The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-05


IN THE NEW LEGISLATURE.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.1
TRENTON, Nov. 4. 1879.
The election resulted throughout the State in
. republican victory Oh the Legislative ticket.
Tho republicans elect their Senators in Burling-
ton, Middlesex and Passsic counties by largo
majorities, and the democrats elect their Sen.
stors in Cape May. Sussex and Hunterdon
counties by small majorites The republicans elect
at least thirty-three members, and the democrats
twenty-seven for the House of Assembly The re-
publican majority joint ballot will be about nine.
The democrats elect their county ticket in Essex
county and the Surrogate in Mercer county.
HUDSON COUNTY.
The election in Hudson county, N. j., yesterday,
| passed OFT without any disturbance, although the
county There were $4,000 votes registered, but the
vote pollsd fell over 5000 short of this num-
Der The total vote ,. polled throughout Jer-
1870; Second 3.l2s; Third. 3,oos; Fourth; 1866;
Fifth, 1904; SIXTH 27S9. Total, 1610l Greenback
| candidates in the field in each district, but
| the vote received by them was so small as to
be scarcely worth noticing. The figures from
| the six districts indicate the election of the
democratic candidates for Register and Director
LARGE and three, If not four, democratic Assem-
biymen out Of the districts. The successful can
ddates are, probably J. b. Cleveland. dem.. Regis
| ter; E. F. Mcdonald. DEM. observation-disclosures: As
| Second district-P Sheeran. ind dem. Third dis
L. McDermott. dem: Fifth districs-D. W. Lawrence.
| The vote between Braun. ind. DEM. and Van
Horne rep for County Clerk is close that it will
elected. Up to midnight the votes received were:-
In the First district with the Third precinct incom
ss VAN ane Eorne rep o nS DEM co.
| Register-Cleveand, deln.. 1,l89 Peloubet. rep.
s5l. Director-at: Large-McDonald DEM. LOOT;
iss sense ssR '0's A'''m'lsraSl0r asm'
In the Second district with the Second, Sixth and
lows CLERK Fielder. dem. 2l9; Van Horne. rep.
22s; Braun. ind. DEM, LISA. Regster-Cleveland.
dem. l.2s9: Peloubet. rep. Se7. Director-McDon-
aid, DEM. 1896; Ingwersen. rep. s45. Assembly
Mcdonald, dem 4S6; Cole, rep. 266; Sheeran, ind.
dem. 750; McGrath, ind. dem., 100.
In the Third district the complete returns are
For County Clerk. vans Horne. rep. 1.431 Braun.
ind DEM, l,l65 Fielder. dem.. 363 For Register
Cleveland, dem., 987; Peloubet, rep 179S. For Di-
rector at Large-McDonald. dem. $50; Ingwersen.
rep. 1879 For DEM. 1868; Lee. rep.
91S: Stlsing, ind. rep, 260. The Fourth and Fifth
districts still Incomplete at midnight, but suf-
cient returns had been received to show the election
of McDermott, DEM, to the Assembly from the
Fourth. and Lawrence. rep. to the Assembly from
the Fifth district. f..t--..
The Sixth district. complete. was as follows
Clerk-Fielder. DEM. sl9; Van Horne, rep. l46s;
LES; Peloubet. 1924. Director-McDonald. dem.
1.045 Ingwersen. rep. 1852. Assembly-Buck. dem.
In the seventh district (Hoboken) James curran.
dcni.. is elected to the Assembly Tie count in the
Eighth district will probably not be completed be-
fore noon to-day.
The republicans have made clean sweep in Passaic
county Hobart is reelected Senator over Hopper
by 1885 majority. For the Assembly, vreeland is
elected Todd by 700 majority; Morehead
publican. beats O'Brien by 1853 votes. Conkling.
republican. is elected over Haley by 10 majority.
CAPE MAY COUNTY.
The indications that w. b. Miller ldem.) has
defeated r. L. Leaning the present member for tho
State senate. and that L. Williams (rep) has been
elected to the Assembly
OCEAN COUNTY.
Rufus Blodgett (dem) reelected to the Assembly.
ATLANTIC COUNTY
The returns indicate the reelection Of James JEFF
ferson (rep.) by a large majority.
A REPUBLICAN GAIN fIDDL.EsEx.
New Brunswick gives Isaac L. Martin (rep.) 1854
majority for State Senator Wright Robbins
dem. II s estimated that Martin will have 900 ma
jority in the county. This is republican gam.
r. g. Miller lrep.) is elected to the Assembly from
J. NJ. Board (rep) is elected to the Assembly from
the second district This is gain.
THE RESULT IN NORRIS COUNTY.
In the First Assembly district Charles F. Axtell
lrep) is reelected over Dewitt G. Quimby (dem.).
In the Second Assembly district James II. Bruen
Assembly district Holloway w. Hunt (dem.) IL re-
elected. No opposition.
REpuBrlcAN GAINS IN BURLINGTON COUNTY.
Burlington county elects w. Budd, dem.. State
Senator by at least 1000 majority; indications are
that the republicans have gained State Senator aud
D. c. Brown, DEM. is elected in the FIRST district
by AZ majority. John d. Honce, dem, was elected
III the second without opposition. In the Third
district. J. Lufburrow. rep. has lao majority.
UNION COUNTY
very light vote was polled in Union county.
Mr.. Bennett tdem) is probably elected Mayor over
Amos Clark. Jr.. by $50 majority The City Council
is probably democratic. 1t is believed the republic
cans have lost two wards.
John T. Dunn (dem.) is reelected to the Assembly
from the First district by 700 majority. George NJ.
Stiles rep.) is reelected in the Second district by
600 majority decreased vote, and p. H. Vernon
trep.) is reelected IN the Third district by $50
majority.
The democrats elect four Chosen Freeholders. and
the Board or Education will probably be democratic
by u small majority.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The election in Newark and throughout Essex
county passed off quietly and resulted in tho cleo
ton of the democratic county ticket by over 1000
majority. The candidates elect are: =
Surrogate-Colonel Z. Meyer Sulick.
Register-Henry q. Egner
Road Board-William Harrigan.
OF the nine Assembly districts the republicans
carry hve-Van Duyne, Gill; Wilkinson, Paterson
and Langstrath; the democrats three-viz Kruger.
Grey and OConnor-and one In doubt. The repub-
lcans claim the election OF Williams by majority,
but the democrats insist that the official count will
give the district to Brown by or majority. There
very little excitement compared with tho
election.