Daily Republican., 1881-11-08
TneFIectiOns To-day.

are btlnH Htlu jC-hds Al
and as is usual ia OIL years The result
will no doubt be varied and MiNsd
MARYLAND will eject Stat" Comp
trollcr, half the Senate and M h"uN
of Delegates. The people Will al" No''
upoa a proposed constitutional ainrnd
mcnt changing the time for the ei"c
ton of Judges to the general election
day in November. The rot" OF the Sta1'
last year was Hancock, M,ihn; Gar
field, 1S,jl5; Weaver, SIS, An organl
zatiOn of Old Line Democrats have CONT
out in opposition TO what is called the
Ring, but as thu day Tor the election
approached, the membership beam"
smaller, aud it will not be aheto max,
change though the Drm"cra ic ma
jority will NO doubt be reduced.
In Virginia, Governor ilcu'anaN'
Governor, Attorney General, "ur la''
the Senate and Il full House OF Dr,r.
gates are TO be elected; also a consli'u-
tional amendment aboli>hing the pay.
meut of cap:tation poll tan before the
election is to be voted upon, The par
ties in this State have dropped the dis
tinctive titles of Democrats and r.
puhlicanS, and are knuwn i, Fundrrs
and EradlUNtcrs, each party being CON
posed of Democrats and Republicans
though the bulk Of the Republicans rrr
acting with the Eradiu-tnrr, IS hrjnG
the most liberal OF IA" two parties
Last year Hancock received l21,9.6
votes and Garfield, S3,6&9. The iujico
tionS are that the kcadju>t.r> viii AIRY
the State and elect majority OF ,he|
Legislature.
Pennsylvania elect, a stat" TrrlSn-
rer and number Of county officers I'M
each county. The Legislature holds
over. There are three candidates, two
Of thea Republican for State Treasurer
This will so divide the vote, thai the
indications are that Noble, the Demo-
cratic candidate, will br elected Last
year Hancock received lOI ,j02 votes.
Garfield, 44l,13l and Weaver 2o,GG>,
New Jersey will elect only eight
Senators, which derive their impDrt-
ance from the fact that they will take
part in the election Of a uited Sa'r,
Senator 10 succeed Mcpherson, Demo
crat The last Senate was composed OF
II Republicans, democrats and one
Indcpend "ut. OF the eight vacancir, 10
be filled to-day seven of them wcr"
filled by Republicans. The Indications
are that the Republicans will retain
their anccndency in the Legislature,
whore they now have a majority Of Il
on Joint ballot, and that they will eject
"a United States Senator.
New York will elect a Secretary OF
State and other State officers, four per
sons to fill vacancies in Congress, two
Judges Of the supreme Court, - State
Senators and 100 members Of tn" A..
scmhly. The last Legislature was Re.
publican by IS majority in the Senate
and 81 i'll the Assembly. tn" vote for
President last year was: Hancock,
54 ,5ll; Garfield, 5j5, 54i Weaver T.,
313. Owing to the bad feeling enCrn
genderrd by the designations of Conk
ling ard Platt, rs United States Scna-
tors, and the election Of their successors,
the Republicans are not united rs they
should be, and though they may retain
control of the Leg. stature by II reduced
majority, there is a strong probability
that the Democrats will elect the Stat
ticket.
Massachusetts will elect full board
of State officers, both branches Of the
Legislature and will vote upon II Con-
stitutional Amendment, exrmpting |
honorahly discharged soldiers and sail |
orS from specialization from voting
on account Of being paupcrs or failing
to pay the poll tax. At the last clec-
ton Hancock received 1900 votes:
Garfield, lG5,3Ol and Weaver, 4,jiS |
There is no doubt as to how Massachr-
sets will vote.
Connecticut will hold its annual cleo.
tiol Of Representatives and its first |
e,ecti mot Senators under a rrdi>tricting
act, passed by the last Legislature, in
cre2siug the number of Senators by
three
wisconsin will elect a full board of
State officers half the Senate and full
Assembly. There are four tickets in
the fed, Republican,, Democratic,
Greenhack and Prohibition. The Pro
hibton ticket will weaken the Repub-
licans, but they still expect to elect
their ticket by 1000 majority, and
majority Of the Legislature Last year
the Sta e gavA Hancock, 1866 votes;
Garfield, IA ,39S and Weaver, 1886.
Nebraska will elect Judge of the
Supreme Court, and two Regents of the
State University. The vote of the State
last year was :: Hancock, 2s, 523; Gar
field, $500 and Weaver, 1850. There
will be no clauge in Nebraska.
Minnesota will elect a full ticket Of
State officers, three Judges Of the Su-
preme Court and will vote upon several
constitutional amendments. The vote
of the State last year was Hancock.
53,3lG; Garfield, 93,9O3 and Weaver,
3,267. There is no Legislature to elect.
Mississippi will count in a full board
of Democratic State officers and a Leg
islature that will be called upon to EJECT
a United States Senate to misrcpreSent