Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-10-06
CaIlfarnIa Eleetlen--Prehable DO.

The special correspondence by The Overland
Nail Of tho Missouri Democrat, under date Of
San Francisco, Sept 9th, gives The following
interesting account Of the election in the Gold
On State
The election Is over, but We are ho nearer on
estimate Of the actual result than three DAYS
before Il occurred. Latham iAiccted Governor
that We all concede. He will probably have
10000 plurality over Cuuey, the anti -Leoomp-
ton nominee, and 10000 over Stanford, Repub
lcan. .NI& sNII
The Legislature will be Administration by
large majority. Somuoh for the positive results
--all of which might have been and were fT,
told. The interest Of the election has been cen
tered in the choice Of Coneressmen aud State
Printer. Baker and McRibbin, who were sup
ported by both Wpubleans and anti Leeomp.
tonites, ran against Scott (late member) aud
Bnrch, Administration candidates and the result
Is in doubt with the chances in favor ofthe last
two. The lateness Of the compromise of the two
branches Of the Opposition, preclufedthe print
ing Of tickets for remote precincts in the mOun-
tain counties, 9gd under belief that three tickets
we're 10 the fsiA anti Administration voters
evidently believed NAT their opposition was
useless Not knowing anything Of the coali-
tiOn, they let the contest 90 by default aud the
will leave San Francisco with about 5000 ma
jority, in poll of nearly 1900 Sacramento
gives them 800 and Yuba 100. On the other
side, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, and Shasta give
about 900 against them. The interior cOun-
ties will be nearly evenly divided, but the south
ern phslanI, consisting of Los Angeles, San
Diego, Santa Barbara, and other coast counties,
will come rolling in after a while with over !, :
500 or 1000 Democratic majority.
San Francisco has still maintained its Repub
licanism, by electing Republican delegation to
the Legislature. and carrying the Peoples ticket
entire.
To Republicans abroad the result must not
| be disheaFtening. The state of parties was
peculiar, and the Anti .Lecomptonite we're so
sure they could thrash the Administration that
/ they refused at first 10 coalesce. The Republi-
cans, after exhaustiDg all means for full com.
| promise, concluded to let them try it; and il
turns out Just as we expected-Anti~Lecom
ton is nowhere, and henceforth the Republicans
have fair stand'up fight, alone and single
handed, With the LecOmpton Democracy
Probably Baker and McKibben may be beaten
by five thousand votes. This may be easily
overcome in Presidential fight, and in 1860
California will wheel into the Republican line
for Seward, Chase, Bates, or some other
staunch supporter of freedom. Conquered,
but not dismayed, we await triumph next
year. ...E
Early in the canvass you will remember q
correspondence between BrojeTick and D. W
Perley, which involved q challenge to mortal
combat, and its declination by Broderick The
Senator stated that he would not accept chal
lenge at any time during the canvass, which
was understood to mean, that he was ready to
! fight as soon as the election was over Yester.
day rumoT was current that Gwin had chal.
lenRed Broderick, and that friends were arrang-
| ing the preliminaries for duel Its correct
ness is still in doubt.
Later dates by the Overland mail, announce
the complete triumph of the LecOmptOn De
mocracy in the State