The Iola register., 1880-11-19
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.

News from Everywhere.
REVISED ELECTION RETURNS.
Alabama-The official vote Of the State,
with four counties to hear from, is: Han.
cock, SS, 800; Garfield, s., ,794; Weaver, ,551.
The counties to hear from will add about
1900 to Hancock's majority. !
California-The Hancock Electors Will
have plurality of between 200 and 800, with
the exception Of one Elector, who was
scratched from number of tickets and is
probably defeated. The Democrats gain one
Congressman, Gen. Rosecrans, in the First
District. The Legislature is Republican.
Illinois-The Chicago Tribune has COM
plete official returns from all the counties in
the State, which show total vote on Presi-
dent of 6s2, ,23O, of which Garfield has 31s,-
2O5; Hancock, 277,454; Weaver, 25, ,821; Dow
and Phelps, $50. Garfeld's plurality, 49,
751; majority, 10, 1sO. Cullom, Republican,
for Governor, has 2, 800 less than Garfield,
and all the State candidates run somewhat
below.
Kansas Official returns from 65 counties
(leaving Is yet to be heard from) give Gar
field, 1O5, ,763; Hancock, 50 ,190; Weaver, 49,
219 For Governor, st. John SO, 992; Ross,
52,2S1; vrooman, 15,777; stringfeld, 204.
Legislative returns, nearly complete, show
that the Senate will be composed Of 81 Re-
publicans, Democrats and Fusionist; the
House of III Republicans, 8 Democrats, 6
Fusionists and Independent Republicans.
Maryland-O Official: Hancock, SO, ,706; Gar
field, 7S,515.
Missouri Official returns from all but
three counties (Knox, Mcdonald and New
Madrid) give Hancock, 2O4, ,S67; Garfield,
15s, ,s94; Weaver, 32,9A. The vote in the
Ninth Congressional District is said to be
tie between Craig, Democrat, and Ford,
Greenbacker.
Oregon-Republican majority about 600.
PENNSYLVANIA Official: Garfield, ~, ,704;
Hancock, 4O7, ,42s; Weaver, 20,66s; Dow,
1889; Phelps, A.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Two of the witnesses for the defense
in the Morey Chinese letter case in New
York have been arrested for perjury and
lodged in the Tombs. One of them il Sam
uel L. Morey, who swore that he had an un-
Gle named H. L. Morey; the other, James
O'Brien, alias Robert Lindsey, who swore
that he knew H. L. Morey and saw and Tread
the alleged Garfield letter while it was in his
possession. 1t is said both subsequently
confessed that they had been hired to testify
as they did, the former by John Sanborn,
I'D q nI.oa
Lawrence, Mass; the latter by William
NJ. Price, lawyer of Cumberland, Nd, and
Democratic candidate for Presidential Elec-
tor. Both say they were instructed in the
roles they were to play and rehearsed the
testimony they were to give in court. Morey
received pay for his expenses from the funds
of the National Democratic Committee. The
proprietors of the Truth, the lawyers for the
defense and the members Of the Democratic
Committee all deny any participation in or
knowledge of the subornation Of the two wit
nesses, and say they were ordered subpGnaed
in good faith as competent and truthful wit
nesses. Sanborn and Clark, Of Lawrence,
Mass, both make afidavits denying the es-
sential parts of Morey's statement.
Col. E. L. DRAKE, who drilled the
first oil-well at Titusville, Pa, and who for
several years past has received pension
from the State of Pennsylvania on account OF
his labors in developing the oil industry in
that State, has just died. A statue to his
memory is to be erected on the new Oil EX-
change now building at Titusville or at some
other prominent point in that city.
PROTESTS have been made in several
counties of New York State against the
counting of Republican ballots voted at the
late election, on the ground that said ballots
are printed in such manner as to be illegal
GEN. GARFIELD has sent to Gov. Eos
ter his resignation as Member OF Congres!
from the Nineteenth Ohio District, and al
election will be ordered for Nov. 30 to fillth'
vacancy.
AL1rrLE Rock dispatch of the 11tf
says there is no doubt Of the election of al
four Democratic Congressman in Arkansas
In the First District Dunn leads johnson
5000 votes, with Desha and Mississippi
Counties to hear from, which will not alte
the result. In the Second Distric
Jones is elected by 2,14 pluralit.
over Williams, who leads Garland
Greenbacker, 1000 votes. In tn
Third District Cravens is reelected owe
Boles, Republican, by 5000 majority. Il
the Fourth District Gunter is reelected b.
plurality over Peel, Democrat, Of abou
1,50O, Murphy, Republican, being LOCO be
hind Peel.
THE official vote of the Novembe
election in Ohio is as follows: Garfield
375,O4S: Hancock, 340,S31; Weaver, {, ,456