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Show THE ELECTIONS TO-DAY. The interest throughout the country lu elections whii-h oc:ur to day is of a absorbing character. l'cnDsyl-v:i!ii;iar.J l'cnDsyl-v:i!ii;iar.J luJlana elect a governor each; Ohio a secretary of State ; and all of them jiiiljrofl of the hi pre mo court with other State olaeers, and au ar-firc.irato ar-firc.irato of six'y members of congress. Nebraska also elect a governor, a member of congress and State officers to-day ; but the content in the three States tirst named awakens the grcatc.-t interest, because it is generally conceded that the result in them will foreshadow the wayin which thePrc.-ideutial contest will po. In Pennsylvania tho candi dates tor governor are : John F, llar-tranfr, llar-tranfr, (Grant); Chan. 11. Buckalcw, ((.irecloy). In Indiana: Thof. M. lirowno, (Grant); Thos. A. Hendricks, (Greeley). In Ohio, tho candidates for secretary of Stato are: Allen T. WikolT, (Grant) ; Aquila J. Wiley, (Greeley). And in Nebraska Robert V. Furnas is the Grant candidate and H. I). Lett the Greeley candidate, Pis-posing Pis-posing of the last named Stato lir.t, up till about two weeks ago tho prospect pros-pect was that the Republicans would carry Nebraska as they have dona for tho past seven years, except in '67 and '69. But tho Omaha "Herald" charged Furnas with having been bribed brib-ed in 1S57, while a member of tho legislature le-gislature of tho Territory of Nebraska, ; and receiving $3,000 for voting in a certain direction. Furnas brought a suit for libel against Miller & Rio bard-son bard-son of tho "Herald," laying his damages dam-ages at $10,000, satisfied the cause could not be tried until after election. But Dr. Miller, taking timo by the forelock, has procured considerable testimony tes-timony already, and has had it published, among which is the eworn statement of David II. Moffat, jr., teller and book-keeper of the bank of Nebraska in 1857, and now cashier of tho First National bank of Denver, who swears that ho paid Furna3 tho $3,000 in question, it having been de posited in tho bank of Nebraska for tho purpose named. As Nebraska had to get rid of a governor by impeachment impeach-ment not long since, it is possible its oitizens will be chary of electing ono so directly charged with being influenced by monetary considerations. With regard to the great States that may decide tho Presidential election, both parties express confidence in carrying car-rying all three: yet, strango to sty, Greeley after his return to New York, from "swinging around tho circle," seemed to be surer of the result in Indiana In-diana and Ohio, than in Pennsylvania. Of the Keystone State ha said they would carry it with a fair election; while he declared that Indiana and Ohio would surely go lor the Liberal '.Democrats. It has been generally considered con-sidered that Ohio was sure for Grant, but late indications point to a heavy Republican defection in that State, mainly German. If Greeley and Brown can carry either two of the three great States which hold elections to-day, the prospect will be very good for their success in November. |
