The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-07
Illinois.

that hoar indicate his election by about
10000. The members OF the com
mittee are very nervous over the
prospect of the legislature being Demo
cratic From the figures they have
they claim the senate by majority, and the
house by A. Still, said one of them to the
the house members, 1t is distressingly
close a loss of three members of the house
means Democratic senator.
The Republican quarrel in the Third dis
trict has resulted disastrously to that party
They not only lost theirscongresSman by
5000 plurality, but the state senator and one
member of the lower house. making a net
Democratic gain of two in the legislature
Manner was beaten by 1879 votes, and Quinn
and Murphy, Democrats, elected to the
house.
Forty nine counties in this state outside of
Cook in which nearly complete returns have
been made, show a net Republican majority
for Blaine OF u 1876, and net Democratic
gain over the Hancock vote of l0,035 Har-
rison carried this county by 3, l6S, and gen
orally ran ahead of the ticket throughout
the state. Blaines plurality in the county
on nearly complete returns is about 1000.
1t is certain that the entire Republican
county ticket is elected, with the exception
OF States Attorney Mills He was scratched
numerically in city and country, the most
in the strongest Republican precintS and he
had opposed to him q man who heretofore
has invariably run ahead Of his ticket Mr.
Grinell has never failed to lead even Harri-
son in votes, Notwithstanding the latter's
popularity with the people OF This city is re-
ga rded Us almost phenomenal
| Blaine carried the city by about 2 250 votes
and the county by nearly 1000 Notwith
| standing this, several Of the Dannotgatie can
didates went ont of the city with fnajorities
only to have them wiped ont by tire country
vote The country towns gave Republican
ma urity Of nearly 5000. 1t is perhaps fair
| to place the average Democratic majority in
the city at $500, or the number which bon
nerShergcr poIled more than Schribner
Grimelrs majority is betwe5n COCO AMI
| 1850
| The returns from the congressional districts
ore now all ill., and the following congress
mon have been elected. First, r. W Dun
ham, Rep; Second, Frank LGwler, Dem.
Third, James H Ward, Dem; Fourth.
| NitOi ~ H. -1uiuAs, mop, Iiltht lNeubeil ht-
wood Rep; Sixth, Robert r. Hit, Rep
Seventh Thomas J. Henderson, Rep, Eighth,
Ralph Plumb, Rep. Ninth l.. T. Pays1n Rep
Tenth, S. Starr, Rep; Eleventh, Alex,
amber, P Petrie, Rep; Twelfth. James NJ.
Riggs, Dem; Thirteenth William NJ
/ Springer, Dem. Fourteenth, j. H. Rowell.
| Rop; Fifteenth, Joseph G. Cannon, Rep
Sixteenth, James s. Mccartney Rep;
Seventeenth, John r. Eden, Dem.
Eighteenth, William r. Morrison. Dem
Nineteenth, 4. W. Townshend Dem
Twentieth. John R. Thomas, Rep
Blaine has pluralities in the following
counties: Bond county, 2G6; Boone, 1,557
Bureau, 939; Carroll l, 336; Champaign, 93f
Clay, 6; Cole, 100; De kalb, 5000; Douglas
921; Dupage, 100; Edwards, Sos; Ford, 797
Glundy, 800, Henry, 2,Gs7; Jack
son, POO, 10 Davies, 500; John
son, 65l, Kline, 4,o6Oe Eankakee
L23T, Keudal!, l,lt6; Knox, 2 2,3l4
Lake, f,l42; Zee, 7175; Livingston, 525; Macon
7U4; Marshall, IS; Massac,5l4, Mclean, 1921
Mercer, 800; ogE, !, 3O4; Perry, 30 Piatt 2G1
Pulaski, 60; Putnam, -; Rock Island 1850
Saline S15; Stark, .5S1 VeFmiliion,' l,5W
Warren, $50; Washington, 2s0; Whtesidc
400; Williamson, 80, Wmnrbago 2.257.
Cleveland has pluraIitias i'll the following
counties; Brown county, SIT: Cass, 6G7
Christian, 10; Clinton, 1860, De Witt. :
Edgar S9s; Fnyctte, 800; Franklin, 800
Greene, /, 313; Hamilton, TOO; Hancock, 5T7II
jefferson 81, Jersey, ss335, La Sale, 3ss
Lawrence. "a, Logan "a; Macoupin, 4g5
Madison 800; Mariou65o; Masou, 52G
o Monroe, 707; iIontgomerpy 1885, hTorgan
250, Moultrc. 400; Peoria, 46l; SOFT, 10
st Clair, s5S; Tazewell, GS5: Union, %,
WAYNE. 10: White, 500
LATER The result of the election of tn
Illinois legislature is still in great doubt
According 10 the latest returns obtainabl
the Republicans have lost senators in tn
Fourth, Sixth, Thirty Forty-seconi
and Forty eighth districts, giving them
: members of the senate 70 25 for the DemC
Gratis. The returns also indicate that tn
Democrats have made a net gain Of thre
members of the house, giving them - to
for the Republicans. This would indicat
that the Democrats have a total of l03 men
bers on JOINT ballot, "A majority of >. Lat
returns may change this result.