The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-03
PENNSYLVANIA,
Meager Returns Show Republican Gains Over
the. Election of 1882.


Meager Returns Show Republican Gains Over
the Election of 1882.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov 2.-The election in Penn
sylvania is for Governor, Auditor, Secretary of
Internal Affairs and twenty eight congressman
One of the latter is to be selected by the of
the State at large, the other twenty seven by
districts. twenty-five members of the State
Senate (one-half of that body and all the men,
bers of the lower house Of the Legislature (2O1
in number) are to be elected. The new Legisla-
lature will elect United States Senator to sue
coed Senator John L Mitchell. whose term will
expire on March 4, 1887 The Republicans
have majority of ninety-three on joint ballot
in the present Legislature. The Prohibitionist is
with complete ticket in the field have made an
active canvass, and the belief on the part OF the
Democrats that the greater number of votes for
the Prohibition ticket will be drawn from the
Republican party has made them hopeful that
the number of voters thus drawn from the regu-
lar Republican ticket will be sufficiently great to
give Black, the Democratic candidate for
Governor, plurality over Beaver.
Through discussions IN the Republican ranks
in 1882 the Democratic party elected
Pattison Governor, the total vote being: Pat
tison, Dem, $780, 79l; Beaver, Rep, 315, $50;
Sewart, Ind Rep, 43, TAB. The State however,
in 1884. gave Blaine plurality over Cleveland
of 81 ,0l9, and in 1885 elected Quay, Rep, Treas
urer by plurality of 43. SIG The comparisons
in the returns for Governor Will be made with
the vote for Governor in 1882 The present con-
eressiona delegation is composed of eight
Democrats and twenty Republicans. including
Brumm, Rep. Greenback. There are several
districts in which the result can be classed as
doubtful. In the Sixth district, which
majority, -Everhart. the present member,
is in the field as an independent
candidate against Darlington, the regular Re-
publican nominee, and Dickinson, Dem. Ever
hart will no doubt poll large VOTE and the
election of the Democratic candidate is thus
made possible. In the Twenty-frst district
there is another three sided contest in which
the campaign has been an active one. The dis
trict is at present represented by Boyle, Dem,
who was elected by 2,400 majority. Three can
didates are now in the ield-Rafferty, regular
Dem, Mccullough, Rep, and Donnelly, Ind.
Dem. -Four or five other district are also con-
sidered fairly debatable.
The gains noted in the following Pennsylvania
county estimates are derived from comparison
with the gubernatoriai vote of 1882, when Patti
son, Dem, defeated Beaver by plurality of
40, POP. Snyder county, estimated, Beaver 600
plurality, a Republican gain of 173; Columbia
county, Blacks plurality, estimated, 1880, Re-
publican gain of 45S York county, Blacks plu-
rality $780, Republican gain of 1,79l. The
election of Democratic State Senator is doubt
full. Butler county, Beaver, estimated, 500
plurality, Republican gain of 1878.
Figures on the State ticket come in slowly but
show an invariable plurality for Beaver, Rep,
for Governor. His plurality in Philadelphia
will not fall below %, 900. The other candidates
on the State ticket are well up with the head.
Bingham. Rep. is elected to Congress in the
First district; O'Neill Rep, in the Second; Ran
dali, Dem. in the Third; Kelley Rep, in the
Fourth. and Harmer, Rep, in the Fifth; Ermen-
trout, Dem, in the Sixth; Heisland, Rep, in the
Ninth: Sowden, Dem, in the Tenth; Buckal
Dem, in the Eleventh, Bound, Rep, in the
Fourteenth; Maish, Dem, In the Nineteenth;
Dalsell, Rep, in the Twenty second; Bayne
Rep, in the Twenty third.
Delaware county, estimated, Beaver, $500
plurality, a Republican gain of ], TAP. Lancas-
ter county Beaver, estimated, $500 plurality,
Republican gain of 4.377. Montgomery county,
Beaver, estimated, $50 plurality a Republican
gain of L. 40. Lehigh county, Black, $50 plu-
rality, Republican gain of 252.
The Democratic State committee concede the
election of Beaver for Governor by large ma
jority.
AT 2 A. Nj. only thirty eight out of the sixty
seven counties in the State have been heard
from. These show net gain for Beaver, Rep
of 81, 203. This wipes out Pattlson's plurality of
1852 and gives Beaver plurality in the State
of l7O5l The counties yet to be heard from
will increase this largely Beavers plurality
will reach close upon 900.
Northum berland county, Black 700 plurality,
q Republican gain of 478 In Delaware county
the returns indicate 1000 majority for Darling
ton, Rep, for Congress. In Juniata, Blacks
plurality is $50, Republican gain of 116. In
Luzerne, Blacks plurality is estimated at l, 800,
Republican gain of 2013 In Blair, Beavers
estimated plurality is 700, Republican gain of
1888. In Crawford county, Beavers estimated
plurality is $780, a Republican gain of ST.
Lebanon county, Beaver 2 100 plurality, Re-
publican gain of 575. Allegheny county,
Beaver, estimated 1000, Republican gain of
s. l55.
In the Twenty -second district John Dalzell,
Rep, has 900 plurality In the Twenty-third,
Thos NJ. Bayne, Rep. 1000.