Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-11-18
Lancaster .3rltelkger1rer.
SATURDAY EVENING NOV. 10. 1881.
The Complete Figures.


The official footings show that Mr..
Pattison will have over 10000
plurality that his vote will not
only be greater, by nearly forty thou.
sand, than was ever cast for Demo.
cratic candidate for governor In Penn.
sylvania, but greater by decided figure
than was ever cast for any nom
inee of any party In this state for the
gubernatorial Office. In the famous
campaign Of 1872, when the interest and
the effort invoked by Hartranft's candi
dacy equaled the activity of presiden
tial canvass, he received 3s3 1897 votes
at least that many were counted for
him. Mr.. Pattison's vote Outruns this.
The returns do not show that Mr.. Pat
tison leads his ticket ; his name unques-
tionably gave more strength to the
canvass than any other, and the greater
interest felt in tho struggle for governor
than for any other place is shown
by tho larger vote polled on
that Office. The uniform excel
lence of the Democratic nominees
resulted to the general advantage of the
party, and as has been often pointed out,
such o symmetrical combination of politi.
cal strength has never been presented by
any party in this state. While the can.
didates each ran we'll in his own
locality, all the others seem to have
been kept up. Mr.. Blacks total
vote is nearly as great As Mr.. Pat
tison's, though his plurality IS rendered
less by the gain Of Davies over Beaver.
In York county Mr.. Black ran ahead of
his ticket, but not by any means SO far
as he would have done had not hundreds
of Republicans there-as we arc in
formed by some of them-vOted the
whole Democratic ticket out of cOmpli-
ment to his position on it. Mr. Clark,
too, could have increased his vote
largely had lie not peremptOrily
forbidden any sacrifice of his colleagues
in his own interest. As it is, he has
certainly polled more actual votes than
any candidate who was voted for this year
for any Office. In his own county he re-
ceived the splendid endorsement Of a
popular plurality against an adverse party
advantage of over two thousand. Mr..
Africa, as was to have been expected,
ran far ahead of his ticket at home and
elsewhere, and in his total vote is slight
ly behind Mr.. Pattison, while in his
plurality he will he about even with Mr..
Black.
The Democratic candidate for con.
gressman-at-large, Mr.. Elliott, falls con
siderably below the average of
his colleagues in his plurality
though his to.al vote is not materially
less. This latter incident proves that
his falling off is due mainly to the dis
advantage of his position in being placed
on the county ticket, in the fate OF
which, in many of the larger counties
there was little interest taken. In his
own county of Tioga, the closest, by the
way, in the state between the three par
ties, Mr.. Elliott received a plurality
of LG03, though Beaver carried the
county over Pattison. Throughout the
northern and northwestern part OF
the state, Mr.. Elliott contributed
strength to the ticket and in all the can
vass bore himself bravely and rendered
yeOman service. With reference to sec
tional considerations as we'll as to gen.
eral political interests his candidacy
vindicated the wisdom of his nomination
by the Democratic state convention.