Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-10-11
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PrCjeCsOrs--A Gain of Seven
Congressman for the Demo-
crats-NOw for Pennsyl-
vania.
The returns from Ohio indicate that tho
Democrats have carried tho state by an
average majority of 10000 ou tho general
ticket. In the congressional elections
eleven Democrats and ten Republicans
have probably boon successful. In 1880
the Republicans elected fifteen congress-
men and the Democrats five.
When the Republican Legislature rcdis-
tricted the state last fall it calculated to
| capture the extra congressman allowed by
tho congressional appointments. To do So,
however, it was necessary to mako several
of the districts much closer than usual,
and the Democrats have taken advantage
of it..
The most notable event of the day was
the defeat Of the Republican candidate for
Congress in the Cleveland district, which
has been for many years one Of the lsepub.
lican strOngholds OF the state.
Col. +. A. Burr, of the staff Of the Phil.
adelphia Press, telegraphs as follows to
his paper
"The defeat is serious one. and it
will take some time to repair the damage
to the party. At this hour it looks as
though the Democratic majority in the
state would he Is 600. The Republican
losses in the congressional districts are
perhaps the most serious feature of the
disaster. The Democrats have doubtless
gained seven congressman, and perhaps
more. Differences among Republican
leaders upon the temperance question
have made the campaign half-hearted, and
defeat has come because the people could
not believe in the honesty of party
whose leaders would not harmonize upon
the only apparent issue in the contest.
have just seen Governor Foster and
he takes the defeat good naturedly. He
| says it is due in great measure to the
| fact that the vote shows that there was
great apathy in the rural districts, aud
Republicans did not 60 to the polls. The
Democrats made an alliance with the
liquor interests, and voted because they
believed they could carry the state. He
believes that the party has been beaten
because it did not take a pronounced pO-
sition upon the liquor question. 1t is
feared that the defeat will cause a breach
in the Republican party in some To-
| calities that it will take time to heal. The
Democrats are wild with delight, and the
Republicans correspondingly depressed.
The action of the Prohibitionists in voting
their own ticket instead Of helping the
Republicans, and of the temperance re-
presentatives in staying away from the
POLLS, is great Disappointment
Uniform Democratic Gains.
Two hundred and sixty-three voting
precincts give the Democrats a net gain
of 4, $50. As some Of the strong Repuli-
can country districts show uniform Demo.
cratic gains, it is hardly probable that the
Democratic majority in the state will be
less than 10000. A dispatch received ut
Republican headquarters gives them Gin
cinnati by 5000. The strongest feature
of the result in the Democratic gains on
the western reserve showing great apathy
among the rural Republicans.
Democratic Gains In Cleveland.
In Cleveland the Democrats gain probably
5000 and thereby elect Foran congress
man in the Twenty first district. and
makes the election Of Mcclure (Rep.)
doubtful in the Twentietl district, though
the usual Republican majority is about
5 800. Indications are that Major Nc
kinley ORep.) has pulled through with
1.Oo0 majority in the Eighteenth, district,
in which the usual Republican majority is
$500. Horn ,Rep) is elected by small
majority in the fourteenth district, where
the usual Republican majority is $500.
A Heavy Vote In Cincinnati.
The vote in Cincinnati was probably the
largest over polled in the city, though re-
turns from few country precincts show
that the vote there was comparatively
light. The weather was very 1ino and a
quieter election never was held in Cincin-
natl. At 10 o'clock bulletins from i'll
complete returns in six country precincts
polling 1900 votes, showed 40 Demo.
cratic gain, and returns from four city
precincts, polling 2.4OO votes, showed .GO
Democratic gain. These returns are
mostly from notes made before the COM
pletion Of the count. None of the city
wards are distinctively known as German
wards. Other wards not German show
even greater gains. At the present hour
it looks rs if the city goes Democratic and
that the Democrats will elect both con.
gressmen.
Mr.. McLean's Report of tho Result.
CINCINNATI, o. Oct. 1O.-Cincinnati
and Hamilton counties have gone largely
Democratic, electing Follett and Jordan.
Democrats to Congress, over Butterworth
and Smith. The Democratic state ticket
will have majority in the state approach
ing 10000, according to reports received
up to midnight. Several districts hereto.
sore regarded as surely Republican are
now reported Democratic, aud there is
Justification for the hope that majority
OF the Ohio congressional delegation will
oa democratic. }. X. MCLEAN,
Editor Enquirer.
Hurd Claims Majority of 1000 for Con.
gress.
My majority not less than 1000. State
probably Democratic.
FRANK H. HURD.
Governor Foster Gives 1t Up.
Governor Foster comedies the state tn
the Democrats from five to ten thousand
and twelve ont OF the twenty-one con-
gressmen, gain of seven Democratic
congressman.
Trying to Account for 1t.
Governor Foster was in his Office u,ti,
after midnight with his private secretary
and a number of friends, including Repre.
sentative Swayne, Of Toledo T. s. Nichol
and few others. The governor thought
it extremely probable that the defeat of the
party would have been largeri in the state if
the temperance issue had not been sprung.
Swayne, who is a son of Chief Justice
Swayne, expressed the opinion that Robe
son and the Star Route thieves were enough
to sink any party. Nicholas said the re.
suit proved that an unpopular administra-