The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-10-24
The State Elections.

Journals III VI IhS
country have indulged in comments
upon the results and lessons of the
late elections Although differing as
to some of tire points involved i'll the
contest, they all agree in one view of
the case, that i'll none of the States
have the Radicals held their own,
while in Ohio they have suffered a sig
nal and marked defeat, the effects of
which will be felt directly in the choice
of Radical candidate for the next
President. 1t is hardly possible that
the three-term principle will be adopted
with Ohio on the wrong side of the Rad
cal column. The Detroit Free Press
has some facts and deductions upon
this matter, which are worthy of repro
duction at this time. That paper says:
In Ohio, the Republicans went into the
campaign with the most sanguine expect
ations. They had arrayed against them
what they were pleased to term the fossil
lied Democracy and third party move
ment of which they spoke only in terms of
contempt Yet the ''fossilized" Demo-
cracy planted itself firmly on the right,
and " hat has been the result? The forty
thousand, fifty thousand, hundred thou
sand majority, varionsly claimed by Re
publican journals and speakers, has melted
into nothingness, and the Republican can
didate for Governor has been successful, if
at all, by the baIest majority. 1t is un-
necessary to go far to find reason for this
result. 1t is attributable to popular dis
gust with Republican practices and pOpu-
lar distrust of Republican Professions
Let the Democracy of Ohio be called by
what name they nlay-fossilized, antiquat-
cd. antediluvian, or dead-a party boast
full of its strength and arrogant i'll its pre-
sumption has scarce scored a nominal vic
tory over it in :he State campaign, and has
met with defeat in the Legislative districts.
One of the most gratifying features of the
Ohio election is that it will secure the re-
turn of Mr.. Thurman to the Uuited States
Senate, where he has done SO much to
honor himself and his constituents. In
this respect the result is a rcbuke to unea-
sy spirits in the Cabinet who, not content
with the places they now have, are and
have been earnestly figuring for something
they consider better Ohio has dashed
the hopes of Columbus Delano may Ma
ryland, when the time comes, do SO simi-
larly by John A. J. Cresswen.
In Pennsylvania the Republicans have
obtained victory yet what a victory
instead of the 1871 900 ma jorIty of Novem-
Der last, the party has a majority of from
90, 600 to 80, 900. Leaving out the city of
Philadelphia, where the Ring holds full
sway and swclls meagre, honest majorities
into monster fraudulent ones, and the Re
publican party has not made a fiattering
showing. 1t would surely have been de-
feated if it had not been for its stronghold
of fraud, for the knowledge that they
were at the mercy of the Ring deferred
many thousands from voting i'll Philadel-
phia, and kept hosts in the intoriOr from
depositing their ballots. The result, tax
ing al the circumstances into considera-
tion, is not discouraging to the friends of
good government and honest administra-
i ton, but should nerve them on to renewed
efforts in the future.
( But while in Ohio and Pennsylvania the
dissatisfaction with the course of the Re
/ publican party has taken the form of in
! difference as TO the party's future, in Iowa
it has been exhibited in open revolt
/ Though its opponents in the State were
very imperfectly organized, the party,
which could not relieve itself of the stig-
ma of being monopoly party, has elected
its ticket by majority of not to exceed
$4,000. This, it is true, in most States is
not a small majority, but it is in Iowa.
Only once since 1862 has the party received
less than 81, 900 majority, aud since the
2 Presidential election in 1868 the party has
never had less than 80, 145, which Mr..
Carpenter received for Governor IN 1869.
This year the same gentleman. candidate
for e-election, received scarcely One-hali
what he did three years ago.
In this State the confessed frauds
in Philadelphia, and those alone, saved
the Radical party from disastrous
defeat. If the Registry law had been
repealed last winter and fair election
held in this city, Mackey, upon his
besmirched record in relation to the
frauds in this State, would have been
beaten ten thousand. Besides, the
knowledge that fair election was tc
be held in this city would have inspir.
tied the Democrats and Liberals o1
the State, and they would have polled
a much heavier vote than they did or
Tuesday last In this way PennsyI
Vania would have been redeemed. Ii
was fraud III the reception of votes
fraud in the count of votes, fraud il
the making up Of returns in Philadel
phia that fioated the Radicals over the
late election in this State Mackev
was neither endorsed nor elected by
the people, nor was the record of the
Radical party in nation or State en-
dorsed or opposed. The result in this
State was entirely due to the opera
tions of the infamous Registry act
and the election must be looked al
from that point and no other.-PhiEa
LAge.
THE recently discovered robbery OF
the Treasury of the State of Now