Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1884 — Page 7

THE PRESIDENCY.

The Election Returns from the Various States of the Union. One Of the Closest Political Contests of Modern Times. The Presidential election of ISB4 passes into hi.'toryas one of the closest national political contents ever waged in this country. At this writing—five days after the closing of the polls —the outcome is one of extreme-doubt, the Re- > publicans claiming -the election of Blaine and the Democrats claiming the election of Cleveland, with the chances, however, largely favoring Cleveland. The whole question hinges upon the great r mpire State of Hew York, with its thirtysix electoral votes. The vote is a phenomenally close, one. Both parties claim the State. The Chairmeu_of the Republican aind Democratic State Committees issued addresses claiming the State, and Chairman Jones, of the Republican national Committee, issued a manifesto to the country announcing that Blaine and Logan had carried every northern State except -New Jersey and Connecticut, and two or three Southern States, and proclaiming their elecctiotf to the Presidency. On Friday morning Chairman Gorman, of the Democratic National Committee, sent forth an address announcing that‘ Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks have carried 219 electoral votes, 18 more than sufficient to elect," and declaring that “no fraud or contrivance can defeat the will of the people of thq United States thus publicly and deliberately declared.” The very latest news up to the hour of going to press with • this side, of our paper is embraced in the following telegrams from New York: The Associated Press sends the following: “On a careful review of the figures by districts, as furnished by the agents of the Associated Press, corrected by returns received during the day so as to bring the record down to this time, the total vote of the State stands for Cleveland 559,896; Blaine 558,426: plurality for Cleveland 1,469. There are yet eighteen districts from which returns are still behind or questioned. These in 1880 gave Garfield a plurality of 736. Tl:e counties which contain the lacking districts are Pisses,Madison, Saratoga,Sullivan and Ulster. „ The Sim says, the revised returns of this State give Cleveland 1.206 plurality, and the Times claims the plurality to he 1,361. The Sun says clerical cirors have been discovered in ten different counties which almost exactly bal&nce one crnotberTirthe footing." A dispatch trom Albany says Gov.'Cleveland lias official returns from every county in the State; showing his plurality to be 1,600. The Republican National Committee claim tint! the returns by precincts show a plurality of l.ouo to 1,500 for Blaine. The Secretary of the committee sent the following telegram to Gen. Logan: “A careful revlsioh by Col. Grosvenor.of Ohio, of returns from all election districts but four, which are yet to hear from, gives us a plurality of 1,000 in the State,- 1 feel confident in the result, and that any attempted frauds will be deterred and defeated.” Mr. Blaine sent the following telegram to the NaiionalConimittee on ttys 7th: ‘ “To Chairman B, I-\ Jones, of the Republican National Committee: “i am advised that there have been frauds committed in New York State. I believe that the honest vote of the State gives a Republican plurality, and l ask the committee to see that wefiave a fair*and honest count. “J. G. Blaine.” Jay Gould sent Gov. Cleveland a telegram congratulating him upon his election, and the National Democratic Committee issued an address saying there was no longer any question as to tlie result of the contest, that theeiectoral vote of New York was absolutely sure for Cleveland and Hendricks, and that they were elected by a majority of 18 in the electoral college. Illinois. 1 LATNT, AND O SLESBY CABBY THE STATE. liiaino carries Illinois by a plurality estimateda’. about co.ooo. The State officers elected are Republicans, as follows: Governor, Richard J Oglesby; Lieutenant Governor, John C. Smith; Secretary of State, -H. D. Dement; Auditor, Charles P. Swigert; Treasurer, Jacob Gross; Attorney General, George Hunt. A dispatch from Chicago says: The Germans do not appear to have given the Democrats as much as--i-istauee as was at first supposed, though gains in localities populated by that nationality have been made. In Chicago the Irish scratched Cleveland quite heavily. In sixtyli tie counties, including Cook, Blaine lias a net majority of 22,248,. About one-half of the comities yet to hear from are Democratic, and the actual majority in tiie State will not vary much from the.figures given above. The majority for Oglesby, Republican candidate for Governor, is about 1:1,000. The Republicans elect ten and the 1 >cmopratsa ten Congressmen. The Legislature is very close, with the chances, at this writing, «! a small Democratic majority. Indiana. democratic: BY 5,000 TO 8,000. An Indianapolis dispatch says that on the basis ot the, latest official returns Indiana has given a Democratic plurality of 5,500, and the Republican State. Central Committee opneedes J this miich. The Democratic Committee claims 7,’.Km majority. The Congressional delegation stands as follows: Democrats —First District, J. .1. Kleiner; Second, Thomas' R. Cobb; Third, Jonas G. Howard; Fourth, William S. Holman; Fifth, C. C. Matson; Seventh, W. D. Bynum; Ninth, T. B, Ward; Twelfth, Robert Lowry; Thirteenth, George Ford long term, B. F. Shivel short term. Republicans—Sixth District, Thomas M. Browne; Eighth, Janies T. Johnson; Tenth, W. D. Owen; Eleventh. George W. Steele. The Legislature is Democratic on joint ballot Michigan. THE ELECTORAL VOTE ROIt BLAINE—CLOSE ON STATE OFFICERS. Detroit dispatch: Blaine has probably carried tile State, but it is not yet decided. The Republicans claim that he has the State vote by several plurality. On the State ticket the Kree Press • Democrat) claims the election of Begole (Fusion) fcT Governor, by not less than 700. The Post (Republican) claims the electoral licket by 10,000, and the State ticket by 3,o<>(>. The Congressional delegation stands seven Fusionists and four Republicans. The Fusionists have a majority' in the Legislature. BLAINE'S PLURALITY ABOUT 10,000. Secretary Bayne, of the Republican comiuittee.says a Milwaukee dispatch, claims the State by from 6,010 to 12,000 purality. Dr. Anderson, chairman of the Democratic committee,concedes the State to the Jlepnblicans by about U,ooii. The indications point toward a plurality, however. The Republicans have elected to Congress the following: Caswell in the Ist 'district, Lafallette in the 3d, Van Sclialck in the 4th, Guenther In the 6th, Thomas in the 7th. Brice in the Bth, and Stephenson in the 9th. .They gain four. The Democrats have elected Bragg in the 2d, and Rankin in the sth. The Legislature will be Republican in both branches, it is thought. Massachusetts. BLAINES PLURALITY OVER 24,000. Returns from all but three cities and towns give tiie ’ fallowing result: Blaine, 142,699; Cleveland, 118,623; Butler, 23,815; St, John, fc, 174. Blaine's plurality is 24,076. The vole for Governor was as follows: Robinsen. 154,781 ; Endlcott, 107,648; McCaff erty; People's, 23,408; Seelye, Brohibition, 8,217. Robinson's plurality is 46,633. There is evidence of fraud in the’ Sixth Congressional District. A recount may give the election to Lodge over Lovering. Dodge, Republican candidate for Congress in flic Sixth District, has petitioned for a recount of votes. The plurality of Lovering • Dem.) is i 173. The Legislature ia Repub.ican by 29 on joint ballot. Nebraska. REPUBLICAN BY 20,000. Blaine carries Nebraska by a majority placed at about 2u,000. All of the Representatives to Congress, three in number, and all the State officers elected, are Republicans. Following is the roster of fctate officers chosen: Governor, James W. Dawes; Lieutenant Governor, H. H. Shedd; Secretary of State, E. P. Roggen; Treasurer, C. H. Willard; Auditor, H. A. Babcock; Attorney General, William Leese; Land and Bnilding Com- 1 misrioner, Joseph Scott; Superintendent of Public Instruction, W. W. Jones; Regent of State University, Leavitt Burnham. lowa. STRONGLY BEPULICAN. The Republicans carry lowa by a plurality of 30,tiM) to 35.000 on the national ticket, 25,000 to :(0,000 on the State ticket, and elect Congressmen'in ten of the eleven districts—WooLson in the first, Henderson in the Third, Fuller in the Fourth, Smith in the Fifth, Campbell in the Sixth, Conger and Smith to fill a vacancy in the Seventh, Hepburn in the Eighth, Lyman in the Ninth, Holmes in the Tenth, and Strabte in the Eleventh. The Fusionists elect Morphy in the Second. This is a Republican gain of three. Weaver, Fusionist, in the Sixth, is defeated by». • California. BLAINE CARRIES IT BY ABOUT f.OOO. t San Francisco dispatch: Partial re 1 urns from

39 oonnties of California, including San Francisco, give Blaine 22,350, Cleveland, 13,674. Although the election returns are still incomplete, yet they are sufficiently full to show that the. State has gone Republican. Most conservatives now estimate Blaine's majority at 2,<r« in this 1 city and 6,000 in the interior, giving him a full I majority of 8.000. The Republicans gain several Congressmen. The Legislature is probably Re- ’ publican on joint ballot. Which insures the election of a Republican Senator to succeed Mr. Farley. Kansas. BLAINE SWEEPS THE STATE BY A LARGE MAJORITY. Kansas casts her electoral vote for Blaine by a majority estimated at 40,000, sends an unbroken Republican delegation to Congress, and elects all the Rebublican candidates for State offices, as follows: Governor, John A. Martin; Lieutenant Governor, A. :1\ Riddle; .Secretary of State, E. B. Allen; Auditor. E. P. McCabe; Treasurer, Samuel T. Howe: Attorney General, 'S. B. Bradford; Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. H. Lawhead; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Albert H. Horton; Associate Justice, W. A. Johnson. Colorado. THE CENTENNIAL STATE SOLID FOR BLAINE. Colorado casts its electoral voto for Blaine, and the entire Republican State ticket is elected by majorities ranging from from 2,000 to 3,000. Following are the State officers elected, all Republicans : Governor, Benj. H. Eaton; Lieutenant Governor, Peter W. Breen; Secretaiy of State, Melvin Edwards; Treasurer, George R. Swallow; Attorney General, Theodore H. Thomas; Auditor, H. A. Spruance; Superintendent of Public Instruction. L. S. Cornell. George W. Symes, Republican, is elected to Congress, Pennsylvania. 60,000 FOB BLAINE. A Philadelphia telegram reports that a plurality of 60,000 is indicated for Blaine in Pennsylvania. Complete returns from all the legislative districts in the State, except Wayne County, show the Senate will have 31 Republicans and 19 Democrats, the House 140 Republicans and 59 Democrats, with two o doubtful districts in Wayne Cojinty. This will give the Republicans 91 majority on joint ballot, even, should the Democrats carry their Wayne County candidates. In the present Legislature the Democrats have a majority of 15 on joint ballot. Maryland. A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY OF OVER 11,000. Baltimore telegram: The Sun makes the following footing of the vote throughout the State: Vote of State outside of city gives net Democratic majority of 4,805. plurality, 6.716. Total, 11,521. Of six Congressmen the Democrats elect five, a gain of one. McComas, Republican, Sixth District, is re-elected. The delegation stands: First District, Charles H. Gibson; Second, Frank T. Shaw; Third, William H. Cole; Fourth, John V. L. Findlay; Fifth, Barnes Compton; Sixth Louis E. iiCComas. Louisiana, CLEVELAND ELECTORS CROSEN. New Orleans d ispatch : The official vote of this city gives Cleveland. 12.258: Blaine. 6,893: Cleveland’s majority, -5,365. Cleveland's majority in the State will probably not exceed 15,000. The Democrats elect all the Congressmen, except in the Second district. The friends of Boatner and Morey concede Gen. King’s election to Congress in the Fifth District by 3,000. Gov. Kellogg’s Mends admit his defeat for Congress in the Third District by 300 by E. J. Gay, a protectionist Democrat and wealthy sugar planter. North Carolina. CLEVELAND ELECTORS CHOSEN. North Carolina chooses Cleveland electors by a plurality of some 15,000, and elects the following State Officers by about the same vote : Governor, A. M. Scales; Lieutenant Governor, C. M. Stedman; Secretary of State, W. L. Saunders: Auditor. W. P. Roberts; Treasurer, D. W. Bain; Superintendent of Public Instruction, S. M. Finger; Attorney General, T. F. Davidson; Associate Justice Supreme Couit, A. S. Merrimon. The Democrats gain one Congressman. New Hampshire. THE GRANITE-STATE standstfirm intherepubXtCAN COLUMN. A Concord dispatch says that 241 towns and wards give Elfline.39,loo; Cleveland, 34,988; St John, 1,425; Butler, 507. Blaine’s plurality is 4,118. The same places give Currier, Republican, for Governor, 38,040; Hill, Democratic, 35,189; Mason, Prohibitionist, and scattering, 1,944, The remaining towns in 1882 gave Hale, Republican, 3,115; Edgerly, Democratic, 3,198, and 75 scattering. Should the vote be the same this year Currier's majority will be 749. He will be elected by the people, Texas. 100,000 MAJORITY FOR CLEVELANDCleveland’s plurality in Texas will approach, if it does not reach. 100,000, and the Democratic State ticket is elected by a majority nearly as great. F'ollowing are the names of the State officers chosen: Governor, John Ireland; Lieutenant Governor, Barrett Gibbs: Treasurer, •F. Ft. Lubbock; Comptroller, W. J. Swam; Attorney-General, John D. Templeton; Commissioner of Land Office, W. C. Walsh; Superintendent of Public Instruction, B. M. Baker. Vermont. BLAINE’S PLURALITY ABOUT 22,000. Returns from 197 towns in Vermont give Blaine 33,315; Cleveland, 16,012; Butler, 669; St. John, 1.389; Belva Lt cktvood 1, making a plural ityvlor Blaine of 20,303, with forty-three towns wanting. The towns heard from gave Garfield 41,407, Hancock 16,673, and AVeaver 1,143, a plurality for Garfield of 34,644. The towns not heard from gave Garfield a plurality of 2,266. If the above proportion is preserved, Blaine will have in the complete canvass a plurality of 22,569. Minnesota. ’ BLAINE SWEEPS THE STATE BY 33,000. ' Minnesota’s plurality for Blaine is not less than 35,000, says a Minneapolis dispatch. Returns are slow, and the exact vote will not be known for a day or two. '1 he delegations Mr Congress is solidly Republican. The majority on the Congressional candidates will fall below that on Presidential electors, and may be placed at 25,000. The State House of Representatives will stand 110 Republicans to 37 Democrats. No State Senators were voted for. South Carolina. HEAVILY DEMOCRATIC. _ ■ The Cleveland electors are chosen in South Carolina by a heavy majority, and the following State officers, all Democrats, are elected: Governor, H. S. Thompson; Lieutenant Governor, John C. Sheppard; Secretary of State, J. N. Lipscomb; Treasurer, John P. Richardson; Controller General, William E. Stoney; Attorney General, C. R. Miles; Superintendent of Education, Asbury Coward; Adjutant General, A. M. Marriganlt Missouri, LARGELY DEMOCRATIC. Cleveland’s majority in Missouri is estimated at from 40,000 to 60,000. The candidates for State offices on the Democratic ticket are all elected as follows: Governor, John S. Marmaduke; Lieutenent Governor, A. P. Morehouse; Secretary of State, M. K. t McGrath; Treasurer* J. M. Siebert; Auditor, John Walker: Attorney General, B. G. Boone; Judge of the Supreme Court, F. M. Black; I ' Begister of Landß, Robert McCulloch; Railroad Commissioner, William G. Downing. Connecticut. 1,212 FOE CLEVELAND. A Hartford dispatch says the returns for Connecticut are now all in, with the exception of the back country towns. (Cleveland has 66,932, Blaine 65,738, St. John 2,205, arid Butler J. 637. Cleveland’s plurality is 1;212. The vote for Governor and other State-officers is practically the same, which throws the choice into the Legislature, .both branches of which will be Republican by good majorities. New Jersey. ‘FOR CLEVELAND. Trenton dispatch: The result in New Jersey may be summed np thus: The Democrats elect their electoral ticket by a plurality of from 3,000 to 5,000. The Republicans elect Congressman Hives in the First District by 513 majority. The Democrats elect Green in the Third arid Pidcockin the Fourth, and re-elect McAdoo in the Seventh. The Legislature is Republican in both branches. ■ -■ Tennessee. SOLID FOR THE DEMOCRACY. The following Republican Congressmen, says a Nashville dispatch, are elected in Tennessee: Pettibone in the Ist district, Houck in the 2<L and Taylor in the 10th. The rest of the congressional delegation is Democratic. The Democratic majority in the Legislature is considerably reduced. Bate. Democratic candidate for Governor, is elected by a reduced Majority. Virginia. DEMOCRATIC BY 9,000. A Richmond dispatch' says: Returns, mostly official, from 83 counties and all the cities of Ytrgtnia, give a majority for Cleveland Of 7,160. Seventeen counties remaining to be heard from gave a Dem cratic majority last year of 1,270. These counties are likely to give the same if Hot a greater majority now, which will make Cleve" land's majority in the State nearly 9,000. Florida. CLEVELAND’S MAJORITY 4,000. A Jacksonville dispatch says that unofficial returns from ail but three oonnties in the

Second Congressional District indicate the election of Doiigherty, Democrat, over Bisbee, Republican, by *7OO plurality. The State ts Democratic ljy 4,000 majority. The counties of, Florida west of ■ the Apalachicola River will go Democratic by a majority of 1,250. Ohio. LARGELY FOR BLAINE, All the counties in Ohio have reported unofficially except Henry, Monroe. Ottawa, and Pauldiug. The net Republican majority is 36.165. The fonr counties named gave a nat Democratic majority of 5,316 in October, which will probably be reduced 200. This gives Blaine a"n approximate plurality in the State of 31,049. Arkansas. ■--*7 ! ~ ~— CLEVELAND CARRIES IT BY 30,000. . In addition to the Presidential electors and Congressmen, Arkansas voted for a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Cleveland carries the State by an estimated majority of 30,000; all of the Congressmen elected are Democrats, and S. R. Cockrell, Jr., Democrat, is eleefied Supreme Jadge. Alabama. DEMOCRATIC BY 50,000. , . Alabama voted for Presidential electors and Representatives in Congress. The returns indicate that Cleveland has carried the State by the usual Democratic majority (55.000); and that a solid Democratic delegation has been returned to Congress. Mississippi. DEMOCRATIC. Cleveland carries Mississippi by the usual Democratic majority. All of the Representatives elected to Congress are Democrats. There was no election for state officers. Kentucky* SOLID FOR THE DEMOCRACY. Cleveland carries Kentucky bytheusual heavy Democratic majority. The Democrats secure ten of the Congressmen and the Republicans one. ___ i-L West Ylrginia A CLOSE CONTEST. The Republicans make gains in West Virginia on the October Vote, and * Cleveland's plurality will probably not exceed 2,000. Maine, STANDS BY HER FAVORITE SON. The election in Maine was for President alone. Mr. Blaine carries his own State by a plurality of about 20,000. ■ Rhode Island. REPUBLICAN. Complete returns from Rhode Island give Blaine a majority of 5,225, against 7,155 for Garfield in 1880. . ■ Delaware. DEMOCRATIC BY 3,000. Delaware goes for Cleveland by abont 3,000 plurality, and elects Charles B. Loro, Democrat, to Congress. Georgia. CHOOSES CLEVELAND ELECTORS. ? Georgia casts her electoral vote for Cleveland, and elects a solid Democratic delegation to Congress. Nevada. FOR BLAINE. Blaine carries Nevada by a majority of 700 or 800, and the Republicans elect the Congressman. _____ —~ Oregon. VOtEs FOB BLAINE. Oregon casts her electoral vote for Blaine, his plurality being about 1.500,

RECEIVING THE NEWS.

How Some of tlie Candidates for President Heard the Election Returns. GOV. CLEVELAND. fAlbany {N. Y.) special.} Gov. Cleveland received returns by messeneer at the Executive Mansion, surrounded by afew Friends. As the (rood news came in the gentlemen present congratulated the. Governor and the ladies applauded. All presem, excepting the Governor, displayed in their manner the intense gratification which the prospect of victory afforded them. The Governor, however, preserved a calm exterior, and merely smiled at the enthusiasm of those about him. MB. BLAINE. [Augusta (Me.) dispatch.] Mr. Blaine received the election returns in his own house by private wire, which he has had In use since the beginning of the campaign. Besides members of his family, all off whom except his daughter. Mrs. Coppingec, were with him, there were present Gov. Robie. ex-Gov. Connor, and many near neighbors dropped in during the evening. Owing to the rain-storm, and other causes, returns came in slowly, but were encouraging. Among those received early in the evening was one from Oneida, N. Y., , announcing a gain of 19 on the vote for Garfield, and one from Batavia, N. Y.. announcing that that city, which gave Garfield a majority of 34, had given Blaine 114. The folio-wing was received from the chairman of the Connecticut Republican State Committee: “You have sunely carried Connecticut. Irish true. Democrats despondent.” GOV. HENDBJCKS. [lndianapolis dispatch.! Gov- Hendricks cast his ballot at tlio Seeond Precinct of the Twelfth Ward, near noon, tor day. and then, in company with Hon. James H. Rice, Auditor of State, made a tour of the polls of the city. Everywhere he was received with the utmost cordiality and respect. Returning home ho spent the evening in his library, where in company with a lew personal friends, he received the bulletins of the Associated Press. The company was small, comprising Judge Niblack, of the Supreme Court, William Henderson, and Aquilia Jones. To a reporter who called on him early in the evening Mr. Hendricks expressed himself as gratified more than anything else with the reflection that the struggle was at an end. "You doubtless feel-comfortable over the result?” “Well, having accomplished the object of the contest. I feel like laying it aside now like an old mitten. I entered upon a campaign, the like of which I never expect to again make, bat, having been drawn into it, of course I v/anted to succeed.” GOV. ST. JOHN. [Olathe (Kan.) telegram.] Gov. St. John spent the day quietly at his home here, occasionally appearing on the streets in company with a small number of his friends. At half-past Ihe walked to the polls in the Third Ward, where he cast his vote. In reply to an inquiry, Gov. St. John remarked that he was happy as a clam. He produced the following dispatch, which he stated ho had just received: Olney, lU., Nov. 4. To J. P. St. John, Olathe, Kan.: St. John and Daniel Club sends greeting. The fraudulent reports against you strengthen you n vour old home. D. F. Houseb, Pres't. Samuel J. Babkeb, Sec’y. $

CONGRESSMAN ELECTED.

In Pennsylania. The following Congressmen have been elected in Pennsylvania: First District—H. H. Bingham, Rep. b'econa—diaries O'Neil, Hep, Third —Samuel J. Randall, Dem. Fourth —William D. Kelley, Rep. Filth—N. C. Harmer, Rep. Sixth —James B. Everhart, Rep. "Seventh—l. N. Evans, Rep. Eighth—Daniel Ermentrout, Dean Ninth —J. Hiestant, Rep. Tenth—William H. Sowden, Dem. Eleventh —John B. Storm, Deni. Twelfth —Joseph A. Scranton, Rep. " Thirteenth—Charles N. Brumm, Rep. Fourteenth—Franklin Bound, Rep. Fifteenth—F. C. Bunnell, Rep Sixteenth—W. W. Brown, Reo. Seventeenth—Jacob M. Campbell, Rep. Eighteenth—L, E. Atkins. Rep. Nineteenth—W. H. Dnncan, Dem. Twentieth—A. G. Cnrtin, Bep. Twenty-first—C. E. Boyle, Dem. Twenty-second—J 8. Negley, Rep Twenty-third- T. M. Bayne, Rep. Twenty- fonrth—L L. Jackson, Rep. Twenty-fifth—A. C. While, Rep. Twenty-sixth—S. W. Fleeger, Rep. Twenty-seventh—W. L. Scott, Dem. At Large—Edwin 8. Osborn, Rep. Brnmm is a Republican Greenbacker. The Republicans gain four members, the present delegation standing: Republicans, 16, including Brnmm; Democrats, 12. Illinois. ■ The returns at this writing indicate the election of the following Representatives to Congress in Illinois: ‘ First District —Ransom W. Dunham, Rep, reelected. Second—Frank Lawler, Dem. Third —James H. Ward. Dem • Fourth—George E. Adams, Eep., re-elected. Fifth—Reuben Ell wood. Rep,, re-elected. Sixth—Robert R. Hitt, Rep., re-elected. Seventh—Thomas J. Henderson, Bep., re- ■ - Eighth—Ralph Plumb. Rep. Ninth—Lewis E. Payson, Rep., re-elected. T^ntb—Julius 8. Starr. Rep El< venth—Alexander P. Petrie, Bep. Twelfth —James Si, Biggs, Dem., re-elected.

i Thirteenth—William M. Springer, Dem., reelected. , , Fourteenth—Jonathan a Rowell, Rep., reelected. j .< Fifteenth—John C. Black, Dem. Sixteenth—James McCartney. Rep. Seventeenth —John It Eden. Dem. Eighteenth—William R. Morrison, Dem., reelected. Nineteenth—Richard W, Townshend, Dem., re-elected. Twentieth—John R. Thomas, Rep., re-elected. In Massachusetts. The following Congressmen are elected in Massachusetts. The Republicans gain two: v ■ "■■■ ■ ui First District—R. T. Davis, Rep. Second—John D. Dong, Rep. Third—A. A. Ranney, Rep. Fourth—P. A. Collins, Dem. Fifth—G. D. Hayden, Rep, > Sixth—H. B. Lovering, Dem. Seventh—E. F\ Stone, Rep. Eighth—Charles H. Allen, Rep. Ninth—Fred D. Ely, Rep. TV - Tenth-AY.,W. Rice, Rep Eleventh—William Whiting,"Rep, Twelfth—F. W. Rockwell, Rep. Indiana. Indiana has chosen the following Con* gressmen: ; Fiist ‘District—John J. Kleiner, Dem., re- . elected. :TtT Second—Thomas R. Cobb, Dem., re-elected. Third—Jona s G. Howard, Dem. Fourth—'William'S. Holman, Bern., re-elected. Fifth— C. C. Matson, Dem. Sixth—Thomas M. Browne, Rep., re-elected. Seventh —W. D. Bynum. Dem. Eighth James T. Johnson, Rep. Ninth—Thomas B. AVard, Dem., re-elected. -- Tenth—W. D. Owen. Rep. Eleventh—George AV. Steele. Rep., re-elected. Twelfth—Robert Lowry, Dem., re-elected. Thirteem h—George Ford, Dem. lowa. ' . ThoTowa delegation stands as follows: First District —Benton J. Hall, Dem. Second—J. H. Murphy, Dem., re-elected. Third—D. B. Henderson, Rep., re-elected. Fourth—William E. Fuller, Rep. Fifth—Milo P. Smith, Rep. Sixth—Prank T. Campbell, Rep. Seventh—Edwin H. Conger, Rep. Eighth—Wra. P. Hepburn, Rep., re-elected. Ninth —Joseph Lynch, Rep. —Tenth— A. J. Holmes, Rejx. re-elooted. Eleventh —Isaac S. Struble. Rep., re-elected.

COVERNORS ELECTED

Iu States Having Governors to Elect. In Connecticut and New Hampshire there is no choice of Governor by the people (a majority vote being reqniredl, butdhe 'Legislatures will dttiy elect the Republican candidates whose nnnns are given below: Colorado—Benjamin iT. Eaton, Rep. (.’‘jiineotieut - Henry B. Harr.son, Ilep. Florida—K. A. Perry, Dem. Illinois—Richard J. Oglesby,'Rep { ~ Indiana—lsaac P. Gray, Dem. —a Kansas —John A. Martin. Rep. Massachusetts —George D. Robinson, Rep.,reelected. Michigan,—Russell A. Alger, Rep. Missouri—John S. Marmaduke, Dem. Nebraska—Janies W. Dawes, Rep., re-elected. Now Hampshire—Moodv Currier, Rep. —North Carolina—Alfred M. Scales, Dem. South Carolina— Hugh S. Thompson, Dem., re-elected. Tennessee—William B. Bate. Dem. .re-elected, Texas - John Ireland, Dem.,re-elected. 'Wisconsin—Jeremiah M, Rusk, Ilcp.. reelected. ■.7. .

ELECTION ECHOES.

Vermont is safe for Blaine. Arkansas is solid for Cleveland. Joe Mulhattan admits his defeat. Georgia and Rhode Island are still safe. The election was a great lung-tester for both sides. It is currently reported that Cleveland has carried Kentucky. “The enemies he had made” were on deck with a_s„ealping-knife. Pennsylvania gives the champion Republican majority this year. Texas comes to the front as the champion Democratic State. Cleveland’s majority is placed at 100,000. At a precinct, in the Eleventh Ward of Baltimore some nnkiiown person placed in the box a ballot for Belva Lockwood. The Tammany candidate for Mayor of New York City is defeated by over 10,000 plurality. Ex-Mayor Grace, the candidate of the County Democracy, is elected. Belya Lockwood concedes her defeat, and bears it with an appearance of cheerful resignation, but it is Suspected tint she is chagrined m no small degree at the fact that her vote is not large enough to keep her in curl papers for a week.

The Prairies and the Mountains.

I was just thinking I would like to be gent out West just about now on some commission for an able and enterprising journal, at a large salary, railroad passes, nothing to do, and two or three of the boys to help me to do it. I just feel a bit prairie hungry. A Western man never loses his love for the prairie. They call them “prurries” in Indiana, “peraries” in Illinois, “prairs” in Nebraska, “perars” in Kentucky, and “paraides” in Boston; but whatever you call them they are all the same. I would like to hear the wind blowing across the great plains in Kansas, over the beautiful treeless bluffs at Manhattan, or along the great reaches out at Lamed. You know the wind never blows anywhere else as it does across the prairies. And there it blows all the time, 365 days a year. It roars in your ears now and then like the rush of many waters; it sighs and sings and whispers throrfgh the tall swaying grass; its song is never monotonous; it varies all day long; and-as it sings and whistles it breathes into your soul a sense of perfect freedom r such as you can experience? nowhere else. A mountain is a prison compared with the 1 prairie. The mountain threatens you; it is not loving and tender, it frowns upon you with great gray rocks; it“ never smiles; it scowls with dark ravines and treacherous precipices; it terrifies you with blinding fogs and drifting mists; it swathes its stony, gorgon head in black clouds and speaks to you in muttering syllables of thunder. You cannot breathe in the narrow passes; you cannot ran on the steep, rough winding paths; you bend your head back until your neck aches, to see a little strip of blue sky. But the prairie—boundless, immense, a billowy sea of emerald, dotted with the rank, bright-colored flowers thatfplay with the singing, whispering winds; the prairie that-seems bounded only by the bending sky and the stars; the resin weed gives you the compass and the compass gives you the path; go where you will and as you please, at a foot pace or a headlong gallop, free as the yinds that make the prairie their only home. There is no room for them anywhere else. I don’t suppose I will get the commission J am hinting at, But I would like to go out to the prairies and cool off for about ten minutes. — Burdette , in the Brooklyn Eagle. ** Thb late Senator Anthony’s present of 6,000 volumes to Brown University is valued at $25,000. The Bev. Edward Hale is now conducting the morning prayers at Harvard Univrrsity. . " '■> ; r ; '

SUGGESTIONS OF VALUE.

Kfh shoes can be kept soft and freo from cracks by rubbing them once a week with pure glycerine or castor oil. A delicious hot sauce for puddings is made of six tabiespoonfnls of sugar, two of butter, undone egg; beat the, butter, sugar, and the yolk of the egg together, then add the white beaten to a froth; lastly stir in a tehcupful of 1 toiling water and a teaspoonful of vanilla. A delicious way to prepare baked apples for tea is to cut out the core before baking. When ready to send to the table fill the space left in the apple with sweet cream with a little powdered sugar in it. Quinces are also excellent prepared in the same way. In these butter may take the place of cream if more convenient; t A useful and even tasteful cover for the marble slab of the sideboard is made of a strip of banton fiannel just tha width of the slab. It should be long enough to hang over at the ends with white or colored ball fringe, and if you wish to, a row of Kate Greenaway figures may be outlined at each end. Line the fiannel with firm white cotton cloth, or with turkev-red calico. Where the hall of a house is used as a room, the draughts caused by the frequent opening of the outside door may be prevented by banging a curtain of some thick, heavy stuff a few feet from the door. A common £ ray blanket makes a good, inexpensive hanging and may be easily decorated with an applied design. A double-faced canton flannel is also a good material. A hall portiere of olive felt has a lattioe dado of gold braid, over which is a boldlydrawn pattern of vines running up on flie curtain, worked in crewel and arasene. Renovating Black Silk, etc. —There are few fabrics which will wear longer than black American silk. Not the new kinds, which you can not tell from the imported article, even by the difference in its ability to crack, but the oldfasliioneil Cheney Brothers’silk, which the “oldest inhabitant” lias failed to wear out. I have one which has been in wear for ten years or more. It has been washed repeatedly, coming out a little tliiner from each washing, but w ith more wear in it than the average dress goods, even now. It has been cleaned in this manner. An old black shawl was securely fastened to a smooth board. The silk is laid on this, and brushed vigorously with a soft clothes brush dipped in hot suds. When all dirt is removed, it is thoroughly rinsed and liung up without any wringing. When about half dry, it is ironed between pieces of black flannel, and it comes from the adventnre looking wonderfully well. Black cashmeres may be washed in clear hot suds, like cotton goods. They should be rinsed in bluing water before hanging out, and ironed, like the silk when partially dry. Old dresses often look better when “made ox er” than they did when first made.— Filbert, in Elmira Husbandman. Love-Signs In the Ence. People do not generally think of marriage in a common-sense way, but unite themselves with any one who takes their fancy, whether a suitable mate or not; hence, the divorce courts are full of cases based on simple incompatability of temper. The nervous temperament should unite itself with the bilious-vital, which is known by plumpness of person, dark hair, eyes and complexion, activity of the nutritive organs, fondness for social pleasures, etc. great deal as to the activity of the brain and the peculiar direction of the faculties. For instance, full red lips and broad, prominent chin show great strength and ardor in the love element. A narrow and pointed chin is the more exclusive and monogamic. The former will usually be accompanied by a broad neck and expanded brain back of the ears, while the retreating chin will be found with a longer, narrow neck. Full, round eyes, high in the center, are also indicative of honesty and purity of love, while the broad or fiat eye is more inclined to bo loose in love matters. Low and scowling eyebrows indicate subterfuge and resistance—a disposition to shift, evade and resort to many ways to accomplish a purpose or to avoid difficulties. Projecting eyebrows tell of mechanical skill, a stern nature, with talent for details. t Full and finely formed lips bespeak, a large heart. The perfect mouth is full, with the upper lip well curVtd in the center, and with neither upper nor lower protnding. Sudh a month indicates love for all that is beautiful and tasty; a whole-souled an<f generous nature, good disposition, strong affection, desire for caressing and kissing, affections both active and passive. When the upper lip is thin in proportion to the lower, it shows that the affections are not balanced. Its possessor may receive caresses and kisses, but cares little about giving them. Lips turned up at the corners indicate mirthfulr.ess.—lnterview with a PhrenoloThe Yard Measure. A few months since a question was raised about the measurement of land in vogue in the British American Colonies before they became known to history as the United States. Tlje English Board of Trade was appealed to lor information as to when the existing foot measure iSras established in America, and whether it might have differed at any time from the foot measure of Great Britain. In reply, the board stated ttart 'the standard yard of Henry VIII. still exists, and is probably of exactly the same length as the old Saxon yard It is a solid brass real, and was constantly used for the verification of other yards till the reign of “good Queen Bess.” After allowing for the estimated wear, it is found to be of tißS' gime length as the present standard yard—Carpel Trade Review. A public sentiment ought to prevail which should make it disreputable to jump at one wild leap into matrimony, .gnd the clergyman or magistrate party to it should be held guilty of a crime against the unwritten law, for the enforcement of which the court of public opinion exists.— Chicago Inter-Ocean.

The Farmer and Editor. “Seems to me you don’t have nothin’ ter do,” said a farmer, walking into the sanctum of the editor. “Well I have worked on a farm a good deal of my life, and I regard editing a so-called humorous paper as harder work than plowing corn,* the editor replied “O, shucks!” exclaimed the farmer. “If I didn’t have nothing to do but sit around and write a little, an’ sheer a good deal, X tell ye I’d be Havin’ a mighty easy time.* “I'll tell you what I’ll do,” said the editor. “I’ll plow corn a day for you if you’ll write two columns to-day for me.” “Done,” cried the farmer. “And I’ll bet you $lO you can’t write two columns to-day.” * “Done again. And I'll bet, you $lO more yer can’t plow as mnch as yer or ter.” “I take you,” the editor replied. “What am Ito write about - L “Oh! anything, so it’s funny. Remember, uoav, Mr. Fanner, you are to do the writing yourself. The matter must be strictly original.” “Never mind me, Mr. Editor. But look yer. Yon have pot ter do a good job o’ corn-plowin’. Do it jest like I would.” “All right.” The editor went to the farm and set a good hand whom he had hired on the way, at work plowing corn. The farmer worte a head-line which read: “Killin’ tatar-bugs,” before the editor was ont of hearing. In the evening the editor came into the sanctnm blithe and cheerfnl. The farmer sat at the desk, vexed and worried into anger. “How do you feel ?” asked the editor. . “Used up. Hardest day’s work I ever done, and two lines to show fer it.” Sure enough he was but one line beyond the head line. That line read: “Killin’ tater-bugs is funny.” “Then I won the wager.” “Yes. But I reckon I’ve won t’other un.” “No, sir! i have won both. I have plowed several acres of corn, and done it well, and I’ve written my two columns, besides.” “Creation! How’d ye do it?” “Just like you would. I hired a man to do the plowing, and I sat in the shade; but I wrote while I sat there, and did not sleep as you do. Fork over the twenty.” The farmer paid S2O for his information, but the lesson was well learned, and as he went out, he said: “Stranger, I wouldn’t be an editor ts I could. It looks mighty easy, but by Jerusalem, it aint near so easy as sit tin’ in the shade, an’ watehin’ ther hands plowin’ corn. I’m a blasted fool, an’ yer kin say so in yer next paper, if yer want to,” and that is why we write it.— Through Mail. . _ ■ Remorse. An American tvriter lately endeavored to trace the after-history of noted men, who, in accordance with the code of honor of our grandfathers, had met and “killed their man” in a duel. Fifty years ago, no gentleman was expected to find life endurable after be had received an insult, until lie had tried to kill the man who had offended him. Some of the anecdotes recently collected show how powerful was the social pressure which drove men to the field, and how terrible, in some cases at least, was the remorse that followed. S. S. Prentiss wrote to a friend that his convictions and moral teachings all were so much opposed to dueling that before going out to meet his antagonist he “did nothing but read the Bible and pray.” Yet so strong was the force of public opinion that lie fought several duels. “The horror,” he said, “haunts me so that I cannot sleep, and I totter around in the daytime like an old man.” O’Connell, it is stated, never recovered from the shock of the death of D’Esterre, whom he killed. He never went to church afterwards without wrapping up the “murderous hand.” declaring that he “could not approach his Saviour with the stain in sight” Pauli, who killed Sir Francis Burdette, suffered so much that he became insane and finally committed suicide. Mr. Graves, who killed Cilley in the famous duel, was an altered man ever after, and with his dying breath protested against the folly and crime of the murderous practice. Now that the dueling has fallen into disuse, and is condemned by society, its folly and crime are very apparent to ns, and we are apt to be severe in our condemnation of it. Y'onng men wonder at the incredible weakness and wickedness.of their grandfathers, that they could be driven to corpmit deliberate murder merely from the fear of the censure of the fashionable world. Yet how much stronger than they is the lad who goes to the gaming-table or the bar, and slowly murders soul and body because he is afraid to offend the prejudices of society ? Or he who, to keep its favor by maintaining a false show of weaßh, degrades his conscience and murders his good name, by gentlemanly theft?— Youth's Companion. The Mu!e and tbe Boy. A boy, apparently very much agitated, rushed into a house recently and said to the lady: “I don’t want ter alarm yer, but I've got news. Tbe man sent me from the livery stable to tell yer.” “Good heavens, what is it?” “Why, you know yer little boy, Aleck, what the man can’t keep onien the livery stable ’round the comer ?” “Yes, well?” “I told Aleck just now not to go inter the stable among tbe horses, but he wouldn’t mind me—” “O dear! What has happened?” “He said he wanted to see what a inule wonld do, when he tiekeled its heels with a straw.” “O. heavens!” gasped tbs lady, and clung to the mantel for support* “Well, sir, yer boy Aleck got A straw and snuck up behind a sorrel mule, tickled him on the heels; an—” The lady stkrted for the door. “An’ the blamed critter never lifted a hoof,” called the boy. , “Never as much as switched his tail. It’s a mighty gcod thing for the boy thai he did’nt, too; an’ I thought I’d come up and tell yer of it.” And he dodged ont at tlie side entrance.