Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-11-16
MINNESOTA ELECTIONS.
Minnesota Refuses to Follow the Ex-
ample of Other States, by Re-
naming Republican.
The Republicans Will Have a Majority
of 81 on Joint Ballot in the
Legislature.
MINNESOTA.
THE STATE AT LARGE.

returns by counties, completed or partial,
official or estimated, came in more fully yes
terday and brought something like order out
! of the chaos that ruled the Minnesota election
| returns Tuesday night Below is given
| table of majorities by counties. which
are approximately and proportionately aocu-
| rate, and consolidated into majorities which
| are more likely to be increased than dimin-
ished. The most extraordinary thing in the
whole showing is the reduction of Whites
majority in the First district He is
elected, but only by the skin of
his teeth Bierman has made still hunt of
| singular success, and with a few weeks more
to work would probably have secured his
election. The natural theory OF this result is
that Dunnell has been engaged in undermining
White, but he denies this, and the returns
from the different counties give some color
of truth to his denial Bierman's gains have
been in the Democratic and Scandinavian
counties, and are probably attributable to his
nationality, and to belief among the Democrats
that the disafection of the Dunnell and anti
Window men generally gave them a chance.
Winona, ordinarnarily a close county, gives
Bierman 1000 majority and Republican
Wabasha gives him 500. The Re
publican majorities in Dodge Free
borne, Houston, Mower and Olmstead
are reduced to few hundred each, and White
! is only saved from defeat by 500 majority IN
Fillmore county. 1t appears that Biermsn's
agents did not get around to the Fillmore
county Scandinavians.
In the Second and Third districts the returns
run about as usual, except III Blue Earth and
q few other counties, where the result is COM
plicated by local issues. Returns from ell but
| three or four counties in each district, and
partial returns from these, give Wakefield and
Strait about 4J00 and $500 re-
spectively. Probably the complete returns
will add l 200 to each of these.
In the Fourth district, Washburn's majority
slightly exceeds the conservative estimate
made last night Hennepin gives him some
1900, which is more than Offset by 1000
for Ames in Ramsey Estimates for the other
counties, however, place his majority at
1924 Wright gives him over 400 majority
by the official count, and Saltwater $50.
Reasonable estimates for Chisago, Anoka,
Isanh and the others make up the rest.
The Fifth district exceeds all reasonable ex-
pectations in the magnitude of Nelson's plu-
rallty. 1t has already increased as additional
returns come in, until at o'clock this morn
ing, with estimates from all but about half
dozen counties, and partial returns from those,
it stands at 3,S6S. The first
claims from the Kindred precincts were gross
~ exaggerated With all his efforts III Crow
Wing, Kindred only rolled up some 1900 plu-
| rality, and no other county has given him enc
fourth so much. St Louis is singularly close
Kindred having but 20 majority. Nelson's
largest plurality is some 5000 in Otter Tail
Barnum does not cut much of figure, but he~
polled 1000 vot, in Stearns county. 1t will
| not be surprising if Nelson's plurality, after
| all the returns are in shall reach 5000.
In spite of the complications iu the legisla-
tive district the PIONEER PRESS manages to
sent an approximately accurate and complete
list of members of the next legislature The
Democratic gains are smaller than was expect
ed in view of the many Republican splits. The
few losses on this account have been
offset by Republican gains N Democratic
counties. The legislature will stand: Senate:
Republicans, 81; Democrats, 10; Independ-
ants and Greenbackers, 3. House, Republic
ans, rs; Democrats, %; Independ-
ent 3. Wheat, Sergeant and Good
rich pulled through in Fillmore
Freeborn and Farbault, and Fletcher in Blue
Earth, Bierman carried Judge Wilson through
on his back in Winona, and Chandler is elected
in Goodhue The election of Truax in Da-
kota and Waite in Stearns are unexpected
Republican gains. In the Northern
districts, Buchanan, Billson and Campbell are
among The Kindred senators elected,
and Comstock and Stevenson among
the friends of Nelson. 1t may
be said said that the friends of Window form
considerable majority of the Republican
members of the legislature.
No general consolidation of returns upon the
bond act has been made, but as nearly every
precinct shows majority for 1t, some almost
unanimous, there is no shadow of doubt that
it has been carried
ESTIMATED MAJoR1TIEs BY COUNTIES.
- The following table shows the majorities by
counties for members of congress in the diff
ferent districts, as consolidated from precinct
returns and furnished by correspondents at
| the county seats. Where, as in most cases,
figures appear only on one side of the totals
| they represent majorities- otherwise votes
In counties marked with star, the returns are
incomplete, representing only part of the
county, and in some cases are single precinct.
No attempt has been made to estimate MAORI
ties, except upon information actually received
| from the counties, as the peculiar conditions
| existing in all the districts render estimates
from the vote In other years falIacous.