The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-11-05


The state Elections Of To-nIorrew-Th Great
Issue.
Elections embracing the choice Of ninety-one
members of Congress take place in the
following named States tomorrow Mas
sachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Michigan,
Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas,
Maryland, Delaware and Nevada. The repre-
sentation of these States in the present Con-
gress stands seventy republicans to twenty-one
democrats. The seven States in which the
elections have been held have returned sixty
republicans to twelve democrats, which is two
or three better for tho republicans than their
returns by certificate to the present Congress.
Including Tennessee-admitted at the close Of
the last session on the ratification of the pend
ing constitutional amendment-the present
House of Representatives is thus constituted -
Republicans Observation-Disclosures. $50
Denoc'sta. 70
Republican majority. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. LOT
1t will thus be seen that the republicans, as
the House now stands, have a surplus OF twenty
one members beyond the two-thrds vote re-
quired to pass bill over the Presidents veto,
and that thus far in the elections for the next
Congress no impression has been made upon
this majority. All hopes therefore In the cleo
tons tomorrow and in the two or three small
New England States which elect next spring
Of sufficient democratic gains to get beyond
one-ihird votG/ in the House are apparen ly.
gone. Indeed, excepting in Maryland, the
chances Of gains are all the other way. We
think, in short, that it may be safely assumed
that the republican ascendency in the next Con-
gress will be substantially the same as in the
present Congress, and that so there will be
two-thirds vote in both houses in favor of the
constitutional amendment Of Congress to the
end of President Johnson's term of Office.
This amendment is the great issue upon
which The republicans have carried the Sep
TENDER and October elections by such decisive
majorties as to astonish even themselves, and
the same issue, from Massachusetts, to Nevada,
vii! eliminate, from all present appearances,
in similar results tomorrow. In this State
the democrats appear to have abandoned the
idea of any effective impression upon Con-
grcss, and seem to be directing all their efforts
TO the election OF Mr. Hoffman, their candidate
Tor Governor. Upon an aggregate popular
vote Of seven hundred and thirty thousand
eight hundred and forty-one, Fenton's ma
jority in 1864 was only eight thousand three
hundred and thirteen--a very close fight on 30
large total vote. But General Mcclellan, in
New York in 1864, was stronger than the demo-
cratic party, while, strange as tho fact may APP
pear, the vote for Governor shows that Presi-
dent Lincoln did not poll the full republican
strength in that contest. He was still behind
his party, Notwithstanding his great popu-
larity from his approved honesty and
fidelity and his emancipation proclama-
tons. The Independent Fremont movement
at Cleveland, though abandoned with Presi-
dent Lncolnis denomination at Baltimore. had
still left lis impression among the advanced
an.i-slavery elements of this and other States.
Now oil his is done away with, and the New
York republican majority TO be overcome by
Mr.. Hoffman is not Fenton's eight thousand
majority OF 1864, but Barlow's twenty-seven
thousand OF 1866, Ii not good deal more. The
great national issue of the constitutional amend
ments has consolidated the Union party ele-
ments Of the war while the important local
Issue Of our Corporation 'ring," without Civ
ing strength to Hoffman in this city, will be
apt TO tell heavily against him throughout the
State. II is the fight of the "ringn against the
city and State, and therefore We shall not be
surprised in the least If most conspicuous and
decisive among the results OF 10. morrow's cleo
lions shall be the defeat of the Tammany rump
and the '.ring."
SrrUTTRNos or THE Bro BorTLEDUP GENE
sAr--The distinguished hero whom Massachu-
sets supplied to The late war, and who is still
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