The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-10-18
ELECTION ECHOES.
Leading Pres. Opinions in Brief

New York Herald, tludO
There never VAS u mo q successful
trial OF party strength than that In the
West, in which the country has felt so
deep an interest for some days past.
Never have We known an election ~
TO the results Vt which people were 80
unanimous Everybody Is happy, ~
every bod has fair reason to Gp, Tor
everybody won.
lPiuhhuue, rtua, Post, (uemlI
II the Democrats Of Pennsylvania
wll show ou,.ha,f the energy, indu,
~ ani p!uok that the Democrats OF
OHIO and Indiana have manifested,
they Will carry this state in November
uy 9J,OU0-Sud there is an honest Dem
ocratio majority OF that many votes in
lenneylvanla to-day We have the
Governors Of twenty States. We have
2iO,Oud majority of the popular vote "
the country to-day Shall we perm il
Cameron, Gmut and tho hordes OF re-
peaters and otllce-holoeIs to defeat the
will Of the majority amy longer?
Philadelphia Times OudJI
The september elections pointed 10
the election OF Hayes as highly proha
Die, leaving but u possibility for Til
dru. The October veriirts lust re-
verse the Judgment o. September, and
point To 'llden as the probable success.
sor Of Grant, leaving but the rcmotest
possibility for the success OF lhycz
Fne abler pariisnns ana organs WIZ
argue otherwise; The lesser lights Of
both may even ue made to believe
otherwise, but the iuexnmble logic OF
the election figures of ONO and ludi.
ana must su teach the Intelligent and
dlspa-souatc observer of every politi
cal faith.
.ChloNgo inter Ocean lRal1t
Henceiorh let the Republican cnl,
vass be commensurate In vigor with
the overshndowing Importance Of the
Issue, which is the life or death Of the
nation. The Republican column is
solid ana mistaken. In the rural dis
tricts Of Ohio 1t gained what it lost in
the cities, and II gained five Congress-
men, In Indiana il held its own and
recovered the Congressman lost in
l6iI Now let the great party of pro.
grrss and reform move forward to a
victory rs decisive aud overwhelming
As that OF 1877, aud the country will
feel That ~ has trampled under its
feet the last menace of the Democratic
party.
Boston Post, lDem)l
Now is there no special, profound
Significance In all this? When the
Democrats triumphautly carry two OF
these three States, does ii mean that
there Is m accident that governs the
evenH Especially In view of the ire
mendous energy that has been iii
rected by the Republicans 10 secure
both Ohio and Indiana? All this Is so
far II clear Democratic gain. It il to
be counted on the side of Tllden and
reform Ii signifies that the Grant.
Hnyes Organization il already beaten,
and only waits the final blow that Ia
to demoiish il. The Republicans have
relied ON II broken reed in Hayes. He
shows that he IL without commanding
influence in his own State. Its elec
toral vote Ia something that II is rot
In his power TO deliver
New York sun Ind.)I
1t leaves Hilden's suCcess about as
certain rs Frank Pierce's was after
the elections OF October, 1852. W.
have no longer any Il ubt of the COM
plcte triumph of the Reform party.
But it will not be achieved without IN
earnest struggle. The party of corrup.
ton will die hard. The possession OF
power viii only he surrendered after
desperate fighting. In the State Of
New York especially, the com bat will
be most intense aud incesSant from
this day forth until the election of
Tuesday, November 7. Every trick
and device will he resorted to by the
men in Office to save themselves from
the dire necessity Of seeking IL new
occupation. But no trick and no de-
vice, however cunning or however
HHdaciou4, can overcome the will Of
the people to have n change and to
turn out the Grants, Robesons, Chan.
oilers, Blaines, BHbcocks, Fishes, Shep.
herds, and all the baudi,li who for the
last seven years have disgraced or
plundered the country.