The Morning herald., 1875-11-04
OUR PHILADELPHIA Budget.
1eportsd Specially for the Herald.

Reportsd Specially for the Herald.
AFTER THE BATTLE-NOTEs ABOUT TOWN
The Republican majority in this city is es.
timated to-day at seventeen thousand ave
hundred.
Col. f. W. G. Greene, of the Sunday
Transcript, has 81 900 out on an official ma.
jority of 1000. He is exceedingly unhappy
in consequence thereof, but soothes himself
with the reflection that Hartranft, Lane and
Bingham, have won.
The proprietors of the Inquirer news
paper have caused the unfurling of ban
ner from their building on Chestnut street,
on which is the inscription, "Hartranft for
President in 1875"
Col. Mcclure doesn't take any "stock'
in the report that Grant wants to be the
Centennial President. He thinks Grants a
fool, but not "a id fool"
The impression prevails that if that DEM
ocratic tidal wave had only kept rolling,
the Republicans would have been forced to
nominate "Ulysses." In such dire extrem-
ity he would have been the only available
candidate, but as "things are" now, he can
be thrown overheard with perfect safety.
A rumor is afoat to the effect that the
election of yesterday was only partial in its
character, and that the Democrats will vote
on Tuesday next. 1t was their want OF
animation of yesterday that caused tine Re-
publican overflow ; nothing else.
The contest in the First Senatorial Dis
trict was productive of great deal of feel
ing. Corruption and cash were the main
levers used by the party in power to over
turn the legitimate majority against it. All
day long the battle was waged tiercely and
bitterly, but money makes the
world and the Democrats are forced
to content themselves with tho dis
couraging fact that though they had polled
a large majority of the votes cast their can
didate would be returned in the minority,
and 80 he was. A rabble composed largely,
Of those who were prominent in the bargain
and sale, paraded the streets yesterday to
the rat-tat-tat of two kettle drums. Each
man carried new broom, and every other
one in the procession was intoxicated. They
passed in front of the State Housetwice and
were received with derisive laughter, which
they no doubt mistook for applause. Even
their party friends were ashamed of them
md their opponents in political faith if such
rascals can be said to bear any faith at all
beyond the dollar, pronounced them un-
worthy representatives of the man they had
aided to obtain the return.
THE CITY's FINANCES.
In financial matters, SO far as bank divi-
lends are concerned, there appears be to a
that is peculiar to Philadel-
,hia. The last dividends declared are about
IN par with these of May last, and until
cyclone strikes the financial and business
world, there appears to be no hope of an
Increase or ease in raising the wind.
In banking and business circles it is ru-
nored that the Seventh National and Bank
If America have consolidated. The title
,nder which they will do business is not
yiven, and though reports are rife as to the
.ause of the change they are none of them
If sufficient reliability to be given in the
columns of the HERALD. Without endors-
ng the rumor we give If for what it is
worth.
The Seventh National at its last semi
annual declaration set forth a capital of
$3.50, 900 and paid three per cent. dividend,
,ut the Bank of America passed its div:Iend
Is it did year ago, though it declared .
apital of $225,650. If you can make any
hing out of that statement OF facts, it will
,e probably, as nearly correct as the reports
hat are floating around concern:ngit. The
otal' amount upon which dividends are de-
Jared by all the banks is S14, ,4SO, 900, and
meunts Of dividends STAT 900, decrease
Il dividends of &2'5Oo, and in capital Of
'475,G5O as compared with May las. In
,ther words there is less capital in bank,
tss dividends and greater amount Of
vant of money among the people than 4
ear ago. And yet we approach the Cen
snnial.
The Archers misse I their mark yesterday.