The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-14
AFTER THE BATTLE.
THE PENNsYITANIA AND WESTERN
ELECTIONS.
Eject Of the Results upon h Gotham
ates-The Tribune Full OF Pluck
Greeley to Make Another Tour-Scenes
I'm Printing-TIouse Sq~uare-The New
York State Canvass.
[FRoM ouR OWN CORRESPONDENCE

NEW YORK, October o.
The weather Is magnificent today, and vel
We are not cheerful. The sky is very blue, but II
is not as blue as the Democracy. We have heard
from Pennsylvania, and the news Is not such az
our friends there promised 1t would be. Fraud
we expected to contend with. but 1t was hoped
that 1t could be sufficiently checked in Philadel'
phis to enable the honest country vote to have Its
legitimate eject. 1t seems that we were mis-
taken,
know 1t has got to DO the custom OF defeated
parties tn oil elections In this country to CRY
slradd.,n Unfortunately the charge ID often true.
1t certainly Is when applied to the party or rather
the RIpg which has just carried Pennsylvania.
gentleman, who was In Philadelphia last Satur
day, tells me that he went among the Grant men
there, and found them bosstng openly OF their
determination to elect Hartranft by illegal votes.
1--WE must elect him" said they, ITO save Grant,
and Grant must be saved at, all hazards. The end
justifes the means. Better the expenditure OF q
hundred millions, and the marshaling OF q hun.
0red Thousand repeaters, Than the return or the
they we've prepared to count In Harlranft no mat
ter now much the maj )rlty might be against him,
and that thew had bought up most OF the Demo-
The Vote In Philadelphia last year was ll2, 600.
The registi alton this year was l62.0o0,o or q diner.
ence OF 80. 00o. This tells the Story. when II Is
considered that in Philadelphia not only the Dem
ocrirs and Liberal Republicans were against Har.
trapfr. but all the merchants, the German popu
fation and the Grant Republicans training under
the lead OF Forney and hi, influential paper. q
maturity for Hartrantt Of 5000 IN TIE city seems
10000 / believe these figures represent the
amount OF votes Illegally polled or changed in The
ballot boxes by the gentlemen serving under Dis.
trict Attorney Mann. the agent OF that hoary old
T understand the Democratic and Liberal Re-
publican committee. intend to force an invest'ga-
ton at once. What effect the proof OF Cameron's
mains to be seen. The Tribune ibis morning
abafes not one particle OF Its confidence in the nnal
result, II shows that the vote or Georgia Is @
ole ar Indication that the South will be nearly solid
electoral votes In the North to secure his election,
and these will certainly come from New YORK,
New Jerseys Connecticut and New Hampshire.
struggle for the remaining four weeks OF the cam
The report to-day Ia that Mr.. Greeley will i'm
mediately resume his stump speaking, making q
tour OF the south o part Of the programme. His
wise and graceful little speeches ter,ainly have
the eject Of oissbusins the minds OF his hearers
and readers OF many Of the prejudices against
the excitement around the newspaper Offices
last night was Intense. ! took q turn throuah
Printing House Square about eleven O'CLOCK.
The crowd was thickest In front or the M
ONCE. RQere In6 QeHo W66 DulItLluSu upou iho
walls "a fast as It was received. There was q
great deal Of cheering, OF course, and every body
ih.re appeared to be happy. The Tribune publ.
cation room was foil OF people, but they WereVery
quiet. lhaye been in the Tribune ONCE on many
past election niRhts, but l never saw its VISITORS
so undenonstrative before. A huge bonfire.
burning in the area before the Herald building.
llghtedLup its elegant 'front.' and the throng
~s'rugEfnX around It's doors In search OF iniorma-
ton. The neWsbo,s added their shrill VOICES 10
the din, and the gin shors In ths neighborhood
were full Of business.
The State can psign will be continued by the
Democrats with extreme vigOr. There Ia reason
TO apprehend now that 0'Brten will carry out his
bargain with the Radical managers and endeavor
to transfer his adherente to Grant. No doubt me
Same ballot box manipulation that has given
Philadelphia TO Hsrtranit viii be attempted here,
In thefnterest OF the Grant party. Under the OLD
Tampaany regime, O'Brten was superintendent Of
the depaItment OF fraudulent VOTES. He has q
double purpose in trying his hand at the n old Sla game gam
again. he Ia ambitious to be mayor OF thus CITY,
and he win hesitate at no wlofedness TO compass
his purpoSe. Nfh.