Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1879 — THE ELECTIONS. [ARTICLE]

THE ELECTIONS.

General elections were held in eleven States on Tuesday, Nov. 4, and local elections were held in Illinois, Georgia and a few other States. The results of the polling, as indicated by the returns received on the morning after the election, are summarized below: New York. —The election in New York was for State officers, 32 State Senators, and 128 Assemblymen. There were seven parties in the field, with five candidates for Governor. Alonzo B. Cornell, the Republican candidate for Governor, is elected by a plurality of about 20,000. The remainder of the 'State officers chosen aro Democrats, as follows : Lieutenant Governor, Clarkson N. Potter; Comptroller, Frederick P. 01cott; Secretary, Allen C. Beach; Treasurer, James Mackin; Attorney General, Aug Achoonroak'r; Engineer, Horatio Seymour, Jr.; Congress, Twelfth, Waldo Hutchins. Tho L°gia • lature is largely Republican iu both branches. Wisconsin. —The entire Republican State ticket was successful iu Wisconsin by a majority it is estimated at this time at 20,000. The State officers chosen are: Governor, Wiliam E. Smith: Lieutenant Governor, James M. Bingham; Secretary, Hans B. Warner; Treasurer, Richard Guenther; Attorney General, Alexander Wilson; Superintendent Public Instruction, W C. Whitford. Massachusetts. —Tlio Republican ticket is elected by a majority of between 12,000 aud 16,000 over Butler, Adams polling a very light vote. The State officials chosen are as follows: Governor, John D. Long; Lieutenant Governor, Byron Weston; Secretary. Henry B. Peirce; Treasurer, Charles Endicott; Auditor, Charles R. Ladd; Attorney Genera), George Marstou. Minnesota. —ln Minnesota the whole Republican ticket was chosen by majorities estimated at this writing at 8,000 to 12,000. Pennsylvania. —The Republicans carry Pennsylvania by an es’imated majority of 25,000 or 40,000. The election was for a State Treasurer. Samuel But.ler, of Chester county, is the successful man. Nebraska. —ln Nebraska the election was for a Supremo Court Judge and two University Rogenls. The Republican candidates, as named below, were chosen by a majority of about 12,000: Supreme Court Judge, Amasa Cobb; University Regents, Jobu L Carson and Jos. W. Gannett. Mississippi. —The election in Mississippi was for State Senators aud members of the Legislature. The Democrats carry all but a few counties. New Jersey. —The returns thus far received show that the Republicans of New Jersey have gained one State Senator and two or three members of the Assembly. They will probably retain control of both branches of tlio Legislature. Connecticut. —Tho election in Connecticut was for the Legislature only, and for the Senate elections were held in only eleven of twentyone districts. In theso the Republicans elect ton and Democrats one. Of the Senators elected last year, who hold over this year, seven are Republicans and tlii'ce Democrats, so that tlio Senate will stand seventeen Republicans and four Domooiata. The Hoiue will probably stand about 153 to 93, or a Republican majority of between sixty and seventy on joint ballot. Illinois. county officers. General interest was centered principally in the contest in Chicago and Cook conntv. The Republicans carried the county, electing their entire ticket bv majorities ranging from 7,000 to 11,000. The Republican majority in the city proper is about 5,000. Virginia. —The election in Virginia was for members of the General Assembly, and created more interest than any election in that State for many years. The issue was solely on the repeal of the McCulloch Debt bill, a settlement of tho State debt submitted by the creditors, passed by the last Legislature. The retnrns indicate that a majority of the people in the State are opposed to a settlement of the debt on the basis of tho McCulloch bill, and, in fact, on any other basis that will be acceptable to the creditors. Maryland. —Maryland voted for State officers, State Senators and members of the Legislalure. The entire Domccratic ticket—Governor, William L. Hamilton; Comptroller, Thomas J. Koating; Attorney General, Charles J. M. Gwynn; Clerk of the Court of Appeals, Spencer C. Jones—was elected by about 15,000 majority. The Legislature is largely Democratic in both branches. Election Echoes. Vote of Brooklyn, N. Y.: RobinsoD, Democrat, 44,414; Cornell, Republican, 31,509. Total vote of Chicago, 45.432 • of Cook county, 55,139. Johnson, Repub iean candidate for County Treasurer, has 8,582 majority over Guerin, Democrat The Socialists pollen 4,035 votes iu the county. The vote of New York city on Governor is as follows: Robinson, anti-Tammany Democrat, 58,584; Cornell, Republican, 45,070; Kelly, Tammany Democrat, 42,136. On Lieutenant Governor the vote stands: Potter, Democrat, 95,531; Hoskins, Republican, 49,461. Democratic majority, 46,u7U. Pennsylvania official returns from all the comities give Butler, Republican candidate for State Treasurer, a majority over all candidates of 58,675. A Richmond (Va.) dispatch says the indications are that the Debt-payers have a small majority iu both houses, but the vote is so close that ihe Official couut will be necessary to positively settle the contest. In Maryland, Hamilton’s majority for Governor is 21,740. The Legislature will stand: Senate—Democra's, 19; Republicans, 5; Independent Democrats, 2 The House of Dele gates—Democrats. Oil; Republicans, 10; Democratic majoii’y on joint ballot, 60. ASt Paul (Minn.) dispatch says: “The returns indicate that Gov. Pillsbury runs considerably behind his ticket. His majority will probab'y be about, 10,000, but the rest of the Repi blican State ticket will average from 12,000 to 15,000 majority. The vote throughout the State was comparatively light.” Returns from Wisconsin indicate that the majority for Smith, Republican candidate for Govei uor, will be between 20,000 and 25,000. In Massachusetts, the majority for Long, Republican candidate for Governor, over Butler, is about 18,000. The vote for County Treasurer in Wabash county, Ind., resulted in a tie between the Republican and Democratic candidates, and the two will draw lots to see who handles the money for the next two years. The anti-Tammany men in New York city and the Robinson men throughout the State are severe in their denunciation of John Kelly, and declare that he will never again be permitted to take a seat in a national or State convention. ' At tho recent election in New York Waldo Hutchins, Democrat, was chosen to fill the vacancy which existed in the Westchester district, the only vacancy in the lower house of Congress, except that very recently occasioned by the death of Representative George W. Patterson. Asa Republican will,of course, be elected in Patterson’s place, the election of Hutch ns is a Democratic gain, giving the Democrats a clear majority of throe over the combined vote of the Republicans, Grecnbackers, and Independents of every class.