Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-10-06
THE OCTOBER ELECTIONS

On tuesday next, Pennsylvania Indiana,
ONO, and Nebraska hold their State elections
respectively. In each of these States Repre-
sentanves m the Forty First Congress are to be
CHOSEN, and members eff Legislature. The
Pennsylvania Legislature to be chosen next
week VIII elect u. 5. Senator in place of Mr..
Buckaiew, (Dem.,) and that of Indiana will
elect one IN place Of Mr.. Hendricks, (Demr)
who Is running for Governor for the ensuing
four years against Conrad Baker (Rep.) The
Legislature to be chosen in Nebraska will elect
U. ). Senator to succeed Thomas W. Upton,
whose term expires on the ith of March next
The canvass in these States, which opened
rather languidly, hiss grown s'red hot" lately,
and IL will increase in fervOr mp to the very
day Of the election. As usual, each side ex
presses itself certain OF victory The result in
Vermont and Name served to give the Repub
hcans unmistakeable momentum in their can
yass in the other States, and seemed to cores.
pondingly depress their opponents for a sea-
son; but the stake at issue in the Presidential
erection was TOO heavy TO be given up readily,
and the Democratic party has rallied lately
Win ylgor that reminds one OF their pluck
lest and most aggressive fights of yore.
In pennsylvania the eppblIcans are charg-
ing upon their opponents extensive frauds in
tne way Of manufacturing votes by forged GER
uncates OF naturalization, and the New York
1TIbzlne, we see, seems TO apprehend thai the
State may be carried unfairly against the Re-
pubhcans by this means. Allegations of this
sort are frequently made prlor to important
elections, and quite generally with truth, bat
we doubt IL IN State of the size of Pennsylya-
Ma enough fraudulent votes could b. thus
put in, 10 change the popular verdict. Every
inch Of ground has been canvassed In Penn
sylyania, and If the State goes Democratic on
Tuesday next it will be becau sc the majority of
Its people are so inclined. The estimates of
well informed Pennsylvania Republicans are
that they will carry the State by from $4,000
TO 2O,OCO. ......
The Republicans of Ohio are confident of car
rying that State by 25,OUO majority al least. In
Ohio, as in Indiana, there is talk of the coloni-
zation OF Democratic voters from kentuc XIV:
but the law requiring residence of one year
Will in most localities in Ohio prove barrier
10 any extensive fraud of this sort. The DEM
oeratS Will undoubtedly succeed in making
gains IN some of the Ohio Congressional dis
ulcts- They will be rather apt TO carry at
least the 9Th, (Gibsons,) the 10th, 1mpeacher
Ashley's,) and the 18th, (COoper's, the Repub-
hean nominee in place OF Delano, who de.
clnes.)
In lndiana the contest is close and severe
The Democrats, headed by Senator Hendricks,
Tow the Democratic candidate tor Governor,
are making very energetic canvass MIR.
HENDRICKS IS personally popular in Indiana
ana Is an adroit and persuasive speaker, being
very much an over match for the Republican
candidate for Governor, Conrad Baker, ON the
stump. The Republicans have, however.
called TO their rescue Schuyler Coltax
and ex-Secretary Stanton, VINO are said
TO be doing very effective service. The
Republicans apprehend the importation
OF large numbers of Democratic voters
from Kentucky. Under the laws of In
olana the Introduction of a large amount OF
tnis voting material will not be difficult and
the republicans seem 10 have occasion for
sore concern on that score In the West this
surplus voting element of Kentucky Is talked
OF openly as legitimate material for use where
needed prominent politician of Ohio, who
acts on the motto that sall is fair in politics
stated lately in the hearing of the writer hIs
opinion that the democratic Executive
committees Of Indiana and Ohio ought
10 De pitched out neck and heels
ii they suffered the $1,000 Democratic
OF kentucky to 90 to seed at home" 1t certain.
~ must De very tantalizing to profe 5sional
POLITICIANS TO see such an amount of good yo.
ting material "going TO seed" and il vould
not be matter Of great surprise if pretty
large sprinkling Of Kentucky voters should be
found over the Indiana line on Tuesday next.
IL Is possible however, that as these voters
are on 1.-The make" that more or less of them
may sell out to the party Offering the highest
DID, IN which case their vote may be somewhat
divided.
Republicans in this quarter seem TO look
upon Nebraska as safe at the coming election,
but Western Repu olicans think lta little I'M
certain The State went Republican In 1866 by
barely l45 majority, and while the accesslons
TO the State since in the way OF settlers are
manly Republicans, there has been a consId.
cradle influx Of voters of the Democratic per-
suasion. employees upon the Union Pacific
Railroad.