Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1851-11-21
The Recent Elections.

The Recent Elections.
AIAssAcHUsErrs.- full vote OF Mas
sachusetts for Governor this year, is as
follows. We place the vote of last year
along side:
1851 1859
winthrop. " ". G4,5s9 Briggs, ". 5G,s53
Boutwell,, d. 439l5 Boutwell,, D. 36'o23 3
Palfrey, F. S 28599 palfrey, F. 5. 27,636
Scattering, I27
The Boston Atlas makes the Senate
stand, Wings II; Coalition IS; no choice
IL; doubtful3 3; and the House, Wings 81; ;
Coalition l43 no choice 1872. There Is
no choice of Governor by the people, and
the election viii 90 to llle Legislature. the
political character of which is yet 10 be
determined. The cali for Convention
to amend the Constitution is defeated by
from 5000 TO 1000.
LorIsIANA.-The complete returns for
this State show the election Of two wings
and two locofocos to Congress, being
whig gain of one member. The legis-
Iaturc is whig, which secures a L. 5. Sena-
tor in place OF a secession iocoloco.
NlscoxslN.-Farwcll, whig. is elected
Governor of this State by majority Of
2000. 4 Banking Law was the main
test at issue, and resulted III the election
of the whig candidate. The Legislature is
composed Of large majority i'll favor Of
the law.
New YoRE.-The following are the
official majorities for the State ticket;
Comptroller, John c. Wright, dem, 483
Secretary Of State, IL. 5. Randall dem, 1920
Attorney General, Levi Chatfeid, dem, $40
Engineer W. J. McAlpine dem 1890
Treasurer, Jas. w. Cook whig, %
Canal Commissioner, Henry Fitzhugh, whig, 6I3
The State Senate is tied, but the loco
foco Lieut.. Governor will give the casting
vote. The House of Representatives will
stand 65 Wings 10 G3 Locofocos. Me-
Alpine and Chaltield, were elected by
Anti-Rent votes; and McAlpine, Wright
and Randall had also the nomination of
the New ork Castle Garden - Union or
" "CUnon'' committee, which saved their
necHs. 1t is not unworthy of remark,
that four of the locofoco candidates elected
were Van Buren, free soilers in 1918!
The Legislature Of Georgia, on the 18th inst,
elected the Hon. Robert Toombs L, 5. Senator
for siX wears from the 4th of March next in
place OF Berrien, whose term expired. There
ter his election, ,Hr. Toombs addressed large
concourse at the State House, and, in the course
of his remarks announced that the Constitution
al Union party would adhere to its present
isolated and independent organization and name
that it Will not send delegates TO, or be repre-
senlrd in, either the National Whi5 or Demo-
cratic Conventions of the next year, but that it
will await until those Conventions have assem-
bled aud set forth their principles and candidates
before the country, before determining with
which side or party ii will act. He said also !
that as an indispensable condltion-for securing
the support of the Union party Of Georgia, the
National Convention whether Wing or Demo- /
cratic with which it ight coaesce, must adopt !
the compromise part OF the Union party plat |
form and this condition complied with. the (
Constitutional Union party of Georgia would be /
free to unite with either the National Wing or (
\ atioHal Democratic party.
Tx Governor James c. Jones, Wing, was
elected United States Senator on the l4th inst,
by the Tennessee Legislature. The vote for (
Jones was 81 1'rousdale. Democrat, 81; and :
Nicholson, Democrat, /.