Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-13
Fosters Majority Claimed to be
5000,
Notwithstanding the Large Falling
Off in Total Vote.
The Temperance vote Larger
Than Ever Before.
The Republicans Claim Boil
Branches Of the Legislature.

COLUMBUS, Ono, October 12.-At
1920 a. m., SAB wards and precincts
show a net Democratic gain of ], 1,139.
This ratio throughout the entire
State will give Foster over $4,000
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, in Dayton.
CHICAGO, October IA Times Co
lumbus, Ohio, special says: The tenn
perance vote Will reach fifteen or six
teen thousand, more than double that
of any other election. The vote is
over 100000 short of what it was
one year ago. The returns have come
in slowly, ON account of local COM
plications and the vast amount of
scratching, but out of 2,232 precincts
in the State, one fourth are authenti-
cally heard from, showing a net Dem
ocratic gain of 500 This will
not change the result much from that
of last October. The Republicans
claim the State for Foster by $4,000,
and the Democrats concede his cleo
ton over Bookwalter by 10000. The
Republicans claim both branches of
the legislature by close shave. The
result is better than the Republicans
expected and is looked On as a final
flow to temperance politics in this
State
CINCINNATI, October 12.-The res
turns has been received from the
head of the ticket from Is of the 95
precincts in Hamilton County, which
show a Republican gain of 245.
From this it is estimated that Foster
will have majority of 1890 in the
county, and if this is reached there is
a probability that the Republican
legislative ticket mry be elected.
But OF this no just estimate can be
made even now, for no full return
has been received from any precinct
IN the city. The scratching has been
unprecedented, but it effects the
judicial candidates more than it does
the legislative.
CINCINNATI, October 12.-The Re
publicans say they have certainly
control of the house of representa-
tives without the aid of Hamilton
County, and they hope to have the
the senate. Republican representa-
tives are elected in the following
Democratic counties: Clermont
Henry, Vinton and Wayne; also il
the following counties which were
considered doubtful: Delaware, Erie
Harding, Knox, Madison, Muskin
gum, Portage, Ross and Scioto, ant
one in Starke, Summit and Van Vert
The other member from Starke is il
doubt. Anderson, Republican can
didate for senator, is elected il
the Butler and Warren Distric
by 100 or $50 majority
Unofficial returns strongly indicate
the election of Paul, Republican, tc
the Senate, from the Miami Darl
district. Local Democrats, o.
good political standing, concede
NeNs election.
There are 100 precincts in Hamil>
Ton county, Sc in Cincinnati and a
outside the city. At 7 o'clock this
morning returns from only 19 of the
cincinnati precincts and 26 county
precincts had been obtained. Re
turns from the balance of the pre-
clncts were not obtainable, because
the officers of election had been
unable to get through counting, or
account OF fusions and scratching
OF tickets. At 2:45 p. m. only 6:
precincts had been heard from.
The chairman of the Dem
ocratic central committee, say
that the legislature is il
doubt, and that the resul
in Hamilton County must decide il
He claims gain of one representa-
tive in the Republican county 0
Jefferson, and admits loss OF. one il
the Democratic county of Henry, AM
that the election of the Republical
representative in the Democrat
county of Knox is reelection.
A special from Columbus to th
Times-Star says the Democrats con
cede the house to the Republicans
They had hope that the senat
would be Democratic, expecting t.
have three members from Hamilton
County; but as. this hope fails, it i
conceded that the legislature will b
Republican in both branches.
COLUMBUS, October l2-Ihe fea
ture OF the election consists in Dem
ocratic gains in Republican counties
and vice versa. This is attributed t,
the fact that in several Republica,
counties, where the temperance sen
timent is very strong, and wher
the church influence made itself par