Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-11-13

The Elections.
Below We present synons;s
November election returns a. :, !" the
peared on Nov. 9th. Snbsa,sney aI-
turns Will be given and the resnl, I -, te-
known in its official form i' MADE
iHE NEW ENGLAND STATES
In Massachusetts, Ben. ButIer -
feated by Talbot, rep, by a1oc cas de-
Jority. The republicans also ~ ma.
the entire state ticket and ga;ne aecled
congressman. ea'aed one
In Connecticut the election If
ticket Is thrown into the house ,ba a'e
being no choice by the people " Ter
republicans gain one coneressmar ine
secure the state legislature wb;ob, ana ana
elect a U. 5. senator to succeed " VII "
Barnum. The greenback vo,a ", d.
about 600. 'o'e Was
In New Hampshire Gen. Head ro
Is elected governor and the lepisla,np,,,
Is republican. The republicans sa;s
one congressman; the delegate gan aa
being straight republican. The NV nov
U. 5. senator will be republican H Tl
greenback vote in the state w.s ol 1ne
5000. was ABOUT
In Vermont there was an election ..
congressman in the third distr;ct ~ "
election having resulted in Sentemha Nv
Barlow, boiling republican and orao-
hacker. was elected. ''i'-
in Rhode Island both renubI;con
congressman were elected. Greenbact
vote in the state about 1000.
THE MIDDLE STATE.
The principall feature of the Non
York election was the contest betwaor
Iammany and The opposition in New
York city. Augustus Schell was tho
Tammany candidate against Cooper
republican and i-Tammanv. Coo
per was elected by 10000 majority
The only state officer to be elected was
a judge of the court of appeals Dan.
forth, rep, is elected by from five to
twenty thousand. The Republicans
claim gain Of two congressman,
New jersey elections show repub-
lican gain of two congressman.
Pennsylvania went republican By
10000. The congressional delegation
will remain the same as before.
Delaware goes democratic as usual
THE SOUTHERN STATES.
In all the Southern states the elections
did not change materially the complex
ion Of the congressional delegation.
THE WESTERN STATES.
In Wisconsin the congressional dele
CATION stands the same as before. The
delegation is as follows C. G. VIII
liams, rep, in the first district by de.
creased majority; L. B. Caswell, rep,
in the second, by an increased majority;
Hazelton, rep, in the third district, by
small majority; P. V. Deuster, dem
in the fourth district, by very small
majority; Gen. Bragg, DEM, in the
fifth, by a decreased majority; Gabrie
Bouck, dem, in the sixth district, by
about the usual majority; Humphrey,
rep, in the seventh district, by about
the usual majority; Thaddeus Pound,
rep. in the eighth district, by decreas-
ed majority. The legislature will have
a republican majority on JOINT ballot Of
about twenty-five. The state shows ar
increased republican majority over
that of 1876 of about 5000.
The returns from Minnesota were
very meagre OH the day following the
election. The republicans claimed
Washburn's election over Donnelly Tor
congress.
In Michigan the democrats probably
lose their one congressman, and the
whole delegation will be republican,
Croswelps, rep, majority for governo!F
will be nearly $4,000. The greenbacS
vote Of this state was large, approach
ing that of the democratic party.
In Illinois great interest centered II
the result in Cook county, when
went republican. The congresslon!a-
delegation from Illinois was still IL
doubt Nov. 9th. There were some
changes but the delegation will not De
much altered.
In Missouri the democrats gam three
congressman and the state goes largely
democratic.
Nebraska goes republican as usual,
the maj ority being about 10000.
A question having arisen as to Inc
legality of the October elections IN Iowa,
the formality of repeating them Wa
gone through with, without any chahse
in result.
Returns from Nevada show that Tue
tickets were badly scratched. Inc le.
pnblicans probably have elected thell
state ticket, while the democrats nave
a majority in the legislature.