The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-11
n. Elecsie.. ro-D.y-Tas Colorsa Vote.

The fruits of the best0wal OF the right OF
suffrage upon the colored population will be
partially developed in the Northern States
at the State elections occurring to-day. In
Pennsylvania and Ohio the colored vote has
been counted upon as affecting the results for
! Congressman in several Of the close districts
For example, in the Ohio Third district (where
the majority for General Schenck, republican,
ia 1868 was only four hundred and sixty over
vallandigham) the Introduction of quasi
negro rights man in the person Of Colonel
Lewis ID. Campbell as the democratic candi-
date Is calculated to equalize the colored vote
In the district, unless the republican managers
are more adroit in manipulating the newly
| Hedged voters than their democratic compsti-
will strain every nerve to re-elect their cham
pion, Schenck and, on the other hand, the
democrats will undoubtedly put their shoulders
to the wheel to throw into Congress liberal
free trader like Campbell. 1t may be asked what
the negro vote has to do with high tariff or
| free trader To answer that question Ia
precisely where the difficulty lies; for any
class of voters who are in the market will
find purchasers among the political managers
on either side. AS the case now stands in
Schenck's district the republicans, after
careful canvass, claim his reelection by a
slightly increased majority over that Of 1868.
As a general thing the canvass in Ohio has
been conducted in more gentlemanly spirit
than that in some other States nearer home !;
and whatever the result may DO it ought to be
| regarded az the honestly expressed will Of the
| peopie-taking the colorad vote as about
| equally balanced
| In Pennsylvania some animation has been
thrown into the campaign upon this very sub
| ject of the negro vote. One OF the leading
| republican papers in the State, the Phila-
| delphia Press, discusses the subject in an
elaborate article in yesterdays issue. The
! whole number of colored voters In Phila-
| delphia is estimated ut five thousand, although
| complaints are made that sufficient attention
has not been paid to The registry Of the colored
men to justify such calculation. II the can
| vass had been conducted with the spirit that
! usually attends a Presidential campaign it is
| not likely the negro vote would materially
affect the result but as it is it will doubtless
| have some influence in the closely contested
| Congressional districts for instance, as
| the Third, where John Moffatt, democrat,
had but one hundred and twenty seven
| majority over Leonard Myers, republican
aud in the Ffth--which includes Bucks
couny-whers John K. Reading democrat.
had but forty minority over Caleb N.
Taylor, republican.
But whether the coIored vote will or will not
affect the result in Pennsylvania and Ohio to-
day il is evident thai it has been the subject OF
some anxiety by both parties. In the latter part
OF last week number OF colored men were
arrested at The wharf in Philadelphia on the
arrival Of the Baltimore boat, charged with
visiting Philadelphia to register and vote the
republican ticket at the election to-day. This
arrest has given rise to elimination and re-
elimination not very credi!able according 10
local authority, to the political situation,
But while the democrats aiege that these
colored people were hired by republicans to
| go to Philadelphia to vote the republicans de-
clare that the whole affair was concocied by
democrats on the eve OF election to cast odium
| upon the republican party and its candidates.
| Be all this as it may, il is certain that the
party leaders in all parts of the country are
making strenuous efforts 10 enlist the colorcd
voters in their ranks and their test to-day in
| Ohio and Pennsylvania viii partially indicate
4 how far their influence extends in two of the
g-eat States north of Mason and Dixon's line
| The GERMAN FAIg. Preparations are being
/ made on q very extensive scale for the German
| fair to be held on the 18th Of October, at tie
| Armory ofthe Thirty regiment, on the
corner Of Thirty -sixih street aud Broadway. A
! conspicuous feature of tie fair will be a num-
her of fine pictures, exhibited or donated by
Mr.. Marshall D. Roberts and other eminent
citizens Mr.. Daniel Huntington, late President
of the American Academy of Design; Mr.. Addi-
son Richards, Corresponding Secretary Of the
Academy, together with Mr.. k,rtz and Mr.
Schaus, are on the Art Committee. The
chairman Of the General Committee is Mr.. NJ.
! A. Wesendonck. The proceeds of the fair
!
| within the German lines. This humane OBJ
ject naturally comnends itself to the enthnsi-
assn Of the German residents in New York
and to the sympathes Of their American friends.
No doubt the fair will prove worthy Of a city
which has so numerous population Of Ger
man birth aud origin as to give it a claim to
be called the third German city In the world.
! THE BoDINE MURDER TRIAI.-There is a
murder trial now going on in Ulster county
| which presents new feature in law cases. A
deaf and dumb negro named Bodine killed Mr..
Hasbrouck in February Last. The circum-
stances are vet familiar to our readers, and
| f;ar Inf his IN