The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-05
The Great Result.

At half-past one o'clock on Wednesday
morning the whole force of the HERALD
is still engaged in compiling Tor it's
readers the returns of the State
and city elections. 1t is easy to
understand that this is no easy .ssk in an
election SO vigorously disputed by the voters
of the several parties and where SO many
tickets are in the field. We present in the
HERALD this morning the fullest and most
accurate returns attainable, compiled as
clearly as the time has permitted, and we
thus close the campaign, so far as the
HERALD is concerned, as we began it and
continued it, by presenting the facts of the
day.
The HERALD is not party organ. It is
newspaper; it aims at all times to give not
half the news, not one side of q question,
but all the news of al sides. It's theory is
that public opinion, is best influenced in
right directions by being most fully and
fairly informed. When the public knows
all the facts of the case it is
capable of judging for itself; and the
HERALD chooses thus to present all the
facts and allow it's readers to judge for
themselves. Neither in its editorial
columns nor in its news reports does it
therefore seek to advise, or urge, or entreat,
or command It's readers. It relies upon
their intelligence, and leaves them to de-
eide upon the facts it lays before them.
The HERALD has, to be sure, been ac-
cused sometimes OF propensity to advise
people, but it is not the general public
which thus complains. We advise the
gentlemen who assume to be po-
litical leaders; we advise them fire.
quently; we pelt them with advice
in fact. During the present campaign we
have advised Mr.. Tilden, and we are con-
ident that he now regrets that he did
not take our advice. We advised MIR.
Conkllng and possibly he. too, may
feel some regret that he turned
advised Mr.. Kelly-alas! But we have not
advised the general public. TO that we
present the facts, oil the facts and they
buy the HERALD because there they find
what they cannot get in their party organs.
Well, the election is over. On other pages
of the HERALD this morning will be
found the various results, disappoint-
ing to many, satisfactory to few,
for no party has scored complete
victory, no political leader has achieved
all he desired. There ere disappointments
ON the republican side, disappointments
on the democratic side, and after oil the
labor spent BY our jealous patriots the end
is vanity and vexation Of shirt
There have been two prominent features
in the campaign-or three, if the curious
reader insists on knowing the whole truth
One was Tilden. He was prominent figure
it would not be extravagant to say that he
was one of the mainsprings OF the whole
canvass. To be or not to be-that was
his question, and whatever attitudes or
platitudes of democratic or republican
politicians enlivened the campaign, what
ever pretences were made of the good of
the State or the good of the city or
the good of the country, behind all,
in all their minds, stood the shadow of
Mr.. Tilden. 1t stands there no more. 1t
has vanished. The shadow of O shade, it
has disappeared.
The second figure pervading the canvass
was that OF Mr. Kelly. It was not shade
by any means; it was burly and
vigorous figure as it swung around
the State it used strong language; it
showed bad temper; it dictated on oil
occasions. It became terror to Mr..
Tilden. It aroused fierce opposition
in many quarters; but we take this
occasion to say that nowhere, in none Of
the numerous journals which opposed him,
was Mr.. Kelly spoken of in any manner
which could be called supplementary or
rude.
Finally, the third figure in the canvass
was grim shade which appeared in the
far West, and, reversing tho usual course
of heavenly bodies, advanced from the
West eastward-the shade Of Grant. What
ever was spoken on the stump or written in
the party oagans, behind all these three
shadows doomed, and were in oil mems
minds.
| And now, after all the fuss and trouble,
Robert c. Brown, republican, is elected
Sheriff OF New York, and w. A. Butler,
anti Tammany. County Clerk.
| Vale, Mr.. Kelly.
Through the Drawbridge.
Accidents such as that which occurred