The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-11-11

Tuesday was All Ideal day LOT elec-
ton day, and the ballot OF every voter |
IN Hartford should have been east.
Everything passed off III the most
, eaceable manner throughout the ell
tire county, and no disturbance OF any
character has b5en reported. The vote
was phenomenal one. The registry
lists at the close of the 1898 sittiu&s
showed that there were in Hartford
1913 votes, of which only 4, 1913 were
east, leaving q deficiency of 2,7O7.
Every precinct in the county fell short
u! the registered vote. Abingdon has
745 votes, of which only 521 were Cast;
Halls y Roads, registered ,4G3, cast
l,141 Bel Air, registered l,166, cast
La; Marshairs, registered l,1J1, east
764: Dublin, registered l,502, east 81;
Havre de Grace, reg stored, 925, cast
go, Total registered vote of Hartford
7,53S, votes cast 1896.
The Democrats of the Second Con-
gressional District have every reason
to congratulate themselves, having iii
two years reduced the Republican
plurality from 5,3G7 to about 405. Tins
il an assurance of ii sweeping ma j1rity
ut the next election.
The vote IN Baltimore city was i'll
every way a surprise. 1t is almost I'M
possible to make comparison with
any previous vote, as the redis tricting
of the city anu the changes in ward
lines will preclude any correct com
parison. The entire Congressional
delegation in which Baltimore city
WAS in any way interested was elected
by the Republicans in 1896, but OH
Tuesday the Democrats elected Major
Denny over Mcintyre by about $50
votes, and made Wachter, the Repub
lican candidate in the third district,
feel uncomfortable, as the district
which in 1896 gave Booze over 5000
majority, III 1898 gave Wachter only
~.
The result throughout the State
showed the selection of John Walter
5Iuith, Of the first. and Major james
w. Denny of the fourth, as Democrats,
and VIM. b. Baker, Frank q. Wachter,
Sydney E. Mudd and George A. Pearre
from the second, third, fifth and sixth
districts as Republicans. The Western
Maryland Railroad and Refunding
Loan Ordinances were carried, but the
81, 500, 900 Improvement loan ordinance
was defeated.
The general vote showed loss to the
Republican party OF more than
eighteen per cent, Democratic loss
of 81 per cent, and Prohibition gain
of one hundred per cent.
The summary in the second district
shows that Baker carried the 10th,
18th and 18th wards of Baltimore city
by 453 majority and Carroll by 402
majority. Tippett carried the 18th
ward of Baltimore by 30, Baltimore
county by 339 and Hartford by IS
Inaiorities, with the vote of Cecil very
close. This would imply that Baker
has carried the district by about 40.
His majority in 1896 was $780,. Quite
difference in two years, and one that
lugurs well for the future. His major
ity in Hartford i'll 1896 was 12S, the
majority against him this year being
%, net Democratic gain in the county
Of 22G. Of the precincts Mr.. Baker
carried Level, Perryman, Churchville,
Harkins, Dublin and Hayre de Grace,
the Democrats carrying, Abingdon,
Magnolia, Aberdeen, (Mr. Bakers
home precinct), Bel Air, Fallston, JAR
rettsville, Upper y Roads, Worthwhile
and Stearns. Surely Jhe Dem ocrats
have every reason to feel encouraged
THE GENERAL RESULT.
Hon. Arthur p. German is credited
with having said, not long since, that
he would rather be on the losing side
in an off year Congressional election,
for the reason that the majority gen
orally succeeded in doing something
which made them unpopular in the
Presidential election. If this be so,
then the present loss may mean future
success, as the returns indicate the
electionof 100 Democrats, II Populists.
= silver Republicans and 172 Republi-
cans as members of the next Congress.
Roosevelt has been elected as Gov
ernor of New York by 90, 900 plurality.
Stone, Republican, has carried Penn
sylvania for Governor by plurality
of fully 100000.
Delaware has chosen Republican
Congressman by . 800.
Ohio, Massachusetts, Illinois, Cali |
fornia, Connecticut, New Hampshire,
North Dakota, Michigan, Indians,
Iowa, Wisconsin and Nebraska have |
gone Republican by large majorities;
while Missouri, Alabama, Arkansas, |
Florida, Georgia. Kentucky, Louis |
lana, Mississippi, South Carolina and |
Texas have wheeled into Democratic |
lines.
IN NORTH CAROLINA,
where perhaps more interest was cen
tered than in any other State, the Dem |
ccrats made clean sweep. The result !
was a surprise to both parties. The |
State ticket was elected by over 20, 900 |
Iii jority, and the Democrats have de- |
cided majorities in both branches of |
the Legislature. The line between the
white and black tickets was sharply /
Drawn, and many Republicans and i
Popnlists voted the white ticket.
There was very little, if any, disturb
ance at the polls, peculiar feature OF
the election being that the leading
of the State, many of |
whom had supIo ted Mckinley, went
into this campaign with money ard |
influence for chjte or Dem0cratic |
TIE RESULT.
1t has been the well founded claim
OF The -Egis that Notwithstanding the