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Show CALIFOERIA ELECTION. The California campaign has been conducted on purely local questions, though it takes a national turn from j the fact that four members of con-; gress are to be chosen. There are four par'.ies in the l'ndd, one of which, J a temperance oryaniz.ition, cuts no considerable figure TLie candidates for governor are William Irwin, democrat; dem-ocrat; John Bid well, independent, and Timothy C. Phelps republican. The present governor, I'aoheco, who was formerly lieutenant-governor, and became executive by the resignation resigna-tion of Senator Booth, is candidate for lieutenant-governor on the independent inde-pendent ticket. The democrats have re-nominated John K. Luttrcll, the late member of congress from the 3d district, and the republicans Messrs. Houghton and Pago from the 2d and 4th districts respectively. The remaining candidates on all sides are new men Wo have seen no estimates or predictions of the result in the California papers, but a recent correspondent of the New York World eivea the following calculations cal-culations : The Urgeet voti ovnr polled in tho state was 1:20,000 in 1871, when Booth was elected governor; t!ie division between be-tween the purtios In-in:: Republican, liU.oOO; democratic, 67,")'. 0. Since then tho independent party has been formed, and it carried the state in 1873 on a tight vote (only a little more tiian half tbat ol 1871). IU vote in lS7;i was SM,500. Sup-Dosiim Sup-Dosiim that tho tjtal vote this year is equal to the large-t ever polled: to wit, ll?J,000. and conceding U tho independ-, independ-, ents 30,000 votes on a lull vote, tho onlj ! question t be decided U what proportion I of the remainder will bo secured by tin democrats, and what proportion by tlu ronubiicatis. it is aurniuea inai iwo-tliirds iwo-tliirds of the independent party is made i up of former republicans. If then from tho republican vole of 1S73, which was 62,500, two-thirds of 30,000. or 20,000, are taken, thoro are left 4'2,500 vot03. If i trom i ho democratic vote of 57,500 one-third one-third t 30,000, or 10,000. are taken, . there aro -17,000 left. On this basis the voto on September 1st will stand: Irwin, (dcra.) 47,500; Phelps (rep.) 42,200; Bid-well, Bid-well, (ind.) 80,000. There is reason to believe, however, that the democratic voto will bo larger than is given in this estimate, and that tho republican vote will be lea?. Tho wandering democrats have returned to the fold in much larger numbers than the wandering republicans have. In roforence lo the result in tho congressional con-gressional contest it may bo said gonoral-I gonoral-I ly that tho democrats expect to elect three, nnd have hupes of electing all four of their candidates. Tho most i doubtful district is the fourth, represented represent-ed by Mr. Houghton, who has a certain degree of popularity with his late constituents. con-stituents. Eich of the parties has an auti-Pacife; auti-Pacife; railroad plank iu its platform, and there seems to be no national principle or question particularly, discussed. The municipal contest in San Francisco absorbs much attention, atten-tion, but it is impossible for any outsider out-sider to detect the merits of the violent controversy kept up by the press. In the country districts some local questions aro discussed, and there are a few spread-eagle and "silver-tongued" orators making tours through the state for the republicans. re-publicans. It looks as if the recent bank failure and financial crash might have an effect on tne can Francisco canvass, probably favorably favor-ably to tho democrats. The election tak.s place to-day, and the Herald's dispatches of Thursday will give an indication of the result. |