The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-04-13
The Way the Wind Blows.

The local elections on Tuesday arc
significant, For instance;
Milwaukee elected the Johnson demo.
cratic city ticket ar animous!y.
Janesyille, hitherto one Of the strongest
Republican cities in the state, elected The
radical candidates for ruatot t'y only four
majnritv. all the negroes voting for the
radical candidate.
Kenosha. which usually givea two or
three hundred Republican majority on she
state ticker, elected popular lsdic.l for
mayor by oul. 120 maj 'rity
81. Paul elected All The democratic can.
didstes by an creased majority.
Hastings. Mnneso,s Hitherto repub.
lican CITY, elected all the Democratic aat
Johnson candidates.
st Anthony elected all the democratic
candidate. excep, one justice Of the peace.
St Louis ele, led the whole conservative
,icke, by ma;o'i,. OF 8 600.
Madison elsci,d johnson man for
mayor unanimously.
dubuque elected the whole democratic
ticket.
Sixteen or twenty eight towns thhs fxt
reported from Michigan were carried by
the friends o: ;he President.
The returns from town elections In Illfs
nois show large Democratic gains With
other cities, The democrats carried Spring.
field, Peoria, jacksonville snd Ouowa
10 Cincinnati th- Republican n.lori.y
of last wear fell of oue-haif
In Columbus, Ohio, :he democratic gain
is $50
In Dayton, the democratic gain Ia over
800
In Chilico.he the democratic majority
i. nearly $50.
In Indianapolis the democratic gain over
the fraudulent vote OF last year is over
5000.
Add to these and many more such H..
stances a Democratic gain Of over ten
Thousand on the populaf vote Of Cohtec-
ticut on Monday, and no one can doubt
as to how the wind blows" A1,<o~kes
Ne,rs
DAVIS, Clay, AND SIEvESs.- he Wash.
ineton correspondent: OF the ChicxRo
Times, writing undcr date cf the 9Th last,
SAYS:
The presiden, has been mpor,uned by
parties. north and south, TO 'elease JEFF.
Davis on parole. They ai!sgs that lherr
ia no disposition in congress to perfect tho
necessary Legislation SO as 10 organize the
United States District conr. at Richmond
in which 20 try him, xnd that therefore he
ia entitled to a pa.o.e AS much rs S,e<
phens and Mallory. An order has been
issued to the attending surgeon Oh J-f.
Davis TO make a repor. rs 10 his payicis!
condition.
Alexander II. Stephens iea,es OF We'd
nesday for Georgia. He has had inter-
views with mos, OF the public men. it,
c'uIing many OF the radical pefsua.ioH.
and leaves fully ss'i.fed that there is no
hope for any southern representation in
he PRESENT co ngress.
4 Washington di.ps'rh c: th. 9Th inst,
reads "A follows.
Il i. generally expected that the rrs.s
dent will, in q few dsya, release Jeffs,sos :
Davis and Clement Clay on parole. There
is 10 probability u their ever oeins tried
for their participation i'll ,Le ccu,pIaeY
by which tho President VA. murdered,
1t is not unlikely ,ha' Congress viii! sgaiu.
call for Ibe ;estinH.ry that has h.en 80 fax
kept secret, aud i,s coaisns. Known 10.
put fsw persons. Judge lioit has exprsss.,
ed his opinion il! writing TIA: it ~as enoagiA
to convince them, and none were more
.u'prised At their no, hsipg tried than
Judge Advocate Hol,.