The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-14
THE ELECTION.

I THE ELECTION.
The Latest Reports Prove the
Democratic Defeat to be Even
More Disastrous Than
Thought.
The latest returns show that the Re
publicans have made even greater
gains than was claimed yestarday. A,
present it is estimated that they will
have 239 members in the House Of
Representatives, while the Democrats
have lost correspopingly. The Popu-
lists have been almost completely wiped
out.
New YORK. November Not siuce
war times haye the Republicans swept
the Eastern States as they did at the
polls yesterday The size Of the victory
grows a. fuller returns come in. 10 DO
State AID i'll no city have Democrats
been able to check the stampede of
voters to the Republican standard
bearers. In rock ribbed Republican
Safes like Pennsylvania enormous
p'uralisies have been piled up, and in
States like New York aud New jersey,
which are usually classed in the Demo-
cratic column, Republicans have made
clean sweeps. The latest estimates
from Pennsylvania indicate that the
plurality of Gen Hastings will exceed
2lO, 900.
Levi p Morton has carried New
York State by close to 100000, de-
feating David B Hill, after a phenome-
oal campaign The Congressional
delegation. whicil stood niuesseu Dem
ocrats TO fifteen Republicans iu the 5S..
Congress. will b., twenty tj-uiar Repub
leans to Eve Democrats iu 54ih Con
gress. The State Assembly will staud
104 Republicans TO tweo.y-four Demo-
Gratis. The Constitutional amendments
framed by the tate Constitutional Con-
veation have been carried by big ma
jority.
In the Middle and Eastern States the
Democratic congressman seem to have
almost entirely disappeared. In six
New England States there is appa-
reutly only one Democrat elected to
Congress, Fitzgerald, Of Boston. New
York has five and Pennsylvania two.
q total Of eight out Of one hun dred
members
10 Connecticut aud Delaware big
Republican gains have been made. In
West Virginia William L. Wilson.
chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee. has apparently been defeated,
but the Democrats do not admit this.
Even Tennessee is eaid to have gone
Republican and Governor Turner is
said to be defeated by H. Clay Evans.
Iu New Jersey the State Legislature.
with the exception Of four Democrats.
appears to have been captured by the
Republicans and John r. Mcpherson
will he succeeded by a Republican iu
the United States Senate Camden,
Democrat. of West Virginia, will also
have a. Republican successor. The
next Senate as we'll as House will be
New YoRK.-The following is the
total vote of New York city for Govern
Or: Hill 126, ,554, Morton 123.759.
Wheeler 3,7S7, Matthews, Peoples,
|. $50. Mstichen. Socialist, 1877,
Prohibition. 1884, The vote
for Lieutenant Governor, with twenty
nine election districts missing, is:
Lockwood, Democrat, l29. 428, Saxtop,
Republican. 119. 600. Howseu, Peo-
pies 1883, Steer. Socialist. 3.446.
Miller, Prohibition, 1856.
The total corrected vote for Cover
nor in New York State, Sullivan
County out, stands as follows: Hill 5l4..
)73. Morton 667, ,419. Wheeler 27.10s.
Total l,2o8,6o0. Morton's plurality
1853 $50. Morton's majority 126. .23S.
BROOKLYN. N. Y.,-The entire
Republican city ticket was elected by a
plurality ranging from 10000 to 30,-
700. The voting was against con-
,olidation with New York by about
1000. and the apportioument was lost
BY about the same vote.
TRENTON. N. J-The Republicans
made clean sweep Of the Congress
DUAL delegation in this State, elected
he 6 State Senators, and Sc Of the go
Assemblymeu The next Senate will
stand II Republicans and 4 Democrats.
The House will stand 56 Republicans
lud 4 Democrats. The Republican ma.
ority on ballot will be IS. This will
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