Salt River herald., 1878-11-16
THE ELECTEOEs.

OI Tuesday, the 9th inst, twenty nine states held general elections. The returns as far as received indicate the results for members of the house of representatives as follows:
 Alabama, democrats; Arkansas, 4 democrats; Connecticut, republi- cans. and 1 democrat; Delaware, democrat; Florida, 2 democrats; Geor- gia, 9 democrats; Illinois, B republi- cans and 6 democrats; Kansas, re- publicsss; Kentucky, 10 democrats; Louisiana, 6 democrats: Maryland, 1 republican and ) democrats; MaSSa chusetts, 10 republicans and 1 demo crat; Michigan, 9 republicans; Min nesota, , republicans; Mississippi, G democrats; Missouri, 1 republican, II democrats, and 1 greenback; Ne braska, republican; Nevada, 1 re- publican; New Hampshire, repu5- licans; New Jersey, republicans anu = NOliAoOldNSs 4NCN l Oi Af ~J IC- publicans and democrats; North Carolina, s democrats; Pennsylvania, IS republicans and 9 democrats Rhode Island, ? republicans; South Carolina, democrats; Tennessee, ? republicans and 8 democrats; Texas, 6 democrats; Virginia, 1 republican and s democrats; Wisconsin, re- publicans and ? democrats.
 This gives us in these twenty-nine states, 1O7 republicans, 126 democrats and 1 greenback, as against 9G repub- lican and 13S democrats in the last congress gain on the republican side of Il and a democratic loss of f2-
 The states holding elections last month were Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont and West Virginia. Thcirrepresentatives are as follows: Colorado, 1 rePubli- can; Indiana, republicans, 6 demo crats and ] greenback; Iowa, re- publicsns and ? greenback; Maine, 3 republicans and grcenback; Ohio Q republicans and II democrats; Ore gOn, 1 democrat; Vermont, repUbli canI4nd 1 greenback; W.5t Virginia, 3 democrats. TLese totals added to those recorded on the 9th inst, make the complexion of ths next house as follows: Republicans, 13J; demo ctlts, 1s5; greenback, [. The prcyi- ous heh hase. stood: Republicans, 135; democrats, .151. From this il appears that the republicans have neither lost or gained; the democrats have lost 1, and the greenbackers have gained :. Taken by states the republicans have Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylva- mia, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Colo rado, Iowa, Maine and Vermont; to- tai, IS, The democratic states are Alabams, Arkansas, Delaware, Flori- da, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Sonth Carolina, Ten nessee, Texas, Virginia, Ohio, Oregon and West Virginia; total, IS. Indi- ana stands democrats, 6 republicans and 1 greenbacker. California has not yet voted.
 Ben P. Butler, the greenback-labor candidate for governor in Msssachu- sets, was defeated by 3O,OO0.
 John P. Jones, of Nevada, is sure ofre-election, as the republicans have a majority of at least b in the legis- lature.
 The republicans carry Pennsylva- mia by Sa,OO0.
 New York goes republican by a majority of nearly 10000. In the city almost the entire anti-Tammany ticket is elected, and all the papers, includ- ing the Sun and HerQld, are jubilanl over the result.
 Thus far the returns show a gain on the republican side.