The Portland daily press., 1876-10-14
The pOIitioaI 0ufJNnk

The smoke of Tuesdays elections has
cleared away and we can take an approxi-
mately accurate survey of the field. 1t seems
that we carry Ohio fully and completely with
a majority of 5000 and upwards for the Secre-
tary of State and over 5000 for the rest of the
state ticket. Barnes ran behind the rest of
the ticket on account of the detection OF some
anti.prohibition voters. In Indiana the re-
suit is still somewhat in doubt on account of
the difficulty of obtaining accurate returns
from the benighted regions in the southern
part of the state. 1t is certain, however, that
the legislature is Republican by considera-
BILE majority. The most of the Democratic
state ticket is undoubtedly elected by small
majority. The governorship is still in doubt
and the official count must be awaited to def
nitely determine the result. The important
and vital point, however, and the one which
gives satisfaction to Republicans is the great
gain of Congressman -four in Indiana and
either six or seven in Ohio-giving promise
of an overthrow of the present confederate
majority in the House of Representatives.
On the whole the outlook is very encourag-
ing. The Republicans have won in these
elections more than the thoughtful really ex-
pected. We have made very large gains in
Indiana and the continuation of the same
rate of progress until November will give us
the electoral vote of the state. But the fight
must go on and no effort should be spared by
any Republican. New York is the central
battle-ground. To be sure we might lose that
stale and Indiana, too, as we'll as the whole
South and yet win; but the influences which
would carry New York against US would prob
ably carry New Jersey and Connecticut also.
So that we may look upon New York as the
field upon which the great contest must be
settled. In that state the prospects are very
encouraging. The rural parts are strongly
Republican and the business men and man
ufacturers of the city and other large towns
in the state are growing alarmed at the dan
ger Of disturbances and disorder in the nation
which must follow the accession to power of
the ex.confederates who would use Tilden
for their own purposes. To be sure it is
Tilden's own state and he is probably the
most adroit and willy political schemer in the
nation; but so it was Seymour's state and
Greeley's. All Tilden's power of political
scheming was used for Seymour-himself
very popular candidate, which Tilden is not
and yet he achieved but bare 5000 majority
with the assistance of the grossest frauds that
have ever disgraced New York city. These
frauds in the city are impossible this year,
thanks to the supervision of the national gov
ernment, and herein lies our hope of New
York. That state on a fair vote has about
450,0 900 Republicans and aboutl4OO,OOo Demo-
Gratis. There is legitimate Republican ma
jority of about $4,000. This has been often
overthrown by apathy or by gross frauds in
New York and Brooklyn. This year the Re-
publcans are wide awake under the popular
leadership of Gov. Morgan, AMI the frauds
are impossible. There is also in Brooklyn
and at some other points formidable revolt
against Tilden among the Democrats. Thus
the Republican chances in New York are
good if the proper work be done; and if New
York be Republican, Hayes will be President
Dv large majority.
From the South we can expect nothing.
The rifle, revolver and shot gun will do their
perfect work and the Republicans will not
vote. Whether electoral votes obtained by
open and notorious fraud aud intimidation
will be counted remains 10 be seen. They
are certainly not the expression of the will of
the people and grave question is before US
on this point. Certain it is that few Repub-
lican votes will be cast in the states lately
in rebellion though in at least four of them
there is large Republican majority. The
100000 majority in Georgia the other day is
significant. Our Southern brethren NAV
overdo the thing-there is a point beyond
which endurance is pusillanimous. If armed
and organized bodies of men prevent an elec-
tion in any of those states, it will be sheer
impudence and bravado in them to ask that
electoral votes be counted from those states.
Let us take care that the North regulate this
matter by a vote so large as to destroy for
ever the hopes cherished by ex-confederates
of seiZinp control of the uovarnmant