Daily Republican., 1884-10-15
coNoRRssMnN ELECTED.

BY the new apportionment In the last
Congress the Democrats had thirteen
representatives and the Republicaua
eight:
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IT, W. q. Oo0Ier. 20. VIM. Mckinley.
IL. A. q. Thompson.
DEMOCRATIC.
$' W. W. t;1;. S: s E E. ;S:;s..::., s.;!;s::.,
\; nsSrge .,.% las lEssnsS. u Z, w,lsins:
CLOSE TO SEVENTEEN THOUSAND.
COLUMBUS, Oct. al q. m.--If
the ratio Of gain indicated by the re-.
turns from 366 wards and precincts 10
maintained In the remaining four.
fifths of the State which are YET TO he
heard from, the majority in the State
will be 16,645.
WEST VIRGINIA.
The election in West Virginia yester.
day was for Governor, representative In
Congress, Q full list Of State officers and
members Of the Legislature. Questiors
of double taxation by the Democratic
party and the course of the State Su-
preme Court In the Wheeling Intelii.
gencer contempt case were the chief
State issues. Two Of the members Of
that court were on the Democratic
ticket. The contest Was an unusually
lively one, both parties making .
fhnrn,,nh -
Owing to the lack Of teleRraphic com.
munication with many parts Of the
State, complete returns will probably
not be received for several days.
Enough have been received, however.
to warrant the belief that the Demo.
Gratis have carried the State.
WHEELING, w. Va, Oct. l4.-The
vote OF West Virgins will be based on
the vote Of 1880, comparing the Demo
cratic vote Of 60, ,9a1 with the Repu blican
vote of A 1856, emitting the Green back
vote OF 1907 that year, which is ex.
pected to go to the Republican party
this year.
DEMOCRATIC MAJoRIT1Es REDUCED
Meagre returns thus far received
show slight Republican gains. The
State will probably 60 Democratic by q
8AOesAy AV4uCCu nnJOIILys
REPUBLICAN GAINS IN THE rHIRD DIS.
TRICT.
Partial count from scattered pre.
cincts In counties comprising the
Third District point to q Democratic
majority of $500, q Rer rublican gain
of 900
WHEELING REPUBLICANS JUBILANT.
Republicans are wild ever the news
from Ohio and refuse to admit that
the Democrats have carried West Vir.
ginia. Returns are very meagre, and
gains and losses are about evenly bal
anced.
MARTINsBURG, Oct. 14.-The lar.
gest vote ever polled in this county was
cast to day. 1t cannot possibly be
counted before morning. Man v Demo.
Gratis voted the Republican ticket.
The Indications are that this county
has given one hundred majority for the
Republicans, . gain of seventy We
votes. Returns counted 80 far in Mar.
tinsburg show Maxwell, (Rep.) 375
Wilson, (Dem } $50. l
WHEELING. Oct. 1.-THE immense
vote cast throughout the state to- day.
the unprecedented amount Of scratching
and the length Of the ticket have com
bined to delay the counting of ballots.
and the ind icatious are that nothipp
definite will be known tonight as to
how the State has gone.
A summary Of the few scattering re.
turns received from small precincts and
partial counts of Wheel Ing wards show
q small excess of the Republicans gains
over DEN Ocratic gains, and on tbese
figures United States Marshal G. W
e. Atkison claimed the State for Max
we'll by narrow margin.
Democrats, however, laugh at this.
and claim an Increased majority, baSipq
their figures ON hoped. for gains in re-. |
mote interior Democratic counties. Inl
this they may be doomed to disappoint-
mont, an, 80 lar, the hea West gains In the |
total vote have come from Republican
prtcincts Thousands people arc on
the streets and both parties are para
ding with bands.
VICTORY IN NEW JERSEY.
NEWARK, N. j., Oct. 14.-The Re.
publicans carry Newark by 1900 major
lty, gain of 5000 from last year. Thew
get control of the City Council and
Board of Education, and elect Q of the
10 freehoiders. The victory assures a
big majority tor Blaine in Nove,a Der.
NEWARK, N. j., Oct. 14.-l145 n.
m.-The charter election passed OH
quietly today. A large vote was poll
I'd. The Republicans carry the city bv
from l 900 to 900, and elect eight al
iermen out of the fifteen, giving them all
majority of four In the next Council.
rherc Is great rejoicing among Repub-
leans. Bands paraded the streets. and
he newly.elected aldermen were sere]
laded. This result, the RepublicansI
lain, will have n good effect in tba
county, State and national elect,ons,
The Democrat ara despondept. and
ear the loss of large anticipated
vote next month for the,,