Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-05
The EJec,ion. Yesterday.

In general way the result OF the elections
yesterday was In the line Of the republican drift
In the previous elections of the year in Maine,
California, and Ohio. Still, In the peculiar
aspect Of the vote In New York state the pre5i-
Dental question Is not yet settled In favor OF the
republicans. They have elected Cornell and
carried the legislature, to be sure, but 1t Is
pretty evident that but for John Kelly's defec-
ton Robinson would have been elected, and this
leaves the question in doubt whether the demo-
Gratis cannot carry the great pivotal state In
1880; that is II the factions can succeed In har-
mOnizing their quarrelS and uniting upon a
presidential candidate The result apparently
shelves Tflden as candidate, and at the same
time kills of John Kelly and Tammany. While
Mr.. Tilden would appear to be himself displaced
as a candidate, it is pretty evident that the de-
mOcracy cannot afford to dispense with his aid
In carrying New York, and therefore he Is likely
to have potential voice In saying who shall be
the candidate
Once more the ante-election canvass of the
republican committee in Massachusetts is shown
to be remarkably accurate, Butler being defeat
cd by the plurality claimed against him for sew
eral days. Next in Importance, in political
point of view, to New York are the elections for
legislature In New Jersey and Connecticut.
The senators elected in those states yesterday
will hold over and participate In the election of
q. S. Senators next year. In Connecticut the
republicans elected 10 out of the II senators
chosen; the senate consists OF 81 members,
therefore the republicans will need to elect but
one next year to have a majority OF the body.
This gives them very decided advantage over
the democrats In the U. s. Senatorial contest
an advantage that under ordinary circum-
stances cannot be overcome. In New Jersey
the returns are not so definite, but the demo-
Gratis concede both houses of the legislature to
the republicans. This gives the republicans in
that state q majority of the holding over Sena-
tors, and as In the case of Connecticut renders
the election OF U. S. Senator-to succeed Mr.
Randolph-more than probable The returns
from legislative and senatorial districts In New
York are not yet complete, but those received
support the claim that the republicans have
both houses, which places them upon the same
vantage ground In the choice OF a u s. Senator
next year that they have won in Connecticut
and New Jersey-a majority of the holding over
senators. In Wisconsin, Minnesota and Massa-
chuSetts the legislatures are overwhelmingly
republican, of course, and in Maryland, Wiz
g1nia and Mississippi the democrats have carried
both branches of the legislature. The repub-
Gcan victory in Cook couny Including Chicago,
Illinois, is an important gain for that party
The returns from the gubernatorial election In
Minnesota are meagre, but there can be no
doubt but that Gov. Pillsbury, the republican
cdhuuate, hdS peeh Ie-eiecteu LII SpiCe ol Cne
opposition within his own party. Had it been
otherwise. the fact would no doubt have been
heralded by telegraph ere this. The returns from
Virginia show that the debtpayers have won
sweeping victory over the readjuSterS, and this
Will settle, for all future time, the question OF
the payment of the state debt. In many local.
ties the colored people voted with the read
justers, and the result has been to elect a num-
Der of their candidates to the legislature but
not sufficient to In any way affect legislation.
Dispatches from Mississippi indicate that the
democrats, as usual, have everything their own
way. SO far as heard from the greenbackers
have carried but single county. Even Yazoo
county, where 1t was hoped the Independents
would win as a rebuke to the Dixonltes has
gone democratic.