Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-09-30
FOr congress--.JAs Es R. LoFLAND.
pENNsYLyaNIA AND INDIANA.

The October Elections are very close at hand, |
and seldom has there been deeper interest in
their result Three of them-Pennsyvania
Ohio and Indiana-staud in the rank of the great
States cast in all over sixty electoral votes, and
ye. are 20 evenly divided in political opinion tia
both Of the great parties have made them, year
after year, the field of well contested fight.
Ohio, however is reliable Republican State
AMI willis there have been some such perturba-
tons among her voting population as tended to
give our opponents encouragement, it only
n,eds thorough rousing Of the people to insure
a decisive Republican majority Upon the Other
two States, ramed at the head Of this article, the
greatest interest centres. Pennsylvania and
Indiana, this year, are fought for with energy
perhaps we should say desperation-by both
sides, and the majority is 80 small percentage
as to make the contest exciting and absorbing,
to the very last,
In Pennsylvania, as our readers well know,
the campaign opened under discouragements
The nomination of General Hartranft, anticlpat-
ed as it had been by all who knew the drift OF
affairs inside the Republican organization, was
made the pretext for violent and apparently
dangerous revolt within the party lines, and he
the leading candidate upon the ticket, was
threatened with defeat Upon this disaffection
the presumed strength Of Mr.. Buckalew, and the
formation Of the Liberal faction. the Demo
Gratis confidently relied for sufficient strength to
elect their Governor.
General Hartranft with his host Of friends,
however, stood manfully up to the work, and
declined to be frightened out Of the field. The
result has justified them. Had General Hart
ranft withdrawn, as he was besonght to do, he
would have been forever characterized as a dis
honest man, and the infamous plots of the di-
plona sellers and claim corruptionists would
have succeeded. John Hartranft, the gallant
soldier and faithful official would have lived ard
died, blackened in reputation, while the Evans,
Paine, New York Sun crowd would have hidden
their own crimes successfully behind the false
cloud which they had thrown around him. As it
is, Hartranft's strength has risen, day by day,
and his honor, honesty and fidelity have been
proven to the people of his great State. Men
like George H. Stuart and Glllingham Fell, have
come forware to champion his cause, and one OF
the greatest meetings Of business men ever a.
sembled in the United States gathered itself tC
testify the respect and confidence they had fo
him.
These things tell Throughout the length an
breadth of Pennsylvania there is tremendou
reaction in favor of General Hartranft, and gh
it was so positive to be noticeable, montl
ago, it is swelling and increasing, in immens
ratio, now. 1t will carry him trumphanty int
the Governors chair, and it will not spend it
force until he becomes the most popular man il
his great State. Within month, crowned as h
4riIl ba with aupoana Ganaral Haptrauft will l.
the strongest mau in Pennsylvania.
The claim which we make for his election
blsed upon intelligent observation, in all part
Of Pennsylvania. There is no reasonable doub
now, that the whole Republican ticket will l
elected by good mai jrity Hartranft will hay
five thousand and upward-there are those WI
claim twenty thousand for him, and it is vel
likely they may prove nearest right. The 9th
candidates on the ticket will doubtless have i'
thousand more
In Indiana the struggle is even more inteni
than in Pennsylvania. 1t is a contest for
mastery Of affairs which, as both sides beliey
may be indefinitely maintained, thereafter, |
those who are victorious now. The result mu
lie close. but We baye the utmost assurance til
1t will favor the Republicans. The reports fro
ali reliable and trustworthy sources in that Sta
justify this confidence.
With Pennsylvania and Indiana thus declarir
for the Republicans in October, the PRESIDENT
battle in November will be practically decide
Should the msjorties be such as we antcipa
they will carry New york with them, in Mover
ber, and not only will General Grants electiC
be secured but the defeat OF Mr. Greeley will
utterly overwhelming.