Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-11-06
TUESDAYS ELECTIONS.


over in the total result of the late
elections. In Pennsylvania Govern
or l%lartranft has been chosen as his
own uccessO by Il smaller majority
than he received before. IT. is true
| that since his election the democrats
elected q lieut-governor by a major
ity of 400 4: but i'll that contest the
strength of the two parties was not
fully developed. The state has, for
years, been republican, and that the
democrats made as gallant a fight as
they did, is much to their credit.
Had Allen been elected in Ohio,
| there is little doubt that PerShing
would have been successful i'll PenE-
sylvania. The republican managers,
fully realizing the Importance of car
rying Ohio, spent immense sums Of
money for the purpose, and used the
basest electioneering lodges imagina-
BILE. dragging in church and school
questions which were foreign TO all
issues between the parties !; putting
words into the mouths of democrats
which they never thought of utter
ing, and making it appear that Alien
was a hoary-headed repudiationist,
when he had w advocated a rcpu-
diation doctrine i'll his life. The re-
publican party saw that the tidal
wave" must be stopped, or they
would, in 1876, be worse covered up
than poor old Horace Greedy vas i'll
1872. 1t took money and brains to
accomplish the result, and they
brought both TO bear. For money
they had but to call on the
national banks. For brains they
secured the United States and inva-
ded Germany. The result was 4 ma
jority of less than six thousand out
of vote of six hundred thousand.
Equal to a majority of forty in LAT
ayette county's vote of four thousand.
Next year they will have all of the
states to take care of, so they annot
SO well expend large amounts of mon
ey i'll any IL state, o concentrate
all their talent.
In New York the contest is close !;
but the probabilities are that the dem
ocratic state ticket is elected. In the
city of New York there was a strong
fight made against Tammany rule.
The Anti-Tammany democrats ami
republicans voting for John Morri-
sey, the gambler, as a reformer. lie
is probably elected. The democrats
of New York injured their cause ma
terially by accepting the radical view
of the Ohio campaign, and by doing
u great deal to defeat theiro party
in that state. Thereby disgusting
thousands of good democrats at
home.
Massachusetts elects Rice, republic
cali, governor, by about four th"u-
sand plurality
In Maryland the democratic ticket
is elected over The fusion ticket OF
ulSCOUlellcN uei!lDCfatS ana TtpuDli~
ans.
The returns from Wisconsin are
not decisive both parties claiming
the. victory.
Minnesota goes republican by II
small majority.
The ~redeelniEg feature Of the whole
election is that Mississippi TOUCHDOWN
trodden and oppressed ny negro rule,
is, at last, redeemed. Her honest
and capable citizens will once more
represent her, and her irresponsible
d~espoilers can take back seats :; GOV
Ames among the number.
1t is clear that both parties
must be on their good behavior
for the next year, and that the party
which shows itself most deserving If
the sutfrages of the people will be
successful. More especially will the
battle depend on which party in con
gress shows itself wlsest on the IL
uanci al question. Mons relJ.o2S.