Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1841-10-21
cHAPTEK OK ELEcT1ONs. :


PeeasvI0ania.-Lesff fall this State madea mistake,
and gave her vote to Cen Harrison by about 800
iOrity. No other whig could have got it. NO~ she
is making amends, and has reelected her loco fOcO
Governor, Porter, By some Is or 10000 majoiry.-
" General Apathy'' usual had the command Of the
whg forces, and the way he put them to sleep was
caution to SOmnus and Rip Van Wrinkle. The le-
gislature will also be loco by some 20 majority. To
show the extent Of the vote, will barely remark
that in the city and county of Philadelphia, the aegre
gate vote is less than last fall by 1892 vOtes-and SO
through the State. The locos carried the city and
county by upwards of MISUNDERSTANDING which,
the wings carried their Sheriff and County Treasurer
in consequence Of split among the locos. Mr.. In
gersoIs the wing candidate for Congress in the city,
is also chosen by some 1900 majority.
GeOrgia-Here too the locos are successful from
the same cause, falling off of votes except that she
does not belong to the locos Mr.. Mcdonald, the To-
Governor is reelected by about 3400 majority
Both branches Of the legislature loco Also by 30 40
majority. The wing vote is less than last fall by more
than quarter.
New.Jersey.-The locos tried their skill on this
State toC-and though they made some inroads upon
the wing legislative strength, the wings are still strong
enough for all pfactica puTposes-the broad sea Of
Gov. Pennington yet remains ascendant. The
turns show that the Council 10 and 9-the House IS
wings to % locos The legislature chooses the Gov.
ernor.
Maryland. Thomas tloco) majority for Governor
sos Wing majority 10 in the Senute-loce in the
House. Safe &c.,.
Ohio.-No returns from Ohio to show how she
stands the shock from the death of her beloved Har
u. l. ~.
falling off of wing strength there. She has been
good deal vacilIaring for a number OF years-some-
times one, and sometimes the other party uppermost
A few days will determine.
Mr.. Adams-I was glad to see by your paper follow.
ing the recent town election that you made alluson
to the number of Pos, Officers in this town. and their
politics. was in hopes that in your last ppper under
your fifth and sixth" reasons for your defeat. you
would have showed whether these same officers
at the polls cxerng their influence against the
wings. Not being able to he ut the election myself,
would inquire whether such was not the fact?
ANTI MONOPOLY.
We did not intend to make further illusions to this
subject at present." But at the request of our cor
respondent. We will state what we have heard-for
being very busy in our Office, spent but few mi
nuses at the Cour, House-and that is in brief that
every one Of the locofoco Posmassers was promptly
on the ground and doing what they could to wrest :he
power from the wings. II has been customary here
ofore for these officers be the most active Of any in
the contest-dstributing votes. urging and bringing
people to the pols and in various other ways; whe.
Their it Was done this occasion we cannot say from
our personal knowledge, though we have little doubt
tina. such was the fact How far this corresponds with
the edct Of" Tyler too leave for others to deter
mine. But complaint will do no sood-we have them
fastened upon us-and there will they reman-wbile
tine wings must he to hold the little town Off
ces-when they can get them. "The fds to the To-
cos, the lean for the whgs" seems TO he the doctrine
Of some Of our leading politicians.