The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-11-06
Election Items.

Election Items.
Of the result of the election in the various
states on Tuesday, the following is . brief
summary: 7
New York has gone Democratic by about
10000 majority, and for the first time in many
years, the democrats have good working
majority in both branches of the Legislature.
Wisconsin has gone Republican by about
1000 majority, apparently by the indifference
and apathy of the democratic, who hardly
polled two-thirds of their vote.
West Virginia has elected democratic le-
gislature.
Ditto New Jersey. .llLtl ;
Minnesota elects republican Governor by
about 1900 majority, which is next door to
defeat ~
Massachusetts, elects republican Governor
by p 600 majority.
The election in Chicago and in Cook county,
resulted in favor of the Citizens ticket, by
between eight and ten thousand majority.
The people carried every ward in the city,
and nearly every precinct in the county, badly
beating the barnacles. In the city the ring
elected only four Aldermen out Of twenty-six.
The "people," besides electing twenty-five
Aldermen, also carried twenty ward Super
visors and seven delegates to the Constitu-
tional Convention.
The following is the latest from Livingston
County: IA light vote was polled, reports
from II towns indicate that the republicans
have majority of 500, on their county ticket,
but that Judge Cation runs ahead of the demo
cratic ticket, and that the vote in this County
indicates his election
Morgan county gives democratic majority
Of $50, gain of 300 since November 1868.
Fayette is $50 to 800 democratic. Brown
county, $50 democratic. John Dement,, dem
ocrat, in Lee county, has GOO majority for
member of convention. Adams county 500
democratic majority. Hon. 0. H. Browning
and Hon. o. c. Skinner are elected to the
convention. Alexander, Schuyler, Pulaski
jackson, McDonough and Williamson coun-
ties are all democratic. Hon. G. w. Wall ls
elected member of the convention in the
Perry county district At Springfield it is
figured that the Constitutional Convention
stands Democrats, "a Conservatives, 6; In
dependent, 2; Radicals, o. Six districts tc
hear from.
Knox County does herself proud in demo
cratic victory. Madison County is democrat
ic by 800 majority. Fulton County 652 demo
cratic majority.
Detroit is all right politically. The dcmoc-
racy have made complete sweep, re-electing
Mayor Wheaton, and majority of the City
Council.
Horace Greeley ran for Comptroller of New
York and received seven or eight thousand
votes more Ethan his ticket but probably
shares the fate of fighting nit Seigel." Both
are handsomely beaten. rr~ ~
There were few Republican gains in New
Jersey, but the telegraph dolefully states " not
enough to carry the Fifteenth amendment"
Wisconsin is said to have gone Republican
by six or seven thousand. ~"
Leavenworth and Atchson. Kansas, are
largely democratic this fall.
The city of Peoria is democratic by 500
and the county is mixed. SA
Gold was down to 1874 on Wednesday.
This was not occasioned, however, by the re-
cent democratic defeat in La Sale county.
The Chicago papers quote whisky as being
"dull," since the late election. No doubt
those who drank it are still in the same fix.