The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-11-04
THE ELECTIONS.
Minnesota Elects McGiu-Proba.
bic Defeat Of Gilfillan and
Herbert for Congress.
The Democrats Garry New York
state. Hewitt Elected May.
OF New York, Getting q
Plurality Of %, 900.

Tho Pioneer Press Of Wednesday morn.
ing contains the following summary of the
result in Minnesota-whichm may be CHANGED
by later returns:
The storm cloud of ballots, impelled bv
the will Of the people, has fallen upon Min
nesota and passed away. leaving AZ results
something for tho Republican party to re-
Joioe over, something to sincerely regret
With tho fruits OF victory have come those
of defeat unexpected to a certain extent,
but mono the less defeat The state. as a
state. has gene Republican, electing A. R.
AoGill and the balance Of the state ticket by
. handsome majority-over 10000, and
q the last bulletins indicated last
night going on to $4,000 and
perhaps over. The receipt of the
election returns was. a. a rule. some
what delayed last night. and most of those
sent in had only reference to the state and
congressional tickets and ignoring the leeis-
lative ticketa Tho prophecies Of disaf-
1oocton In the Fifth district from McGill
have proven true to 4 certain extent, though
BY no means ~ heavily as expected. In the
eax-awsy interior towns of that district
Democratic gains are reported, but not
overwhelming ones Congressman Nelson,
without An opponent, is elected, no only by
he straight Republican vote, but also by a
majority OF the $4,000 Democratic votes
In that district He polled at al
most every point double the vote
that the state ticket did On this basis Nc
dllls majority there is between 1000 and
5000. not much less than that on the re-
turns OF last night curious feature of the
voting In many portions Of that district is
-
state Republican ticket and none other:
Consequently the
TOTAL VOTE OF THE DISTRICT
may indicate that he runs behind his tickle,
there. Tao Farmers alliance to a certain
extend on the face of the returns traded Nc
Gill there for legislative candidates, but nc
reports are yet at hand that the Republicans
have lost legislators there. The Fonrth district
and the home of Dr. Ames have rebuked
bis candidacy most severely McGilrs ma
jor1ty In Hennepin county may fall
- low as 1000, carrying Gill
pllan's with it. Washington county
with its powerful labor element and most
interruptions campaign on the part of the
Democrats, gives Ames $50 majority. q
change OF nearly 1000 votes since 1888
Ramsey. though only incomplete returns are
az nand. shows in eleven precincts out of
thirty-seven, only 500 majority for Rice for
congress, and 400 for Ames On this basis
Rce's total majority in the county will be
between $500 and 5000, and that
OF Ames a thousand less, The
up country counties do not send down
encouraging reports as TO Giltillan
At this moment on the face Of the returns
from Ramsey, Hennepin, Washington. Pine
Anoka and Sherburne, he is defeated and
Edmund Rice elected more careful can
vass may reverse the situation, but the tir
ures make no mistake as to the result at the
present writing Gildllan has not polled the
usual party vote Isanti and Wright coun-
ties and later returns from Hennepin
NAY HELP HIM OUT.
Tho reports from the Third district are no
more encouraging for the Republicans on
congressional matters than the Fourth is
Mcdonald in Scott, Carver and Mcleod polls
larger vote than he claimed No
returns arc in from Goodhue county
20 that Horberts possibility of overcoming
these gains IL not certain So far the re-
turns have been losses for him and gains for
Macdonald On toe basis of his present gains
Macdonald may be elected by 800 majority.
hc0hl may carry the district by 1000, and
oven still higher, though he was scratched
soAnaASA"OAc eVeu III sucn stronghold as
Fartbault The Second district returns show
. probable majority of from 1000
to 5000 for McGill. and 5000
to 1000 for Lind fol congress- The Farmers
alliance in this district cut. both McGill and
Lind tor Bulls, their candidate for con-
Bress, but who polls less than the Demo-
cratic vote Of 1884 Mr.. Lovely il probably
elected to Congress in. First, but by what
majority cannot. be told McGills probable
majority in the district is over l 500 All
the way through the returns can be seen the
enect OF the alliance vote. which has
ufawn the bulk OF it's strength from
The Republican patty, and in consequence
reduced the party VOTE The Prohibition
vote except In the Second district outs
weak figure and is hardly worth considering.
1he total vote polled appears to have been a
neavy vote-144 townships showing 5000
more votes cast than In the Blaine Campaign
of 1SSS -f>>'eA-