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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1890
Page
2
The Boston crowd hails a sweeping Democratic win across the state with Governor elect Russell and Massachusetts leaders praised for campaigns led by Collins, Matthews, Quincy, Sullivan, and Coveney. Speakers tout tariff reform, anti lobbies, and unity while pledging vigilant governance and further gains in 1892.
Edward Norton, age 62, drove a team over Charlestown Bridge yesterday afternoon when struck by an opposing team and knocked from the wagon, breaking both legs. He was taken to City Hospital for treatment.
Returns from most towns show the Farmers Alliance carrying Nebraska in the House and Democrats gaining ground. Republicans claim seats in districts three four and possibly one. Democrats dispute. The chamber balance hinges on new census apportionment and classed towns. A large Democrat conference vows to safeguard a potential twelve member majority.
In Philadelphia on November 6, Alex K. Craig Democrat defeated Andrew J. Stewart by over 1000 votes to win Congress in the twenty fourth district. The state returns show seventeen Republicans and eleven Democrats in the new delegation, a four seat Democratic gain. Complete county totals place Pattison Democrat ahead for Governor by 16,933, a 59,584 swing from 1886.
Senator Farwell cites Chairman Jones predicting John M. Palmer will be the next U S senator as Republicans face an apparent loss. Jones claims 101 Republicans to 103 Democrats, while Amberg leads for State Treasurer and Raab for Public Instruction by wide margins. Springfield reports Palmer despatches show Democrats will hold a one vote majority on joint ballot, sealing his election.
Returns from half the townships in Indiana show a Democratic gain of about twenty per township, tilting the state about twenty thousand in their favor. Democrats elect eleven of thirteen Congressmen and will control the Legislature on joint ballot by sixty eight.
Indications point to a Republican majority in five of six Congressmen and a largely Republican legislature, with the first district race still close. The overall trend suggests a strong GOP showing in state politics.
Breckinridge the Democrat leads Langley the Republican in the second district with 5453 to 4662 in sixteen counties. Officials expect the official count to not materially alter the result. In the first district Cate holds an over two thousand vote majority over Featherstone.
Smenania A Mo Nov 6 Colonel Thomas B Price president of the Gazette Printing Company owner of Vandale farm highly regarded in Missouri was shot and mortally wounded this afternoon on a Missouri Pacific train by Judge John Higgins of Pitts County Court Higgins who was defeated by Price for renomination at the Democratic county convention was en route home when the shooting occurred.
New York district attorney Fellows asked Rev Dr. Howard Crosby to appear before the grand jury and recount his claim that a city police captain took 70000 in a year by blackmailing saloon keepers. Crosby is to testify if required.
Secretary Noble refused Mayor Grant's second request for a recount of New York City's population citing insufficient proofs of incompleteness in the Porter count.
The corrected General Court list adds Suffolk Senators A W Champlin John Reade John W Coveney James Donovan H H Sprague W S McNary F S Rifteen Joseph Bennett Ken William H West and notes five Democrats four Republicans. Auditor elect W D Lt Trefry of Marblehead born May 10 1852 graduated Tufts 1878 read law in Salem and chaired Marblehead School Board for five years.
The Connecticut Legislature shows Senate with 7 Republicans and 17 Democrats and House with 133 Republicans and 119 Democrats, giving a Republican majority on joint ballot. One Wilton Republican defeated due to ticket wording. Merwin 63,967, Morris 67,663, Augur 3,469 with 257 scattering. Morris short of majority by 31 votes. fourteen towns unofficial. Prohibition and scattering counted as 205 by telegraph.
Returns show Broderick defeated Moonlight in the first congressional district, keeping Kansas Republicans at two seats with Farmers' Alliance at five. State ticket outcome unresolved, Republicans claim Humphrey elected governor.
In New York on November 6 Henry Winthrop Gray acting as receiver for the North River Sugar Refining Company obtained a Supreme Court order from Judge Van Brunt restraining Henry C. Havemeyer and others as trustees of the Sugar Trust from initiating or pursuing any legal proceeding to obtain an order or judgment to distribute trust assets.
Complete returns from more than half of California precincts outside San Francisco and two thirds in the city show Markham leading Pond for governor by over 10 000 and the Republicans carrying the state ticket. The outlook suggests Republicans may hold all statewide offices and congressional seats.
Passengers holding tickets via the Fall River Line, Shore Line and Stonington Line may have baggage checked from hotel or residence in Boston to destination. Time tables for local and through service between all stations are available at Old State House and ticket offices. Trains from Kneeland Street Station to Brockton and other destinations run at listed morning and evening times with Sunday and special services noted.
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