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ty, be ITOHENBY, NEWS CONDENSED. 141BB ELECTION RETURN*. -A Detroit dispatch says: Its 1 rns do not materially change the Re- sabUwui plurality for Ooveruor, and the : frU Mtarns will make the figure not fur tram 7,000. Fall re tarns show the • eettoa of the following Congressmen, With tile pluralities indicated: First District, J, Logan Cbipin&n (Deui.t, 1,456; Sec­ ond DisMct, £. P. Alien (Hep. 1. 1,012; Third, : Jaaaes O'Donaoll (Kop ), 4,711; Fourth, Jaliu* C. Borrows (Rep.). )i:i; Fifth, M. H. Ford (Dem.)* 49S; Sixth, Mark S. Brewer (Kep.), I,<fcf0; , Seventh, Justin K. Whiting (Item ), 3)*i; Kij-'Oth, 1 T. EL Tarsney (Dem). .>10; Ninth, Byron M. | Cutoheaa (ltep.), 1,500: Tenth, Spenccr O. Fisher 1 (Dem.), 1.73CS; Elevmt i Seth C. Moffatt (Kep.), j S^SM. Xht latest returns give the ^tate Legis­ lature M follows: benate--Republicans, 22; Democrats, 10. House-- Republicans, 65; Demo­ crat*, 80; Labor, 4; doubtful, ;i. Colorado.--A Denver dispatch says the Re- miblioans now concede the election of Adams (Dem.), for Governor, bv '2,0.) ) plurality. Indi­ cations favor the election of Myron \V. Heed (Dem.), to Congress, by a small majority. There la little doubt that the Democrats will have oontrol of the lower house of the General As­ sembly, and possibly of the Senate. Jnduma.--An Indianapolis telegram nays there Is BO longer any doubt of the ltepublicans hav­ ing elected their State ticket, witn the excep­ tion, possibly, of Bruce Carr. the candidate for Auditor. The legislature is very close, both parties claiming a majority of from one to three. Iowa.--Nearly complete unofficial returns from erery county in tne State oxcept Marion and Lyon show that the Democrats carried twenty-two counties, with an aggregate major­ ity of 14,08!), and the Republicans seventy-seven counties, with an aggregate majority of SU,931. Net Republican majority, 1.V 41. Marion and Lyon will about offset each other. The Repub­ licans elect all the Congressmen except Hayes, Weaver, and Anderson. MiuoeiUunous. --The Minnesota Legislature will have a Republican majority of '29 on joint ballot. The vote on Governor is exceedingly close. Israel B. Abbott, a negro Republican, has been elected to Congress from the Second North Carolina District, defeating O'Hara (colored). Republican, and the Democratic nom- iaee. The Democrats of Nebraska have elected one-third of the members of the legislature, owing to the hostility of the Germans to the VMbiMtlcn plank ii< "the Kepublieaa platform Done at of WaaMnjfta* tfcfc 1st day of November In the ywy qC wty Low! mm thon- und sight hanwM tp imMii m of tee independence'of ue Offltd MM at Ammria*. the orie hnndnjtt tMHeTMrik FOB the month of October the public debt was reduced $13,201,619. Herewith is the statement issued on the 1st inst.: IKTERSB'MUBDKI DKBT. at4^ percent.. |S9^000,000 » jt •*tpercent 73/,770,400 Bond* at 3 per cent mgis 700 Refunding certificates at 4 per cent l'-M.'soO Navy pension fund at -i per cent.... 14,000,000 Pacific Railroad bonds at 6 per oent. •*,623,512 Principal., Interest.. Bonds Bondsi »1,153»,443,118 .TBt*1 ....$1,162,436,073 DEBT ON WHICH ZNIKBRST "" CB&SKD BINCB „ MAtOBlTT. Principal.. 112,316,435 Ingres* 242,492 112,548,927 WKBT BKARIMO NO WTFRK8T. Old demand and legal-tender nates. 1340,738,391 Certificates of deposit Gold certificates *"!J.*.*.*.* Silver certificates Fractional currency (leas W,375,934 estimated aa loat or destroyed!. . Principal TOTAL DEBT. Principal fl,715,193,439 Interest 9,226,(53 Less cash items av^abiefarwdao?1*71*'41^^9 tion of the debt. 9x7 ^ 315 Less reserve held for redemption oif ' * U. & notes 100,000,000 7,140.000 8*.231 909 199,306,80 J 6,953,702 549,433,802 Total. #317,288,315 Total debt less available cash items! 1,407,131,147 Net cash in the Treasury........... 52,7tS>,i99 Debt less cash in Treasury NOT. 1, 1886 ..'TL,S54<817,M7 Debt less cash in Treasury Oct. 1. 1886 1,367,549,587 THE EAST. "7*- ' i. THE Brotherhood of Locomotive En­ gineer*, in conventioa in New York, have divided the $3,000 life and accideut policy . into two policies of $1,500 each, the as­ sessment to be fifty cents on each death oa • policy of SI.500. Age in taking risks is limited to forty-five years, and only to members then. The change will go into effect May 1, 1887. PETER KENNY, a railway telegrapher at Ingraham Station, Pa., while at his instru­ ment the other night, was appalled by the sadden appearance of a man dressed in white and carrying a long knife in his hand. The maniac, who bad escaped from his dwelling at Sheridan Station, kept Ken­ nedy in extreme terror for nearly an hour, until trainmen came to the office and se­ ctored the intruder after a fierce struggle. ....Thirty-seven Apache children of Ge- ronimo's band have just been transferred from Fort Marion to the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa. A NEW railway line from Chicago to St. Louis will be opened next month. The Pekin and Southwestern trac s are to be QMd to Springfield, a new road thence to Litchfield, asd the Bee line southward to St. Look The military post of Fort F»d Steele, W. T., has been discontinued. THE WEST. TH* best evidence attainable fixes the number of the lost in the Bio (Wis.) rail­ way horror at twenty. C. H. Wells, the bnkeman alleged to be the cause of the dimeter, has surrendered himself. He throws all the responsibility upon Con- doetor H&ukey II is conjectured that Joseph Heath, of Bat Austin, Mich., worth $3,000,000, has loan robbed and thrown into the lake, hav- Bg mysteriously disappeared from the alfMTnrr Alaska between Sandusky and Detroit... .It is now stated that the money •Mot from the Adams express car on the 9km Fraaeisco Road was nearly $120,000. -- -Samuel S. I'avion, a degenerate maim of Commodore Perry, of Lake Erie fame, has just been discharged from the Xkftagan Penitentiary, where he served 5*ai» for burglary. While a convict he 4eO heir to an estate valued at $250,000. ABOTT 3,500 men employed in the beef- jortrii 1 j bouses of Nelson Morris and Swift Jk Co., at the Chicago Stock Yards, struck against a return to the ten-hour system of labor A fire at Boekford, 111., origin­ ating in the Johnston Oat-Meal Company's Mill, extended to adjacent buildings, caus­ ing a loss of nearly $100,000 Mrs. Libby flager, aged 34, wife of Dr. Sager, com­ mitted suicide at Celina, Ohio. She left a sole stating that she was tired of life, and 4MS. the Lord wanted her. THE Minnesota and Northwestern Road completed its grading between Chicago ami Free port, and track-laying will com­ mence at once. The Wily remaining gap fib the fine from Chicago to St. Paul is be­ tween Freeport and East Dubuque, fifiy- «4gh£ miles..,.The Aekcrman Hotel at Loogootee, Ind., was burned, three men perishing in the flames. Two of them, John C. Gates and Michael Tracey, were Acted Treasurer and Auditor, respectively, of Martin County. Decrease of debt during the month. $13,201 619 CASH m THE TRKA8UBY AVUUBLI FOB REDUC­ TION OF PUBLIC DEBT. Gold held for gold certificates actu­ ally outstanding 188,294,039 Silver held far silver certificates ac­ tually outstanding 100,306,800 U. S. notes held for certificates of deposit actually outstandins 7,140,000 Cash held for matured debt «ni» in­ terest unpaid.... 21,542,43) Fractional currency 4,057 Total available for redaction of the debt t317.a88.S15 _ BESBBVK FUND. Held for redemption of U. S. notes, acts Jan. 14, 1875, and July 12. 1882. $100,000,000 Una vail able for reduction* of the debt-- J26.-00.835 8»5,I21 54,469,760 52,783,199 THE SOUTH. f<> ^ SgygHAL parties of mining experts sailed - V1 Bom New Orleans for Honduras, to ex- ;t4|: Maine the district in which discoveries of V f?1? haTe been sported... The Governor <*•" of Louisiana has notified Colonel S. L. James that he can not transfer to an out- %,i ' syndicate his lease of the labor of the jSi. , penitentiary convicts. ®IX United States prisoners have been % fntenced to be hanged in Port Smith, ;A*k., Jan. 14, for murders committed in . Indian Territory. '•R THE Sloss Furnace Company of Bir W 1Bin8ham» ^la- ^ave purchased of Jacob * Beese the right to use his basic process, • S , Sr.7 4 onc®.61601 a Plant tor the man- ' ^pfacture of tteel on a large scale. *£ The works of the Walker Horseshoe T;^s Company at Baltimore, worth $85,000, Which have not been running this vear were swept away by fire. riiULiGTon. y..*.' ALJT opinion has been given by Attorney general Garland that national banks must is ' r* deposit interest-bearing Londs to secure aronlanon, and that called 3 per cents can '% , be used for that purpose PRESIDENT CLEVELAND "I Thursday, November 25, has as a selected ftational prayer and thanksgiving. «iBeial proclamation reads as follows: day of The " tlle CU8tom °f the people of United States, on a day in each year rs Godwin, British of double-scull raoes on UW TBimes. OVER one hundred WMN shook* of earthquake were eiperiwosd oa B^plamber 10 on one of the Tomn ialanda in the Pa­ cific Ocean. From the bottom of a lake of marvelous depth arose a volcano to the height of three hundred feet China will send a high person to Bome next month to present to the Pope the re­ spects of the Emperor and the imperial family, and to notify him thai the Emperor has attained his majority Hungary's finances are in a critical state. The oppo­ sition papers bluntly talk of bankruptcy, and estimate a deficit in next year's budget of 00,000,000 florins. THE Bulgarian Deputies, at a private sitting in Tirnova, resolved to maintain the strongest opposition to cdncessions to the Bussion party.... A London dispatch says that there ha's been a fall in the price of tin of ?2 per ton....Phil- ippopolis has been declared in a state of siege for the purpose of suppressing brigandage The Pall Mall Gazette re­ gards the vote for Henry George as "by far the most important political event of the day.r" The St. James Gazette regards it as "an unpleasant fact that in the great American city of New York such a large proportion of the workingmen are prepared to tot# for the gospel of confisca ' • |m^set apart for that purpose b7theTr chief jfcecntlve, to acknowledge the goodness and protection! invoke His continued care and In observance of such custom I, Grover Cleve- land, President of the United fctatea, do hereby gMfenafe and set apart Thursday, the 25th day M November, instant, to be observed and kent •••day of thanksgiving and prayer P ttltoat day let all our people toreeo their ac- aaWniunu employments ana assemble in their places of worship to give thanks to tho for jNie><rf the universe for pur continued enjoy- .gMttftof the blessings of a free government for * JTMaewal of business prosperity throughout Wtjaad, forthe return which has rewarded the labor of those who till the soil, and for our fW*",as it people in all that makes a nation £••*. And while we contemplate the infinite MMrerof God in earthquake, flood, and storm 1m the firatfful hearts of those who been shielded from harm through be turned *ln sympathy and rard those who have suffered Fraction nl silver eoin. Minor coin Total " Certificates held aa eart....IIII"I* Net cash balance on hand........... Total cash in Treasury as shown by the Treasurer's general account.. $451,068,083 The Government re eipts during the first four months of the present fiscal vear ended Oct. 30 wers S127,SH i>77. being S14,ltj8,801 in excess ef the receipts during the corresponding pericd of lafct year. The txpaditures during tho same period of lft+i were %62,354,U»5, toeing til,918,-151 less tban tho expenditures during the same period of las year. MAJOR MACKENZIE has raised a breeze in the War Department by a report that the high bridge without a draw now being built at Dubuque is of a pattern totally different from that authorized by Congress, and that no plans therefor have been submitted.... William Cramp & Sons, of Philadelphia, have made arrangements to construct for the Government a dynamite gun cruiser which will be capable of making twenty knots an hour and of filing a 200-pound dynamite shell every two minutes. The vessel is to cost not more than $350,000. .. POI.ITICAL. THE Supreme Court of New Jersey has pronounced the excise laws unconstitution­ al. In Newark alone fifteen hundred li­ censes are thus rendered void. MAJOR WILLIAM GENTRY and his son- in-law, T. W. Cloney, had encounters at Sedalia, Mo., with Congressman Heard, pistols being drawn at one time. Political faction feeling caused the trouble, which, it is feared, will be renewed in the near future. Cloney was candidate for tile postmastership at Sedalia, but Heard re­ fused to commend him fot the position. GENEKAL. " GRAND MASTER WORKMAN POWDERLY has interviewed Cardinal Gibbons, and it is said was assured that the Catholic Chureh will not interfere with the Knights. A DISASTROUS fire, hard to subdue, broke ont at Chicago in the building oc­ cupied by Knight & Leonard, printers, the Goodyear Bubber Company, and Salisbury & Cline. which created a pecuniary loss of $225,000. Arthur C. Papineau, of the fire insurance patrol, lost his life, and four other members of that organization le- ceived serious injuries. Fire at Des Arc, Arkansas, destroyed six stores and two churches; the losses aggregate $150,000. Marshall's foundry, Pittsburgh, was dam­ aged by fire to the amount of $25,000. THE Canadian Minister of Justice in­ formed an Ottawa correspondent that he had several times tried to arrange with the United States Government not to make Canada a dumping-ground for boodle aldermen and the like. He thinks the Americans will now accept the draft of a treaty which will work a re­ form, but will not be retroactive..'.. The oleomargarine law went into effeet on the 1st inst. The demand for stamps has been very great, and the indications are that a larye amount of the commodity will be put on the market. The production of oleomarga­ rine for domestic consumption is estimated at the rate of 100,000,000 pounds a year, and the amount exported is a'so believed to be very large. A POST-MORTEM examination shows that Martin B. Casey, the Treasury Department clerk who died snddenly at his desk in Washington, committed suicide, poison enough to kill two men being found in his stomach. He was a sufferer from heart disease. VIXCENTE KECKKDEZ, a Mexican, killed his wife on the train between Laredo, Texas, and New Laiedo, Mexico. It was a sensational and tragic affair In the Cathedral of Notre Dame, at Montreal, Father Steetenne condemned the rules of the Knights of Labor, and advised such of his hearers as were members of the organi­ zation to withdraw from it. THE Spanish bark Tres Amoras, bound f:om Barcelona to Havana, foundered in a hurricane when within three days' sail of her destination. Seven of the crew per­ ished. Five others drifted for five days on a piece of the wreck, and were finally res­ cued in a half-famished condition. THE Mexican Government kis sent Mariano Barcena, an eminent engineer, to study the causes of the continued eruptions of the volcano of Coluna.... John F. Hoke, the embezzling banker of Peoria, 111., has been arrested at Montreal, where he was known as George Hauna, and efforts will be made to extradite him on a charge of forgery. Hoke admits that be embezzled $172,000, which he lost in grain specula­ tion. ADDITIONAL NEWS. ELECTION notes: Nearly complete re­ tains from California give a plurality of 302 to Bartlett, the Democratic candidate for Governor. The Legislature is Demo­ cratic by 13 on joint ballot. The latest Congressional returns indicate the election of lour Democats--Thompson, Briggs, McPike, and Sullivan--and two Bepubli­ cans--Vandever and Morrow. Mr. Spring­ er's official majority for Congress in the Thirteenth Illinois District is 974. Speaker Carlisle is elected in the Sixth Kentucky District by a ma­ jority of seven or eight hundred. Of­ ficial returns from every county in the State show that Robertson (Rep.) has 3,647 plurality for Lieutenant Governor of In­ diana. Col. Dwyer, ex-S. nator Dorsey's candidate for Congress in New Mexico, was beaten by Joseph (Dem.) by over 3,000. The next West Virginia Legislature will have a Democratic majority ol nine on joint ballot. In the Seventh Congressional District of Ohio the Democrats re-elected James E. Campbell over John Little by thrte majority. The Bepublicans will accept the count. The Prohibition vote in Illinois foots up more than 20,000. The Virginia Congressional delegation stands: Republicans, 6; Democrats, 3; Knights of Labor, 1. The Democrats have a majority of 2 on joint ballot in the New Jersey Legislature. Returns from 80 of tie 88 counties in Ohio indicate that Rob­ inson (Rep.), for Secretary of State, will have a plurality of 11,488 over McBride (Dem.). AN Indianapolis dispatch of the 9th inst. says: "Official returns from the ninety- two counties of the State confirm the claims of the Republicans respecting the election of their State ticket. The plurali­ ties of the several candidates will vary from 3,500 to 5,000. The Legislature is still iu doubt, both tho Republicans and Democrats contending that they have a majority on joint oillot. There are so many complications in the situ­ ation and the Legislature is so nearly a tie that the probabilities are that the actual facts as to which party will h;ive the power to control the jO nt bodies will not be definitely settled until after the meeting and organization of the Assembly. The political managers of both parties are put­ ting forth every effort to gain possible ad­ vantages, and the situation has become de­ cidedly interesting, charges of fraud being freely made in all quartern. In Marion County there is a feverish feeling, and considerable bad blood is becoming mani­ fest." KOSEHDIZ, the Mexican who killed his alleged mistress and her daughter on a railroad train, was shot to death by a judicial order without trial .. .The busi­ ness failures occurring throughout the country during the week were for the United Slates 171 anl for Canada 15, or a total of 180, as compared with a total of 212 the week previous... Canadian Pa­ cific car-s, it is asserted, will be running Into Boston beforj May 1 next. , IT IS scmi-oilicially learped that the Pres­ ident has sifted the listof applicants forthe Surgeon Generalship down to two--Col. Chas. Sutherland, the senior surgeon, and Lieut. Col. John Moore, Assistant Medi­ cal Purveyor, and from these the selection will be made.... Gen. Swaim is still ac­ tively at wo k trying to secure a mitigation of the unexpired portion of the court-mar­ tial sentence iu his case. It is understood that a strong paper in bis behalf has been filed with th.' President, signed by numer­ ous Senators and Representatives. THE will of the late Henrietta A. Len­ nox has been probated in New York City. It disposes of property valued at $10,000,- 000, about a quarter of a million being be­ queathed to educational and charitable in­ stitutions. . THE Russian Captain, Nabr»koff, the leader of the coup d'etat in Bnlgaria last May, has again figured in a sensational role, having led a band of Monten?grins against Bourgas, the Prefect being seized and Russian rule proclaimed. Troops have been sent to quell the revolt. NabokofFs band started from the Russian consulate. ... It is reported at Constantinople that Mr. G. Harris Heap, now Consul General, will be appointed to succeed S. S. Cox as United States Minister. FOREIGN. BULGARIA is stiffening its bade and looking the Russians in the face. The Government has ordered that the Russian language be no longer taugh. in the public schools, f-ubstituting German therefor..... A treasure train was captured in Afghanis­ tan by rebels The police of Pesth found thirty person^, nearly naked, sleeping in a warm-water drain Teemer and Hamm, American oarsmen, defeated Perkins and • ) THE MARKETS. NEW YOBK. BEEVES |4 Hoas 4 WHEAT--No. 1 Wblte No. 2Bed... COBN--No. '2 OATS--White POBK--New Mess... 10 CHICAGO BSEVKS--Choice to Prime steers II Good Shipping 4 Common I HOGS--Shipping Grades......... 9 Fl.OUR--F-Tty* Hnpfno •_r_1_v _ A W HE AT--No. 2 Bed. ° .. .V.. COUN--No. a OATS--No. 2 BUTTER--Choice Creamery.... .. Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream, Cheddar.. Full Cream, new...... EGOS--Fresh POTATOES--Choice, per bu POBK--Mess S MILWAUKKK. WHEAT--Cash... CORN--No. •/. OATS--No. 2 BVE-NO. 1. PORK--Mesa ( TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2... CORN--Cash. OATS--No. 2 BEEF CATTLE.... Hoos SHKEP _ WHEAT--Michigan B .̂ CORN--No. 2 .v.. OATS--No. 2 White ST. LOUI& WHEAT--No. 2 CORM--Mixed OATS--Mixed PORK--New Hess < CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed. *. CORN--No. 2 . . . OATS--No. 2 PORK --Mess i LIVE HOGS BUFFALO, WHEAT--No. 1 Hard CORN--No. 2 CATTLE INDIANAPOLIS. BEEF CATTI.*. HOGS SHEEP WHEAT--NO. 2 Bed. CORN--No. 2 . . OATS CAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Bert Fair Common....... <§> 9.50 DETROIT. «« 5.93 <* 4.29 ® 3.50 & 4.60 & 4.9S Betvll the Balloting' on Tnesdsy, .$81!%#--'RETURNS FROM - iVi >*, *«•«• States. n . , * ; -- "t* ' William R. Morrison Btfe&tod small m *««ry dis- Ih» Talk ia ve from Congress in the' Eighteenth """ """'"'tooii Diiiriet ' for Workingmen Eleot a Congressman in Wisconsin and Foll'l Prodigious * V«t« in Chicago. ifc Illinois. > . . ... The Republican candidates for State offices are elected by majorities estimated at from 20.000 to 2«,U00. Throughout the State Repub­ lican pains are reported. In many Democratic coui.tii s llepublican officials aro elected for the first time in many years. The Republicans have a majority of thirteen in the State Senate, and a probable majority of one ia the lower house. In Chi­ cago anil Cook County the Labor vote was unexpectedly large. Butler, the United Labor candidate Tor Sheriff, j olled over 21,()0i votes, or within a few hundred of the number cast forthe Democratic candidate. The Labor party elected ono State Senator, anil six members of the lower house in Cook county, and came within a few votes of electing the Congresaman in the Second District. The Republicans elected all their candidates for couuty offices in V 00k County, with the exception of three Judges, by pluralities ranging from 9,000 to 17,000. Tho sensational feature of tho Illinois election is the defeat of William R. Morrison, in the Eighteenth District, by Jehu Baker, Repub­ lican. Baker's majority is 800. This result, it is said, was brought about bv the Knights of Labor. In East St. Louis, one of Morrison's strongholds, he was badly scratched. Thero is great rejoicing among Republicans throughout the Kiglitoentn District over tho defeat of the great lreo-trader. Tlio Illinois delegation in C ongrena will stand as follows: . VotB^TMla. G«n. Beaver. the R«p«bile*n candidate for Governor, is elMtcd jy a ploraUtr of mnracd gjt 40.0JP- The Legislature is pif»rwhafi|lngly Stapublican. The Democrats gain MM Con- gjMmwto *h® SUte. Following tottMiww O'NeUl(Rep.). , 3. Samuel J BandaU v 4. W. D. Ketley (Rep.). 6. A. C. Harmer (Bep j. 0. Smedlev Darlington (Bep,L : 7. R. M. YardleyfRep.). Sf'J " > P-, , f h 1. K. W. Dunham, it. 2. Frank Lawler, D. 3. W. E. Mason, R. 4. Geo. E. Adams, R. 5. A. J. Hopkins, R. 6. R. R. Hitt, R. 7. T. J. Henderson, R. 8. Ralph Plumb,-R. 9. L. K. Payson, R. W. P. & PosCB. 11. W. H. Gest, R. 12. G. A. Anderson, D, 13. Win M. Springer, D. 14. J. H. Rowell, It. 15. J. G. Cannon, R. 16. L. Z. Ijftndes, D. 17. Edward Lane, D. 18. Jehu Baker, R. 19. R. W. Townshend.D. 20. J. R. Thomas, R' Now York. .®l|'ns W. Peckham, Democrat, has been eiected Judge of the Court of Appeals by a ma­ jority of about 8,000. The Republicans have a majority in the Legislature of twenty on joint ballot, which insures the election of a Republi­ can sncoessor to United States Senator Miller. The ltepublicans gain two or three members of Congress. j 'V?0 °®0,td returns of the municipal election in New York City give Hewitt, the successful candidate for Mayor, a total vote of 91,265, a plurality of 23,023 over George, who in turn leads Roosevelt by 7,745. Wardwell, the I nominee, received 676 votes. Prohibition Michigan. A Detroit dispatch says that close estimates tm the election in Michigan place the Repub­ lican plurality at 7,0J0. This is based on the vote of two years ago, while the reports so far received show general Republican gains which would increase this figure. As the returns show Sains when compared with a much larger vote, lere Beems ground for the claim of the Re­ publican committee to 10,C0J plurality. The newSenator will bo a Republican without doubt, but just how large a majority in the State Legislature will vote for him is not yet known. It now appears that there will be not more than 82 more Republicans on joint ballot than Fusionists. The Republicans have probably gained two Congressmen, Mark Brewer being elected in toe Sixth District bv 700 and Edward Allen in the Second by 90. This makes the Michigan delegation stand six Republicans and five Dem­ ocrats, as Bhown by districts, as follows: 1. John L. Chipman (Dem.). 2. Edward P. Allen (Kep.). 3. James H. O'Donnell (Hep.). 4. Julius C; Burrows (Rep.). 5. Melbourne H. Ford (Greenback Britaj, 6. MarkS. Brewer (Kep.). 7. Justin R. Whiting (Greenback Dem.), T ' 8. T. E. Tarsney (Greenback Dem.). • > 9. B. M. Cutcheon (Rep.). si^ 10. Spencer O. Fisher (Dem. flrwrnhiinH 11. Beth C. Moffatt (Rep.). ' Indiana. An Indianapolis telegram of the Republicans are claiming the election of seven Congressmen in Indiana, which is a gain of three. The most reliable returns show the election of the following: . 1. Alvin P. Hovey (Hep.). ' !A. John H. O'Neall (Dem.). ' *' 3. Jonas GaSoward (Dem.t. 4. WilHains. Hofman (DemS^*** ' 6. Cortland C. Matson (Dein,). . 6. Thomas M. Brown (Rep. 1 7. William D. Bynum (Dem.-Q. B.). 8. James T. Johnson (Hep.). 9. Joseph B. Cheadle iRep.i. 10. William D. Owen (Rep.). 11. Georce D. Steele (Rep.). 12. James B. White (ltep.). 13. B. F. Shively (Dem.-Labor-G. B.). Upcn the b.isis of the returns from 748 pre­ cincts, 45 per cent, of the vote of the State, the Republican ticket has been elected by a plural­ ity of 5,275. Ex-St 11 a tor McDonald, a member of tho Democratic State Central Committee, says.-however, the returns from tho other 55 per oent. of th • precincts will result in placing the btate again in the Democratic column. Both parties claim the Legislature. Wisconsin. In Wisconsin the Republicans have re-eleoted Gov. Rnsk by a plurality of upward of 20,000. The Legislature will have a Republican major- ity on joint ballot of 21) over Democrats and Labor representatives. The Senate stands 25 Bepublicans, 7 Democrats, and 1 People's par­ ty ; Assembly. 57 Republicans, 36 Democrats, and 5 People's. The People's party representa­ tives will probably act with tho Democrats. The Republicans lose three Assembly seats and gain a like number in Honniorial districts. The Congressional delegation, by districts, is prob­ ably as follows : • *w- 1. Lucien B. Caswell (Rep.), 2. ltichard Guenther (Bep.). 3. R. M. La Follette (Hep.). 4. Henry Smith (Labor.). 5. Thomas R. Hudd (Dem.). 6. Charles B. Clark (Kep.). 7. Onnsby B. Thomas (Rep.). 8. William T. Price (Rep.). • 9. Isaac Stephenson (Rep.). Minnesota. The entire Republican State ticket has been elected in Minnesota by 10,000to 13. 00 majority, A. R. Mctflll, for Governor, running behind the reBt of the ticket somewhat. A. E. Rice, for Lieutenant Governor/will have about23,000 ma­ jority. The latest returns indicate the election Of the following delegation to Congress: 1. Thomas < ilson (Dem.;. 2. John Lind (Rep.). 3. J. L. McDonald (Dem.), 4. Edmund Rice (Dem.). 5. Knute Nelson (Rep.). On joint ballot the Republicans will probably have a safe working majority in the State Legis­ lature, though it in possible that the Farmer*' Alliance may hold toe balance of power. Iowa. The Republican majority on the 8tate ticket in Iowa will probably reach 10,000. Returns in­ dicate the election of the following Congress­ men by districts: 1. John H. Gear (Rep.). 2. Walter L. Hayes (Dem.). 5. David B Henderson (Rep.). *. William E. Fuller (Rep.), B. Daniel Kerr (Rep.). b, James is. weavir (G. o.-Bma.), 7. Edwin H. Conner (Hep.). 8. Alburt R. Antler on (G. B IHm ) 9. Joseph Lyman (Rep.)* 10. A. J. Holmes (Hep.). 11. Isaac S. Struble (Rep.). Ohio. The Bepablican State ticket is elected by about l ',«X) majority. The 'Republicans gam five Congressmen. The Congressional delega­ tion stands as follows: 1. Benjamin Butt* rworth (Bep.). i* C. K. Br«wn (Rep.). 3. E. 8. Willians (Rap.). 4. S. 8. Yoder (Dem.). 5. G. E, Heney (Dem.). 6. M. M. Boothmm (Sep.). 7. J. E. Campbell (Dem.). 8. B. P. Kennedy (Kep.). 9. -- l'uggsley (Rep.). 10. Jacob Ttomei 8 (Rep.). 1L A. C. Thompson iB-'p.). 12. W. C. Cooper (Rep ). 13. J. H. Outbwaite (Dem.). 14. C. P. Wickham (Bep.), > 15. C. H. Grosvenor (Bep.). 16. Beriali Wilkina (Bern.). 17. J. I> Taylor (Rep.). 18. W. MoKinley, Jr. (Bep.). IS. E. D. Taylor (Rep.). 29. G. W. Crouse (Rep.). , 21. M. A. Foran (Dem.). Kentucky. The Congressional delegation of the State will probably stand as follows. The names are given by districts: 1. W. J. St >no (Dem.). ,/•••?•• 2. Polk Lafoon (Dem.). * -* 8. G. W. Hunter (Kep.). 4. A. I<. Montgomery (I 6. A. G. Caruth Dem.), 6. J. G Carlisle Dom.j. 7. W. C. P. Brockenridge (DMNjk & J. B. McCreary (Dem.), 9. ft. M. Thomas (Rep.). 10. W. P. T..uS> ee (Dem.). 11. H. P l indlav (Rop.). The resin, shows a Kepublloan gain Of aft least two Con,pressmen in the State. The race between Speaker Carlisle and George H. Thoebe, candidate of the workingmen, in the Sixth Con­ gressional district was so close that at one time 8. D. KrmentrouKDem.). 9. J. A. Hiosland (Bep.). •10. W. H. Snowden (Dem.), • 11. Charles It. Buckalew (DemA *. 12. John Lynnh (Dem.). - ,V vi" ; 13. C. N. Brumm (Rep.-Greenbacker). • , „ 14. Frank Bound (Bep,). „ 15. F. C. Bunnell (Rep.). ; v 19. P. C. McCormick (% 17. Edward Scull (Bep.). - \ 1 • V1' 18. L. E. Atkinson (Bep.). 19. Levi Maish (Dem.). 20. J. K. P. Hall 'Dem ). T , - -f T "?*" 21. W. McCulJou-h (Rep.). ^ I 22. John Dalzell (Rep.), •• 23. Thomas M. Bayne (Bep.). 24. O. L. Jackson (Kep.), 25. James L. Mo'Tett (Rep.). 23. Norman Hall (Dem.). 27. AVilliam L. Scott (Dem.). ' * " " v * Massachusetts. Ames, BepubHcan, is elected Governor by a plurality of over 0.0JJ. The Legislature is strongly Republican; also the Executive Coun­ cil. The Congressmen elected are given below by districts: 1. R. T. Davis (Bep.). 2. J. D. I.ong (Rep.). 3. Leopold Morse (I>eH(|4. 4. P. A. Collins (DemA 6. E. D. Hayden (Rep.jL 6. H. C. I.odge, (Rep.). 7. William Cogeswell (Bep.). • v 8. Charles H. Allen (Rep.). 9. E.W.Burnett (Dem.). '* 10. J. E. Russell, (Dem.). 11. William Whiting (Rep.). 12 F. W. Rockwell (Rep.). This makes a Democratic gain of twomembers Connecticut. > The total vote of Connecticut if 123,112, as fol­ lows : Cleveland (Dem.), 58,674; Lounsbury (Bep.), 5f!,8'»l; Forbes (Pro.), 4,811; Bair (Labor), 2,I7d. Cleveland has a plurality of 1,763, but lacks the necesBary majority. The Legislature stauds: Senate--Kepublicans, 14; Democrats, 10. House--Republicans, 137; Dem­ ocrats, 110, and Labor, 2. This gives a joint Re­ publican majority of 29, insuring tho election of a Republican United States Senator, Lounsbury for Governor, and other Republican Stats of­ ficers. The Congressmen elect are: 1. R. J. Vance (Dem.). 2. Carlos French (Dem,)* 91 C. A. Russell (Rep.). 4. M. T. Granger (Dem). - * . New Jersey. Full returns from New Jersey give the State to Green (Dem.), for Governor, by a plurality of 7,421, and make the Legislature a tie on joint ballot, with one Labor Democrat as the casting vote. This will probably elect Gov. Leon Abbett (Dem ) to the United 8tates Senata to succeed Senator Sewell (lteu ). Tha f'"" r.-™- men elected are: * 7 t 1. George Hi< res (Bep.). , , \-V 2. James Buchanan (Rep,). ' ^ 3. John Kean, Jr. (Rep.). • • ' * 4. J. N. 1'idcock (Dem.), doubtfttl.' •> 5. W. W. Pnelp* (Rep.). 6. Herman Lehiback (Rep). 7. William McAdoo (Dem.). ^ • •- • - This is a Democratic IOBS of one Congressman. California. The returns indicate so close a vete on Gover­ nor that the official figures may be required to decide the question. Both Republicans and Democrats claim the Legislature. The Con­ gressional delegation stands as follows: 1. Charles A: Garter (Rep.). 2. J. C. Campbell (Rep.). 3. Joseph McKenna (Rep.). 4. W. W. Morrow (Rep.). 5. Frank J. Sullivan (Dem.). . 6. Joseph D. Lynch (Dem.). Texas. The entire Democratic Congressional .ttoket was elected, as follows, by districts: 1. Charles Stewart. John H. Reagan. #i,?3. C. B. Kilgore. . 5(4. David B. Culberson. J5. Silas Hare. Joseph Abbott. 7. William H. Craine. ,; 8. L. W. Moore. ; ?*9. Roger Q. Mills. 10. Joseph D. Sayres. 11. Samuel T. Lanham. The Democratic State ticket was eleoted, e returns indicating that Ross, for Governor, 1 have a majority of over 100,000. The next Legislature, which electa a suc­ cessor to Senator Maxey, has a Democratic ma­ jority of over 100 on joint. Nebraska. Incomplete returns indicate a reduced Re­ publican majority on State ticket, due mafnly to the nomination of Church Howe for Congress in the 1st district, and tho plank in the Repub­ lican platform pledging the partj to submit a prohibition amendment. The majority for State ticket may reach 20,000. The Legislature will be two-thirds Republi­ can. Accounts so far received indicate the election of large numbers instructed for Van Wyck for United States Senator. There is verv little doubt of the election' of the following Congressional delegation: 1. John A. McShane (Dem.). 2. James Laird (Rep.). 8. George W. E. Dorsey (Rep.), . Kansas. Gov. Martin, the Republican nominee for Gov­ ernor, is re-elected by a majority estimated at 30,000. The Congressmen elected are given br dis­ tricts, as follows: 1. Edmund N. Morrill (Rep.). 2. Edward H. Funston (Rep.). 3. Bishop W. Perkins (Bep.). 4. Thomas Ryan (Rep ). 5. Join A. Anderson (Ind. Bep.), 6. E. J. Turner (Rop.). 7. Samuel H. Peti ts (Rep.). There will be a Democratic inorease in **»«> members of the Legislature. Colorado. The vote on Governor in Colorado is so close that both parties are claiming the State. Nevada. The Bepublicans made a clean sweep of the State, except Supreme Judge Tne Republi­ can Legislative ticket is elected by a small ma­ jority. Virginia. A Richmond dispatch says that all returns re­ ceived serve only to emphasize the defeat suf­ fered by the Democracy of Virginia. Thero has been a great fulling off in their vote throughout the State, and their losses in all districts have been almost phenomenal. Of ten districts in the State, the Republicans carried six, tho Dem­ ocrats three, and the Labor party one, being a net loss of five Congressmen to the Democrats. The Virginia delegation in the next Congress will be as follows : 1. T. H. B. Brown (Rep,). „2. George E. Howden (Rep.), •3. George D. Wise (Dem.). 4. William E. Gaines (Rep.). 5. John R. Brown (ltep.). 6. Samuel I. Hopkins (Labor). 7. Charles T. O'Ferrell (Rep.). 8. W. H. F. Lee (Dem.). 9. Henry C. Bowen (Rep.). 10. Jacob Yost (Rep.). West Virginia. The Democrats elect three of the four Con­ gressman, and a majority of the members of the Legislature. _ Mississippi. < Mississippi elects a solid Democratic delega­ tion to Congress, as follows: 1. J. M. Allen. 2. J. B. Morgan. 8. T. C. Cutchinga. 4. E.G. Barry. 6. C. F. Ander.-iOO. 6. T. B. Stockdale. 1. O. E. Hooker. ' Maryland. Maryland elects one Republican aad five Democratic Congressmen, as fot tun a 1 • 1. C. H. Gibson (Dem ). fvT 2. F. T. f-haw (. em.). . <* 5. H. W. Rusk (Dem.). 4. J. Rayner (Dem.). 6. Barnes Compton (Dem.). «. L. E. MoComas (Rep,). [New Huiripvlitre. Returns from all but forty towns and wards In the State give Sawyer (Rep.), for Governor, 83,423; Cogswdi (Dem.), 33,174; Wentworth (Pro.), 1,878; Carpenter (Greenback), 11. The towns to hear from will increase Cogswell's vote so that it will exceed Sawyer's. The Legis­ lature is Republican, which insures the election of Sawyer aa Governor, and of two Jte|>UbUttan United States Senators. Delaware, A '•£} • Biggs (Dem.), for Governor, has a majority in the State of over *,O0J over Hoffecker (Pro.). Tho Republicans took but little part in the elec­ tion. The Democrats elect everything, includ­ ing a legislative ticket, vMoli secures the re­ election of George Gray to the United States Senate. Tennessee. The entire Democratic State ticket, headed by Bob Taylor for Governor, is eleoted by a large majority. The Democrats gain one Con­ gressman-in the State. Other States. In Missouri the Demooratia Mate tiokek is elected bv the usual majority. The Congress- sional delegatus remains tna same as in the last Congress. m* £titer ^:7> w,... ition to the eol- th District, Dem. cratic M ia Nortb sui* feal the In South Caroliika there the Demoeratie StatTttrtet ored Congressman from the haaprobSly bMb defeatedb: Ccmgmaa^al delegations. . i' The Territories. m Dakota.--Gifford (Rep.) is probably re-elected delegate to Congress by 3,000 majority. The Legislature will be overwhelmingly Republi­ can. Arizona.--The retsins indicate that Marcus A. Smith (Dem.) is elected delegate to Congress by 900 majority. Washington.--Charles S. Voorhees (Dem.) Is re-elected delegate to Congress by 500 to 1,0J0 majority. Montana.--Joseph K. O'Toole (Dem.) is re­ elected delegate to Congress by about 2,000 ma­ jority. The Demo rats have a majority on joint ballot in tixe Legislature. ------- The Next House. , Though the Democrats will hate m majority to the lower hew Be of the next Congress, it will be greatly reduced from that existing in the present House. At this writing several dis­ tricts are in doubt, but the following table will shpw with approximate correctness the strength of the parties when the Fiftieth Congress as­ sembles : . . . D e m . R e p . L a b . Alabama :,m> Arkansas. California Colorado. Connecticut...., Delaware....... Florida.......... Georgia ..... Illinuis Indiana,...,.... Iowa Kansas ...... Kentucky,......": Louisiana Maine Maryland.......... Massachusetts . Michigan........... Minnesota. ,...., Mississippi......... Missouri.. Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire... New Jeraoy N,.w York.......... North Carolina. Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania. Rhode Island...... South Carolina.... TenuesBee......... Texas Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin.. s 1 11. 3 1 5 10? « ' s 8 I ' S 4; .6* 8 7 12 I "i a* 15 7 6 - r- 8 m 4" s 2 .* I1 ,S ' '1 " 1 ,t - -® i.m , I ~ ' 2; 15 * * k.M >.»• 1 i Total ....169 103 i| Democratic majority. 11 t The Governors. The following Governors were chosen at the November elections (Democratic in toman. Be- publicans in italic): California--John F. Swift. Colorado--Alva Adams. .' "J Connecticut--No choice by the people. The Democratic candidate, Edward Cleveland, re­ ceived a plurality on the popular vote, but tin Legislature, which is Republican, in joint bal­ lot will elect P. V. Loumberry, Republicajju .v " Delaware--Benjamin T. Biggs. " - ;< Kansas--Vo n J. Martin. • Massachuse.ts--Oliver Amet. . 'Tijir'i Michigan--Cyrm O. Lucm, . , } " , Minnesota--A. M. McOilL . * , k Nebraska--J. M. Thayer^ ' "• Nevada-- C. C. Stevenson^ ' . . New Hampshire--No choiceoy"TOe°peopIe The Democratic candidate, Thomas Cogswell, probably has a plurality on the popular vote, but the Legislature, which is Republican, oc joint ballot will elect C. H. Sawyer, Republican. New Jersey--L. R. Greene. Pennsylvania--James. A. Beaver. South Carolina--J. P. Richardson. Tennessee--Robert L. Taylor. I • Texas--Lawrence S. Ross. t i Wisconsin--Vere if. fitok. t-hW--•Re-elected. Irish Idiosyncrasies* v w . WE have heard of an Irishman w,ho en­ listed iu the Fiflh Regiment so as to be near biB brother who enlisted in the Fourth. THE Irish patriots should not be dis­ couraged. Married men have struggled for home rule for twenty centuries, and have not yet succeeded in getting it. CONTRACTOR--See here, Pat, this man iB doing twice the work that you are! Pat-- That's phat I've been tellin' him for the pasht hour, sor, bat the bloody Oitalian won't sthop! AN Irish paper lately gave an account of a duel, and announced the result of the meeting in these words: "The one party was wounded severely in the chest, and the other fired in the air." Query, who wounded the sufferer? "PAT, my boy," said a sympathizing friend to a dying maS, "we must all die once." "That's just what bothers me," re­ sponded the sick man. "If we could die half a dozen times apiece, I shouldn't mind this once, at all, at all." AN Irishman, some years ago, attending the University of Edinburgh, waited upon one of the most celebrated teachers of tho German flute, desiring (o know on what terms he would give him a few lessons. The flute player informed him that he gen­ erally charged two guineas for the first month, and one guinea for the second. "Then, by my soul," replied the Hibernian, "I'll begin the second month!" A POOR Irishman applied for relief, and, npon some doubts being expressed as to whether he was a proper object for re­ lief, he enforced bis suit with much earnest­ ness. "Och, yer honor," said he, "I'd be starved long tince but for the cat." "But for what!" asked the astonished official. "Me cat," replied the Irishman. "Your cat? How so?" "Och, yer honor, I sowld her eleven times for a shilling a time, and she was always home before I could get there myself." Cool Comparisons. Working like a horse--a lawyer drawing a conveyance. Eve started the effigy business--she first dressed in FI G. A "great dtal" not to be recalled--the Alderman's. Electioneering food--canvass back duck. A "divisional court"--the divorce jndge. A shining character--the bootblack. The proper length of a lady's skirt--a little above two feet. The greatest tail-bearer--a peacock. . To fcain a copious flow of language--ait* down on a tack. A tick-lish thing--a watch. A naked die--drowned while bathing. Something brilliant about him--a red- nosed man. derstanding. ^ m • ~ Well-wishers--thirsty travelers". Excellent slippers--banana peels. The man for the hour--a watchmaker. The greatest curiosity in the world--^a woman's. A friend at court--a sweethearts A very rash boy--one with the measles. "MAMMA, did papa ever send you a val­ entine?" questioned the little cherub. "Oh, yes, darling; hundreds of them." "Were they all filled with hearts and little angels, mamma?" "Yes, dear." "Does he send yon any now?" "No, precious." "Why? Don't yon like hearts as well as yon used to?" Certainly, my child." "Well, theu, why doesn't papa send you a lot of them?" "Because, my unsophisticated little cherub, papa thinks more of bis stomach now than he does of any heart." The cherub says "Oh!" and wonden if that ia the reason why papa always growls when dinner isn't ready. A ONE-LEGGED Welshman, named Jones, was I antering an Irishman, when the latter asked him: "How did you come to lo-e your legs'" "Well," said Jones, "on examining mv pedigree and looking up my d' scent, I found tLat there was some Irish blood in me, and becoming convinced that it had settled in tbat left leg, I had it cut off at once." "Be the powers," said Pat, "it would have been a better thing had- it settled in your head." OLD Gentleman--NOW, my children, I'll tell yon what it is, if you make any more noise in front of my house I'll speak to that policeman. Chorus of juveniles (much tickled)--That policeman! Boo! we ain't afeered of him. Why, tbafs father. 4/ Morrison Talks Aboat His MMUH» Charges It to the Protec- > |f|' Y'> " Morrison Interviewed. _ , LWaterloo (111.) dispatch.] Colonel William R. Morrison iticL in response to inquiries as to the eaases of his defeat: "Jarrett, the tin-piate emissary of Pennsylvania, and other protectionists professing to represent tho Knights of Labor and other Labor interests were in the distoet ten or more days, jnst betore the election, hiring and bribing such as ; be hired and bribed, and contrived to con­ solidate in Baker's interest most of the labor element, in proof of whieh hiring jrnd bribery we have Jarrett's letters. White this was going on Baker was declaring for a pore ballot. Mr. Hewitt's interview, falsely representing me as standing in the way of tariff reductions, facilitated Jar- ; rett s mission of bribery in the interest of protectionists; but it is all right if the blood °i th« „ martyrs is still the seed of the church. To the question whether the result was a surprise, Col. Morrison said: "I recognized the influences that were at work as I went through the district. I received a great deal of information as to what was going on, but what surprised me was the solidity with which the element thgrt defeated me was handled this time. Heretofore 1 have had my share of the labor vote of the dis- tnct. This time' it was handled as I have indicated." 1 ®sked if he thought the cause of tariff reform has received a set-back by ; reason of h s defeat, or by that of Mr. ilurd, or Mr. Carlisle's close call, he re­ plied: "Oh, no, not at all. Our cause is *• growing right along. We have lost no strength. To the inquiry whether any sentiment antagonistic to the adminis­ tration had had any bearing on the re­ sult, Col. Moirison said: "No, I think not. The*# are hard times. There is some feel- mg-Jpat. the change of administration has HOj 9eeu f°Howed by that effect on business and by such a revival of good times as was anticipated. This feeling, what there was of it, produced some apathy among Demo­ crats, perhaps, but I did not discover any anti-administration sentiment based upon any specific objection to the coarse of the President." Touching again npon the remark of Mr. Hewitt as telegraphed, Col. Morrison said: "Mr. Hewitt's bill is a good one. It legislates definitely upon ceitain points which are now left to construction by the Treasury De- " partrnent, and which not infrequently give rise to controversies and litigation. I am in favor of 'Mr. Hewitt's propositions. But the effect of making that bill a law will be to increase the tariff, and that means in­ creased taxation. The amount, I think, is estimated by the Treasury to be $5,000,000 or more. Now, I was for the Hewitt bill with this proviso: That at the same time there should be other tariff changes which would correspondingly reduce the aggre­ gate. ^ I opposed Mr. Hewitt's bill simply because in the presented form it meant an increase in taxation, and on that ground 1 will oppose any bill." The Feeling; in Washington ISpecial to Chicago Newa.] ' , _ Mr. MePherson. the Chairman of::tii®;'*v Republican Committee, said that he believed Carlisle would be elccted, and that the Democratic majority iu tho House would be Jess than six. In his opinion, the result was largely due to the unpopularity of the President in his own party, because of his failure to pass out tho offices as fast as they were called for. He cited the Louisville district, that of Carlisle, that of Morrison, and several in Virginia, as instances where there had been .act­ ive contests over the patronage and (.lissatiBfaction at the manner in which it had been distributed, as well aa the delay that had attended it. The rank and file of the Democratic party are now - assuming the same attitude toward Cleve­ land that* the Republicans did toward Hayes, and he thought the sentiment of dissatisfaction would increase instead of diminish. The labor organizations, he said, would be a formidable factor in poli­ tics from this time on, and must be seri­ ously considered. There was a good deal of truth iu what Colonel Ingersoll said, that a uew party had been born. The President takes it all serenely, and does not see anything that can be construed into a set-back for the administration. He points to the fact that the elections of Tues­ day show that sectionalism is breaking up. The Democrats made their gains in the Re­ publican strongholds, and vice versa. They will have representation in Minnesota, Ne­ braska, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and other Northern States, while the Republicans have made inroads in Ken­ tucky and Virginia. This he thinks is a healthy sign, and he finds another in the fact that the most active opponents of civil- service reform have either been left at home or returned by largely reduced majorities. iSpeciul to Chicago Times. | "It has been a very funny election all round," said Secretary Endicott this morn­ ing. "It was a very lively time iu my State, but it resulted much better than was ex­ pected for our side." The Secretary asked about the latest news from Carlisle's dis­ trict, and said that if he failed to be re­ turned to the House it would be a great loss to the country. A friend quotes General Butler as pre­ dicting a few days before the election tbat there would be a Republican majority in the next House. When asked for a reason he said: "Just study political l istory witha little care aud you will see that since 1835 every House of Representatives, wilh three exceptions, I thiuk, has been anti-udminis- tration. Two of thoso exceptions oc­ curred during the war. when the South was not represented, and ought not really to count. So there has been but one real exception to the general rule, and I think that tho election this time will make another exception. He gave a ^ood many sound reasons why such is apt to be the case, such as dissatisfaction of promiuent leaders in the administration party, because of failure to obtuin the offices SGught for pclmCu! purposes, mid s fhon- sand and oue other things that aro likely to cause dissatisfaction in the ranks, resulting in a desire for reveng •, a change of power, or Bometliiug tending to upset the existing order of things. The General, however, seems to have forgotten that Republican Houses were elected iu 1808,1870, and 1872. * Pren CnniiiMint IMew York San.) Thi leant considered but not Kte least important aspect of the George demonstra­ tion, with its unexpected development of orjjani/.etf strength, directly concerns the Presidential election two years hence. We have no reason to suppose that Brother Blaine and his friends instigated or en­ couraged the George movement, but if they had done so it would huve been uucom- mouly smart politics. At any rate, Mr. BLtino and the Republican lenders must tike for the next two years a lively interest in tho political doings of Mr. Henry George and his followers in New York City and elsewhere. If Mr. Blaino should run aguiust a strong Democrat in 1881, the combiiied prohi­ bitionist and mugwump secession would naturally result in de:eating him again, but if Mr. Blaine should run against the strong­ est of Democrats, with Mr. llcury George in the field as the Presidential candidate of the labor organizations developing throughout tho country anytning like the strength he showed day before yesterday in this town, could Mr. Blaine be defeated? What would be the Kepublican loss iu Pro-" hibitionist and mugwump votes compared with the Democratic loss in voteW for *he Labor candidates? As things stanp to-day i would seem to be a pretty sun/card for Brother lilaino. Does anybody" think ho ' doesn't sco it? / 4; jJ (j A w - < ' J t e k V