Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1868-10-22
LATE ELECTIONS.

rs The returns come N they appear far
more favorable to the Conservative party
than the reports by telegraph The arg
est vote ever poi!eil was cast ia the three
States Of Pennsylvania, Oaio and Ind ana
In the first, in a vote Of upwards Of 800, :
600, the Radicals have majority estima-
led at not more than 3 Gee, Il "a majority
at all. That is certainly Il very SNAIL ts-
ure, and the Democrats allege that mere
than 5000 illegal votes we're given in
Philadelphia. which, being cast by hire
llngs from New York, cannot he cast again
Ut the Presidential election, as the voters
will te needed 1t nome. In 1910. at the
October election the Democrats had a ma
jority Of about 5000, and yet in Novem~
Der following the State 70. for General
Harrison. In the present election, the
Conser natives gain four members of Con-
gress, and fail to gain several others by
Very small niaiorities. Three Radicals are
reported elected by ma'ori;ies Of %, IS
md 50.
In Ohio, TOO, the first teieera pIic reports
are found to be highly exaggerated. It is
row believed the Radical majority viii not
exceed 10,000-and 5000 Of that COM
posed Of enlightened Africans. Three
members Of Congress are Gained The
Cincinnati Enquirer expresses qualification
at the result, anu ayoWs great eopGlatee
in being able to carry the State 1T the Pre-
sidentiai election The Hebrews, it saws,
who are all opposed to Grant, voted The
local Radical ticket, and their numbers
are sufficient to turn the scale.
In Indiana the Conservatives have done
ST boit.r. Il tlis present wiring it is not
quite certain that their gallant Standard
bearer, Hendricks is Dot elected Govern
or. If defeated, it is by a maj9rity less
than geo Three uel,bers CT Congress
are gained, and this, too in tie face Of
gerrymander which seemed TO preclude all
hope Of electing more than one member
from the State. One district was made to
stretch four hundred miles, and to include
most Of the large Democratic counties.
But that, backed by the ever smiling Col
fax. was unavailing. The gerrymandcr
extended to the Stale Legislature, which
accounts for the Radical majority in that
body.
The result Is that in the three States. IL.
vote Of nearly million and half, the
Radicals nave H!ajority of less than 10, :
000-and 10 goo of that alleged to be
fraudulent. As a mere rcconn0issan -c IN
JORGE, as Democratic paper terms it, it
Is a magnificent achievement Il is GER
tain there are great many people at the
North opposed to the benign policy
Of the Radicals, and q majority party con
fronted By such minority as this must be
somewhat on its guard Aud this result
has been achieved where the State govern
ments and State Pa5rona &c were in the
hands Of their adyorsaries-wkere the Eed-
eral patronage WAS to 4 5rcat extent exert
ed Ia the same direction where the sho3-
dyists and contractors, Of oyery hue, who
made money during tie war-where the
whisky and al toe other rings were coop.
Grating. and where. above al. the prestige
of Gen. Grant. tbs commander Of the lc-
gions. was brought 10 bear with all lis force.
It is very evident that without that pres
fige the verdict Of the Northern people last
year on the Kadical policy would have been
the verdict now---RicAmond Wig