Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-08-06
Political Notes.

There is no likelihood that the next presi-
dental election will go into the house of rep
resentatives, for the election Of Mr.. Lincoln
appears now to be one of the certainties. But,
suppose it should go into the house would
the result, in that case, be as favorable to our
opponents as they suppose? In the house,
the republicans have Is states, the Breckin-
ridge men u, the Douglas men 2, to wit, Hi
nois and Oregon, Bell and Everett l, to Wit
Tennessee and are divided, namely, Ken
lucky, Maryland and North Carolina. Who
ever is elected president must get II states.
Now it is certain beforehand that Mr.. Breckin-
ridge cannot get that number Mr.. Douglas
is not likely to get electoral votes enough to
make him constitutional candidate. AS for
Mr.. Bell if he should become a constitutional
candidate, it would be no more possible to
elect him in the house than it would be to
make him emperor of Russia. Meanwhile,
Mr. Lincoln needs to get a change in the vote
OF only one anti,Lecompton congressman in
Illinois, to give him that state; and then a
change of the vote in Oregon elects him.
And the changes necessary to secure his cleo
ton would, TO say the least, be far more easy
and natural than any other that could be ar
ranged. In the house, the republican states
are the following Connecticut, Indiana,
Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mime
sofa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio, Pennsy lvania, Rhode Island, Vermont,
Wisconsin-15. And these are for Breckin-
ridge Alabama, Arkansas, California, Della
ware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi
Missouri, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia
II. We are not quite sure as to the present
congressman from Oregon. But this election
will not go into the house. If the various
odds and ends of faction could form against
the republican party, the completest coalition
ever heard of, they would fail mserably.
Success is no longer i'll their power. They
are sure of defeat everywhere. Mr.. Lincoln
will receive the following electoral votes -
Connecticut 6, Indiana 49, Iowa 4, Maine 8,
Massachusetts, 10, Michigan 6, Minnesota H.
New Hampshire 8, New Jersey T. Ohio %
Pennsylvania q, Rhode Island 4, Vermont 5
Wisconsin 5, New York 50, Illinois ll-tota
176; and he has as good chance to carry
Delaware as any other candidate. If Della
ware does not go for Lincoln, it will go fol
Breckenridge.
The Providence Post estimates that "from
10000 to $4,000" persons attended the Doug
las cam-bake. 1t appears that some Of vi
have misused the names Of some OF the Rhode
Island democrats who officiated at the bake, by
calling Gen. Pitman "Gen. Putnam" and Col
Van Syck "Col. Van Shack" And there i;
some question about the clans, those who gol
clans saying they were plenty, and those who
got none denying the correctness of the report
The state election occurs in Kentucky, to-
day, and the result will be watched with great
interest. The Bell and the Douglas interests
are very generally the same-bOth being de.
termined to defeat the Breckenridge candidates,
with some prospect of success.
PriYate letters from Detroit contain the as
Surance that Gen. Cass is still suffering from
me elect Of his illness, and there is some
oouo' whether the condition of his health will
warrant ms return to Washington.
nc supporters Of Bell and Everett in Mas
sachuset1s nave decided to hold state CON.
venlion IN the city Of Worcester on wodno.
day, the 18th Of September noxt
The Douglas men held meeting in snr;ro
hsld, ILL.,, the other day, and in the cour.a .,
the entertainment a new feature was ;n,,o
duced. About thirty barefooted men yod,
about 1e torn in uogon, displaying banne,
on which was this device "Thc barcfoolec
democracy are for Douglas and johnson p
The Hon. James M. Mason, the dignifet
United States senator from Virginia, having