The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-11
The Elections.

Tomorrow the States of Pennsylvania
Ohio and Iowa elect Governors and partial
lists of other State officers, and local elections
will occur in Indiana and Nebraska. With
the exception of Ohio these States are in Re-
publican hands and in that State we have a
Republican Governor There is no question
as to the result in Iowa, that State being as
true to Republican principles and as sure to
elect Republican officers as the States OF Mas
sa:husetts or Vermont 1t is true that the
democracy have made show OF contestmg
the election and had their candidate for Gov
ernor exhibited upon the stump, but it was
"vaiu show" and will amount to nothing.
The absence of excitement and enthusiasm.
will undoubtedly cause greatly reduced vote,
but the result is certain to be favorable to the
good cause. In Ohio the Democrats have
carried on an earnest and exciting canvass
and have used all ordinary, and some extraor-
binary methods to insure the election of their
idorGentleman George" Ohio is proverbially
an uncertain State. The returns of one year
seem to furnish no reliable data upon which
to predicate prediction for the next. The
loyal voters of that vigorous young State seem
frequently to indulge in the luxury of voting
one ticket one year and another ticket the
next, so that the majorities Huctuate from a
few hundred up to an hundred thousand But
while the supporters OF the Great Repudiator
have been active and viglant the Republicans
have not been idle, and we feel confident that
Oaio will prove true to her patriotic record
md repudiate the great Repudiator and all
his works. Owing to Democratic gerryman-
dering with representative districts it is much
easier for that party to carry the legislature
than it Is for the Republicans, and it is not
unlikely that they may DO so, but as the re-
suit will be known SO soon, we forbear further
specuiations. In Pennsylvania the Demo
. ats have made unwonted efforts to wrest
the State from Republican control. Then
tactics have been of the sly" kind avoiding
noise, discussion and demonstrations of all
Kinds as far as possible. The working men
wanted representative man upon the ticket,
and Mr.. Asa Packer, a destitute old gentle
man who is obliged to exc out miserable ex-
istence from the income of only twenty mill
ions of dollars, was selected as the proper
person to lead the bone and muscle of Democ-
racy against the bloated bond holders, and
sparse proud aristocra's" who compose the
Republican party in that State. Pennsyiya.
mia has already ratified the 18th amendment,
and has no U. S. Senator to choose, which
facts render the result of less importance 10
outsiders than would otherwise be the case.
Pennsylvania poll, an immense vote ranging
from 100000 to 65O,OOO while the Republican
majority the past five years has ranged from
hundreds up to twenty-three thousand. The
fact that parties are always SO nearly balanc-
ed shows that prophecy which would prove
good would be more accidental than president.
Both parties arc hopeful and desire to be sure
OF victory, but it is certain that both cannot
succeed, and at this distance that is about the
only thing that may be said to admit of no
contradiction. We presume that the good
peple of those States will feel relieved when
the election is over and we can only indulge
the hope that the results in the various
States may be such as to contribute to the
happiness and prosperity of the people and
add to the good name of the country.