The Portland daily press., 1882-09-12
CITY ELECTION.
Col. Robbie Receives a Plural
ity of 249.
COUNTY OFFICERS PLURAL
ITY FROM 40 TO 41o.
Reading of Returns in City Hall to
a Happy Crowd Of Listeners.

1t is generally conceded that wet day is
unfavorable to Republicans, on the occasion OF
an elect on, and correspondingly suspicious
for the opposition. Yesterday showed, by its
glorious results, that old saws sometimes fail
to meet the case. The Republicans gathered
at the polls well, and while the total vote
thrown in Portland was 425 less than IN 1851,
when Gov Paisted received his election, the
plurality this year was nine more for Gen. Ro-
bic than for Gov. Davis. The total vote
thrown in 1880 was $751; and in 1882 was
| 6,462.
AS soon as the polls were opened, there was
quite hasty, but good-natured effort made to
see which one should have the honor OF cast
ing the first ballot. From that time the vot-
| ing went steadily on, without excitement, I'M
| til the close of the polls at o'clock. Split
| tickets abounded, and both parties used them
with some effect By comparing the votes OF
1880 and 1882, however it will be seen that as
far as the governor was concerned, the results
show about the same relative proportion. The
Republican scratchers were fully met by the
Democratic. Some of the tickets when placed
in the box were almost a mass of stickers, from
the liberties taken with the original by the
owner. 1t would be Impossible to give the va
rions scratch ballots On some Stevens
name was substituted for Grams, for Register
of Deeds; on others Hull's name appeared; on
others still Grams was substituted for Hull's.
The general request sent by Hull TO
voters in the city to support him
did not seem to have caught on to
any great extent as Mr.. Grams plurality
is 300. Mr.. Webb received the compliment OF
the largest plurality of all the county officers
in the city vote, obtaining 419, and next him
came the genial Clerk of the Courts Mr.. Den
nett, with Ala Perhaps the most astonished
man will be Sheriff Sawyer, whose rival, Mr..
True, will go out of the city with 40 plurality.
As the argument has been generally used that
in large cities, a Prohibitionist sheriff cannot
get plurality of votes, the above fact goes to
show that with all the efforts made by the op-
position, still Mr.. True can do it,
The Independent ticket naturally excited
curiosity as to the number of votes it would
obtain. In five wards there were % votes cast
for Mr. Vinton, and as there were six scatter
ing in the other two, it is possible he may
have have received those also, making total of
81. The same vote was received by the lnde-
pendent candidates for Congress- The Scion
Chase ticket captured so votes corresponding
to the Nye ticket of 1880, which received 80.
Tn the vote for members of Congress it will
be seen that Mr.. Reed runs way ahead of his
ticket. followed in order by Messrs. Dingley,
Milliken and Boutelle. Mr. Dane led the
Fusion ticket followed by Laid, Murch and
Thing. In the Republican representative vote
Gen. G. P. Mattocks led closely followed by
Mr.. Hale. Many of the Irish voters refused to
vote for D. W. True and others scratched Mr..
Geo. f. Talbot's name and substituted Gen.
Mattock's.
After the polls were closed there was
great gathering in front of the newspaper
offices Many of the we'll known Fuslonlsts
faces were wreathed with smiles. They heard
the report that the Republicans were whipped
and despite the falling rain, they wanted to
enjoy the good news. AS the returns Kept
coming in, with reports of great Republican
gains, they gradually melted away, until, a.
nine o'clock, the last solitary lingerer had de-
parted. There will be weeping and wailing
and guashing of teeth as those little bets are
paid especially where odds of two to one were
offered on Plaisted, with takers.
In the City Hall.
When it became evident that the Republi-
cans we're rolling up majority in the State
such as even the most sanguine had not ex-
pected crowd of enthusiastic Republicans,
gathered in City Hall, filling it for several
hours, and listened to the returns as they came
in. with cheers and applause. Mr.. Charles Nc
Laughln, also two of the successful candidates
one for Senator and the other for Representa-
tive. were present, and were fairly forced on to
the stage by the eager and enthusiastic crowd
where they made excellent brief speeches con-
gratulating their hearers on the glorious news.
Alderman Little also made brief but perth
nent speech and. later, others. The following
is the official vote of the city:
CITY VOTE FOR GOVERNOR.
1890 1882.