The daily gazette., 1879-01-04
Garcel0n, Democrat, Elected
Governor of Maine.

BosToN, Jan. 3.-The Legislature of
Maine has elected Garcelon, the Demo-
cratic candidate, Governor of that st ate.
[The State election in Maine last Sep
:ember, it will be remembered, resulted
| in no choice of Governor by the people,
no one of the three candidates in The
field having clear majority of all the
votes cast. Selden Conner, the recent,
Governor and Republican candidate for
| reelection, received 56,419 votes Alon-
20 Gareelon, Democrat, 27,S72 votes !;
and Joseph l.. Smith, Greenbacker, Al, :
404 votes. Connor's plurality over Gar
celon was 2S,547, and over Smith, 49,
0l5 but the votes for Smith and Garce-
lon combined aggregated 69,276 and
, therefore Conner lacks 12,S67 votes of
an election by the people. The aggre-
cote vote was 125.726, while that of The
preceding year was only 101, ,191. The
election of Governor was thus thrown
| into the Legislature, in which body a
complicated system of electing is in
vogue. When no candidate receives a
majority of all the votes cast, it becomes
the duty of the House to send to the SEN
ate the names of two of the candidates,
one of whom the Senate must elect Gov
ernor. In the Legislature elected i'll
1877 the Republicans had % majority
in the House of Representatives. But
while the Republicans secured 20 of the
81 Senators i'll the present Legislature,
they elected only IS members of the
lower house, to 20 Democrats and 81
Greenbackers. The Democrats and
Greenbackers in the lower house united,
as might have been expected, and to-day
thai body sent to the Senate the names
of Garcelon and Smith, the Republican
majority in the Senate being obliged to
make one or the other Governor. Their
choice very naturally fell upon DIR. Gar
celon the Democratic candidate, although
he received the smallest proportion OF
the popular vote. DR.. Alonzo Garcelon,
the new Governor is prominent physi-
clan, who has also figured consplcuously
in political life. He was formely Re-
publican, and while acting with that
party was elected member of the State
Senate. He went over to the Democratic
party in the movement led by President
johnson, and has since been defeated
several times as Democratic candidate
for Congress. He has also served as
Mayor of the city of Lewiston. DR.
Garcelon is regarded as a hard-money
man, and has but little sympathy with
the cheap money craze which swept over
Maine last fall
NEW JERSEY ITEMs.-Snall river
craft are frozen fas. in the creeks OF Soutf
Jersey
The Jennings heirs will meet in Cam
den on the morning of the 9th instant.
Hunters family called again yesterday
His execution will take place this day
one week.
The Surveyors Association of Yves,
Jersey will hold its annual meeting in
Camdea next Tuesday.
Twenty-Five thousand California sal
mon have been planted in the large mil
pond at Allowaystown, Salem county.
There were seventeen prisoners in the
Trenton Jail yesterday. The Trertor
police arrested l 1,2S5 persons during the
year.
At the target contest of Company d
lSeventh Regiment, John P. Rogers ant
John Carron tied for the medal. Eacl
made 10 points out Off possible 25. Tht
medal tie will be settled by a contes
this afternoon.