The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-13
WHAT THEY THINK OF III.

The October Elections and the New York
The New York World has this little editorial state
nent:--
elections yesterday indicate that the result in PcRn-
sylvana is close close at this writing 3 A.
Nj it is impossible to tell whether Asa Packer or
John w. Geary is elected Governor of Pennsylvania.
The chances, however, appear to he in favor of
Packer, who gains in the rural districts over his
The Herald says The general result then OF all
these elections signifies that the two parties remain
substantially as they were. There are no signs Of
political reaction. The Republican party, under
the wing Of General Grants administration, holds
its own. But for the Democratic detection in Phla
dephia, however on the Guy ticket, Geafy w0nlu
doubtless have been swamped by General Apathy"
for outside OF the cy through0ut the State the Ne
pubcans have lost heavily. The sturdy PennSylya-
mans of the rural districts, in their fun
strength, viii not turn out on purely local election,
no matter how earnestly the politicians labor to
make il an affair of national Importance. The cleo
tiOns of yesterday, then including Pcnnsylvania,
may be dismissed with the conclusion that they nd
cate change In the public sentiment 10 the pre-
juGice of General Grants administration, but that
the two parties remain substantially as they stood
last year, including the vote held in reserve and
which viii be brought OuC next year in the elections
for new Congress.
The Tribune speaks as fOOws:--
Returns and reports from yesterdays elections i'll
dicate the reelection of Governor Geary IN PENN
syvania by reduced aud OF Governor Hayes in OhiO
by a largely increased maj0rry-from 10000 TO
10000 Governor Gealy ran behind the average Re
The Republican State ticket, Judge Williams, who is
undoubtedly chosen. Though we have few returns,
in either State, which Is gain Of Ohio, where the
last Legislature was Democratic in both branches
choosing a. G.. Thurman to the United States Senate
in place Of Frank ana fearless Ben. Wade. II the
boot were on the other leg our adyersaTes would
insist that q Senator so chosen and so repudiated
should resign and let the State he represented by q
man after her own heart; but we make no such de-
mand. Let ohio but ratiiy the fifteenth amendment
ana we shall be abundanuy satisfied.
Assuming that Governor Geary ia reelected, of
which the later dispatches seem to leave no doubt
that national triumph is largely due TO the faithful
Republicans Of Philadelphia. The serious defeCons
in Allegheny, Lancaster, Huntingdon, and other
counties whence we had a right to expect better
things would have enlarged victory, but for the
noble stand made in Philadelphia against the frauds
which djsgraccd and overwhelmed her last October
In that election her vote on the State ticket candl-
date was retuned:-
Republican ......6O,6 ,633 Democrat. 90 SOB
At the quickly succeeding Presidential election IL
| stood
Grant nt.............6 .6O,9S5 Seymour. 55 173
OF course no one need he told that as many legal
Democratic votes cast for President in NOVem-
ber for Auditor in October; the falling of was in
! the vote OF the "roughs" and ''repeaters" who
sWarmed thither from this city and from Baltimore
expressly to 'vote early and vote often for sham
Democracy. They were not nearly so numerous nor
so effective IN Philadelphia at the latter at the
earlier election; hence the striking disparity in the
results
| In the election of Governor Geary we have done
remarkably well; for, whether justly or unjustly,
many Republicans were hostile to his reelection,
and his vote falls far below the party strength.