American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-10-15

PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION. The general cleo
ton throughout Pennsy lvania, for members of
Congress and the Legislature, and for Canal
Commissioner, took place on Tuesday. The
day was very ncement, and the probability is
that the number of votes polled was not as
large as usual We subjoin all the returns re-
ceived.
Philadelphia City aud County. We are in
debted to friend for copy The Philadelphia
Ledger, in advance of the mail, from which we
copy the following returns:
Tho whole number ofvotes po!ed in the city
proper was IL, 423, being 1905 less than at the
October election last year, and 1906 less than
at the Congressional election in 1874.
Swift, the wing candidate for Mayor, last
year led the Nativist candidate 49S, and the
NatVist led the Democratic candidate 595. The
vote row stands-Swift, wing, 5,549; Vaux,
dem. $3.50; Brown, native, 1928. The whole
wing city ticket is elected. The native vote
fell off in the city.
In 1874 Ingersoll, the wing candidate for
Congress, led the Democratic candidate 1878,
and the Democratic candidate led the Nativlst
400.
In 1914 the "Lberty" ticket polled in the
city SO votes, and in 1916, 10 votes.
In the county the vote has also fallen of
from last year in most Of the districts.
Northern Liberties gives nearly the same de-
mocratic majority for Mayor of that district as
at last election. BelsteFling had then 924 ma
jority; he has now 925. The vote of the dis
trlct is 466 less than in 1915.
MoyamensiDg has given Florence $40 maio-
ptfty ,Vy,.,
wark, has given Levin 800 majority. His ma
Jority in the whole district will be near thou
sand. The city wards in this district have not
been heard from.
The returns so far received indicate the cleo
ton of Levin in the first congressional district
JOS. X. lngersoll, wing, in the second; Chas
Brown, democrat, in the third, in place of the
present native, and c. J. Ingersoll in the fourth
district. The vote for C. j. Ingersoll was 1885,
for Little, native, 1850; Conrad wing, 1894.
The vote for Sheriff is not yet known suffi-
GENTLY to state the result.
The only returns we have from Spring Gar
den are the fifth and sixth wards, which give
Brown, dem, for congress- coo; Coleman, whig
Ill; Holnshead, native, 666.
The returns from Kensinpton, are incom-
plete. The natives have plurality of about
200 votes.
Sth District. THIS district is composed
Lancaster county, and the Hon. John Storhm,
wing, is Of course elected to Congress. The
Lancaster Examiner says the Wing maiority
for Canal Commissioner is about 1900 In
Columbia borough, where the democratic ma
iority is usually 100, the wing canal commits
sioner obtained rs majority, and in Lancaster
city his majority is 1873. The usual democrat
ic majority there is 500. The Examiner says
scarcely one-iourth Of the number of voters
were out in consequence of the storm.
18th District In this district DR.. H. Mes,
all independent democratic tariff man, is elect
ed over MIR. Rankin, the regular democratic
candidate, by majority of9so Nes' MAORI.
ty in Adams county is 100, and in York
county, 200. Mr.. Folks majority in the
district, of which these two counties is COM
posed, was lac.