their ratification. The gains of the demo-
Gratis in the comparative popular vote in
such cities as Philadelphia and Cincinnati,
reveal the assistance drawn from the admin
istration; but the general drift of the popu-
lar current outside of the great cities indi-
Gates more clearly the predominant public
sentiment of the North"
The Herald Is mistaken about this "new
departure" Southern politicians, who
could find no opportunity to die during the
war, are determined to die now, rather than
be degraded" and dishonored."
The Tribune says of the Pennsylvania cleo
ton:
Both parties, so far as we have observed,
have done their very utmost, and the vote
is immensely larger than ever before Our
adversaries had resolved to carry the State
at all hazards, and they fought it with
recklessness and desperation never equaled.
Taxing and frightening the Federal office
holders to the utmost, they removed very
few; choosing to keep the army of expec-
tants as large and hungry as possible
Mr.. Clymer, their candidate for Governor,
though thorough Copperhead, is gentle
man of good character, old Wing antece-
dents, able, courteous and most effective
canvasser-much more effective than Gen.
Geary, Determined to be elected. he infu-
sed something of his own resolution and
confidence into his party, causing each to
work as though the result depended on his
personal exertions. He has not succeeded,
but he is only beaten where another would
have been routed. Cowan's defeat is one
of the most gratifying results of this verdict.
A Radical will succeed him on the 4th of
March next"