Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-10-19
ELECTION NEWS.
The Legislature RepubIican
PENNsYLvANIA.

PHILADELPHIA Oct 12-The Republican,
majority in this City is 4,96l. The Republi-
cans lose their regular nominee. In the Fifth
District, the Democrats elected Reading by sixty
gain. The Republicans elected Shoemaker in
The II District. The Coal District viii gain.
The Democrats will probab elect Myers in the
10th District mailing n gam of one in the deio-
cation.
The Iowa vote was fieht hut no change IS
made in the results. The administration circles
hereare gratifed. There smoothing from n ebras-
ka. FoFney's Press claims Oliver in the6th Dis
trict, and Shoemaker in the 18th District, Both
are doubtful, Reading was elected in the 9TH
District. The Republican majority IN the l9th
is two thousand The 18th and 2lst Districts are
still doubtful The Republicans will hav ma
iority of five in the State Senate and gam of
two in the House. the same as last year.
PHILADELPH1A, Oct 10. The result Of the
9Th Congressional district can only be deter
mined by official returns from backs county
The Democratic majority Of That county Is from
three to four thousand. In the 18th district the
report announces the defeat of d. j. Morrell
the Republican candidate for Congress.
Official returns from the lst district show that
the majority of Randall, Democrat, Is 4, l4s.
Second district. Crely, independent Kepubl,,
Myers, Republican, 1915 majority. Fourth:
district, w ID. Kelly Republican, 2,102 ma
jority. Fifth district, A. @. Harmer, Republic
can, 44S majority
trict is probably Democratic. The Republican
majority of Hamilton county is 2643 The Re-
publicans apprehend Bingham's defeat, but
there are no failures from his district. The
dispatches from Republican sources late last
night claim his election by small majority.
His district is difficult to hear from. He is next
10 Schenck The Republicans here seem to take
the most interest in Bington
HuHTRATER, Oct 13-RM Spears Demo-
crat, is undoubtedly elected in the 18th district
over d. J. Morrell by 125 majority.
HARRISBURG, Oct 18.-The latest reports
from the 10Th district make B. F. Myers, appar-
ent majority twelve. Only an official count
will determine with certainty who is elected.
trict by sixteen votes. Seventeenth District
doubtful twentieth District, Democratic ma
jority 700; twenty-frst District, Democratic
majority COO; twenty-fourth District, Demo
cratic majority geo.
HARRISBURG, Oct 14-Incomplete returns
show Republican majority OF / in the State
Senate and ~ in the House The official count
may alter these figures.
Shoemaker (Rep has 10O0 majority in Lu-
zerne county and s00in Susqnehannah
Harding (Rep) has defeated woodward for
Resident Judge of Luzerne county, by eco
majority. Lnzerne county has gone altogether
Republican. Heretofore il has been a reliable
Democratic stronghold.
PHILkDELPHIA Oct. IA. Q. Hammer, Re
publican was elected TO Congress from the 18Th
district by l60 majority, a Republican gain. j.
L. Getz, Democrat, was elected Nv 1856 major
ity, q loss of LOCO, in the Sth district In the
10th district j. W. Killenger, Republican, was
elected by 629 majority, gain Of 100. The of
fetal majority OF Myers, Democrat in the 10Th
district, is 80.