Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-11-16
The Elections.

The early reports of the result of No.
vember election have seldom been so wide
OF The mark as those of last week. A
brief review Of the outcome of the voting
will be found he.ow.
In Massachusetts Gov. Long had $4,000
plurality. the vote in round numbers being
Long SO 900, Thompson 90. 900; the green
back candid tie received 5000 or 5000
only, and the prohibitionist about one
fourth of that The Connecticut Legislative
elections were favorable to the republicans
In New York instead of the democrats
electing their state ticket by $4,000 the
republican state ticket with one except N
was successful. Carr. the republican can.
didate for secretary of state, Russell for
attorney general and Davenport for con
troller, are elected by about 10 900 over
their democratic opponents Seymour for
state engineer and finch for judge of the
court OF appeals have somewha, smaller
majority than that for the first named
candidates. The only democrat elected is
Maxwell, who heat Gen Hustled for stale
treasurer by 10000 Hustled was unmer.
cifully scratched all over The state. The
legislature is democratic; the Senate by
two IN tjDrity and the House nv six. Thi>
came from the paying IF old scores BY
republicans who were angry over the
contest OF last summer. Or Mr. Conk
ling's "Sparan band" that is tn, p
members of the Legislature who stnck by
him last summer only one is I, elected To
the Legislature. The democrats elected
two congressman, John ittrdy and R r
Flower. in pItce of Fernando Wood anu
Lew z Norton. Flower had nearly 3OO
maj rity over Mr. Asor who male u vety
dIsreputable canvass ana lost hundreds OF
the best republicans. The republicans
elected Mussrs. Skinner and WadSworrh
to congress in place OF Miller and LApham
elected to the Senate.
The republicans still retain control o.
the New Jersey legislature; and in Penn.
sylvania they elect Bailey state treasurer
over Noble, democrat, by plurality d
1902. Wolfe, the independent candidate
drew about $4,000 otes, most of them
from the republican side.
Maryland went democratic with repub
lican gains. Mississippi went democr att,
and Minnesota and Nebraska republican
AS usual. The republicans elected rhei,
state ticket by pIulelties of from 5000 tt
10000. The prohib ZIONIST vote was quit
large and at first the democrats though
they bad carried the state whereat the,
we've astonished and gratified. They have
now discovered that their rejoicing was
premature.
The Virginia election was victory fol
Malone. Cameron is eec ed governor
by about 10000 over Major Dlniel and
the Bourbons have lost the legislatur
The newly cleo ed legislature meets in
Decem her and will choose United States
senator. Rlddlebrger and John S WI {
are the two prominent candid ties for the
place. The hide bound democrats OF the
old Dominion are worried and disguised
While MIR. Malone is in II happier frame Of
mind than when al the extra session of the
Senate last spring the democratic senators
were bouncing on him for betrayipp the
men who sent hun TO the Senate. What
makes the old liners so exercised over the
victory of the Malone combination is that
1t portend trouble in keeping her south
ern states in suIjection to the will of the
present ruling ciques.