Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1880 — THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS. [ARTICLE]

THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS.

New England* MAINE. , Augusta, Nov. 3.—The result of the SeptemI ber election was reversed in the Pine Tree State, I the Republican majority being between 4,000 ! and 5,600. The straight Greenback ticket rei ce.ved only about 2,000 votes. Augusta, Nov. 4.—The returns indicate that the majority for Garfield will reach, if it does not exceed, 5,000. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Concord, Nov. 3.—New Hampshire elects the Republican electors and State ticket by from 2,000 to 2,500. Three Republican Congressmen are probably elected, though in the First district the vote is close. Concord, Nov. 4.—Garfield’s plurality is about 4,000. Hall, Republican, is elected in the First district by over 600 plurality ; Briggs, Republican, in the Second, by over 1.600; Farr, Republican, in the Third, by over VERMONT. Burlington, Nov. 3.—Vermont slightly increased the majority which she gave the Republican State ticket last September. Returns thus far received indicate that the majority for Garfield may reach 30,000, though 28,000 is probably nearer the truth. MASSACHUSETTS. In Massachusetts tho Republicans elected a straight Congressional delegation of eleven—a gain of one. The Garfield electoral ticket is elected by about 50,000 majority. Boston complete gives Garfield 25,524 and Hancock 27,659. The defeat of Morse (Congressman) is not conceded by the Democrats. : Boston, Nov. 4. —The complete vote, lacking nine towns, is counted, and Garfield’s plurality is 57,702, and Gov. Long’s 50,854 over Thompson. The Tenth Congressional district is still in doubt, a recount having been ordered in Boston. Morse (Democrat) is probably elected. The Legislature will stmd: Senate, 35 Republicans, 5 Democrats ; House, 183 Republicans, 42 Demacrats, 2 Greenbackers. RHODE ISLAND. Providence, Nov. 3.—Rhode Island complete gives Garfield 18,188 ; Hancock, 10,784; scattering, 141. Garfield’s majority, 7,263, a Republican gain of 2,291 over the majority for Hayes. Both the Republican Congressmen are elected. CONNECTICUT. Returns from all but twenty-two small towns in Connecticut give Garfield 59,372 and Hancock 58,050. These cannot alter the result, and will increase rather than decrease tho Republican majority. The Legislature, which selects a United States Senator, is Republican. Republicans elect Buck in tho First Congressional district by 1,800, Wait by a large majority in the Third, and Miles by a close vote in the Fourth. The Democrats elect Phelps by 1,509 to 2,000 in the Second district. Hartford, Nov. 4. —The total vote of Connecticut, lacking the small town of Hamden, is 131,913 for President and 131,639 for Governor. Garfield received 66,661 ; Hancock, 64,043; Weaver, 844, Dow, 345; Garfield’s plurality, 2,618. Bigelow, Republican, majority for Governor, 1,138, and his plurality 2,388. The Legislature will stand' Sixteen Republicans to five Democrats in the Senate, and 165 Republicans to lighty-three Democrats, one Independent, and one Greenbacker in the House. The. Republican majority on joint ballot is ninetythree. Middle States* NEW YORK. New York, Nov. 3.—Full returns show the results in this city and Brooklyn : The total vote for Presidential Electors in New York city is 204,870, and Hancock’s majority is 40,938. In Kings county, on a total vote of about 112,000, Hancock has about 10,000, majority. The aggregate majority for Hancock in the two counties is 50,500. The Democrats gain one member of Congress in this city, and one in Brooklyn, bv the defeat of Chittenden. The Times places the Republican majority in the State at 25,000, the Tribune at 40,000 and the World at 10,000 to 15,000. The two former papers claim a Republican majority in the new Congress, while the World says the next House will certainly be Democratic by a small majority. Grace’s majority for Mayor in this city is 3,000 over Dowd, Republican. New York, Nov. 3.—The following is the complete city vote for Presidential electors in this city : Hancock, 123,102 : Garfield, 81,726 ; The New York delegation in the next Congress will have twenty Republicans and thirteen Democrats, a. gain of four Democratic Congressmen. The Democratic gains coqie from the Second Congressional district (Kings county), where Smith, Democrat, takes the place of Chittenden, Republican ; the Seventh district, where Dugro, Democrat, succeeds -.Einstein, Republican; the Fourteenth district, where Beach, Democrat, succeeds Ferdon, Republican ; the Sixteenth district, where Nolan, Democrat, succeeds Barley, Republican, and the Thirty-second district, where Scoville, Democrat, succeeds Pierce, Republican. The ] Democrats lose the Fifteenth district, where I Cornell, Republican, succeeds Lounsbury, Democrat, making a net gain of four Congress- i men. NEW JERSEY. Trenton, Nov. 3.—The Democratic i State Committee claim the State has been car- , ried for Hancock, and for Ludlow for Governor. Republicans claim they have elected five Congressmen out of seven. The delegation ; will stand the same as last session. The Legis- ! lature is in doubt, although the Republicans : claim a majority on joint ballot. Trenton, Nov. 4. —New Jersey has chosen | Hancock electors and a Democratic Governor. I Three of the seven Congressmen arc Demo- ’ crats. The majority for Hancock is about I 1,500. Ludlow, Democratic candidate for Governor, is elected by about 700 majority. The Senate stands 16 Republicans and 5 Democrats, and the House 33 Republicans and 27 Democrats, a Republican majority on joint ballot of 17. PENNSYLVANIA. Philadelphia, Nov. 3.—The Democrats concede Philadelphia to the Republicans by 26,000, and the State by 36,000, i and 19 Republican Congressmen, a Democratic loss of one. Legislature, Republicans, 153; I Democrats, 93; Greenbackers, 4 ; Republican ; majority, 56, a Republican gain of 20 on joint ballot. DELAWARE. Wilmington, Del., Nov. 3.—Returns received - indicate a majority in the State of at least 1,000 • for Hancock. The Democrats will secure at I least fourteen of the twenty-one legislators, and | the probabilities are that their ticket will be I unanimously elected. —I Southern States* MARYLAND. Baltimore, Nov. 2.—The total vote of Balti- ; more city is: Garfield, 23,354; Hancock, 32,- I 677 —a Republican gain of 878. Returns from I the interior show Republican gains. VIRGINIA. Richmond, Nov. 2.—Returns indicate the success of the regular Democratic electoral ticket. The election of Dezendorf, Republican, to Congress from the Second district is conceded, a Republican gain of one Congressman. WEST VIRGINIA. Wheeling, Nov. 2.—The Democratic majority in the State is estimated at 9,000. All the Congressional districts are Democratic. SOUTH CAROLINA. Columbia, Nov. 2.—A1l business was suspended to-day in the city and county. Whites and blacks were thick at every polling-place. There was no disturbance. Several arrests of negroes trying to repeat were made. Hard work was done on both sides. About 35,000 votes were polled in this city. The Democrats have majorities in all the wards. Returns from the interior indicate the choice of the Hancock electors by a large majority, and the selection of a solid Democratic delegation to Congress. Columbia, Nov. 3.—lt is estimated that South Carolina will give about 30,000 Democratic majority, During election day one negro was killed and thirteen wounded in Edgefield, and one negro killed in Newberry county. There was an attempted riot on the part of negroes in Aiken county, but it was quelled without injury to any ona.

NORTH CAROLINA. Charlotte, N. C., Nov. 2.—Both parties polled a full vote, which exceeds the vote of j 1876. Everything quiet GEORGIA. Atlanta, Nov. 3.—This was the dullest • Presidential election ever known in Georgia. , The vote was light and there was no enthusiasm in the Democratic ranks. The Republicans came near capturing the First, Second and . Fifth districts. In the Seventh tho organized i Democrats rallied and defeated Felton, Inde- : pendent, who has had three terms. The ne- ; groes voted lightly but solidly for Garfield, i Spear, Independent, is re-elected in the Ninth, i Hancock’s majority will fall 30,000 below 1 Tilden’s. FLORIDA. j Jacksonville, Nov. 3.—lndications favor the i election of Blaxham, Democrat, for Governor, and Davidson, Democrat, for Congress in the First district. The Second district is close, but is probably carried by the Democrats. Gains are reported from nearly every place f wnicre returns have been received. Jacksonville, Nov. B.—Returns come in ; slowly. No doubt the Democrats have carried ' the State ticket and both members of Congress'. LOUISIANA. New Orleans. Nov. 2. —The election in this city passed off quietly, with the exception of a difficulty between a white mm and a negro at the polls in the Eighth ward, ill which the negro was wounded by a pistol shot. Indications point to a light vote here and throughout the State. Returns indicate the election of the Democratic candidates in all the Congressional districts. New Orleans, Nov. 3.—Hancock’s majority in this city is 10,232. The Democratic majority in the State will probably reach 25,000. Darrall, Republican, is electee! to Congress m the Third district—a Republican gain. • ALABAMA> . Mobile, Nov. 2.—‘Returns from Alabama in- | dicate the election of all the Democratic Con- ■ gressmen. The Democratic majority in the i State is estimated at 40,000. MISSISSIPPI. ; Jackson, Nov. 3.—Reports from the First | and Fourth districts indicate the election of i Muldrow and SiugTetoh (Democrats)' by large I majorities. Reports from other districts are so meager that no estimate can-bo made of ; majorities. All counties report a light vote, Jackson, Nov. 3.—Reports' from fifty counties, towns and precincts give Hancock 15,238, Garfield 6,882. Returns from the First, Second, Fourth and Fifth Congressional districts indicate the election of Democrats in each by a decided majority. Returns fxtjiu tha Sixth Congressional district are meager and not sufficient to base an estimate, but Chalmers leads as far as heard from. The vote is light throughout the State. TEXAS. Dallas, Nov. 2.—Hancock’s majority in Texas over Greenbackers and Republicans will be 80,000. Roberts is running behind ticket for Governor, though he will be elected by 50,000. Tho Democrats carry every Congressional district, and will have an overwhelming majority in the Legislature. No dis turbances are reported from any quarter. TENNESSEE. Nashville, Nov. 2. —The vote over tne State was unusually heavy. Owing to the multiplicity of candidates, the count is very slow. The contest is between Hawkins, Republican, for Governor, and Wright, State-Credit Democrat. Wilson, Repudiation Democrat, for Governor, is badly beaten. The Tennessee Congressional delegation is re-elected except in the First and Tenth districts, which are close and yet in doubt. Hancock s majority in the State will probably reach 40,000. Nashville, Nov. 3.—Tho State-Credit Democrats and Republicans are alike jubilant over the defeat of Wilson, the Repudiation candidate for Governor, and the election of Hawkins,. Republican. The Republican gains have been so unexpected that a sensation uas produced when it became known that the Republicans had probably elected forty-seven members to the Legislature, when it was anticipated that they would pot have more than 33 at best. Tbi.-j will be a gain for the Republicans of 26 members. They will lack only 4 votes of having a majority. For Congress, Moore, Republican, has been elected over Casey Young, Democrat, in the Tenth district. The election of Pettibone, Republican, over Taylor, Democrat, iu the First, is conceded. KENTUCKY. Louisville, Nov. 2.—Tho Democrats carry the State by the usual majority and secure all tho members of Congress. Cincinnati, Nov. 3.—From all the advices up to this, hour the Gazette, Republican, concedes the election of a solid Democratic delegation to Congress from Kentucky. This includes tho Ninth and Tenth districts, heretofore claimed by the Republicans or considered doubtful. ARKANSAS. Little Rock, Nov. 2.—Election passed off quietly in this city, a light vote being cast. MISSOURI. St. Louis, Nov. 2.—Returns indicate that tne Hancock electors have a majority in the State of between 35,000 and 40,000, and the Democratic State ticket somewhat less. St. Louis elects the Democratic city ticket. The indications are that the Democrats carry every Congressional district in the State. Western States. OHIO. Columbus, Nov. 2.—The election was remarkably quiet and orderly here and throughout the State. A full vote has been polled, and Garfield’s plurality is estimated at 30,000. Columbus, Nov. 4. —Thirty-seven counties, complete returns, show a Republican gain over 18790 f 13,899 ; four counties show a Democratic ! gain of 470 ; net Republican gain in forty-one ' counties, 13,420. The counties heard from in- ' chide the largest in Ohio, but the gains in the I remaining forty-seven counties will make Gar- • field’s plurality about 35,000. INDIANA. Indianapolis, Nov. 2.—Returns have been received from fully one-fourth of the State. Both ■ parties have made gains, but they are so nearly | even that it is generally thought the aggregate I vote will not show a plurality much different , from that for Porter in October. Indianapolis, Nov. 4.— The returns, which ■ continue to come in slowly, indicate that Gar- ' field’s plurality will exceed Porter’s little, if any. i In the counties composing the Third district I the Democrats gain 810, as follows : Jackson, 178 ; Floyd, 202 ; Clark, 134 ; Washington, 117 ; Jennings, 98 ; Harrison, 87. So far as heard from, the following Democratic counties show Republican gains : Adams, 62 ; Carroll, 68 : I Dearborn, 53 ; Greene, 60 ; Posey, 69; Putnam, i 80; Scott, 20; St. Joe, 252; Vigo, 145, and i Whitley, 7. Full returns have been received I from only thirty counties qt this writing, which I show a net Republican gain of 166. ILLINOIS. Chicago, Nov. 3.—Returns from Illinois indicate the triumph of the Republican electoral ticket by about 28,000. So far as returns are received it seems that Messrs. Aldrich, Davis, Farwell, Sherwin, Hawk, Henderson, Cullen, Payson, Lewis, Marsh, Smith, Cannon ami Thomas, Republicans, are elected to Congress ; Messrs. Townshend, Singleton, Sparks and Springer, Democrats, are elected; Morrison and Moulton, Democrats, are in doubt. The Legislature is Republican in both branches. Otacago made a clean sweep of electors, Congressmen and county ticket by between 4,000 and 5,000 Republican majority. Chicago, Nov.’ 4. —The Republican* carried Chicago by a clean sweep, majorities ranging from 4.661 on Presidenf to 1,562 on Sheriff. Gen. Weaver received 1.043 votes in the city. Throughout the State Republican gains were i made, and Garfield’s majority, at this writing, i is estimated at 30,000. A loss of one Congress- ; man in the State is admitted by the Democrats ' in the Thirteenth district. The Legislature will be Republican in both branches. MICHIGAN. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 2.—Estimates of the Republican State Committee are that the State has gone about 40,000 Republican majority. Returns at this hour from tho Congressional districts are meager, but indicate that the Republicans have carried all. Dbtboit, Nov. 4.— lteturiig up to this morn- i

ing show the State to have been carried by : about 40,000 majority, with a clean sweep on Congressmen, and the Legislature strongly Republican. WISCONSIN. Milwaukee, Nov. 2.—This city gives Garfield a majority of 2,509. Deuster (Dem.) is reI elected to Congress. Reports from the interior I of the State show enormous Republican gains, i and insure nearly or quite 30,000 Republican I majority in the State. Bouck, Democrat, is i beaten for Congress Ln the Sixth by Guenther ; ! Bragg, in the Fifth, has a reduced majority; r Caswell carries the Second by 1,000. I lOWA. Des Moines, Nov. 2.—Returns come in slow- , ly, on account of the great length of the ticket, j Indications are, by reports in, that the total i poll of the State will be 330,000, an increase of : 35,000. Reports from ten precincts in the : Seventh Congressional district indicate the i election of Kasson (Rep.) by at least 3,000 i majority. KANSAS. Nov. 2.—'Ftie indications -anr i that the Republican majority for Garfield will ' be 45,000. The entire Republican Congres- ! sional delegation is returned by the following ; majorities : First district, Anderson. 15,000 ; i Second, Ryan, 9,000; Third, Haskell, 4,000. The Prohibition amendment is carried. The other two amendments are defeated. MINNESOTA. Minneapolis, Nov. 2. —Returns come in ' slowly, but sufficient have been received to ; indicate that Dunnell is elected in the First Congressional district by 3,000 plurality, Strait i in the Second district by 2,500 majorib- and ; Washburn in The Third district by 8,000 mai jority. The total Republican majority in the i State will foot up 25,000. Minneapolis, Nov. 3.Returns, as far as received, indicate that Minnesota has given Garfield a majority of at least 25,000. The Republicans elect all the Congressmen by increased majorities. NEBRASKA. Omaha, Nov. 2.—From scattered returns received from the State at large it is ■ probable that Nebraska gives Garfield from 20,I 000 to 25,00(lmajority. Nance is re-elected Govi ernor Jw tile same figures. E. K. Valentine, | for Congress, runs behind, but will poll 15,000 : majority. ' ! COLORADO. Denver, Nov. 2.—Arapahoe county gives from 900 to 1,000 Republican majority, a gain of nearly 200, Tho Republicans carry the State probably by an increased majority. Denver, Nov. 3.—Colorado is certainly Republican by at least 2,000. Pitkin's majority will be 3,000. Bedford is re-elected. The election was very quiet. The Democrats concede the State and make no claims. NEVADA. Virginia City, Nov. 2.—The State is close, but has probably gone for Hancock Ijy a small | majority. The election of a Democratic Legis- ' lature is conceded. Cassidy (Democrat) for | Congress, and Belknap (Democrat.) for Su- ' picnic Judge, arc probably elected. In Storey i county the Democratic Legislative ticket is | elected. Virginia City, Nov. 3.—This city and Gold | Hill, which were formerly Republican strongholds, have gone Democratic. The Hancock I electoral ticket and Daggett, Democrat, will i have a small majority in the state. The LegisI lature is also Democratic, in-mring the election I of Fair, Democrat, to succeed Senator Sharon. CALIFORNIA. I San Francisco, Nov. 3.—Returns received ! aggregate 47,800 votes, out of a total of fully ; 175,000 that have been cast throughout tho ; State. These show that the State will certainly give Garfield 5,000, aud perhaps 6,000 majority". ; There are heavy gains in the interior, and GarI field’s majority in San Francisco will exceed | 2,500. Three Republican Congressmen are undoubtedly elected, and tiie Thrd district contest is so close that it may require an official count to decide. Republicans have elected enough Assemblymen to give them a majority on joint ballot, insuring tlie election of a Republican to succeed Booth. San Francisco, Nov. 3. —Returns of the State continue coming in rapidly, but are of such nature as to render it extremely difficult to forecast the result positively, but looks as if Hancock would carry the State by a small majority. Gen. Rosecranz is elected’ to Congress from this city. OREGON. Portland, Nov. 2. —The vote is very close, and both parties are claiming the State. San Francisco, Nov. 3.—A Portland dispatch says the State is very close, and will, perhaps, require an official vote to decide. Both parties claim tho State.