The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-01
The EIections Next Week.

The States in which general elections are to
be held next week are Pennsylvania, Ohio,
and Iowa. Particular interest is felt in them
from the fact that the results are supposed to
foreshadow, in measure, the results of the
elections in November. In every instance the
issues are squarely stated, always excepting
the underhanded policy of the radicals, which
seeks to dodge the questions of local interest
in the hope that the ignorance to which they
appeal will comprehend nothing beyond the
general idea of a conflict of views on recon-
struction between the President and Congress.
In Pennsylvania the only officer to be chosen
by the State at large is the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court, George Sharswood being
the Democratic and Henry w. Williams the
Republican candidate. Judging from the tone
of the Pennsylvania press there is no dispute
as to the qualifications of the two candidates
for Chief Justice, it being conceded that Judge
Sharswood is the superior, in every respect OF
his opponent. The issue is made on national
questions rather than on the personal merits
of the nominees. 1t is, therefore, important
to know the drift of political sentiment in this
State since the last Presidential election In
1864 the total vote polled was 572, 707, of
which General McClelland received 276, ,3l6,
and Mr.. Lincoln 296, 391. A year later, at the
were cast, of which the radicals obtained
majority of %, $50. Last year Republican
Governor was chosen by majority of l7,l7S
the total vote being 597,37O. Comparing this
last vote with that of 1864, the result is as
follows
g7ssie Rss g56gal Fsg Fn2 25575 55;
lS66.....................-."29O,096 ,096 3U21 l7,l7S
1t will be seen from these figures that the
increase of the Democratic vote of 1866 over
that of 1864 was Ia, 7S0, while that of the
radicals was but lO,SS3, showing clean gain
of nearly 5000 votes for the Democrats-an
evidence that conservative sentiments were
gaining ground. 1t must be owned, however
that in the coming election the radicals have
the advantage in possessing control of the State
patronage, which they will use in every way
that they believe to be to their own advantage.
On the other hand, the Democratic candidate
is immeasureably superior to his opponent
and remembering the change in public SEN
timent as evinced by the results of the cleo
tions in New Hampshire and Connecticut last
spring, and the more recent ones in Maine
and California, there are good reasons for be-
heving that, with proper efforts, the Demo-
Gratis will carry Pennsylvania next Tuesday.
Such a cOnsummation is devoutly wished for
by good men throughout the land, and we
shall be disappointed if the conservatives of
the Keystone State leave single stone un-
turned to attain so desirable a result.
The contest in Ohio is unusually exciting.
The Democrats have in Allen G.. Thurman
very strong candidate for Governor, partieu-
larly so as compared with his opponent,
Rutherford B. Hayes. And aside from the
personal II erits of the candidates, the radical
platform is so redolent of the worst features of
radicalism that the people OF Ohio will be
false to themselves if they do not reject it by
large majority In 1864 Mr. Lincoln car
ried the State by a majority of 585S6, the
total vote being 470, 722; yet year later the
Republican majority at the election for Gov
eInor was only 29,546, the decrease in the
Democratic vote being less than IL, 600, while
that in the Republican vote was over 40, 600.
Last year Secretary of State was chosen, but
the result OF the election was unimportant as
compared with that of Representatives in Con-
gress. For the convenience of our readers we
| append table giving the votes of the State
| for the three years mentioned, that Of 1856
being the vote for Congressman
1864 1865 1866
Republican, n,....".".""..265,l5 l5o 2l3.633 251,O4O
glance at these figures shows that COM
parison of the votes of the State in 1854 and
1866 reveals the fact that the radicals lost
| ll,OOO votes, while the Democrats gained
5000, clear evidence that the votes lost by
the former were given to the latter. II needs
but little calculation to demonstrate that q
proportiOnate gain at the coming election VIII