Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1880 — LATER ELECTION RETURNS. [ARTICLE]

LATER ELECTION RETURNS.

Garfield’s majority in Illinois is estimated at 35,000. The delegation ifi Congress stands 13 Republicans to 6 Democrats. The Republicans have a majority in the Legislature of 24 on joint ballot. The next Wisconsin Legislature will stand as follows : Senate, 24 Republicans, 9 Democrats ; Assembly, 78 Republicans, 21 Democrate, and 1 Independent. Complete returns from Connecticut show a plurality for Garfield of 2,570. It is thought that Hancock’s majority in North Carolina will reach 10,000 ; that the Congressional delegation will include one Republican, and the Legislature will be Democratic. San Francisco dispatches state that later returns settle it beyond doubt that Garfield has carried California by a plurality over Hancock of between 2,000 and 3,000, and that the Legislature is Republican. The Congressional delegation stands : Page and Pacheco, Republicans, and Rosecrans and Berry, Democrats. Oregon’s vote is very close, but the returns indicate that Garfield will have a majority of about 300. Garfield's plurality in Kansas is between 50,000 and 60,000, anil the Legislature is over--whelmingly Republican. Garfield’’s plurality in Massachusetts is 53,000. Morse, Democrat, is re-elected to Congress from Boston. In Pennsylvania the pluralitv for Garfield is 36.000. Ludlow's majority over Potts, for Governor of New Jersey, is about 600. The majority for the Democratic electoral ticket is about 2,000. In Dakota, Pettigrew, Republican, is elected to Congress by 5,000 majority. Returns complete and partial from 66 counties cut of 94 in Tennes-.ee give Hawkins, for Governor, 76,166; Wright, 64,787; Wilson, 49.316. Owing to dissensions among the Democrats on account of the State debt issue, the Republicans came within four votes of securing the Legislature. In Nevada, the returns come in slowly. The State is close on Electors and Congress. The Legislature is probably Democratic on joint ballot. The Senate is Republican. The entire Republican State ticket is elected in Michigan by a large m jority; the Congressional delegation is unanimously Republican, and Garfield carried the State by abou. 35,000 or 40,000 majority. Hancock's pluralitv in West Virginia is about 12,000. The Territorial election in Arizona resulted as follows : G. H. Oury, Democrat, delegate to Congress; M. H. Sherman, Republican, Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Legislature is Republic in by a large majority. The majority for Hancock in Nevada is 600 A San Francisco dispatch of the 6th says that returns from all the counties in California except Del Norte, which is estimated the same as the last Presidential election, give Hancock 96 plurality. A few small precincts yet to hear from are not expected to alter the result much. It is certain that the Republicans will get one elector, as Judge Terry, on the Democratic ticket, is known to be scratched several bundled. A New York dispatch says the latest returns from the counties in New York State make the majority for Garfield and Arthur 23,069. These figures may be slightly changed by official reports, but" the result will not be affected materially. Official vote of Delaware: Hancock, 15,183; Garfield, 14,150. An Indianapolis dispatch says that returns Hom seventy-three counties in Indiana show a net Democratic gain of 307, or, to speak more properly, a falling off from Porter’s vote of 307. The remaining twenty counties to be heard from will add still slightly to these figures, thus reducing Garfield’s plurality a little below that of Porter. The majority of Garfield in lowa over Hancock will exceed 80,000, and probably go 85,000. Official returns from forty-eight of the sixtyseven counties of Pennsylvania, and careful estimates from each of the other counties, make Garfield’s plurality 37,341. White, Republican, is elected to Congress in the N:nth (Kentucky) district over Tinner, Democrat, by a majority of 1,500. The Kansas Legislature is almost unanimously Republican. A St. Louis dispatch says that the returns from the Sixth Congressional district of Missouri elect Hazeltine, Greenback-Republican, over Waddle, Democrat, by about 500 majority. This is the fourth Democratic loss in the State. The Greenbackers have gained two and the Republicans one.