The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-12
CURRENT NEWS.
The Election in Ohio Still
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Democratic Gains throughout
Iowa. +.
Washington Gossip and other
Items.
OHIO.


county, 25 country and 10 city precincts,
give over So majority. In the local ticket
the Democrats possibly elect the treasurer,
probate judge and three of five common
pleas Judges For the senate and house of
representatives the race looks even. The
Republicans seem to have five members of
the county board of council and one coun-
ty commissioner. Longworth, Republican
for supreme judge, leads his ticket several
hundred.
CINCINNATI, Oct 1.-THE republicans
claim Foster is elected by ten TO fifteen
thousand in the state, and claim ma jority
in the Legislature of Representatives. The
democrats concede Foster 10000 say
the competition of state general assembly
is doubted, and will depend entirely
on the result in Hamilton County.
SCRATCHING.
Cincinnati tor many years has been note d
for the amount of scratching done on both
tickets but never in the history of elections
were tickets on both sides scratched as
much as they were yesterday. The tenn
perance vote in the state disappointed ex-
pectation of its friend and opponents by
its smallness. The local ticket in Hamil-
ton is mixed.
CrNcINNArI, Oct 11-1O10 p. m.-One
show a net democratic gain of 273. There
are 2,232 wards and precincts in the State;
and at this rate Bookwalter will gain in
the state less than 1000 which would leave
Foster a majority of 10000.
There is a small prospect of being able
to give returns from Hamilton county to
night. At 1870 not one precinct had been
heard from in full, and only three or four
had given reports as to the head of the
ticket.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 11.-From returns re-
ceived from the head of the ticket of Ham
ilton county, from Is of the precincts,
these show net Republican gain OF gao;
from this Foster win have a majority of
9, 300 in the county. II this is reached
there is probability that the Republican
Legislative ticket may be elected, but of
this no Just estimate can be made, even
now. No full returns have been received
from any precinct in the city, none are ex-
pected before half past two or three
o'clock Scratching has been unprecedent |
ed, but it effects the judicial candidates
more than the legislative The temper
ance vote is lighter than expected.
Ninety-four wards and precincts show |
net Republican gain of 301, indicating
Fosters plurality at about IL, ,060. The
cities show Republican gain and the
anee vote viii reach about $4,000 in the
state. The Republicans have undoubtedly |
elected a majority of both branches of the
legislature, unless Hamilton county should /
send Democratic delegation. Very mea-
gre returns have been received from Gin
cinnati but the indications are favorable /
for the Republicans. /
1:2O A. M.-Five hundred and forty
three wards and precincts show a.net Dem
ocratic gain of / ,139. This ratio through
out the stace will give Foster over IA 900
plurality The Republicans claim three or
four doubtful members of the Legislature,
and one. if not both branches of that
body. A very large Republican gain
was made at the soldiers home at Dayton.
CoLUMBUs Oct 11.-George K: Marsh, /
Chairman of the Republican State Central
Committee, declines to claim anything yet,
except that the republicans have carried
the State. He says returns have not come
in sufficiently to Justify him in fixing the
estimated majority.
Clark Irvine, Chairman of the Democrat
ic State Central Committee, says the indi-
cations now are that Fosters plurality will
be about 5000, and that the complex
ion of the Legislature will depend on
the result in Cincinnati and Hamilton coun
ties. |
ToLEDo, Oct II 1.-The amount OF scratch
ing in the city has been remarkable. On |,
the county ticket the democrats and ma
tionals combined against the republicans.
Fourteen precincts give Foster 163 major
ity--a loss of 30S. Many precincts are not
in. The democrats claim the election of
the entire county ticket, but the republi
cans do not concede it. There is little
doubt that the representatives are both re-
publicans, This Senatorial district is in
Doubt with the probabilities of one repub-
lican and one democrat.