Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-10-20
Result Of the october Election.

j The adage that lie will travel league
while truth is putting on its boots is con
astantly verified in the election returns sen
10y the telegraph. All the machinery for
gathering and transmitting election news
a>ver wide area is in the hands o Repub
slicans. who mix with the meagre and scat
atered fist returns apocryphal conjectures
aprompted by their. wishes and colored BY
atheir party predictions. The game has
abeen played this week with a holder HAND
athan usual, the temptation to it being the
strength of the first impressions made
awhile the subject is fresh and public curl
Josity eager and expectant. The rectify
ing figures, as they come tardily struggle
aing in afterwards, receive comparatively
little attention and so the original falls
q suppression remains on uany careless, in
adolent minds.
4 In the three great Middle States Of
aPennsylyania, indiana and Ohio, there
ahave been handsome Democratic gains
I and one Of these States has been rescue
sirom Radical control bat or the mex,
z norning after the election the result in al
& three was claimed by the Republicans q,
"a great party triumph. We have a,
1 length figures enough to enable US to give
authentic results. The Radical triumph
q eolapses in the light of ascertainad truth
4 Indiana has been redeemed by major
aty which will be seen to be more anc
anore encouraging with the greater com.
al tonncs of rot,,rpy Mortop
s,,- ttc,legraphed to Washington that thu
aState il LOST. nd it is expected that he
awill decline the Enrr 'ish mission. The
81 Democratic party has nca.r.,v coupled It's
Z .nembers OF Congfcc.ss in the three ets:vg.
GIN the present House VIC have'six mem
Ssbers of Congress in the three States In
athe present House we have sig members
from Pennsylvania, four from indiana and
i've from Ohio, making an aggregate of
Fifteen. In the next Congress we shall
/ have fourteen Pennsylvania, seven from
Indiana and seven from Ghio-au aggre-
gate of t,oensty-eigM. The same average
: rate of gain throughout the whole country
would increase the Democratic strength
4 in the House from 70, our present num-
! ber, to AZ, which would be 9 powerful
working majority. Ir some of the close
I districts the result is not yet known with
sabsolute certainty, and only the o6icia
Figures can clear it of all doub. but the
revised lists printed elsewhere end
I substantially correct.
/ Nearly the whole ne gro vote. in all the
aStatez. has been given to the Republican;
a5ut in spite of this new reinforcement Of
s,ts opponents, the Democratic party ha>
ahcId its own. and made important gains
! Among the noted talical member,
Flung ont of Congress by !hese election
a.re II rrcIt (tIc i3essemer steel nlooop)-
a}i>D. 'Coyolc. O'Ncil and Cessna, il
pennsylvania; (the ablcst Republican,
smelnber on the floor and foremost leader
of the Protectionists, in Ohio; and proba
sbly Ortiz and Shanks, in Indiana. In
I several districts the Republicans have sue
decided in nominating free-tradcrs or men
sof liberal views, as ip the First Ohio and
Second Pennsylvania district. Such free
Grade successes are loosening an impor-
tant segment of the Republican party
(Which will soon cleaye off and fall into
Ithe Democracy.
On the whole, the Democratic party
ahas reason to be satisfied with the steady
sgrowth of public sen timent which has be-
sgun TO bear fruit in these elections. N
~. World.