The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-05
SPRAGUE'S BIG BOOM
COMPLETELY FLArTeNEo OUT,
And BOurn did 1t Without any A,,iGtanes-Ths
Eject OF Ben Butler's Speeches In bshAlfof
the Reform CAndidate-ROura Elected
By over Two Thousand hsJorIty.

PROVIDENCE, Il. l., April 1.-THE State
election to-day is bringing out an unusual
number OF votes early in the day. The
candidates for Governor are Augustus o.
Bourn, regular Republican; William
sprague, nominated by the regular Demo-
cratic, Independent Republican and the
Equal Rights parties, and supported also
by the newspaper organ Of the Socialists;
and Charles R. Gutter, put in the field by
the straight Democrats, who would not &C.
ccpt Sprague. This city's vote at noon stood,
Bourn, 2,l46; sprague. 1882; in Newport
at the same hour the vote stood Bourn, 32s:
Sprague 24S. In East Greenwich Bourn
had majority; East Providence, Bourn
% majority. and In the First District, 30
majority. In North Kingston, the vote
was Bourn, $780, Sprague, 50; Cutter, rs.
In Bristol, BouIn, 2G0; all others 30. In
Pawtucket at ll:l5 A. NJ, Boarn 2i0:
Sprague, lis. In Cumberland, Second
District, Bourn 50 mljority.i
Reports from various parts OF the State to
two o'clock continue favorable TO the cleo
tom Of Bourn and the whole Republican
ticket and Republican General Assembly.
Sprague, so far, developed less strength
than anticipated by his friends. Burn is
still over 1000 ahead in the city.
PROVIDENCE. April 4-Returns from nine
towns, including three always Democratic,
give Bourn l,7l5; Sprague, 1850, and Cut
tie, los. Bristol, tue home OF Burn, gave
Bourn I46; Sprague, llS, and Cutter, II.
East Providence gave Bourn % majority.
The indications at s o'clock are that Boufn
will have 1000 majority over Sprague and
Cutter. South Kingston, where CanonChet
Is located, gives Bourn 3l7 and Sprague
423. The returns from the State are nearly
complete and give Bourn about 1900
majority over all, and about 5000 plurality
over Sprague. The Assembly ia at least 81
Republicans out OF l0S members.
PROVIDENCE, April THE vote OF Prov
idence is as follows Bourn $3.50; Spragne
5000: Cutler 104 scattering S. The total
vote Of the State according 10 the Journal
returns Is: Bourn, 1851, Sprague 1926,
Cutler 707, scattering Is, Bourn's majority
2, ,l30, Bourn's plurality over Sprague :, ,SBj.
The Republican strength in the General
Assembly is about the same as last year.
The total vote OF the State was increased
$3.50 over last year. The Republican vote
increased S,042.
The several tickets. voted for are as fol-
lows, all the Republican nominees except
the Governor being the present incumb-
ents:.
REPUBLICAN.
Governor-Augustus 0. Bourn.
Lieutenant Goyernor-0sc J. Rathbun.
Secretary OF State-Joshua NJ. Addeman.
Attorney. General P. Colt.
State Treasurer-Samuel Clark.
RQuAL RIGHTS FUSION.
Governor-Wiliam Spragne.
Lieutenant Governor-ZIb o. Slocum.
Secretary OF State-Warren r. Perce.
Attorney. General-Willard Sayles.
State Treasurer-James u. Cottrel.
STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC.
Governor-Charles II. Cutler.
Lieutenant GovernorAHorace A. Kim
ball.
Secretary OF State-William ]. Miller.
Attorney.General-0scar Lapham.
State Treasurer-Thomas A. REYNOLDS.
The vote OF the State for Governor last
spring was: Republican, l0,05S Demo-
cratic, $3.50; scattering, l45 Ia April,
1881, it was: Republican, l0,Si0; Demo.
cratic 4,756; Prohibition, 253 Green back,
2S5 scattering, 5S. The Legislature last
chosen has 81 Republican majority on joint
ballot in total membership Of 100.