The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-11-17
The Elections.

The Elections.
The results of the November elections, Ia.
ken as a whole, are favorable to the dcmoc-
racy. Several states have been carried, that
went largely a year ago Tor the opposition,
andin the rest the gains of the democracy
have been so great as to justify the hope Of
carving them at the next election. The
leading feature of the returns, however, is,
the proof they afford of the weakness and in
efficiency of the republican movement to
overthrow the democracy. Even in Massa.
chusetts and New York, where the ism had
its origin, it has been utterly routed and
crushed out, and its leaders are compelled to
admit that the new tangled name and plat.
form must be abandoned, and that the aboli.
tonists, to preserve their vitality, must re-
organize under their own name, and those
who cannot swallow abolitionism, must again
call themselves wings.
In ILLINOIS, wherever party tickets were
nominated and there was n fair issue between
the democracy and the isms, the result has,
with scarce an exception, been democratic
triumph. Indeed VIII and Kane are the on.
" counties we know of that have given fl-
sion majoritics 10 Daviess, Stephenson
De Kalb, McIIcnry--in short all the leading
counties of the north, which were over
whclmngly fusion year ago, have elected
democratic tickets, while in the middle and
southern counties Of the state, fusionism is
nowhere"
MASSACHUSETTS. Returns from all the
towns in the State, except Nahant, foot:
Gardner, .... 81, $50 Beach, .... "a, 90l
Rockwell, 80. 3G,777 Valley, ....3i 800
Gardeners plurality over Rockwell, 1853
Majority against Gardner, ........3 800
The Senate will probably stand-Know
Nothings, 30; Republicans, o. Democrats,
.; and the House nearly as follows; Know
Nothings, 1888; Republicans, 50; Wings and
Liberals, - Democrats, so; showing a ma.
iority in the legislature against the X. Ms,
where last year there was but one antiK.
y. member
MARYLAND ELEcrroS.-Thc delegation in
Congress will stand Hoffman, Ricaud, Da.
Wis, X. N; Stuart and Bowie, Democrats.
In the other district Harris, X. n, has the
return by IS majority, but in one of the
wards IN Baltimore tnere were seventy bal.
lots found in the box, more than there were
voters. This ward being thrown out, Van.
SAINT, democrat, will be elected. The X. n.
State ticket is elected.
WISCoSsTS.-This state, a year ago so
largely fusion, has, notwithstanding the con.
trary has been so pcrtinaciously claimed,
elected an entire democratic state ticket, and
democratic legislature. The Milwaukee
Sentinel Custom of Wednesday publishes a
table, the footing up Of which gives Barstow
1913 majsrity, with four counties to hear
from, which will give him majoritics. The
Amricdn, on the other side, figures up
Barstow some 1000 ahead, with much lar
ger majoritics for the rest of the state ticket.
Staote.-Stands, dcm 10;
Republicans, 10, and two to hear from.
NOwc-Consists of 50 members as far as
heard from, there have been elected, dem,
3G republicans, 90.
New IoRE.-ln reference to the result in
the Empire state, the Chicago JoWnai
truthfully remarks, that the result shows the
curious fact that every party represented in
the late election is in minority on the pop.
ular vote, as well as in the Legislature.
1t is also observable that the Know Moth
ings have the largcs, plurality on the popu.
lar vote, and the smallest number of repre-.
scntatiyes in the Legislature.
Returns from all the counties in the State
but six-eXccpting some few unimportart
districts, give the following totals
lIcadlcy, Know Nothing, 800
Ward, hard shell democrat, 81 $50
Hatch, soft shell democrat, .53,9O9
Ming, republican,, .................G T;o0S
Mr.. llcadlcy's plurality thus far is 7,G1l,
All the Senatorial districts but one have been
heard from. That body will probably
stand: Know Nothings, 0; democrats, 0;
republicans, II. As far as asccrtaincd, IS
Know Nothings, ~ democrats, and ~ re-
publicans have been chosen to the Assem-
bly,. Eleven districts to hear from.
NEW JEnsEy.-The Chicago Tribune is
compelled to admit that "thc result of the
election in the State of New Jersey is consi.
dcred to be democratic victory. The cleo.
ton was not as important as usual, being
confined to the choice of legislative repre-
scntaives and county officers The Demo.
Gratis have elected four Of the six State scna-
tors, and the next Senate will be composed
OF eleven Democrats, five Wings, and four
Know Nothings, The democratic majority
IN the Senate last year was two. This year
the House will consist of thirty.scvcn Dem.
ocrats, sixteen Wings, six Know Nothings
and one Temperance man, which is a gain
of two members upon the democratic major.
ity of twelve last year.
LotISlANA-lhct telegraph dispatches, as
usual, for week after the election gave this
state to the opposition. On the 18th, how.
ever, il is compelled to admit that sit is now
asccrtaincd that Il. c. Wickliif, Democrat,
is chosen Governor Of Louisiana, whole De.
mocratic ticket elected, Congressional dele.
CATION will be Democrats, and Amcr.
can" Tho truth is that llindooism, not.
withstanding il abandoned the odious rel.
gious test, is demolished in Louisiana, the
democratic majority being three or four
thousand in the state.
CoNsrL TO llANarIG.- learn that Hon.
L. b. Ames, of llcnnepn, has been appoin
ted by President Pierce, Consul to Ham
burg. Mr. A. will sail from New York
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