The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-10-15
The ."Great Republican Victory" In
Ohio Dwind1Ing to Very
~ Small Proportions.
They Garry the State Possibly bI
a Meager Five Thousand
-. Majority,
While the Democrats Walk Away
With Eleven Out of the Twenty
COngressmen, -.
OHIO.


parties, the matter settles down 10 these
figures at last, ,and both parties are agreed
as to its correctness. The Democrats
,efected are: =
McMshon, iu'the Third District, by a
majority of 1000. ao- sFzra q
LeFevre, in the Fifth District, by q
msjority Of 1897, ssgl :. ss5g.,
Hill, in the Sixth District, by a'major,
lity of (say) 1000. -,
Hurd, in the Seventh District,b ma
jority of 1000 over Luckey, the Repub
lican candidate, and 5000 over Kahlo,
the National nominee - ~ 1gs
Finley, in tine Eighth District, by a
majority of 1000. 6ar
Converse, in the Ninth District, by 8
majority Of 9S6 ar
Ewing, in the Tenth District, by q ma
jority Of 449, sins ,sia. Ia.
Dickey, in the Eleventh District, by .
majority of about l.600. ,a5
Warner, in the Thirteenth District, by
q majority of 123. n9eoa 4ss =.
Atherton, in the Fourteenth District,
by majority Of about $500
Geddes, in the Fifteenth District, by q
majority of 4,00o.
The Republicans have elected Butter
worth and Young In the First and Sec
ond Districts, each by q majority in
round numbers Of 1000. sn,a,
Keifer, in the Fourth District, has q
majority of 1000. lo 5s{
Neal, in the Twelfth District, has
majority Of l,500. m 80.
Mckinley, in the Sixteenth District,
has msjority Of 1,400
Monroe. in the Seventeenth, and Gar
field, in the Nineteenth, are elected by
msjorities, not yet reported, but large
enough. ~ ~
Updegraff, in the Eighteenth District,
has . majority Of 5000. ss,.sa IS
Townsend, in the Twentieth, has a
majority of about 500.
. The anxiety centered to-day mostly
upon the contest between Warner and
Van Worries, in the Marietta Distric. -
II was known that Van Worries had run
ahead considerably in his own county,
and also in Washington County, while be
kept up in Morgan and Noble, He had
when he reached Monroe County clear
majority of 1,4S7 votes, and, of course,
everybody was anxious to know what
Monroe had done. Usually it is Demo.
cratic by from 800 to 1000 majority
but it was feared that the Mossbacks had
scratched him, and this might, if perse.
vered in, defeat him. Monroe is also
the hardest county in the State to reach.
having no railroad in it, and often the
returns are two or three days in reaching
here. But in this case she was ur
promptly and this evening the figures
came in, showing that Warner had car.
ried the county by 1,607 majority, and
elected with margin of only 123 to &c
upon.
The most surprising thing, though, in
the Congressional contest was the way
in which Mckinley ran away with Wiley
in the Sixteenth District. The District
embraces Stark, Wayne and Ashland
Counties, and was considered remark
ably safe one for q Democrat, having {
majority of nearly 1000. while the can
didate, Gen. -Aquila Wiley, is 9 very pop
ular man. But Mckinley was Majol
in Hayes regiment, and is q great favor
ite with che Administration, and it is be
lievedo was the recipient of all the Ad
ministration's contribution to the cam
paigh fund. At any rate, he msdeia Wig
orousi fight, and changed over Stari
County, cut down Ashland and Wayne
to nearly, nominal figures, and found
himself elected this morning by nearl,
800 majority. a9ie 81, .,sl So
i Perhaps almost as surprising as this
was the resul. in the Toledo District =
Frank Hurd had fight with the Repub
cans, the Nationals and quite formida
BILE faction in his own party, led by Gen
Steedman, and he has come out, beating
the Republican nominee 1900 and tht
National over 5000. oaa ssa &
The Republicans here are more dis
gruntled over the election of Ewing
than any of the other Democratic Con
gressmen. They had special desire te
tomahawk him, because he was the mos
aggressive representative of the Oific
Idea; and when they brought out til,
venerable Horton as their leader, ant
when Charley Grosvenor went on Il
Washington and got q barrel of money
to dump into the district, they felt con
ddent that they had the drop on Ewing
but be comes out after a most laberiou.
contest with 450 majority in his favor
and the prestige Of leader in the hou
of his triumph. fsA r,A -
1t will be curious study orpolitician
when the official tables OF tine State ar
made ont to ;examine the National vot
and trace it to where it has hitherto be
longed. 1t was totally ignored by tn
Associated Press agents in making VI
their returns, and no one, as yet, seems 1,
haye any idea ofawhat- it amounted 10
What was chased ae Republican gains il
the reports oflast night can thus be trace,
to National votes and in agfew, thongI
very few counties, where there are Dem
ocratic gains, they are, doubtless, attri
butahle to the same cause. Up in tn
northern part of the State, where tn
Nationals had a goedorganization wee
ago. they were driven back at the las
moment by the old party cries and NOR
potent influences, while in the Democrat
ic counties they held to their Organization
and run their tickets to their own salts
faction. II they could not accomplis
lanytbing else, they could mar the onl
Iparty that had promised them any assis
ttanee in their object, Here in Columbu
the game was apparent. The Republican
Nationals. who had nominated Lewis 70
Congress, we're driven back to vot
for English, while the Democratic one
stood and voted for Lewis. This |
i shown by the election tables Of the cit
where Lewis is behind the head OF thei