The Portland daily press., 1878-09-11
Nine Republican Majority in the
Senate.
The House of Representatives
Captured by She s5reenbackers.
The Fifth District Still in Doubt.
SOME CHANCE OF MR.. HALE'S E5EC-
lion.

There is nothing to change the result on the
Gubernatoral ticket. 1t is certain that there is
no choice and that the election will be thrown
into the Legislature Returns from 284 towns
and cities show a total vote of 102 26S, giving
Conner AZ ,27S; Garcelon %, 754, and Smith 49,.
$685. 1t will be seen that in these towns Con-
nor has plurality over Garcelon of 24,524 and
over Smith of IA, 4i2, aud lacks 3l2 of ma
jority. The same towns last year gave Common
Al 998, Williams 80 673 and Munson 4 932; Con-
rors majority 1888. The certainty that the
election will be throwa into the Legislature
makes the complexion of that body of much
interest. The Senate is composed Of 81 MEM
bers and our returns show that 20 of these will
be Republicans and Ii Democrats and Green
hackers. This is doubtless accurate. The
character of the House is not entirely certain,
though it is probable there will be a majority
of Democrats aud Greenbackers. Some of the
former are avowed hard money and in sew
eral instances they were supported by the Re-
publicans on the understanding that if the
election was thrown into the Legislature they
would vote to send to the Senate the names of
Conner and Garcelon. Others reekoned as
Democrats are no doubt tinged with the Green
back heresy. The total number of members of
the House is ISL. Returns have been received
from 1874 districts. OF these &C are Republican,
% Democratic and 46 Greenbackers, giving the
Democrats and Greenbackers majority of 2.
The remaining II districts lie 2 in Aroostook,
in HANCOCK, 4 in Somerset, in Washington
and 8 in Penobscot, and will with little doubt
serve to increase the combination majority.
The Congressional Votes.
Returns from the Congressional districts are
still incomplete, but they sufficient to settle
four of them beyond doubt. In the first dis
trict the plurality of Mr.. Reed is over 1900 (the
detailed vote is given elsewhere Mr.. Cove
leads Mr.. Henderson in York county, In the sec
ond district Frye has IN Androscoggin county
$3.50, Chase 3,114, Belcher LIB Fryes plu-
ralty In the district will he about 3000 Nearly
half of the Democrats voted for Chase. In the
the third Lindsey will have about 5000 plurali-
ty. In the fourth Ladd will have 1000 plurali-
ty. The Democrats pooled their issues thor
oughly with theGreenbackers and in Penobscot
county their victory is overwhelming. In the
fifth district there is still some chance that Mr.
Hale is elected. Waldo gives Murch some
1900 plurality ia despatch the Advertiser puts
N-oOt
ton and the Knox towns the Greenbackers de-
veloped much less strength. In the towns east
of the Penobscot Mr. Hale has, according to a
private despatch, at present about LOO plu-
rality and in the Knox towns 81. The remain
ing towns would ordinarily reduce the Repub-
lican majority, but if the Democrats in Wash
ipgton stick to Martin, as there are indications
that they are doing, Mr.. Hale may yet get
plurality. An Associated Press despatch
places Hale's plurality in Washington (esti-
mated) at 600, in Hancock at $50 and calcu-
lates that Murch will have 800 plurality. Mr..
Murch's friends evidently think he is elected
for they serenaded their favorite last night md
let eff few skyrockets.
The C0unty Tickets.
Republicans elect their full county ticket in
Audroscoggip, Cumberland, franklin, Oxford,
SAgadahoc, Kennebec and Washington. In
York the Republican ticket is elected with tie
exception of county attorney and sheriff, who
are Greenbackers. La Knox the Republicans
lose all but sheriff and county com missioner.
Penobscot is all lost. Hancock elects Republi-
can Senator's with treasurer and commissioner
still in doubt. Lincoln chooses Republican
Senator, but Democratic sheriff, commission
er and register of probate. In Piscataquis the
Republicans elect judge of probate, county
commissioner and probably treasurer. The re-
mainder of the county officers are Greenback-
ers. The indications from Aroostook are that
Re publicans choose commissioner and perhaps
sheriff while the Greenbackers and Democrats
elect senator and treasurer. Somerset is
carried by the Greenb back rs, Waldo ditto
An Augusta despatch says there is no dis.
couragement or dismay on the part of Repub.
licans. Their very next campaign will be
fought on the platform of honest money. The
Democrats are rejoicing that partial defeat
has oyertaken their old political opponents,
but are a little concerned to know whether
Gsrcelon will be voted up or down by the legis-
latare.