Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1888 — ELECTION NOTES. [ARTICLE]

ELECTION NOTES.

Harrison was given a plurality of 31,693 it lowa. Senator Sherman sayfi he does not desire a cabinet position. (Mississippi (official) gives Cleveland, 85,476 votes; Harrison, 3 ',096 and Fiske 218. According to unofficial figures, Cleveland has 24,000 plurality, on the popular vote, over Harrison, in the United States. Journal Clerk Smith, of the House of Representatives, says that the next House will stknd 166 Republicans and 159 Democrats. A friend of Mr. Blaine in Richmond, Va., claims to have a letter from that gentleman, stating that he does not want a Cabinet position. About 200 Republican orators attended a banquet at Delmonioo’s, Wednesday night. Chauncey M. Depew presided. Several speeches were made. The Inauguration Committee estimates that a quarter of a million people from outside of Washington will attend the inauguration ceremonies, and that the facilities will be ample for the accommodation of the entire number. Gen. Goff, Republican candidate for governor, of West Virginia, telegraphs the Hate committee that his majority in McDowell county is 174 and in Wyoming 122. Gen. Goff also telegraphs to Editor C. D. Hart of the Intelligencer, that he is elected governor. This is the first time he has made any claims. He says that he wik see that tne will of the people is carried out.