The Portland daily press., 1864-10-18
Footing nm of the Late Elections. !

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J Then. Y. Evanipg Post and the rniiaoei-
phia Press Of Saturday give .ne 'u..S !.
authentic and most reliable inlolma'o. -
ls,,or - .bs late elections, that has yet come
- T'hs victory, after all the boasting
= na Al1.zosition. seems to have been perfect
o' Inc Spas If the great State which voted last
IN a. . I'D leave not so much as peg upon
~bicb to hang McClellan's last hope.
II Penn sylvania ID Union Congressman
;. Va been elected by the home vote others are
more or less likely to besettled by the soldiers
vote, and only democrats have SO large a
home majority es to place their election be-
You'd all dolbt.
The Philadelphia Press of Saturday con-
tains an address of the Union State Central
Committee of Pennsylvania, signed by Hon.
Simon Cameron, which says that, including
the soldiers vote, the Union ticket VIII oe CT
ected by clear majority of 15,oOo votes' a.
,hou0h thousands of the soldiers votes nave
been lost. owing to the impossibility, because
~ a..;ve orerations in the field, for the COM
r,,o.;onars to obtain their suffrages. The adj
dress says: as&G
sITnder these circumstances the committee
,oosrd the victory achieved as grand triumph
anS congratulate the country upon 1t. The
reelection Of Mr., Lincoln Is certain: In NO,
,'o,nher the State vii lgive greatly increased
,oaioritv. There will be but two tickets, and
marty lines will be more distinctly drawn. No
local jealousies or differences will divide our
friends, and, united on the great issue, Penn
sylvania will poll vote for Lincoln and john
son which will prove that she is second to
none of her sister States In devotion to the
Federal Government"
The Committee, on comparison Of the
votes castin the several counties, foot up the
Union majority on the home vote 1886. So
far as received, the soldiers vote adds 2791,
making the Union majority 1925.
The New York Tribune says the dispatch
es in the World, the same that were forward
ed to this city and upon the receiptof which
the democrats were so jubiiant, were nothing
short of deliberate, downright swindling.
The Union State Central Committee Of
Pennsylvania announced Saturday majority
in the state, gain of three members of Con-
gress and majority in both branches of the
legislature. A gain of two more by the sol
diers, vote is anticipated. ez-.
OHIO.
The Union men have carried fifteen mem.
bers of Congress on the home vote, and will
elect James NJ. Ashley and Columbus Delano
by the soldiers vote, leaving only two, Ii
Blonde and Finck, to the opposition. The
Union majority exceeds $1,000.
go IS U. INDIANA. si3iika
Governor Morton's majority in fifty coun
ties foots up 25,le4. There are ninety -twt
counties in the State. DnE
Nine Union Representatives are surely Ell
ected to two Democrats, and 1t is quite pro
bable that the official vote may show that on,
Of the latter has failed, making the delegation
stand ten to one. The present delegation i
Congress stands four Union to seven Demo
Gratis; Union gain of five certain. The defes
of VOORHEES, is said to be determined fac
The following dispatch, dated Philadelphia
Oct. 18th, is later than anything in the fore
going: Aa4 sl1e 31'tJ W 81 Y esLA 2
The Inquirer says that the corrected return
loot up the Union majority on the home vol
1896. 81.