St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-09
The November Elections.

In Massachusetts Gov. Rice is re-
elected by fully 1900 plurality over
CASTOR, or more than three times as
much as he received in the last off year,
1875. He has plurality over both
CASTOR and Pitman, but the $500 votes
for Phillips prevent his having a clean
majority. The whole Republican state
ticket goes in with him. The Republi-
cans elect all the councillors, and all but
six of the state Senate, and have a
stronger majority than usual in the
House.
The reports of the election in Con-
necticut indicate that the Republicans
have at least held their own at the
polls. The Senate will stand 10 Re-
publicans to 8 Democrats, Republican
gain of two, while in the House the
gained last year, showing from IS TO 40
Republican majority. P. Il. Barnum,
the veteran Snowman, is one of the Re-
publican members elect to the House of
Representatives.
The result of the New York election
shows that the Republicans have held
their own and probably gained some
what. Allen C. Beach is probably elect
ed Secretary of State; Frederic P. Oh
colt, Comptroller James MacKim,
State Treasurer, and HOratiO Seymour,
Jr., son of the former Governor, State
Engineer and Surveyor-all Democrats.
The most important point in the cleo
ton is the defeat of Augustus Schell
by John Morrissey in the Seventh State
Senatorial District in New York city,
by some 1900 majority. 1t is practical
ly Tammany defeat, for Schell was
backed by "Boss" Kelly, who lent all
his energies to defeating Morrisey. The
Democratic majority in New York city
is extraordinarily small for that hot bed
of the Democracy, being under 20 900,
while in Kings county it is under 1000,
and probably not over 5000. These
figures show Democratic loss of 49,
600 or 1900, as compared with the
vote of 1875.
In New Jersey the contest for the
Governorship was between Gen. Nc
Clellan, Democrat, and ex-Gov. Newell,
Republican. The returns show that
Mcclellan is certainly elected, while the
DemOcratsprobably carry both branches
of the Legislature.
In Pennsylvania the indications are
that the State has gone for the Demo-
Gratis.
Returns from Wisconsin are very in
complete, but such as are at hand in
dictate the success of the Democrats.
Mallory, Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor, is believed to be elected on a
plurality vote. The Greenbackers in
the State polled an unexpectedly large
vote.
Kansas and Nebraska have gone Re-
publican by large majorities.
The election in Baltimore was the
quietest ever held in that city, and a
light vote was polled in the state. The
only State officer to he elected was the
Comptroller of the Treasury, and the
Democrats ran in their man, Heating,
by some 81 900 majority. The Demo-
Gratis also elect their entire list of Rep
resentatives from Baltimore, l8 in num-
Der.
The Minnesota election passed off
quietly, and small vote was cast
throughout the State with about the
usual Republican majority.
The vote in Illinois was light, and
the election passed off uneventfully. In
| Chicago a close vote was polled for
County Treasurer, with chances in favor
of the Democratic candidate, but it is
probable that the Republican vote in
the county will be large enough to more
than offset the Democratic majority in
the city.