The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-09

As usual following an election tn
city is quiet and utterly destitute of eA
citement. Around the city hall nothing
is visible to indicate that a great contes
has taken place yesterday.
Many OF the leading lawyers of tn
city have been prominent in the reform
movement among the attendants on th
courts. Astonishment at the immens
majority of Sigel was the prevailing
feeling to-day.
The probabilities Of Tweeds being
allowed to take his seat in the Senate
have been freely discussed to-day, more
especially in legal circles. Rumort
have been current all day that Tweed
had resigned his office in the Board o.
Public Works, but inquiry at the
Mayors office failed to elicit any infor
nation on the point.
Reports from the different Aldermanic
districts show the entire reform ticket
has been elected; in some Aldermanic
districts the majorities Of the reform
candidates were large.
Latest returns from Albany county
state the Democratic majority on the
State ticket at 10000. Adams, Repub-
lican, for Assembly, has 6000 majority.
The Republicans elect three Assembly
men and the Democrats one.
Election returns for Assembly show
Horatio Seymour beaten by 500 votes
and Tom Fields, Tammany candidate,
elected in the Fifteenth Assembly
district. The returns from the First
district are missing, which may change
the result for Reform or Tammany.
Samuel j. Tilden, chairman Of the
Democratic State committee, carried
his district in the interest of reform by
a very large majority.
New Jersey.
JERSEY ClTY, November Slater re-
turns from all parts of New Jersey in
dicate that Parker, Democrat, is elected
Governor by about 1900 majority. The
Legislature is Republican in both
branches. The Senate has l2 Repub'
licans and 9 Democrats; Assembly, 30
Republicans and % Democrats.
Newark city gave Parker S26 ma
jority.
Hudson county gave Smell, Democrat,
a majority on the State ticket,
Minnesota.
ST.. PAUL, November S.-The returns
are in frcm most points reached by the
telegraph, and indicate the election Of
the Republican State ticket by from
5000 to 10000. Governor Austin runs
some behind his ticket, as does also
Jennson for Secretary Of State, owing
to diversion of the Scandinavian vote
for Falk. st. Paul and Ramsey county
give Young, Democrat, for Governor,
but 81 majority, while Buel, Democrat,
for Lieutenant Governor, has majority
over Yale of 5l2, and Falk, Democratic
candidate for Secretary Of State, has a
majority of 1902 over Jennison. The
Republicans. elect Heard for Senator in
the Twenty-third district 10y 255 MAORI
tv, and Nichols for Senator in the
Twcnty-fourth district by forty-six ma
jority, and Lanborn, Firkey and Smith
for Representatives 10y majority from
100 TO 400. The Democrats elect Rice
and Burbank for Representatives by
majorities Of A and 80 The latter
was also running on the Republican
ticket. The Democrats elected the rest
OF the party ticket, with the exception
OF the County Attorney, w. w. Erwin,
Republican, who was elected 10y 3O9
majority.
Maryland.
BALTIMORE, November S.-Anarundel
county is reported as giving 1000 Dem
ocratjc majority. Wisconsin county
500 Democratic. Somerset county
about POO Democratic majority. In
Washington county the Democratic
State ticket is elected by about 80 ma,
ioritv, but the Republicans have elected
some OF the county officers. The
Democratic majority on the State ticket
will be about 1900.
Illinois.
Chicago, November S.-Full returns
from all but seven precincts make the
total vote in the city yesterday ior
Mavor, - ,J2l, of which Mr.. Medill re.
ceiycd lG, SD; Holden, 500, or less than
one-fourth OF the whole vote cast
Mcdill has a majority in eighteen
wards of ,Go3; Holden a majority in
two wards only. The result was. SIM
liar in respect to the City Treasurer.
Mr.. Gage received 1924 votes. All
the county officers are undoubtedly
elected on the Fireproof ticket. In
short, this ticket swept everything be-
fore it, giving the opposition only four
or five Aldermen and constables. There
are twenty wards in Chicago, each en-
titled to two Aldermen, elected every
alternate year. OF the twenty Alder,
men holding over enough may be relied
on to support the Mayor in his measures
and make with the sixteen Flreproof
Aldermen elected Yesterday a working
majority large enough for practical
purposes.
There was only one nominee on the
State ticket, that OF Congressman-at'
large to fill the vacancy created by the
resignation of John A. Logan. The
vote as far as is reported is quite light
but the election OF General John L..
Beveridge, late State Senator, over 5. ).
Haves, an old time Democrat, is con-
ceded by majority of 1900 or more in
the city, and 10000 to $4,000 in the
State.
The terrible fire in Chicago was
stimulating to politics in Illinois, as II
was followed by an almost entire organ
izing of political questions by the pres:
of Chicago. The usual appeals OF the
metropolitan dailies to the citizens tt
rally in support OF the party were en-