New-York tribune., 1867-10-01
Tile OETORER ELECTIONS.

The States of PENNSYLVANIA, ONO, and
Iowa. hold their annual Elections on Tuesday,
Oct. Sth: while CALIFORNIA holds Judicial
election about the same time. Ohio and iowa
elect Governors; single Representative in
Congress is to be chosen from Pennsylvania,
in place of Mr. Dennison, deceased and one
! from Ohio vice Gen. Rutherford B. Hayes,
who, having accepted the nomination for Gov
| ernor, has resigned his seat. The Democrats
tried to nominate candidate, but quarreled-
| part of them insisting OH an out tand-Out Cop
| perhead, while the rest wanted to run SOL
dier: so they gave it up, and are supporting
! Gen. Samuel f. Cary Republican), who is the
| independent candidate, against Richard Smith,
the regular Republican candidate. The simple
fact betIays their weakness. In Pennsylvania,
| ex-Judge Woodward is running as the Demo
| cratic, against ex-senator w. W. Ketchum,
Republican. The district Uuzerne and Sus-
| quehanna C0unties) is close, though carried
! heavily against us last year by fraudulent
| votes in the coal-mining precincts of Luzerne.
| With a fair vote, Mr.. Ketchum stands a good
| chance of election.
| The Democrats have no hope of carrying
Iowa, though they expect TO gain on light vote
! and liquor-loving Republicans, on some pretext
of local dissatisfaction. In Ohio, they virtually
concede the election of Gen. Hayes as Gov
ernor, but cling to the hope of securing ma
jority in the Legislature by fomenting jeal-
ousies between the friends Of rival candidates
for u. S. Senator. Their main effort, how
ever, will be to defeat the Constitutional
Amendment, which extends the Right of Suf-
frage TO Blacks, and that they confidently
hope to achieve. We entreat every Republican
to consider that defeat of Impartial Man
hood Suffrage viii be everywhere hailed as a
Democratic triumph, and will thrill with ecstacy
the soul of every unreconstructed Rebel i'll the
land. Nothing that has occurred since the
taking of Fort Pillow-unless it be the Men,
phis and New Orleans Mastacres--has rejOiced
the heart of Rebcldom as il will be enraptured
by the tidings that Ohio has decided that
Blacks have no rights that Whites are bound
to respect. 1t will be fresh Dred Scott deci-
sion, and exulted over accordingly. We pray
every Ohio Republican to constitute himself a
Vigilance Committee, for the purpose of secur-
ing every possible vote for Manhood Suffrage.
1t is the pivot of the canvass; and our adver-
saries will plausibly insist, if Manhood Suf-
frage be voted down, that they triumph on
their cardinal principle, though defeated on
their candidates.
In Pennsylvania the Democrats have the
advantage in that their leading candidate,
Judge SharswOod, has long been on the bench,
and, being jurist of undoubted ability as well
as experience, will win some Republican votes
from Mr.. Williams, his Republican opponent,
who is comparatively new man. True, Judge
Woodward was beaten under like circumstances
in 1863; but Gov. Curtin's name then headed
the Republican ticket; while WOodward's re-
cent decision Gin which we believe Judge Shnrs-
wood concdtrttD, multiplying the Conscription
act, was reason enough for his defeat. Ii ever