The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-10-08
The Great October Elections.

cite false hopes or cause undue dcsl''''o'no''
II is well. however, to glance at the o'''''e
o.o,ras he6ore the struggle takes place, III
order that the situation may NC cie.i', '.'a''
stood and the result rightly interpreted
:, pennsvIysn;a /, is admitted that the 'as'
toyt .,cc,;ou was that Of 1858, whcn tue
c,r electoral ticket received majority Of
2s,s9s. hut in the same year II gave ''''s
Gs, 10 H,RrRANrr for Acknowledgement.
Once since this majority was reduced 10
A ,ns. and once on light vote the Demo
Gratis had q slight excess. The Administra-
ton candidate is General JoHN r. HART
p.xrr, and the Liberal ticket is headed ny
CHARLES r. BucKAIEw. Democrat
The canvass against HARTEAHFT has been
very hitter because of his known conncc-
t;on with the CAMERON ring and OF his al
Iered spcculationS in the funds Of the Com
monwealth while commissioner of th,
Sinking fund. In view of this fact the ADJ
ministration claims, but the Liberals do moi
admit, that the test of party strength VIII DC
the vote between the candidates Tor toii'
gressmen ut large, who are LEMUEL iopp' u
w Scuoryrrp. and CHARLES ALBRIGHT (ltadi-
cals). and RICHARD FAuX. II. b. WRIGHT, ana
JAMES NJ. HorKISs Uibcrais). Tie Hon. W.
=. ScnrLL, the candidate Of the Labor hc-
formers, has declined in favor OF BrCKALEW.
and the accession TO the Democratic railhs
from this source i variousIy estimated al
from 6 600 TO %, 900. the best adyices putting
i, ut 5000. But, according TO &ood author-
itv, the frauds in registration i'll Phl!aoe!-
pbia are friuhtful. Thousands of negroes
have disappeared from Washington, who arc
known TO have been colonizcd III Pcnn>Elfa-
min bv the GRANT managers. O'BRlEN has
sent his roughs from New York, and there
hive been schemes also for repeating by sub
ordinate oftice-holdcrs.
Indiana elects Il Governor and a full slate
of State officers. The candidates for Cover
nor are Thomas NJ. BROWNE (Rcpublican)
and THOMAS 4. HENDRICKS CDemocrat. In
1868 Indiana gave GRANT majority Of 1872,
but in 1870 the Democrats elected their cam
didate for Secretary of State by 2,5jS. The
last Presidential vote was the latest test OF
party strength. The average Republican
vote in the last nine years has been 132, 446
the average Democratic vote, IA, IiT, and Tho
average Republican majority, 1869. SO that
the average percentage CT the Republican
vote which, transferred to the Democrats
would have given to the latter majority
was 2.53, while in Pennsylvania iii the las
eleven elections it was only 1.12. Still, II!
things considered, Indiana, of all the State
which hold elections to-day, presents TIT
most favorable conditions for a>ccrtanin:
the strength of the Liberal Republicans
The canvass has been heated and the q!e>
tons discussed have been mainly national
The votes OF imported negroes and fraud
at the polls, which are in charge OF the Radl
Gals, seem to be the great reliance OF th'
Administration men in this state.
In Ohio they vote for Il Secretary of STATE
and congressman. The candidates for Sccrc
farv Of State are ALLIES +. WIKorF Qtcpub
lican) and AQUILA }. WILEY U)CmOclHD
GRANT carried this state 10y il ,i2S in 1865
bat the average Republican majority since
has been less than 10000. The campaign OF
the part of the Liberals ms been systematic
criIy and thoroughly conducted, but Il re-
tuction of the Republican majority is a!
that can he expected i'll Ohio. An important
accession 10 our forces here, however, rs il
PENNSYLVANIA. is the Republican Gclma.
vote, which is now nearly all with Us. III /:
thought that this change alone will give tln
cinnati to the Liberals.
1t has been generally overlooked that low;
and Nebraska also vote to-day. Iowa choose
State officers and congressman, and Nebrask;
State officers alone. 1t is not likely that
full vote will DC pollcd in either State, a
both parties have concentrated their force
in the three great States already spoken OF
The candidates for Secretary Of state in Iowa
ore JOSIAH r. YouNG Rcpublic;.n) and G. \
GulLBERr (Dcmocnt; and in Nebraska til,
nominees for Governor are ROBERT v. Fur
MA; (Rcpubcan) and II. c. LETT (ncnocrat)
Iowa generally gives Republican majority
of 1000, and Nebraska goes the same way
by about 1900. The Liberal Republican:
h we not close alliance with the Democrat!
in either of these States, so far rs t0-day's
election is concerned.
An important feature of to-day's election
moreover. will be the choice Of no less thai
siXty-niue congressman. Iii PcnnSylvani;
and Indiana the Congress districts have no
yet been rcarrangcd. Pennsylvania is nov
represented by thirteen Republicans an(
eleven Democrats, and Indiana by six Re
publicans and FIVE Democrats. 1t must b
observed that the former State is now L
elect three congressman at large and the lat
ter two The six congressman now repre-
senting Iowa are all Republicans. The min
new districts are doubtless all designed t
return GRANT Republicans. Ohio, now repre-
sented by fourteen Republicans and fly
Democrats, is divided into twenty districts
of which sixteen cast n majority for Cover
nor MOVES (Republlcan) at the last election
Dakota and the District Of Columbia als'
choose congressman Zone EACH to-day.
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1t seems tina. DR.. \. \. FRITZ, of Prime,
George county, Va, late a Republican mem