Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-09

THE SITUATION.
Florida to Decide the Election.
Railroad and Tclegrapkic COM
municatiOn Cut OF.
The State in the Hands of
HOnest Men.
The Democrats Claim II BY 255
MsiOritJ.
What tho Metropolitan Papers
Have to Say.
Intense Anxiety and Interest
Everywhere.
LATEST

SAVANNAH, November 9 The railroad
disaster in Florida cuts off the election
news.
WAsMSGToS. D. c, November 9.-The
following dispatch was received at two
o'clock this morning:
SAVANNAH. Ga, November 80 am.
--Comnunication is cut off from middle
and vest Florida, aud the railroad aud
telegraph injured by lightning. A large
number Of voters were on the trains.
LAKE CITY. FLA, November 9-Ths
returns received up to 1880 this morn.
ing show Democratic gains, but leaves
the State still in doubt. 1t is thought
the actual count will De necessary to de-
termine the result. The Democrats esti.
mate theft majority az $500. and the
Republicans theirs at 1900.
LArzR -Tveuty.one counties in Flor
ida give I'LL Republican msj ,rity
Eighteen. counties not hesrd from; but
estimates based on the'eIection of 1874
will give a Democratic majority Of 1866.
which will make the State Democratic
81 2J5 majority.
WASHINGTON. November 9. = Hon
Chas. T. Garham, Assistant Secretary OF
the Interior, received at moon to-day a
telegram from Secretary Chandler say
ing, without qualification, that Hayes
has lS5 votes and is elected. Secretary
Chandler will return here from New
York to. night.
New ORLEANS, November 9, 4:3O a m.
The Democrats claim the State by 5000
msiority, estimated from returns already
reeeiYed. The Republicans claim that
when the river parishes are heard from
they will have 10000 majority. The re.
turning board decides the election in
Louisiana. Dispatches received from
Florida indicate a Democratic majority
Of 1900 in that Slste.
New York, November 9.-The Times
has jsst bullednsd a dispatch from the
Governor Of Florida to his brother.in.
law here that the State has gone Repub
lican.
Enormous crowds are gathered on the
front Of the newspaper and telegraph
Offices, and Broadway aod Park Row
from The Western Union Telegraph ofict
qp aud past the Herald, Express, World.
Times, Tribune and Sun newspaper
oEces, seems to be ono dense mass o.
people.
C%HARLEsToS, November Q -Nineteer
COUNTIES (oficisD give a Democratic ma
, jority Of 23,6l3 Eleven counties from
Trustworthy and some official. give th,
Republicans a majority Of l4,l59 0nl,
to be heard from Two remaining counties
Charleston aud Carleton, where bsfor
the election the Republicans claimed re
spectiyely 6OOO and 500 majority. If tn
result confirms the anticipations HamF
teas net mejorily would be 1854 aud I'll
4, d.n's probably 10 or Is per cent. lees
The city is in q condition Of ievsrish eE
ci,ement.
SAY FRAycIsco, November Q "A dii
: patch from Portland ssys the Democrat
s now concede TIE State has gone 70
Hayes by 800 to 800 majority. The b
. publican State Central Gommistso elsii
+. it by 1000 to 1900 majority.
: ~scRASros, PEBS., November Eli
den's majority in Luzerne county
= 5000. The Republicans gain five men
d bers to the Legislature frsm the count.
and elect seven Of the nine member
.slIones rep J is elected to a Congre
sional vacancy. Wright Dem ia pleetf
to the Forty fifth Congress. The Repu.
. licaus elect two State Senators, a gain
ona.
2, HARTToRp, November p.-The RePu
Al lican majority 10 the Connecticut Leg
n lsture is thiriy.seysn on a joint ballC
The Senate standing eleven Republican
10 ten Democrats, and the H0pss
Republicans to los Democrats. II
Congressional delegation remains as
u the present Congress.
IS CHICAGO, November 9-The only a
% ditional Congressional news is that II
ton REP has carried the Thirteen
district. This makes the fourth Repu
e lican in the State. Sparks DEM ca
ried the Sixteenth district by o goc
70 majority.
B. The Times claims that Tilden is, wit
D, out doubt, elected, while the Tribune al
in later. Ocean declare there is strong hol
AZ that Florida, on which the result Is co
sidered to depend, will 20 Republican.
YASEros, D. T, November /. 49, II
election returns come ia slowly, but /
e. dieGa larger Republican msjoritics Ii,