New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-16
KxoU-NorHlNG STRENGTH IN ST. LOUIS.
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ST. Louis, Friday, Aug. H. I85I.
Perhaps some of your readers may wish to know
the strength in ST. Louis OF the mysterious party
called tie "Know-Notbpgs," as exhibited in the re-
cent election in the City and County Of St. Louis;
and. from the manner in which the vote has been
poed, am enabled to give it to you and it is prob
ably correct, within hundred votes more or less.
The aggregate. vote of st. Louis City and
County, as shown by the election Of Monday last il
1886. OF these according TO the returns in tO-days
R'pnJhoOH:
KEN cit CWmgl received 275
Benton Dem, Administration received. s. 997
Iok D,mocra-Adnin istrationl received. 375
Now, it is estimated by some Of the Administration
Democrats that their whole vote did not exceed 730
consequently, Kennett (Whig) received of these.
352 which, deducted from Kennets aggregate vote
Of 6,215, leaves him 5.g2;5
On TIE Wing ticket for State Senate was Henry T.
Blow, who received 621O votes (Deary the came as
EenIett,) and he, Blow, being also on the Know
Nothing ticket, received their votes.
On the Wing ticket was also WayEan Crow, and
he not being the Know Nothing ticket the strength
of the Wig vote proper only cast for him,
amounting to l,Sll votes. Now, deducting tbs Wing
vote received by Crow from that received BY Blow
and We have the following result:
Blow, Wing and Know Nothing vote. 2IO
Lets vote Of Administration who also voted for
him as they did fol Kennel. $50
$500
Less Wing vete for Crow.
Leaving strerg 9Th of Know Nothing vote ....4.O 49
This is proved by the vote given the Congress
ticket, thus:
Kenneu Wing, receiving the Wing and Know Nothing
vote, aid also $50 Administration votes, got..G,27j
Deduct Administration vote. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50
S,e15
Deduct from this the Wing proper vote, given to
Making the Know Nothing voie................4ll
or nearly the the State Senatorial ticket
The reason of portion of the Administration or
Ant.BeDton voting for kennett, the Wing candi-
date and Blow and his colleagues on the Senatorial
ticket was, as they knew there chance for
Polk, (their candidate) and wishing to defeat
Benton, they threw $50 Of their votes for kennet,
and the same probably for Blow and his colleagues,
the Know NOthings had placed their ticket (along
with Blew and the other Whigs) two Administration
or Anti Benton These received $50 votes, al
though Folk their leader, the Congress ticket got
but 57s votes all told the difference being the Know
Nothing voters who came TO the help OF the Admins
ton State Senators (Chlds and Pipkin) in their
tremity.
The votes have given you above, for the State SEN
atoria ticket is about the average of the whole vote
and have singled out but two of the candidates to IL
Iusiratc the Know Nothing vote. The vote for the
Wing candidates, who were MT on the Kn0W-Nothlng
ticket runs about the same, thus:
Crow, senate
Garrison, senate
CbaIless House ..-l,sJc
Choutesu, House. s2l
PilkingtoD, House, 100
Graham. House. ,rOO
Blow, WING and Know.Nothing 2O
Now here is nep party, the first organization Of
uhieh took place but sir ,oceks before the election and by
the result of the vote on Monday last it is that
out of an aggregate poll of 1880 they Polled more
than eco votes or one third the whole aud il is but
fair to infer if these numbers Increase in much less
ratio than they have done the past six weeks that at
the next April (cty) election they will sweep the
whole city like political tornado.
PS No one, out of their Lodges, knew the day
before the election how the Know Nothing men were
going to vote and their full strength three days before
the election was estimated by politicians, at about
75O-not over 1000 at most They struck of every
foreigner and Catholic on the Wing aud Democratic
tickets.