TUB PAILS EVBN1NU TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY,' OCTOBER 12, 1870. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1370. TI1E ELECTION. The general resul'sef the elections yesterday are in the highest degree gratifying. The continued ascendanoy of the Republican pirty in the city, State, and nation is assured, and the great commercial, manufacturing, and monetary interests of the country are for tified against a revolutionary and disastrous policy. In Philadelphia nearly the entire Repub lican ticket is elected by a large majority. There was, however, an unprecedented amount of scratching, and the numerous evi dences of the growing disposition to cut loose from the trammels of party in local affairs furnish a solemn and useful warning against unpopular and disreputable nominations. Thousands of Republicans yesterday "cut" Republican candidates whom they deemed unworthy of their confidence, and their pro tests afford good ground for the belief that the day is near at band when no party in oar midst will be strong enough to elect weak, unworthy, or disgraceful candidates. In the Seoond district, Hon. Charles O'Neill, whom we advised some weeks ago to withdraw, has been defeated; but as his oppo nent, Mr. Creely, proclaimed himself from the outset a thorough Republican, the gene ral interests of the party will not, We trust, be in any way injured by his election. Mr. O'Neill's defeat affords a striking instance of the folly of setting at defiance such a strong and peculiar feeling of opposition within the tanks of the Republican party as was devel oped in his district. We rejoice in the selection of Hon. Leonard Myers in the Third district, and the probable election of Hon. Alfred C. Harmer in the Fifth district, and it is a matter of special gratifica tion that Hon. William D. Kelley has ob tained over his irrepressible anti-coolie ad versary, General William B. Thomas, even a larger majority than he received two years ago. The people of the Fourth district owed it to their own self-respect to rebuke the ar rant demagogism displayed by Thomas in Soliciting their votes, and due regard for their important industrial interests irresistibly prompted them to return the Representative who ha3 served them with great zeal, fidelity, and ability; and they have nobly demonstrated at the polls that they recognized the force of both these motives. The election of William R. Leeds as Sheriff, jy a large majority, notwithstanding the popularity of his adversary, is a deserved tri bute to his character as a man, his fidelity as an official, and his untiring zeal as a working member of the Republican party. The probable defeat of James Lynd as the Republican candidate for Judge of the Dis trict Court, while Judge Faxson, a candidate on the same ticket, is elected by nearly eight thousand majority, needs no other comment than tbat this result redounds to the credit of the independent voters of Philadelphia, and furnishes a warning which all future j ndicial conventions should carefully heed. The Row offices to be filled this year all fall into the possession of the Republicans. But it was the colored vote alone that has saved some of the candidates, and if nominating conventions wish to secure triumphs hereaf ter, and to build np the party, instead of tearing it to pieces, they must remember the army of ticket-scratchers is larger than ever, and that publio sentiment can no longer be safely defied. The result of the vote on the site for the public buildings, deciding in favor of Penn Square by an immense majority, is such an omphalic expression of the judgment of dis interested men that it will, we trust, settle this vexed controversy for ever. The labo rious and continuous efforts of the friends of Washington Square secured for their side of the question much more available strength at the polls than its inherent merits deserved, but in the face of the fact that in every sec tion of the city a large vote has been polled f r Penn Square, and that in the aggregate the preponderance in its favor is overwhelm ing, all further opposition should be forever abandoned. The good sense and good judg ment of the citizens of Philadelphia were str-kingly displayed by their verdict in favor cf the locality pointed out alike by the in terests of the city, the demand of the pre sent, and the requirements of the future, and Councils, Building Commissioners, the Lee-slatare, Washington Square newspapers, and ell concerned should accept this verdict ftb final and conclusive THE GROANS OF THE WOUJTDED. We publish below an article from the Age of this morning which gives a view of the election yesterday rounding off the picture that is so grateful to Republican eyes. The Democratic organ is irate, and a long succes sion of defeats has failed to prepare it for re ceiving tidings of new local and general Ropublican victories with equanimity. It would be as well, however, if it took some precautions against becoming blind frith rage, for it would then be able to avoid Buoh absurdities as the assertion that the Democrats yesterday all voted for principle, and the allegation that the Republicans are the foes of the Union and of a republican form of government. It would also refrain from eulogizing the Democracy in one sen tence for their courage in combatting "over powering numbers," while it complained of their defeat by fraud in another. It would Lave hesitated about denouncing the new colored voters for their inability to read the head line of their tickets and their incapacity to "know what they were doing" in one sentence, while it complained in another that "a solid negro vote" was polled for the Republican ticket, and while it could not be oblivious to the standard of literary attainments prevailing among a large portion of its own partisans in this city. It would have seen the inconsis tency involved in following np a series of statements to the effect that the members of the Union League were disgusted with the Republican Uket by it cLarj tiut tliuy c ja- tribuled a large sum o money to corrupt voters and election officers. It would hava shrunk from charging the Republican party, which repealed taxes at the last session of Congress amounting to sixty or eighty millions of dollars per annum, and which has already liquidated a large portion of the publio debt, with increasing debt and taxation , and it would have avoided all political parallels between Philadelphia and New York, knowing their inevitable t6mdency to draw publio attention to tho unexampled corruption, extravagance, depravity, and crime which have been developed, encour aged, and sustained by the Democracy in that city. We give the Age article complete below, so that our readers may have the full benefit of all its passionate objurgations: "Yesterday tlie Democracy of Philadelphia men the combined radical and negro forces on the Held of battle, and were defeated. The light was hotly con tested on both sides. At no period In the recosd of the Democratic party Old that old, historic organiza tion act with more courage and devotion. Unaf fected by adverse circumstances, undismayed by overpowering numbers, Deraoerats marched to the pollB and voted for principle. They presented a solid fiout against the common enemy, alike of the Interests of white men, of the Constitu tion, the I'nlon, and the perpetuity of a republican form of govermenu at the late hour we write we can only touch upon some of the causes which lead to our defeat In this city. In the first place the radicals had all the power and patronage of the Federal Government. Then they used the Kcgigtry act in the most infa mous manner. All the election officers were ap pointed by them, and their canvassers struck from . he poll lists hundreds of emocrats, who thus lost i heir votes. Their ranks were also strengthened by i he addition of a solid negro vote. In many of the precincts strings of negroes wera in line all day, voting a ticket which had to be marked in a conspi cuous manner i in order that the 'virgin voters' might recognize It. Not one In fifty of the negroes who polled the radical ticket yester dey, could read even the head line of the ticket, or knew what they were doing. In add. t inn to these powerful combinations, at a late hour in the contest large sums of money were contributed by respectable members of the Union League, the ob ject of which was to corrupt voters and election ofll cers, and deliberately poison the elective franchise. It is known who contributed this funJ, to what extent it was used, and In many cases who pocketed the plunder, and a grave public duty may make it ne cessary, at an early day, to lay all the facta of this ini quitous business before the community In which the parties implicated reside and claim a respectable position In society. Thus was the victory won by the radicals, and to them belong all the glory and the shame of the unequal contest. "J'tii'adelphta, with all Its great interests, is sti'l In the hands of a party which increased debt and taxation, reim posed the Income tax, and Injured the Interests of business men in a most material degree. The 'ring' and the negroes are to-day supreme. They can nominate whom they please, and, with the compelled aid oT white men, elect them. This Is a dak but a true picture. We are engaged in a con test with New York for the trade of the Far West, and the radical party, for selilsli political purposes, engrafts negro stupidity and negro Incapacity upon our local system. Instead of having intelligent, trained white men to meet the champions of New York and battle their schemes, the negro will repre sent 1'hlladelphia, and we will be measured and treated accordingly. These are some of the fruits which the radical victory of yesterday will present to the Hps of the white men of our city. But none of the fault lies at the door of the Democratic party. They foaght alone for the true Interests of white men, the true interests of Philadelphia, and, though defeated, they are not dismayed. They are ready to renew the tight from this hour, and no present lls eomfiture will prevent them from raising again the old Hag which they have so often borne in triumph. Rascality may help the radicals to success to-day, but the hope is still left us that the people will soon see the right path, and tread It boldly and fearlessly to victory." THE MAYORS PROTEST. The protest which Mayor Fox addressed to United States Marshal Gregory yesterday against his appointment of deputy marshals, and especially against his ordering up a file of marines from the Navy Yard to protect tho colored voters in the Fifth ward, is a very weak document, and it contains several state ments that the Mayor will certainly regret when the excitement of the occasion whioh called it forth has died away. We object as much as the Mayor can do to the interference of an armed force of any kind, and especially of United States soldiers, upon election day, except in case of urgent necessity; but Mayor Fox and his policemen are probably the only officials in this city who will say that there was not such a condition of affairs yes terday in the Fifth ward as called for prompt and decided action for the protection of the colored voters in their rights and for the pre vention of riot. The colored voters in the Third division of the Fifth ward, with an excess of good nature, a desire to perform their duty as citizens peacefully, and a yielding to the prejudices of the white Democrats, that were in the highest degree creditable to them, consented to form a separate line, and to alternate with the white voters. It is scarcely necessary for us to state, in view of the well known character of the white men who have hitherto assumed to dictate in political matters in this section of the city, that that agreement was not adhered to by the Democrats. The line of colored voters was not allowed to ap proach the polls, and suoh individuals as at tempted to deposit their ballots were assaulted and driven away from the window. Our own reporters were witnesses to a multitude of such outrages as these, but we are content to take the following quotations from the local report of the Age of this morning as proofs of the entire correctness of our statement and of the existence of a state of affairs that fully warranted Marshal Gregory in adopting the course that he did. The Age, of course, looks at the whole occurrence through Demo cratic spectacles, but although it tries to make the negroes the aggressors, it cannot hide the truth altogether, and its statement of the situation previous to the appearance of the Mayor and Marshal, and subsequently of the marines, is in the highest degree edifying. It says: It was in the Third division of the Fifth ward, however, that the excitement ran the highest. Here was made a gigantio effort to swell the negro vote to such dimensions as would eutiiely obliterate the very large Democratic majority which this ward has always returned. To do this the hegro repeat ers, who hae been swarming into the city for the past week, were brought into use, and by the agency of a radical election official, with an india-rubber conscience, many were successful in polling votes. But this radical Inspector was speedily tripped np. A negro of doubtful eligibility as a voter pre sented luujwelf. "You're uo voter," exclaimed the Democratic In spector. "Oh, yes I is, Bah. Here Is de glntleman wat wouches for me," and tue radical Inspector ap peared before the window, and takes tho oath pre scribed. "Do you know this man ?" "Ob, yet, or course 1 da Yo don't suppose I'd swear if I didn't?" Wl.ere does be live?" "Ou Fifth, near Lombard." "How do you know he Uvea there ?" "D n it, was'nt I told bo? Ain't that enough !" Virectly ix brawny arm were extended to the iu tpector, nix official hand grabbed hold of kirn, and in a rffy the uimcrupuluu voucher won ruihed from the plans to an alderman' office. Thus victory did not pluw iine fvfjon the head of the wicked. From this time the excitement about the polls gra dually heightened, amougHt both whites and blacks. Th latter vrre In line, and tho Democratic voter fccfc wuiveutu tofcwiuiau oppornuatj, iiwi uiU not orten occur, to exercise the rlarhn of franchise. The tiegroes were nniiy und woa'd not yield, while the indignation of the white t th entire lack of a fair show at t he polls promised xenons consequences unless a remedt whs applied. At noon, thla excite ment received another impetus upward, by the arrest of three ncsrro repeaters from Camden, who were pointed out br a Csmden official, and removed to the 1 hird District Station House. The condition of affairs was serious. An evil de monstration was quickening, and wanted but lit tle to bring It out Into the full bloom of a riot. There was a large force of police, but the streets were crowded ; and their presence was a thorn in the side of the newly enfranchised. Vt ord was sent, to the Mayor. A note was addressed to the United States Mar glial. The latter apprehended a grave disturbance. He sent to the naval rendezvous a requisition for a company of marines, then donned his hat, and, In company with his Honor the Mayor, and Recorder Glvin, soon appeared at Firth and Lombard streets. Like as sheep, disconcerted by some impending danger, at once become passive' at the appearance of their hhepherd ; or, perhaps, more properly, as belligerent school-boys in lively preparation for a turn at fisticuffs become tranquil and even frlendlv tinder the stern eye of the master so this crowd at Fifth and Lombard streets, riotously inclined, bois terous and demonstrative, on the very verge of battle, was restored to reason and silence by the appearance of the Mayor, the Marshal, and the Re corder. So soon as Che Mayor's back was turned the rioting commenced again, and the ma rines, who had in the meantime arrived near the scene of strife, cleared the street and took possession of the polls, and under their protection the election proceeded peaceably until the hour of closing. The marines then marched off, and we find their exit from the scene thus recorded by the Age: At 6 o'clock the polls were declared closed. A deafening yell rent the air, and then succeeded a series of cheers for the candidates, alternated by a series of groans for the marines, amid which was heard the rattle of the drum. The heroic soldiers formed for the retreat. This took some time, as the line had been disturbed and the soldiers scattered, each one having formed the nucleus around which gathered a score of burly roughs, who could at a signal have disarmed him a possibility whereof the commander, perhaps, had not the slightest thought. At the command of the Major the sixty marines right about, and, with muskets at a shoulder shift, passed down Lombard street, between dense banks of peopie, who hooted at them in derision. If the Mayor had simply protested against the interference of United States soldiers, and given his understanding of the law in the case, there would be no objection, but when he made such a statement as the following he either knew nothing about a matter that was notorious to thousands of the citizens of Philadelphia, and which was causing the greatest excitement and apprehension, or else he allowed his partisanship and his pre judices against the colored voters to get the better of his habitual disposition for truth fulness. At the conclusion of his letter to Marshal Gregory he says: I bog leave to remind you, sir, that this city Is In a state of profound peace, and that its ordinary police force has been found fully adequate to the preserva tion of the public peace, and I beg leave also to re mind you that I have just returned from visiting the place in which you supposed disorder to exist, and only to find that peacefulness, quietness, and good order prevailed there, as was apparent to yourself. And in a telegram to the Governor he re peats the same ideas in even stronger terms: Without any necessity existing for such an action, and without the slightest disturbance exist ing to afford a pretext for It the cltv being per fectly quiet the United States Marshal Gregory has taken possession of a poll In this city with a force of l ofted States marines, under Lieutenant Colonel Forney, and Interfered with an election legally held and peacefully conducted. I am amply able to maintain the peace of the city without any such unlawful interference ; and have entered my official protest against this outrage, and have de manded the Immediate dlsbandment of these troops of this unwarrantable Infringement upon the rights oi our State and particularly or this city. In reply to the Mayor's protest the Marshal referred to the act of Congress of July 14, 1870, which made it his duty not only to pro tect the colored voters at an election for United States officers, but to call to his aid an armed force if it should be necessary to do so, and he gives the following sufficient reasons for summoning the marines: This morning I was informed by a number of re liable citizens that the colored voters of the Third precinct of the Fifth ward were being excluded from the polls. This was a violation of the act or Congress of the 8d of May last, and by one of the provisions of the same act it was made my duty to take cognizance of the offense, and see to the en forcement of the law. I was further Informed that the deputies that I had appointed had been arrested by your policemen and removed from the vicinity of this precinct, and that your policemen were present at this particular precinct in very large numbers, aDd were actively engaged in the exclusion of the colored voters. There are few respectable citizens who desire to see the peace preserved npon elec tion day and the rights of every oitizen, white or black, secured, who will not be able to decide as to which was in the right in this matter, the Mayor or the Marshal; and if the Democratic ruffians can be made to under stand that colored voters can rely upon the support of United States bayonets in the future in case they are assaulted or intimi dated at the polls, more will be done to check the violence of a class of men who have been accustomed to set the laws at defiance than ever has been done since Philadelphia was a city. TUE POLICE. Mayor Fox will be a brave man if he attempts to defend or to explainfhe performances of his policemen yesterday, for nothing so out rageous has occurred in this city for years as the manner in which the men who ought to be the impartial and unpartisan guardians of the peace labored in behalf of a Democratio victory by intimidating colored voters, ar resting them without the slightest provoca tion, dragging them from the polls, and com mitting other scandalous actions that proved conclusively the fact that the whole police force as at present constituted is a mere ma chine in the hands of the Democratio mana gers, and that the authority and official posi tion of the policemen are used unscrupu lously to promote Democratio ends. Much of the disturbance in the Fifth ward yesterday, which necessitated the inter vention of an armed force, was fomented by the policemen, who distinguished themselves by their ruffianly conduct towards the colored voters especially. Most of these men re moved the numbers from their caps for the purpose of preventing identification; but the majority, if not al, of them are well known, and if the Mayor chooses to investigate their conduct, he need have no difficulty in doing so. Those who did not actually participate in deeda of violence labored for the Demo cratio cause by endeavoring to buy off colored voters with little yellow tiokets marked "Good for a drink," and among the princi pal of this class of operators was Lieutenant Mike Haggerty, of the Third police district. The performances of this officer, as well as of multitudes of other members of the police force, were open and above board, without the Eghtest attenr,pt at concealment, just as TRAWBEIDOE & CLOT 'HOLIEB BLANCHES - AND QUILTS. Our BLANKETS for the Fall and Winter Sea son are now fully open for examination. Our sales have already been very large, but our arrange ments with the mills are such that we shall be able to supply almost any demand. 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A few days ago we published a secret circular distributed by the Democratio Executive Committee, which demonstrated in the clear est manner that, both before and during the election, the police were to be used for the promotion of partisan interests, and their conduct yesterday proved that they were not only wiling to obey every behest of their masters, but that they consideved the autho rity of the Democratio managers as superior to that of the Mayor, even if they did not rely npon that official to give at least a tacit consent to their per formances. The moral of the occurrences of yesterday is that it is absolutely necessary for the police force, if it is to do its duty for the preservation of the peace, to be removed beyond the reach of partisan influences, end to accomplish this there must be a complete and radical reform of our whole police system. 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