Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-11-07
The Elections.
VIRGINIA.

Fuller returns from Tuesdays election ia
Virginia only confirm the first accounts OF
the sweeping victory won by the demo
Gratis. Eighty-tive counties and nine cities
| heard from indicate that the democratic
majority is forty one thousand The
indications are that these figures will prob.
ably go to 45 900. The democrats have up
wards ofS0 OF the 100 members CT the House
and IS of the 40 members of the Senate.
The republican, party in the first aud Sec
| ond congressional districts has been smash
ed and great nroads made into the vote of
! the fourth district, reducing the majority TO
| about 1000 The fourth is The only dis
( trict that gives the republicans Z majority.
! The only counties now known to h&ve gone
publican are Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City
Charlotte, Dinwiddie, Elizabeth City, Floyd, Glou
cester, GoochleEd Horny james City, Mecklen.
| burg, Middlesex, New Kent, Northampton, Pow
| hatan. Prince Edward, Prince George, Sussex
| Tszewell, Warwick We-tmOreland and York
Buchanan, Dickensol, Dinwiddie, Green's
vile, Lancaster, Lee, and Wise are in doubt.
The only two counties lost by tae democrats are
Gloucester and Prince Edw"rd.
The democrats have probably elected their can
didates in the following legislative districts: Buc
hanan, Dickinson, and Wise 1 Buckingham and
Cumberland, l {; Dinwiddio, 1 Lee, ; Lunenburg,
L Northumberland and Wcstmoresnd ], which
will increaCc the number of democrats elected to
the House OF Delegates to 80 or So.
The official msjorities il Fairfax county
are Mckinney, 35S; Tyler, 303 ; Scctt, 291;
Berry, 2S3.
Loudoun gives Mckinney 1.422. Heaton
.136, and Ryan !, l76
Unofficial reports from 81 counties in
Ohio give Campbell, democrat for Governor.
plurality OF 9 900 over Foraker. 1t is be
lieved that The democrats will carry the
Legislature in both branches. The House
will probably stand 81 democrats and 50 re-
pub!icans, aud the Senate 10 democrats
and II republicans. This would give the
democrats mejoriiy Of 10 On Joint ballot.
This insurcl democratic Senator to succeed
Senator Payne democrat.
The returns f'om lows, which went
80, 600 republican last year, indicate the
election OF Horace Bgles, democratic candi-
date for Governor, but the Legislature is
republican.
Nebraska is republican 5s 10000 to 25 600
maj GRITTY.
In Massachusetts tha republican majority
with co-rs=p 0ndIDg cnaDge in the LegisIa
ture
Il New Yc,k the rcpubl;cau majority o.
joint ballot 10 the Legislature is REDUCED
from forty tS.lvo Folio wing ia he Ell.
mate % ,he result in the State; Plurality
for Rice, dem crei, for secretary of State,
20,906. Leg i4ture-Senaie, 20 republi
cans, 10 dsmocla Assembly, 50 republic.
c:os, SO democrats. ismmeny Halls con-
troll Of The municipal government of New
York is no@ weli-uigh complete The ia
SION ticke showed much less strength than
even ne TanmG3yi!es expected, and the
republicans could hardly have done less If
they mad gone into the fRht straight
Lsou Abbstt's plurality 10 New Jersey for
Governor is about 1900. and the Legisla.
turs is democratic hy ffteep. The Senate
stands: Rapubiicsus, IL democrats, 10
otal 81 The House will consist of 3S
democrats and % republi1aps; total, 60.