Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-08
Full Returns from the Different state
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New York.
NEW YORK, Nov About fifty thousand
| dollars in pools on the election were sold last
| night. The republican state ticket sold ahead
| but on the city ticket lammanv was the favor
lite, but at lower prices than heretofore. Charles
OConor gycs an opinion that the law allows
each candidate for office to designate one citizen
to attend at the polls. and such persons must
be prote cited by the police. The morning pa
pers were filled with cards of political charac-
ter. Many candidates are Withdrawing and
several denying that they have withdrawn. The
prospects are that the tickets will be very much
mixed in all the assembly districts.
Voting commenced at sunrise, and many cti-
zcnS were distributing ballots who never before
served in that capacity. The balloting com
mcnced very quietly, but noticeable character
istc is the evident determination of respectable
citizens to remain in the vicinity of the polls
| during the day. All the rum shops in the yicin-
| ity of the polling places in this city and Brook
| Ign were closed. The weather was very fine.
The Times states that every rum shop in
| Twccd's district yesterday and last night dis
penScd liquor without cost to all who desired it,
II 80 A. NJ In the Sth election district of the
| first ward Inspector Michael j. Cullen was dis
covered early this morning in the act of Stufiing
ballots into the ballot box. citizen saw the
proceeding and called the attention of the po-
lice, but the latter turned their backs purposey,
thus endeayOrlng 10 shield the inspector from
public view. The citizen Immediately made Il
| complaint to Judge Hogan, who promptly issued
| IA warrant for the arrest of Cullen. Judge Ho-
gan shortly after ordered the arrest of Election
Inspector James Burns of the 18th district in the
same ward, charged with throwing ballots on
| the floor instead of putting them in the boxes
| AT this hour the Iammany ticket in the six
| ward seems to he ahead, bur in the seventh ward
| ODonovan Rosa is polling heavy vote against
| Tweed.
| AT the polling place, 100 Third avenue, an in
cDpptOT 1ptppfpJ tbix NOR in, hoI
stuffiing-in fact, the substitution of Tammany
| for reform ballots as fast as they were voted.
| Henarrowly escaped rough handling.
Last evening, Capt. Dowley, deputy United
States marshal, and United States Marshal
Bernhardt arrested an inspector of elections on
avenue on warrant from Commissioner
Davenport, congressional commissioner of cleo
lions, A rescue was attempted and effected.
Dowlcy was stabbed in the neck and body and
very severely injured.
O>DOnovan Rosa visited the polling booth in
the 4th ward at noon, and was received with
defiant yclls and curses by a gang of Tam
many rouThS, who threatened personal VIC
lencc. The men who were employed to dis
tribute Rossa's ballots were either bought or
driven off by Iammany.
In the sixth ward this morning voter evil
IDENTIFY longshOrcman, had registered his vote
at one OF the booths near Pearl street. After
voting the man remained standing outside the
booth for few minutes. Unfortunately for him
self he declared that he had voted for O'Donnvan
ROSSa, and that he hoped the exile" would win.
A few urchinS were observed to leave the place
where the man was standing and run down the
street in the direction of the tOmbS. In less
than five minutes crowd of roughs had
gathered Mt the southeast corner of Leonard
street. In their midst was a notorious sixth
ward rowdy. This gentleman harangued the
crowd for moment, and in another second the
body started up the street mt run in the diTeC-
ton OF the polling place. man who was
standing near the lrishman who had spoken in
favor of O'DOnOvan Rosa shouted, "Run, run
for your life!" The lrshman crossed the street
and ran down in the direction of the tombS He
was pointed out to the crowd OF miscrcautS by n
young BLACKBOARD, who shouted "there he iSl''
The ruffians started after him and overlook him
between Pearl and Leonard streets. lie was
thumped and kicked by the whole body, and was
only left, when his face and neck were covered
with blood. This, too, under the eyes of the
police of the sixth precinct, who were oungng
about off duty and the valiant constabes, who
stood at the doors of the polling booths looking
on.
80 p. M.-Retuns from few scattered
towns indicate uniform republican gains and a
probability that the state has gone republican
by decisive majority. Mrs. Margaret Muller
voted at the polls in Greenwich street this after
noon.
SP. M-Twenty-tlree towns in various parts
of the state show republican gain of 1900 over
the vote of 1862 when Nelson, democrat, had
20,241 majority for secretary of state. If this
vote is carried out the state would go republican
by $4,000.
P. M.-Fifty-Six towns show a republican
gain of 1860.
In WATERFOWL, the republican gain is 1O7, and
in Canandaigua SO.
Jarvis Lord. democrat, is probably reelected
senator in the 2Sth, or Monroe, district;
j. Costello, a republican challenger in the
second district, 9TH ward was shockingy
beaten for challenging Il repeater, and then
taken to the station by the coluding police, and
put in a cell on false charge of assault. The |
affair was witnessed by reporter Of the Com |
meTcial.
$3.50 P M-Tweed is elected senator in the
fourth district by a large majority. Ledwith is
defeated for the supreme court, to which Barrett,
reiormer, is elected. O'Brien is chosen to tho |
senaTe in the seventh district over Bradley, |
Iammany, by large majority. The contest |
for register is close, between Shandley and |
Sigel, with probabilities in favor of Shandley.
9:45 P. M.-rweed's majority is estimated at |
10000. Norton, Tammany, is elected senator in |
the fifth district by large majority. hoffman, |
Tammany, is elected in the sixth district. |
OBrien's majority is estimated at three to five |
thousand. Genet, Tammany, is elected in the
eighth district.
1t is believed that Horatio Seymour and Sam'l |
J. Tilden are chosen to the assembly; also
Twombly and Geib, refOrmers. Four districts
are doubtful. The election of thirteen Tam
many boards of aldermen and assistant alder
men are supposed 10 be reelected.
The sixth ward gives the democratic ticket
1895 majority, and yet gives Barrett 440l over
Ledwlth, Spencer and Jones. Tammany has re- |
elected the superior court Judges.
10 p. M.-The second ward gives "a majority |
for the democratic state ticket loss of so since
1869. The estimate is that the republicans have |
elected 20 state senator's and handsome ma
iority in the assembly. The democratic |
majority in the city is estimated at $4,000, and |
in Brooklyn at 5000
Nearly the whole democratic city and county |
ticket is chosen in Brooklyn. Powell democrat, |
is chosen mayor by a small majority over Booth, |
republican. Kabfeisch, irregular democratic, |
is running far behind. Three republican assem- |
bymen and six democrats are probably chosen, |
a republican gain OF two.
Tioga county gives $50 republican majority
II A. M.-Ihe fourth ward gives BOSS maiori- |
ty for the democratic state ticket, but give 31S3
against Ledwth.
One hundred and fOrty-twO towns give 1912
republican gain.
The majority in the state will hardly fall be-
low $4,000.
Palmer, republican, is chosen to the state
senate, IN the 18th district, over Homer A. Mel
son. townsend Cook, democrat, is chosen from
the first district. Pierce aud Murphy, demo
Gratis, are reelected in Kings.
MidRtght.-The seventh ward gives 1929 ma
iority for the democratic state ticket, nearly 1000
for Ledwith, and nearly 5000 for Shandley over
Slgel for register.
The foregoing are given as samples of the
splitting of tickets.
Nov. S.-12 80 A. M-Two hundred and twen-
ty-six towns outside of New York and Brooklyn
show a republican gain of 10,56S.
las A. M.-rhree hundred towns give a re-
publican gain of 143O0
2:3O A. M.-Sigel is surely elected. Sixteen
wards give him 40, 42S votes to 36,997 for Shand-
ley.
I.edwith was completely sold out.
A, M.-The vote in the 4th senatorial dis
trict is: Tweed, 19,14s; Rosa, $685..
1t is believed that Tracey, democrat, for sem