Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-16
THE ELECTION.
Later Returns Confirm Last Weeks
Good News.
Indiana and California Give Good Re.
publican MaiOrltles.
West Virginia H. RepubIican, though
the Democrats will try to Hold IT,

THEY WILL ALSO TRY TO COUNT IN a MAJOR
IrY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Later returns do not change materially
the election figures given last week though
the tendency on the whole is TO increase the
Republican pluralties The full vote Of
New York is not yet announced, but Gen.
Harrisons plurality will be not far from
$4,000, while Hills plurality as governor
will reach about the same figures
In Indiana the Republican plurality will
he about $500. On the gubernatorial tick
ct Hovey, Republican, has plurality of
2l9l against 1929 for Gov. Gray, Demo
crat, in lSS4-a change of $500 votes in ia
vor Of the Republicans.
The California returns to date show a to
tai of llG, ia for Harrison and 1903, 2jS for
Cleveland, with five or six thousand votes
to hear from. Harrison's plurality will be
well towards 10000.
In West Virginia the result is not yet
settled though there is no doubt that a
majority Of Republican votes was cast
there. A despatch from Wheeling on the
l4th says that official returns from all the
counties show Republican majority of Il,
but the Democrats have demanded a re
count in nearly all the Democratic coun-
ties, and have already taken steps in the
matter of throwing out several Republican
precincts. They have all the machinery
in their hands, and the expectation is that
Golf will be counted out. The returns
clearly show that Golf and two Republican
congressman are elected, but the recount
demanded by the Democrats is clearly for
one purpose, and that is to take advantage
Of the closeness of the vote
In Virginia the Democratic majority is
| already figured down to 1868, aud is likely
to 20 IA thousand lower. Gen. Malone de
clares that it can be shown that "a majority
of the votes in that state were cast for
Harrison and Morton. In any case the
state is removed to the doubtful column.
The same is true Of Maryland, where
the Democratic majority is cut to the dan
ger point and the result in two or three
Congressional districts is in doubt.
Mr.. Quay believes that an actual Repub-
| lican majority of 10000 or $1,000 votes
was cast in North Carolina.
Michigan and Illinois, which the Demo
Gratis amused themselves by calling doubt
full. give 10000 Republican plurality each
show plurality of 22S4 for Harrison.
Pennsylvania's Republican plurality is
1919.
The completeness of the Republican vic
tory ON the presidential ticket is shown by
the fact that Indiana and New Hampshire
which are the closest states in the Republi
can column could both be dispensed witt
and Harrison would still be elected by
series of pluralities, no one of which APP
proaches the danger line.
With regard to the political makeup o
the next House of Representatives the out
look is less assuring, though there is IL,
doubt that a majority Of Republicans were
elected. As soon, however as it became
evident that the Republicans had carrie,
the day, the Democrats began to hold bacl
the returns in the close districts and the,
are now busy correcting them and vii
do their best to count in Democratic ma
jority. The Democratic clerk of tn
House, Mr. Clark, holds over until the mex
House is organized, and he will therefor
have the power to make up the roll o
members so as to give the control to tn
Democrats if it is possible to do it,
Mr.. Mcpherson, the secretary of the Re
publican Congressional committee is st
verely blamed in Washington for talkin
so much when the returns came in and Civ
ing every thing away to the Democrat:
Mr.. Quay has sent him home on "vaca
ton and has taken charge of the business
of looking after the congressional return
himself. If it is possible TO head the Den
ocrats off in their scheme he will do it.
According to the latest figures the r,
publicans will have majority in the Hous
of seven to nine but it will take som
days to fully decide the matter.