Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-11-07
THE ELECTIONS.
UNCERTAIN FIGURES IN NEW YORK.
Excitement in AIbany-OemOcratie tsti-
mates Place Potter's Majority at from
Five 10 Ten ThOusand-ClOse
Vote on AttOrney-eeneral.
NEW YORK
Excitement in Albsny-Fears ofa Fraud
ulent Count

Excitement in Albsny-Fears ofa Fraud
ulsnt Count
NRw YORK, November 6.-The Ereil.
ing Post has the following special from
Albany: Great excitement exists here
relative To tie result Of the election as
To Safe officers other than Governor.
The heads OF departments and clerks at
the State Hall manifest much anxiety TO
ascertain the latest phases OF the can
vass, and dispatches are passing hack
and forth between that city and New
York with great frequency. 1t is be-
lieved that Tammany scratched Alcott
badly out OF revenge. In other
parts of the State the Democrats fear
Waisworth, Republican for Comp
troller. run ahead Of his ticket. The
feeling among the Robinson Democrats
ia bitter toward the faction that has
wrought the mischief Beach, Demo-
crat. j. believed 10 be reelected Secre-
tary oi State, and Seymour, Democrat
for state Engineer, Is thought to be safe.
WindelIs Republican friends refuse to
give up the claim that he Is elected
Treasurer. Fears are entertained that
i'm the count there is 10 be a repetition
OF the uncertainty in the last National
election.
Press Opinions.
ALBANY, November 6.-The Ergt1,g
Journal claims that there is good reason
10 believe that part, at least, OF the
Republican ticket besides Cornell Is el-
ected. Its latest figures give HOsklns
a majority of 4j5 over Potter. IL also
makes COrnelns plurality 42,4S4.
New YORK. November 6.-ln regard
20 the vote on the State ticket, the Herald
of this morning SAYS: Another day has
passed, the third since the election,
without settling tine fate Of any officer
on the general State ticket, except Gov
ernOr. The utmost that can be said Is
that the voting runs unusually close IN
the case of every one OF them, and that
probabilities still favor the success oil
most Of the Democratic candidates.
The S,p estimates COrnells plurality
at IS, 500 and POtter's majority at 4,23O.
The rest of the Democratic State ticket,
il saws, seems TO be elected by small ma
iOritieS, although il admits that Wards
Increased vote over the other Repubh-
can candidates in New York city makes
the contest for Attorney General very
close.
ALBANY, November 6.-The trygs
claims the election of the Democratic
State officers, but does not estimate
their majOritieS.
The EIUreSs Republican, claims the
election OF the whole Republican ticket,
except SOule.
The Press md KnicksrboctSr llndepen-
dent figures on the returns and says
the Democratic State officers ought 10
have plurality OF 3l4.
NEW York. November 6.-The UOrH
SAYS: The most authentic returns re-
ceiyed at the UOrid office eject Mr.: Pot
ter by from five to ten thousand major
ity. Mr.. Seymour, Tor State Engineer,
is elected by a still larger majority.
There appears % be- no doubt oi the sue
cess of Mr. Beach, Tor Secretary otState,
and of Mr.. Mackin, for State Treasurer
Tammanv cut the city vote Tor Mr.
Olcott. ior Comptroller, and Mr..
S,hoomalrr, for AttOrney-t1eneral,s so
extensively rs 90 reduce their majority
considerably i'm this city, and IN these
cases 10 NAV require the official turns
20 determine the result.
The T,m,s SAYS that the latest returns
from the sixty counties IN thlS State,
while they reduce COrnells plurality
bv few hundred, show an apparent
majority and a great portion OF the other
candidates on the State ticket over their
Democratic competitors. Mr.. j. W.
WadSwOrth, the Republican candidate
for Comptroller, has received several
thousand move votes than anv oi
his colleagues, while General
Joseph b. Carr, the candidate Tor
Secretary OF State, comes next IN
point of majority. The other names on
the ticket stand in the following order
As regards the size of their votes: Ham
ilton Ward, Attorney-General, Nathan
ID. Wendell, Treasurer, and Gcorge q.
Hoskins, Lleutenant-GovernOr. Mr..
Howard SOule's chances of success are
not so good, but his defeat Is by no
means certain. Estimates based
on last nights returns give Mr..
Cornell 37,672 plurality. Additions
10 the vote of the remainder
of the ticket are constantly increasing
the pluralities. the present figures mdi-
eating that HOskins has about ,lU
more votes than Potter, while Nads-
worth has nearly !, 900 more than OicOt.
Mr.. kelIrv's vote, as far aS returned.
fo1ts up 16.263, while Mr.. Harris Lewis,
the Greeuback candidate, has only re-
ceiyed 1,lS2.