Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-03
oalfsss Rsasurss OF Fridays E,ec-
tnOns.


Dalaene gestures OF Fridays Eiec-
tiOns.
Next Tuesday will be a field day
all over the United States. Thus
far slightly less than fifteen per
cent. Of the members of the next
House Of Representatives have
been elected; and, with the excep-
tlon of three or four States, like
California, the rest will be returned
ON that day. 1t is about conceded
that the struggle will result in q
Democratic majority larger than
that In the present House. Were
It not for certain features of the
campaign In New York and Mas
sachusetts this result is looked
upon as so nearly Inevitable that
the election would be divested of
all interest. In NeS York city
there Is feud in the Democratic
ranks Of the most envenomed kind
so relentless that the anti.Tam.
mAnyites and all Democrats who
are opposed to the one man power
% represented by Mr.. John Kelly
have actually gone the length Of
uniting with the Republicans on a
combination municipal ticket.
The friends Of Mr.. Tilden are large
~ represented in this movement.
Mr.. Kelly, In the insolence Of his
little brief authority, not only as
sumes to rule the city of New York
with the arrogance of an Emperor,
but to dictate the policy of the
Democracy Of the United States.
The slgns are many that Tammany
will encounter rude shock next
Tuesday. With the Democracy at
feud In its stronghold 1t is reasona-
bic to suppose that the party will
lose q number Of Assembly and
Senatorial districts and several
Congressman, making the issue OF
the struggle favorable to the aspi-
rations Of Mr.. Roscoe Conkling for
. reelection to the United States
Senate. 1t is Just possible, how
: ever, that the very acrid little con-
troversies going on between the
friends Of the Administration and
the Conklingites may go far
towards making amends for the
temporary Reorganization of the
Democracy, and that we may gain
rs much rs we lose In New York.
The candidacy OF Ben Butler
for Governor of Massachusetts i'm
parts all the interest to the contest
In that State. Butler Is the nom.
inee OF Democratic Convention
and Of a National Labor and green
back organization. A second DEM
ocratic Convention. met, however,
repudiated Butler and nominated
Mr.. Abbott, very wealthy and
eristocratic Democrat, as the
straight out Democratic candidate.
The Republicans re-nominated
Gov. Rice, member of the Beacon
street aristocracy. Buffers can.
vass has undoubtedly been largely
damaged by the poor showing made
BY the National Labor party and
greenbackers In Ohio and Indiana.
But he Is foeman worthy of any
mans steel. Personally he is ex-
ceedingly popular amongst the
masses OF all parties. His parvenu
opponents delight to stigmatize
him as demagogue. Asa matter
OF fact he is an exceedingly saga
clous, alert and enterprising old
gentleman, who has Just entered
his sixtieth year and who M cans to
be Governor of Massa chusetts If a
combination OF all earthly audac-
lty, energy and hard work can en-
able him to compass his darling
ambition. The general drift of
comment in the press is that But.
Ter Is waging a losing fight, but
then the press is mistaken as often
% not, and nine-tenths of the
newspapers are bitterly hostile to
him. One thing about the Massa-
cnusetts campaign should be pretty
we'll assured, and that is that the
hepuoilcans, owing TO the entente
eordiate between the mocrats
and the Labor Party and green.
hackers, ought to lose several Con-
gressmen.