The New York herald., 1868-03-05

The Town Eiec,,ou. in New York,


The Town Elections in New York.
The following is u summary OF the results OF The city
a village elections held in this State the 80 inst
a, which was given in our yesterdays issue
s vets dan "eratio Mayor by sos majority against
majority last year OF 246 Ss'er fe-e.o0ss |" aeno
cratic mayor BY sSs msjorty-a gain OF ~. snoo .as'
year. Utica elects democratic Mayor by 4S7 ma. S'.
gain OF over 100. Eimra elects a democratic ma, y
BY 20s majority, last yoar so republican ma
jory. Lansingburg elects q Supervisor and Trus-
tees, being democratic gain OF over 800.
Corning gives democratic majority Of 7s-a DEM
ocratc gain. Rhinebeck elects . democratic 3D.
pervisor by over 100 majority-a democratic gain OF
over 800 Batavia, the home Of the late Dean Rich
mond elects the whole democratic ticket BY in
creased majority on every candidate. Yonkeu shows
Z democratic majority Of 90. The republicans
carry Osweso Auburn (the homo OF Secretary Seward
and the town of Fulton by reduced maorities. With
out counting the above tho elections In nfty-two
held previously tho aggregate democratic majority
is 768a gain Of 60l since last fall and OF SloO since
1866. Similar gains throughout the State would ada
900 the democratic majority Of nearly so OO0 ias
November and esimasing extraordinary democratic
gains already heard from Of the elections ON the % inst
the State viii give In round numbers 900 majority fos
tho democrats ticket next fall Referring to the town
elections Of the Sd inst tns Albany Evening Journal
always indicate The actual political status Of locates
but they nevesthsess received .'ssraws" which
show the way the wind blows And they are toeEabiy
faithful barometers"
The Troy WAi0 (radca), March T. says:-'rhe charter
election which took place yesterday resulted q com
pete triumph OF tho friends Of my policy tho dsmoc-
racy. Even the elements, which were anything but
sersne had terrors forths dsmocs The democratic
vote IN ssarly all the wards has vastly increased over
that Of las. springs election"
The New Hampshire Election.
Massachusetts, has Q town called Hull which polls but
few votes, but the result H. known early the polit
cal cry raisod goes Hull goes the State" New
Hampshire It seems has Hull in little town called
Newcastle and the is. Gas goes Newcastle 30 goes
the State" The Concord Patriot dem.h March gives
result OF recent town meeting there which hold
a week earlier than in other towns in New Hampshire.
and shows democratic gain Of loon . vote Of lea
The Patriot that similar gain in the state wouid
give the democrats the election by 5000 majority
The Concord Pariot tdem dissects the radical esti-
mate OF the vote which will be poled on the 10th and
shows that according tother own year
Sinclair dem has foryone majority OF all the voters
claimed by to havo been in the State in March
last What foowsf Necessarily that the number Of
voters in this State had been increased in single year
62O7. The statement is not merely false, but propos-
uumO0r
intelligent man knows except by tho naturalization Of
few hundred men who lock to the Emerald Isle as
their father land and comparatively small number Of
other foreigners Are all these Of foregr extrac-
ton to vote the republican tickets No man believes
that one in q hundred will do So"
Political Miscellany.
Simon's colossal bronze statue Of the Union soldier
was unveiled in the Park at Lewiston, Me on Saturday
prtota md ont
day following Lewiston gave an Increased democratic
vote OF over two hundred.
The Constitutional Convention In this State wa5n
session six months and Eve days. Judge verplanck,
Jealous Of the reputation Of this body for long endur
ance has collected data about other similar conventions
and the following is the result Of his research:-
Moa,hs MostAs-
Nav Hampshirc 17oI.I2 Vermont, ,Is4l. ....... 9k
Virginia, 1850: .sH Massacausosts. 1884,
Pennsylvania, 1881. 10 Chic, 1850. .lok
Vermont. 1S2O...--... y
Tho Conventono this State in 1921 was in session
fifteen weeKs that Of 1S46 In session seventeen
weeks
The democrats Of the Bangor district, Maine, have
elected Marcelus Emory and Henry Hudson, Pende-
tonians delegates to the National Convention. Tho
convention adopted strong Pendleton resolutions
The Portland Argus, democratic, is extremely jubi-
liant over the result Of the late election in that city 1t
claims gain OF 1000 the last municipal election.
SUCCESS
which occurs Immediately there having been choice
ON the I'd instant. This the Argus styles luxury
which the Portland people have permitted themselves
to enjoy but since the city rporssd.
thirty.six years ago.
In the few towns heard from Maine at the city aAd
town elections the Sd instant, the following results
are shown Portland democratc gain since November
1867 4se Bath ditto, "a; Lewiston, ditto, 20S; Saco.
radical gain, IA Net democratic gain, 673
Touching the impeachment bother, the Boston 7ras-
Ter radica suggests that among the difficult questions
which 1t has started Is, Waal shall Congress do while
tho trial is in progresss Shall oil Legislative and other
business suspended shall the two houses continue
their appropriate legislative and other workS II the
trial In continued for months-even through tho entire
summeras II is quite possible it may be, will not be
very satisfactory the country to have tho business Of
the nation stand still while troublesome man Is dis
posec Of The people will be quito likely think ths
remedy Is worse than the disease.
,Ths republican papers in Massachusetts publish the
names Of persons elected to various local Offices al ths
town elections that State In the Second district but
arc oblivious in regard tho political anes Of the
candidates. except In one instance where tho sucsessui
candidate Is designated "anti p. L. L."
A Pttsburg papor suggests tho name OF Hon. Roscoe
ConkuQ Of this state tho republican candidate for
tho Vice Presidency. What do the Fontonians sayS
At radical meeting in Murreesboro, Tsnn the negro
audience became crazy from the effect OF ths ultra
speeches from white radicals that they could not walt TO
get out doors kill the poor white trash but got into
general eight among themselves. Several wore noary
killed.
Now Hampshire democratic papers arc exulsing over
what thsy call "Satan's kingdom tunLng down." and
cite instances where influential gentlemen who were all
republicans year have out dat footed for the
democrats and assist democratic meetings The latest
Ukngdoms' that have tumbied down were IN Laconia
and Hennsker last week.
THE WEATHER.
Effect on NaviGntion-Severni Persons Sc
vereiy Frozen.
Tho severity OF the weather has seriously retarded