Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-11-07
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
REPUBLICAN MlJoRITIEs INCREASED.
297 Electoral Totes for Grant and Wilson.
Virginia fer Grant
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES.
Maine.

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One hundred and th.riy-siX towns in the state
give Grant 1855, Greeley Si,3e3; Grants ma
joFity. l5,o65. Returns indicate about 5000 re-
publican majority.
New Hampshire.
One hundred ana eiguty-seven towns give
Grant 1871; Greeley, q ,6SS, scattering, 2il.
There are forfy-eight towns TO hear from.
Massachusests.
Ma -sachUSetts, nearly complete. f0ofs M the
.sttowiBg :-GTapt. 13I017; Greeley, $3.50;
Grants majority. IS ,25. Wsshburn's majority
Tor governor II Is.
Connecticut.
Returns from all but town give Grant
4,.20 plurality, and 3l5 majority.
New York
of the i22 members of the state assembly
chosen. 81 are Tepuhiicans 1t is believed thai
many Of the latter are anti-ConkInE repubIl-
cans, which leads 20 the belief that Conkling
may not lie returned 10 lie L. ). Senate. Re-
turns OF the vote Tor supreme court judge give
Davis, rep, IL, SIS; Anderson, Apollo Hall dem,
22.I35; Leonard, DEM, 81 ,331 For city judge
Sutherland, who was supported by Apollo Hall
democrats and republicans, has 81 ,f2S, Bedford,
the Tammanv. candidate, has 1851. Charles
st. John, rep, is elected to Congress in the 18th
district.
New Jersey.
The next legislature will stand as follows:
Senate, republicans II, demoerats7; assembly.
republicans 80, democrats IL, Independent de M
ocrat |. Republican majority on joint bsllot
30. William Walter Phelps. rep, is elected TO
Congress from the 9Th district, by 1850 major
ity.
Maryland.
Full returns received from number of conn
ties and partial returns from all ether counties
indicate that Greeley's majority s 300. The
list congressional district gives Wilson, dem, go
to 4oO majority. In the "a district Stevenson
Archer, dem, is reelected nv about 800 major
ity. In the 80 district w. j. O'Brien, dem, is
elected by 1919 majority. In the It'll district
Thomas Swami. deui., is re-elected by 1,252
majority. In the 5th district Judge Merrick.
the present democratic member, - defeated by
several hundred In the 9th district LLOYD
LCwDdes, IT,, rep, is elected by 100 majority
over Hon. John Richie. the present member
from that district.
Virginia.
Complete and partial returns from forty sc ven
counties show All excess OF republican gains on
the Walker majority OF 1870 of nearly nine
thousand. BraNton, dem, is elected to Con
gress in the lst district; Plat, rep, il elected
III the 2d; Smith, rep, in the Sd; Stowell, rep,
in the 4th; Davis, dem, in the 5th, probable;
Whitehead, DEM, in the 9th; Harris, dem, in
the 7tL; Hunton, DEM, in the Sth; and Bowen,
DEM, in the 9th. The democrats gain the new
Congressman allowed by the reapportionmen mt
of the state. The immense republican gains in
every section heard from justify the conclusion
that Grant has carried the state. The republi-
cans claim it, and but few democrats hold out in
claiming it for Greeley.
West Virginia.
All returns thus far received show heavy re-
publican gains in the state. The vote cannot
be definitely settled for some time.
North Carolina.
No complete official vote OF counties have yet
been received, but incomplete returns Indicate
majority in the state vi al least 10 coo for
Grant.
The republican gains are heavy as compared
with the Governors election. There will be a
gain of about 10000 for the republicans Re-
turns indicate the election OF seven democrats
and two republicans to Congress. Gen. Wright,
DEM, is elected TO Congress in the sth distr CT
By about 3, 900 majority.
Florida.
Twelve counties heard from give Hart, the
republican candidate for governor, 600 majority
over Bloxham, the liberal candidate. There
are twenty seven counties yet 10 hear from
Both parties claim the state by very small ma
jority.
Alabama,
This state is still in doubt. hut has probably
gone for Greeley. The election of BrOmberg
coded, as Turner and Joseph, both cclored re-
publican candidates, divided the vote between
them. Rapier, coiored, is elected from the %
district probably Z, By iSt Handy dem !.
reelected from the 4th, and Caldwell, dem
from the 9Th. Sloss, dem. is reelected from
9Th district.
The official vote Tor thirteen towns and par
tial returns from eighteen others give a repub
lican majority of 10 GOO. Tie republicans claim
the state by 5000. The republicans elect five
OF six coBgressmen.
Am Louisiana.
Both parties claim the state though the libe
rails regard their success as almost certain b,
10000. Darrell, in the 81, and Morey, in Ill
district, are elected to congress. The counting
OF the vote Of Orleans parish is progressin.
slowly. The impression prevails that at the pres
ent rate 1t will require thirty days to complete it
MSo,nhg mas developed to change the belief
city. Gen. Geo. A. Sheridan is undoubtedly
elected congressman at large. 1t will require
the ono count OF Sypher and Sheldon's dis
tricts to decide.
The election is progressing slowly Throughout
the state. So far as heard from the liberals ar,
believed to be ahead, and that Houston will b,
decided upon for the capi'al.
Arkansas.
The vote is very close. Both sides claim th.
state.
Missouri
Returns are still very meager but the demo
Gratis claim from 80 900 to 40 900 majority anC
the republicans conceds 10000 to $1,000. The
democrats also claim nine out of thirteen Con
gressmen 1t Is pretty definitely known that the
republicans have elected Stsnard in the LIST dis
frict, Ravens in the och, and Hyden in the 10Th
They also claim three other districts. Stanard
by a small majority. Wells, dem, in the ID and
Stone, DEM, in the Sd, are also elected.
Tennessee.
Greeley's majority in the state is estimated at
<O,pV, dhu uOFcElOE DEOWn HAS ABOUT same
The state committee believe that the repub,i-
cans have elected seven out OF nine congress
men. Returns from fifty-five towns and pre-
cincts, embracing every division of the state,
give Maynard, 13,76l; Cheatman, l1,051, and
johnson, III, indicating Aaynard's election.
The republicans claim the election of Thorn
burg, rep, for Congress In the I'd district
Mumm, liberal, in the Sth district, is elected.
The Sd district is doubtful, with the chances Ia
favor of Crutchfeld, rep. The election OF Har-
rison, rep, 70 Congress from the 9Th district is
conceded. Barbour Lewis, rep, is elected TO
Congress from the 9th district.
&c. IllinOi Q.
Cook county goes 10000 majority for Grant
and 5000 for 0Rieeby. The leRis lature will
stand: Senate, "a republicans, Il democrats:
Houee, 81 republicans, % dem0ssats. The con-
gressiOnal delegation stands 10 republicans and
- : - Indiana.
Fifty counties, onicial and reported MAORI.
ties, Giye . republican majority Of 10 $50. The
republican centred eonmittoe olsim 3 majority
' y wi WfscouSisfn.
Tho state gives . fepnbiicsu majority of
1900. Willansa Hazlet0n, Barber, SaEyef,
Rusk, and 'McDfll, republicans, and Eldridre,
democrat, have been elected to CopRfeD.- :
~yr1 A1DD0SOta.
( Enough returns hAke been received to show
WAT the stete hes gone for Grant by IL, 600 to
AsQ0o majority. The following republican con-
gressionAl candidates are elected: N. H. Dun
nell. Int district. & 900 ma ioritv. n r. Strait "a