Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-11-06
Tuesdays Elections.
Russell and Flower Pull Through in
Massachusetts, and New York,
But Mckinley spIendidIy Triumphs i'm
Ohio.

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Elections were held in II states on Tues
day. In five of these states-Massachu
setts, New York, Ohio, Iowa and Mary
land-full state tickets and legislatures
were elected. Colorado and Nebraska each
elected supreme court judge, New Jersey
elected part of its senate and a full as
sembly, Pennsylvania state treasurer and
auditor, Virginia half of its senate and
assembly, and Mississippi three railroad
| commissioners and its legislature.
The main interest in these elections CEN
tered in Massachusetts, New York and
Ohio. In Massachusetts, contrary to the
almost universal Republican expectation,
Gov William f. Russell was reelected.
though by plurality very much smaller
than that of last year, when it was 9O53.
In round numbers his plurality this year
will be 5000. On all of the rest of the
state ticket the Republican candidates were
elected, with Hon. William II. Halle of
Springfield for lieutenant governor. bv plu-
ralities ranging from 5000 to 1900. Mr..
Halle runs ahead of his Democratic COM
pettor on the ticket by almost Ii, 900 votes.
The legislature is strongly Republican.
showing handsome gain over last year,
when the Senate was tie. This wear
that body stands "a Republicans to 16
Democrats, and there is good Republican
gain in the house. Speaker Barrett was
reelected to the legislature by about 200
majority.
In New York Roswell p. Flower. the
Democratic candidate, is elected governor
by plurality of something more than 40
600 votes. The surprising and entirely un-
looked for feature of the election was the
Democratic gains made in the state outside
of New York and Brooklyn. In those cit
les Flowers vote held up very nearly to
that of Hill in 1888, and his plurality there
is placed at 80, 145. In the entire state in
1888 Hills plurality was 19,434. The leg
islature is doubtless Republican by small
majority, the New York Tribune claiming
four majority in the senate and two in the
house.
In Iowa Gov. Boies, Democrat, secures
his reelection, as anticipated, by plurali-
ty of 5000 to 10000. The Legislature is
close, but will probably show a small Re-
publican majority. 1t will require the
complete returns to show the political com
pleXiOn of the state officers below the gov
ernor.
The one conspicuous bright spot for Re
publicans is the triumph and election of
Maj Mckinley as governor of Ohio. After
one of the hottest campaigns ever fought
in that state, the brilliant Republican lead
er and the father of the new tariff law, is
elected over Campbell, the present Demo
cratic candidate, by more than 49, 900 plu-
rality. What makes this victory all the
more gratifying and notable is the fact that
the Ohio campaign was fought almost en-
tirely on national issues.
In Pennsylvania, also, great Republi-
can victory was won, the figures showing
a plurality of over $4,000 for the Republ-
can candidate for auditor general, and of
more than "a, 600 for the Republican can
didate for state treasurer.
In both Colorado and Nebraska the Re-
publicans were successful, and in most
cases the Republican county tickets were
elected.
Maryland is Democratic as usual, and it
need not be said that the same is true of
Mississippi. In New Jersey the Democrats
will have a majority of 81 on the joint bal
lot
In Kansas, where county elections were
held, the indications are that the peoples
party and the Alliance have lost their pres
tige.