The Elections

The "off year" elections for 185)5 were very iateresting1 and hard foug-ht In several states and vvill g-ire food for fefleetion to those vtho have time to figure out tbe cause and effeets oí the voiee of the American people as heard at the ballot box. In New Vork state the Republicana securèd a plurality of about 50,000, thua giving the Empire state a legislatura Republican in both branches, a KwUhm sei-retary of state and a strong cinch on the seat in the U. i?. senate now oecupied by ltavid B. Jlill. ]!ut in New Vork City Tammany Deraocrats piledupa mojority of 20,000 on municipal issues, instiring the overthi'ow of the vigorous reforma inaug-urated under Uepublican rule. Massachusetts Kepublicans 're-elect tiov. Greenlialjje with a majority of (').■. 000. The woman suffrage amendment was bnried deeper than ever. l 'hio was one of the pointe of central interest owin to the prominence of her strongest iisfhters u national affairs. The battïe between Cien. Bushnell, Republican, and ex-Gov. Campbell, Democrat, was fought long and hard, but the result figure out that (en. Biibhnell was elected by about 80,000 raajority. The legislatura vvill be Hepublican in both branches and ex-Gov. Poraker vvill succeed Calvin S. Hrice in the United States senate. The Populists cast about 40,000 votes, the Prohibitionists about 20,000 and the Socialista about 2,000. Democratie Maryland flops over into the Kepublican ranks by about 6,000 majority. Even Senator Gorman's county gave Lowndes, Kepublican candidate for ffovernor, a majority. Pennsylvania - Republican - 100,000. Kansas elected a chief justice of the supreme court- Republican. Senator Allison will be returned to the U. S. senate as Iowa gives a Republican majority of about 60,000. Silver was the issue in Democratie Mississippi and silver was victorious. The Democratie majority is 50,000. Griggs, the Republican candidate foi governor íd New Jersey, curried that state by a small majority. Nebraska polled a small vote - only minor offices beingatstake - but it was nearly all Republican. Virginia don"t report Republican votes. They are Democratie or antiDemocratic. This year the antis are almost non est. Illinois elected one congressman, and he's a Republican. Reports from Kentucky wei-e very slow coming in, and were also intensely interesting as they showed the turning over of a Democratie state to the Republicans. Every county was a hard-f ought battlefleld and the majority of Bradley, Kepublican candidate for governor wás small.