New-York tribune., 1877-11-08
WASHINGTON COUMENT.
MEN WHO ARE WELL PLEASED.

MEN WHO ARE WELL PLEASED.
TIP prsrIT IN MASSACHUSETTS GRATIFYING TO
ADMINISTRATION MEN-NEw-YORK STATE
PLEASANT sURPRsE-sOUTHERS MEN GLAD TO
FI.D JOHN KELLY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
MAJORITY NOT TOO LARGE.
tBY TELEGRAPH 10 TRIBrsEI
WAsHISGroN, Nov. THE representatives Of
neither Of the political parties felt to-day that they
had much occasion to rejoice at the result of the
State elections yesterday. The Republicans, judging
from the opinions expressed by representative men
from New-York, Massachusetts,, Pennsylvania, and
New-Jersey and from the reports which had been
read from those States within the last few days, ex-
pected an overwhelming defeat IN three of them and
felt by 10 sure that Governor Rce
would carry Massachusetts. The increased ma
iority by which the old Bay state stands
bv the Admin, ,tIation-or at least seems to do for
il may be that other influences were at work to
bring about the results certainly gratifying, es-
pecially to the Administration and to ali those Re
publicans who are in full sympathy with it. Nor do
those other members Of the party, who believe that
the policy of the President and his Cabinet has not
been a wise one, rejoice any the less in Governor
Rice's triumph.
The result of the election in New-York, as shown
bv the latest reports this evening Is also much more
gratifying to the Republicans than to the Demo-
crafts The latter expected at least to make the State
Senate a tie and to carry the Assembly by small
majority. They thought it possible even that they
might capture both branches of the Legislature, III
which event they hoped to redstrct the state as
IN make their control Of that body in the future as
snred. Members Of the Administration expressed
the belief that, had there been substantial
harmony in the Rochester Coyention. or even
after that convention if the Republicans who were
dissatisfied with its management and proceedings
had taken hold of the work with zeal and earnest
ness. the State might yet have been saved. AT the
same time the proportions of the Democratic VIC
torv are so much smaller III NeT-lO Ork than most
Republicans feared that majority OF the party Ieei
rather inclined to congratulation than otherwise
over the result. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin nave
hardly been mentioned in conversation among poll
icians at the Capitol to-day. Nobody expected ina.
the Republican party would carry the former OF
these States or that the Democrats would lose the
latter
Influential Southern Democrats say that the cleo
tons in New-York and New-Jersey have turned out
exactly as they desired. They would be very sorry
to see the Democratic organization in New-lork
State broken to pieces through the quarrel between
Tammany and Anti-Tammany chiefs, and yet they
are not anxious that Mr.. John Kelly should attain
such unbOundcd power as to be able to become the
sole dictator of the party This, they ywould be
a source of weakness, and would eventually bring
about the disnteTation and complete overthrow
of the Democracy in the Empire State.
They are, therefore, rejoced that Tammany
was in measure successful, and yet was so nearly
defeated as to weaken the power Of Mr.. Kelly in the
general organization. The Southern Demo
Gratis referred to are not great admirers of General
Mcclellan. They did not desire to see him defeated
in New-Jersey, and they were not anxious that his
victory should be 80 great as TO make HIM by any
means prominent candidate for the Presidency IN
the future. The smaller the majority General Nc
Cellan should get in New-Jersey, and be elected
the better this class of Southern Democrats say
they would be pleased.