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LATE ELECTION NEWS.
Figuring Up the MsJorities-Contests Like
ly to Occur.
ILLINOIS

ILLINOIS.
SPRINGFIELD, Nov. l3.-Tbe official
returns from all the counties in Illinois on
the vote for Governor have not yet been
received at the Office of the Secretary of
State, but the figures at hand, with Alex
apder County official figures missing, indi-
cate that Private Joe" will have plural
ity of 13, 695, and it is not thought that
the figures to come will reduce the total
below $4,000.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. l3.-Official re-
turns of the vote for Governor have been
completed. The total is 536, ,634, against
495, 094 cast in 1884; cast for Hovey (Rep.),
1853, 1874; for Matson Dem. }, POI ,003; for
Hughes (Pro.), 9,776; for Milroy Labor,
2,66l; Hoveys plurality 2, l9l, against 1892
for Gray in 1884. Official returns on
Presidential electors are not yet complete,
but the returns thus far received indicate
that it was only few hundred In excess
of the Gubernatorial vote.
OKLAHOMA.
ST. LOUIS, No, Nov. l3-The result
of the election held by the Oklahomaites
in No Man Land was largely In favor of
Territorial government and for the
Springer Oklahoml bill. o. G. Chase
was elected delegate to Cong ess, together
with the entire Territorial Council ticket
favoring the Oklahoml bill. The Kansas
annexation schemers polled only light
vote.
WEST VIRGINIA.
WHEELING, Nov. 13 - The political
situation in West Virginia is unchanged
Both parties claim small plurality in the
State, and it will require the official count
to decidS the result. A canvass of the
vote in the State has begun. 1t will re-
quire ten days to determine the result.
ARIZONA.
TUCSON, Nov. Is. - Mark Smith s
| Dem.) majority for Congress is nearly
| 5000, 200 increase over 1885, The
Legislature is largely Republican in both
branches.
DIsPUTING A MARYLAND DISTRICT.
BALTIMORE, Md, Nov. 13.-It is an
nounced that the friends of the Hon. Isl
dore Raynor, who was defeated in the
| Fifth Congressional District by Henry
Stockbridge, Jr., have discovered errors in
the count which will overthrow Stock
bridges slim majority of SO. An appeal
will be made to the courts for the purpose
of securing a recount of the ballots.
CARLIsLE's PERFORATED BALLOTS.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Nov. 13.-An exam
ination of the ballots in Boone, Camp
bell, Kenton and Pendleton Counties in
the Sixth Kentucky District shows that
$500 perforated tickets were cast for the
Hon. John G.. Carlisle. His majority in
the entire district was 6,05l, so that if nc
further search is made there are enough
ballots TO defeat him if it shah be de-
clared upon contest that these perforated
ballots are void.
GEoRGIA's GOVERNOR INAUGURATED.
ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 13.-Gov. Gordon
has been inaugurated for his second term
In his inaugural address the Governor said
that he does not believe that the Republi-
can victory means tie degrading of any oi
the Southern States by the enactment o.
force bills.
IOWA COMMISSIONERS.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, Nov 13.-Sufficien
returns have been received from the Off
cial canvasses to make it certain that tn,
Hon. John Mshin has been elected Rail
road Commissioner by fiom 800 to 200
majority over Co'onel Dey This viii
make the commission wholly Republican