, 1865-11-08
COOK COUNTY ELECTION,
The Union Ticket Elected by a Lar;c
MAJor1ty--sReturns from the
City.

The election Of county ofDccsa for Cook county
WIS beld yesterday In The several wards and towns
Of the county ut the usual voting places. Tho vote
poIled Was qnite Hight The people generally not
taking thai amount Of interest exhibited BY the
rivAl candidates. The returns from the city arn
given below, those from the country win not be
procurablc till to-day. The majority for tho
the vote fpm the country vii probably swell it to
r. clec,}on passed o9 quite peacefn1ly-quietb
!. M md ahs :, 2 =. h o n n
ticleaa were throughout tho day more numerous
than The voters 1t Was at least equat to the posi-
;io1 9! amin indicated in The speechl Of The f1lar
"ur1e II dog for eve.5 man,r
Indeed. tho only enthusiasm manifested was By
{5es to- whe had their hanas fu q .iekets hs
ter Of the straight ulion ticket did Their work
quietly; where any little excitement sss obtestn.
bae II was sure to BE- over the proposition to scratch
that be Wss 6e.e1 snd belesea1cd by 1he crowd aud
ont, unprotected female, confronted b. = doreu
II ,E4. noticed that great many CAN'T up to rote
Wha&fd not registered themselves prrS1onely. In
me of The precincts full wor!: Was ionnd for ons
n1a9 hou1r Together In making out the necessary
nttitaV1tt. The number registered before election
Gay W1s mach Larger than expected bJ those can
,s1zani With the difficulty Of inducing people .
1a}r 10 presume That those who would tale thai
oublc would be at tile additional labor to 70 10 the
polh and vote. There sserc, however larce NAN.
bcfe Of names the lists for which no ballots were
cast The number OF these uhS not equal to those
non.1rgn1ered men who voted yesterday, but yet
Nls lot email.
The election IN the city presented one featusc Pc
cn!nr 10 the contest: 50 many tpht and scratched
tickets wsfc pefer voted before i1 Chicago. Tickets
ola hlpds were nnde up By the ffiends Of the hral
candidates. 30 that, although ihese were only two
>efs q candidates In the field with one independent
r5bdidate, there We're nearly n many ddcreot tick
cts Us canndAtef, the only ones not having separate
being those who knev their individual weak
rt>E. and depended on running In with the crowd.
Illlliafd. hrad.felI and brown are the men whose
1,a1nes appeared most muiiiiazionrly, Even with
these aids 'hcrr ms plenty Of room for Ecratch-
lug on the p1t Of VOICE. Some Of the tickets we're
patted MI over only one Or Two Of the original
namns being left, and the pencil vas brought into
reputation Qutlc f1re1y. There was Al much
scratching r. "na ever done by flock Of hungry
hens In a flower garden.
In consequence OF the number Of split tickets de-
po lied In The ballot boxes, the work of counting the
.otes Wns a much more lengthy one than usual, and
nnuuced ull nesr midnight.
The Comparatively low vote given for Alex. Vol
colt, the Union candidate for County Surveyor, Is
due 10 the fact that biz name aA, by come strange
mistake. omitted from the printed lists. and the
mistake was no4 discovered It'll late honr in the
forenoon. when in gome Of the Wards men weE.
eet to work 10 hlE IN the nstne. In some OF the
prrcsEctr The nssfake not rectt6ed tt4u cxccpl
by individual voters.
The following is The vote Is far rs asect1ained;
uSInE vnTE natrFn's 4n.F