The Morning herald., 1877-11-08
THE HERALD.
Thursday November Slh, vS.7,
THE ELECTIONS,

tranmelled will Of the people dominates
~ New Jersey and Psnnsylvauts, where
srstwhils corporations and banded williams
ruled in the name Of those commonwealth.
The one man power, 20 fatal at all times to
freedom Of thought and action, has been
deposed ip Pennsylvania, and the DEGREES of
Cameron no longer bind the force Of law.
The idol and Its worshipers are cast down.
Pennsylvania wheels into line, SCARED and
battered in twenty years fight with Cameron,
whose ambition and selfish concentration
of power IN bis immediate family prosti-
tuted the honor and virtue of the Keystone
State. "square-timber Noyes" as State
Treasurer, will drag the rings due bills, for
the peoples money to light, and institute
punishment and compel restitution. Schell
will permit no jockeyed accounts in the
Auditor Generate department, ,and Turnkey
with shsrswood and Woodward, will be .
power upon the Supreme Bench, before
whom potters against tho public purse or
the liberty of the people will quail, If their
projects IS in the past, ever resod the -Sus
preme Court. '.
The victory of Tuesday gives us the
emile executive government of Pennsyl-
vauia, save alone the Governor. This time
next year We hope to write that ycCsndless
has been elected by $4,000 majority. Me-
Candles has fought for three years, the
full term Of bis service; was twice wound
ed at Chantillev and Gettysburg-was
grudeiugly offered brigsdier gensralship,
after comm anding as major general for two
years, but answered that snow the post of
honor Is the private statios, )" and refused.
The capture OF the outworks OF the
enemy in Philadelphia by the election of
Hseelt, Patlison and Gilbert, was q great
days work. The key of the position was
the Controller. No more jobs to rob the
people will be vised by Pattison. Next
spring. the Democracy hope to carry the
lower branch of Councils, and by 90 doing
lift the load Of taxation, which weighs like
q nightmare upon industry. Tom scott's
pets are all out In the cold.
In New Jersey the chief Of stsf of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, General sewell, their
adviser, and Manager Newell, and the corr
rup legislative crew, that annually whim.
per,d for their bribes, are driven by
tornado of popular resentment into OBJ
security. ...a
10 New York Kelly and Morissey had
battle royal Morissey rising from bis sick
bed At the instance of Susie" bis wife, ss
Lord DE- Ia Touch rose to the contests at
the bidding of Kate Aubrey-to enter tho
arena with Kelly, has smack Of chivslry
about it, and surely the bruiser and poet,
the gambler and statesman were queer
allies, but such is life. The wealthiest and
most refined district of New York r.pre-
septed in the Senate of the State by an ex-
prize aghterl
The State and Legislature are both Demo-
cratic, insuring Senator In place OF
Conkiag. This Is Offset, however, BY Con-
ncctcut, where the Legislature is Republi"
can and will send Republican successor
to Bsrnum, the present Senator.
Mississippi and Virginia unanimously
elected Democratic Governors. NASSAU
Minnesota and Kansas remain
firm In their heterodoxy. Wisconsin 10
. swiDgipg into line, the election In that
State being yet In doubt.
The Republican loss Of a Senator in New
York is thus balanced by gain of ssns-
tor in Connecticut, 80 that the Legislative
contest on Tuesday was practically draw
battle. But tho Republicans have already
lost one seat for Californis and ons for
Ohio, and there is pretty certain prospect
of losing ono seat for each Of the States of
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, New Jersev
and South Carolina. If the Democratic
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