The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-11-08
The Herald In the Recent Klectien-Has II
Any In0uences

Any ln0uonceS
One Of our contemporaries, while mourning
over the defeat Of Its candidates, takes up the
vote Of one county out Of the sixty in the State,
to show that the HERALD had no influence In
the recent election. The result OF battle is
not decided by the skirmishing ON one Of the
wings. II we look over the whole field of
operations, we find that the HERALD in fact,
carried every point at which it aimed. When
the campaign commenced we described
Governor Fsnton as weak and imbecile, and
as very small pattern for a governor of the
State of New York. But we expressed the
belief that he would be elected, because he
was the representative Of the restoration
policy Of Congress as embodied In the consti-
tutionsl amendment-an issue which we fore
saw would sweep every Northern State. Gov
ernor Fenton is elected by vote just large
enough to express the States endorsement Of
that policy, and just small enough to show that
it is on that issue alone, and despite his own
cessful. This Is the exact result that the
influence OF the HERALD was used to secure.
1t is the triumph Of a principle and a rebuke
to politicians at the same time. We hope that
Governor Fenton will read the lesson Alright
and will profit by 1t, and will not again make
himself as ridiculous as he did last winter by
signing the bill to restrict honest Dutchmen
from drinking wholesome lager beer and from
enjoying themselves over their meerschaums
and their "schoppens' on Sunday after
moons.
So far as the city of New York is concerned,
the influence Of the HERALD was used to put to
route the forces of the Corporation "ring," by
securing the election of "Miles O'Reilly" as
Register, over John McCool, the representative
Of bargain between the Tammany rump and
Fernando Wood, the success Of which would
have secured a new lease Of power to the
'ring." Miles O'Reilly was elected by the
sweeping majority Of twonty thousand over the
combined forces Of Tammany and Mozart. AT
the same time the HERALD used its influence
against Mr. James NJ Smith for Surrogate and
Mr.. Sedgwick as Recorder, and favored the cleo
ton Of Gideon j. Tucker and Mr.. Hackett.
Messrs. Smith and Sedgwick were on the same
ticket with Miles O'Reilly; but they were de-
feated, while he was elected. Locally, there
fore, this was one Of the most sweeping and
complete victories the HERALD ever achieved.
But the result Of the election shows that its
influence is not restricted to any one county or
district, but extends over the States, and indeed
over the whole Union. Looking beyond New
York we see that since the HERALD placed the
constitutional amendment in its true light be-
fore the people, every Northern State that has
had an opportunity OF being heard through the
ballot box has declared in its favor, and a
new Congress has been chosen with more than
two-thirds Of the members pledged to carry out
its policy. We should not have made any
allusion to tho influence Of the HERALD but for
the silly remarks of our contemporary. 1t is
our practice to do our work effcctually, and,
satisfied with the results, to make no reference
to the means BY which they have been accom-
plished.