The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-11-24
Election Notes.

The official count shows that Republican
has been elected to the Illinois Legislature
from 10 Davies County by one majority.
A Boston paper asserts that Wendell Phil
lips did not vote at the late election. For
the candidate of two parties for Governor
this is bad showing.
Camilla Urso, the violinist, has been
seriously ill., and will be unable to appear in
public the present season. She has been liv
ing at a seaport town of France, but will
spend the winter in London.
The Boston Commonwealth says the two
women, who distributed ballots in one of the
yards in that city, on Tuesday, did it mod
estly and effectively, and that their presence
was pleasing to the politicians generally.
Complete official returns from the Fifth
Congressional District Of Kentucky, give
James Speed, Republican, 4, 1872, and Boyd
Winchester, Democrat, 7,l52. The district
includes Louisville, -..-....-- -....s.
When the result of the election. was an
noupced in Lancaster, Garrard Comfy, KY,
the Republicans began cheering, which so in
cen.ed some Of the Democrats, that they
made an attack upon them. Result-siy
Democrats wounded, one MORALLY.
A Tennessee paper declares that one Of
the Democratic Congressmen elected from
that State, ''wouldn't pass for first-class
IDIOT" This is good news. No true patriot
could wish that any member of Congress,
whatever his politics, should pass for first
class idiot.
The Baltimore american says that at
the election in Maryland the colored voters
stood by their principles manfully through
out the State, neither threats nor brides in
ducing them to sell their sLffrages or waver
in their allegiance to the maintenance of the
doctrine of.'equal rights to all men,"
The majority for James H. Plat, Re
publican, in the Second Congressional Dis
trict of Virginia, is about 4, 700 The result
in the First District is no; definitely as
certained. Incomplete returns thirteen
counties to be heard FROM give Critcher,
Democrat, 1881; Norton, colored .Republi-
can, 2, $40; Douglas, white Republican, .557
The Knoxville Chronicle says that Hon.
William II. Wisener made better canvass
for Governor of Tennessee than his most san
guine friends expected; that he took the race
against greater odds than any man in the
State ever took 4 race, and in the face of ev-
cry obstacle entered the canvass, and succeed
Cd in bringing the democratic majority far
below what they anticipated.
The Nashville Banner reports that Thos
II. Reeves, Of Jonesboro, ran against John
Rodgers, Republican, for Congressman for
for the State at large from Tennessee, upon
the strength of resolution adopted BY the
State Legislature, March Il, 1865, and which
has never been repealed, providing for the
election Of such . member. Under this res
olution, Gen. Rodgers was elected TO Con-
Eress in 1868. 7--i-. H .
The Massachusetts, labor reformes
threw overheard their first candidate for
Lieutenant Governor because he had accepted
the Demoesatie nomination, and put Judge
Henry w. Bishop in his place But Judge
Bishop, who 10 Democrat. was the regular
Democratic candidate FOR Councillor in the
Eighth Dikric, and the: labor reformers acsu-
ally had candidate for that Office in the
field against him! They voted for him for
Lieutenant Governor and x-Of6cio President
of the Council, but would not vote for him
10 Be q menber Of that Council.
Hon. John F. briggs has published q
card in Michigan papers, thanking ''those
tue friends ali oser the Sixth Congressional
District, Who have remained firm to thei,
principles and mistaken in their con6denct
IN his integrity. He also informs them and
all other persons, that neither the mean
employed nsr the result obtained can posi-
bly, modify q change his ast.chment to tn,
Republicln party % long - Il shall be tru'
to the in1aresfs Of the country and to tn,
principles Of GbRty and justice upon which
Il Vas founded. 1i5H ilsr - SIS
NJ lanAgrasisn Convenlion.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. l9.-The Governor