The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-11-17
ECHOES OF THE ELECTION.
The Governors, Congressmen ard
Legislatures Elected.
NEW YORK Is REPUBLICAN,.


States Elected Governors-Twenty-
three State Legislatures Will EleSt
United States Senators.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Especially elcc-
tions lust closed throughout the country
assumed an unusual importance. Besides
q Congress to be elected, there were at
stake twenty-one Governors, thrty-one
State Legislatures, twenty-three OF which
will choose United States Senators.
The Republicans will have majority in
both houses Of the Fifty-sixth Congress.
Losses in Republican Congress districts
throughout the country have not beeh
enough to take the control Of the House
from the Administration party. The ma
iority has been reduced by thirty votes, but
the Republicans will still have about score
plurality over the combined opposition.
Tine Republicans will gain Senator in each
of these States: California, Delaware, In
diana, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey,
New York, North Dakota, Washington,
West Virginia and Wisconsin, now repre-
sented by Democrats or Populists. This
addition gives them majority Of twenty
six in the upper house.
Much interest was manifested here in the
New York election, and no little surprise
created at its close results, Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt was elected Governor by
about IS, 900 plurality. Timothy l.. Wood
ruff, the candidate for Lieutenant-Gover-
nor. ran behind his ticket over 1000 votes.
while his opponent, Elliot Danforth, polled
nearly 6000 votes more than Augustus Van
Wyck, the Democratic nominee for the
Governorship. The Republicans elected
fifteen and the Democrats elected nineteen
Congressmen. What seems a peculiar fea-
ture OF the Congressional elections here is
that William Sulzer. who openly made the
silver question an issue, was returned to
Congress with bigger majority than
has been given for some time to q
CONGRESSMAN from New York County. The
contest between Congressman QuigS and
William Astor Chanler was watched with
keen .interest here, and the soldier will
take the placetof the civilian with about
5000 plurality back OF him. The Legisla-
ture will be Republican by about thirty
two on Joint ballot, and Republican Sena-
tor will represent the Empire State, in the
new Senate. T. Z. Ellsworth, who intro
duced the famous press censor bill carried
his State Senatorial district By forty-nine
votes. The vote for Governor in the city
of New York was: Roosevelt, 20S, ,SSl;
Van Wyck, 292, ,S19; Van Wyck's plurality,
S3, ,93s. Most of the cities il tie State went
Republican, but Erie County with the city
OF Buffalo gave Democratic plurality OF
2400. Roosevelt had a plurality Of 455 in
Rochester, which is the home Of Superin-
tendent of Public Works, George w. AL
bridge. The closest vote was in Middle
town, where the maj ority was tie, while
one Alderman was elected by four and an
h,, A1-n no GOd1iar vote hOVU-
ever, which has not been counted, will af-
feet this election, as il will some other dis
trlcts where the votes are close. For in
stance, State Senator CoSceshall has ma
jority Of seventy-nine, which he had re-
ceived after a hard-fought canvass. But
when the 250 Oneida County soldier votes
are counted his majority may be increased
or decreased, although it is not expected
that he will be defeated.
The election in Pennsylvania was a holly
contested one. The Republicans won and
Colonel Stone was elected Governor by
over 100, coo plurality. They will have
a slarge majority in tie Legislature
and as United States Senator Quay has an
nounced his candidacy for reelection he
will. without doubt, be returned to the
Senate. The Congressional delegation Is:
Democrats, ten; Republicans, twenty, d
Democratic gain OF seven.
Foster NJ. voorhees,, Republican, was
elected Governor OF NewJersey for three
years from the opening of the new year.
The Legislature has Republican majority
OF twenty-one on joint ballot. which means
that Senator James Smith, Jr.. will be re-
placed by Republican Senator. The Re-
publicans elected six out Of the eight Con-
gressmen.
Connecticut went solidly Republican.
George E. Lounsbury was elected Governor
by about 5000 plurality. Republicans
have q majority Of 126 in the Legislature,
and they also elected the four Congress
men. United States Senator Joseph i.
Hawley will succeed himself.
In Massachusetts, Governor Wolcott, Re-