The Portland daily press., 1886-09-14
A Sweeping Victory.
The City Goes Republican
by a Large Majority,
Giving Mr.. BOdwell a Plu-
rality of Over 500.
Hon. T. b. Reed Receives
no, Votes More Than
Mr.. Clifford
A Handsome Plurality for
the County Ticket.
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Republicans Receive the
News with Great En-
thusiasm.

Yesterday proved as good day as could
be desired for the election. The weather
was delightfully."- cool, and the sun shone
brightly all day, enabling many inyalids to
visit the polls. The vote thrown was light,
as is usually the case when there Is no presi--
Dental election to follow the election OF The
State and county ticket. There was little
excitement about the polls during the fore
noon, and in the afternoon, when the votes
had commenced to come in faster, the gath
erings at the different ward rooms were
small. Teams were employed in about the
accustomed number 10 bring persons to the
polls who were unable to walk there.
The four tickets in the field were much cut
and scratched during the day, rendering it
difficult ito atells how the different tickets
were being supported, and making the task
of counting long one. The labor ticket
was printed on ballots leaving blank spaces
for Governor and County Attorney. Mr..
Z Bodwell received practically the united sup
port of the Republicans, and there was little
cutting of Col. Edwards name. On the vote
for Representative, however, Mr.. Reed ran
ahead of his ticket, while Mr.. Clifford ran
behind. The contest over the election OF
Sheriff was an exciting feature OF the cleo
ton. Mr.. Sawyer gained considerably in
the city at the expense of Mr.. Webb, but
some Democrats voted for the Republican
nominee. Democratic tickets bearing Mr..
Webb's name in place of Mr.. Sawyer's, as
well as Republican tickets bearing Mr.. Saw
yer's in place of Mr.. Webb's, were circulated.
The other county officers were of course cut
in some instances, but as a rule received
their party vote The Representatives tick
cts were somewhat cut. Democratic tickets
were seen with Hon. Fred N. BOWS name
pasted in the list of nominees for Represent
atives. In Ward the name of Frederick
A. Butterfeld was in some in
stances substituted for that of James
f. Hawkes. ON the Republican ticket In
several cases, the same man had been nom1-.
mated by two or more parties. For State
Senator Daniel Dickens was nominated by
both the Democrats and Labor party, and
this latter party also had upon their ticket
the names of John T. Hull and Isaac d.
Sawyer, the Democratic nominees for regis
ter of deeds and sheriff. The Labor party
also endorsed the nomination of Benjamin
G.. Stone for clerk Of courts, and james NJ
Webb for county treasurer. Enoch Gam
mons name appeared upon both the Demo-
cratic and Labor tickets for county commits
sioners. Brooks B. Martis and John b.
Thorndike, nominated for representatives
by the Prohibitionists, were also nominated
by the, Labor party, and Frederick A. But
terfeld, whose name was used as already
mentioned on some Republican ballots, was
on the Labor ticket.
Both the Prohibition and Labor votes
were light. The small vote thrown by the
Prohibitionists was somewhat OF surprise
to many who supposed that after the
efforts made by the Third Party during
the campaign their vote would be larger.
General Dow, in Ward 6, voted for Mr..
Looney and Fred N. Dow for representa-
tives, throwing a Prohibition ticket, with
these two exceptions.
In the evening the crowds which had gath
cred around the newspaper offices, remained
until the result of the election became
known. The Republican Headquarters were
thronged and the news was received with the
liveliest enthusiasm by the exultant Repub-
Iicans. The later returns from the city
showed that the plurality of Mr. Reed would
be much large even than was at first sup
posed. Mr. Looney, in Ward One, had run
away ahead of his ticket and Long Island
had gone Republican instead of Democratic
as it always has done.
Owing to the fact that it it was not posi-
BILE to secure City Hall, which was occupied.
there was no public meeting held, and as Mr..
Reed is obliged tc leave the city, and the en-
gagement of the City Hall holds over, there
will be no meeting this evening. The vote
of the city by wards is given below in detail