The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-10-22
rHE OCTOBEa ELECTIONS.
ohio Rolls Up a Republican
Majority of From 10000
to 10000 Votes.
-7os+ Virginia Very Close With a
chance of Republican Victory.

xcrxNATI. October 1.-THE first
Onn. received tonight were from
T stGln precinct, showing IA republican
CIi'U ~ inv. Then came a precinct of
galn 10Th ward, which last year was
tne ~ divided. 1t showed a republican
eNei n = of 263, which was a republican
h"J0 If THAI amount. This was a settle
saaannt If the question as to how the Ger
nenn vote was going, and as subsequent
Yarns larrns showed large gains In other
IDS ards if was soon conceded that Ham
' T% county had gone republican. The
Nntlook at 10 o'clock p. M. is that the
ooonnhlican majority in Hamilton county
lep~ roach 1000, and that both Butter
" m"yth and Brown (reps.) were elected
tocongress.
I'M y. Mss wards and precincts
IN Ohio show a net republican gain of
1856. o,o
chow q republican gain of 10,245.
1o.4O A. m.-7O7 wards and precincts
chow a net republican gain Of 10, 939.
Koran dem is elected to congress in
tba Dist district. Reliable reports from
the Hooking valley give large demo-
cratic gains.
a. m,-SLO "dAbS In pICCIltLS SiIo"
. NET republican gain of 12,629. The
same ratio of gain throughout the rest
If fine state will give u republican ma
iority Of l6,o0O. =
for the Ohio election will be based upon
the vote of 1888, when the democrats
had a plurality of 1889. There are
1892 wards and precincts in the state,
and it will require an average gain OF
seven votes to the ward or the precinct
for the republicans to overcome the
democratic plurality and carry the state.
Three hundred and tWenty-four wards
and precincts show a net democratic
pain of $50 over the vote for secretary Of
State in 1880. The same wards and pre-
cincts show a net republican gain of
1880 over the vote in 1883.
A correspondent of a Cincinnati dem
ocratic paper teIegraphed the editor that
Columbus had gone republican,.
DAYTON, October 14.-The indications
are that Dayton will give 800 democratic
majority. The Soldiers Home cast a
full vote with a probability Of 100 ma
jority.
CLEVELAND, October 14.-Incomplete
returns indicate the election Of Foran,
democratic candidate for congress, and
Sawyer, the democratic candidate for
sheriff. The republicans elect all their
other candidates in this county by ma
iorities ranging from 5000 to $500. The
republican state ticket will carry the
county by about the same majority.
CANTON, October 14.-The returns are
unofficial, but such as we have give Nc
Kinlev not less than 1000 majority.
Mckinley was unseated by the present
congress, and his election is a republican
gain.
YOUNGSTOWN, October 14.-Mahoning
county is republican by about l,lOO-a
net republican gain of $50.
CINCINNATI, October 14.-The Com
mercial Gazette specials indicate the
election of Hedges for congress in the
Mansfield district by 800 majority-a
republican gain of one congressman.
SPRINGFIELD, October l4.-An enor-
nous vote was polled, with indications
of a republican majority OF 1000.
LONDON, October 14.-The republicans
elected their county ticket entire: In
the Hooking and Tuscarora valley large
republican gains are reported.
DAYTON, October 1.-THE returns for
the city of Dayton are all in, leaving
the city 179 democratic majority on the
state ticket. There is a republican gain
OF S98 in one precinct.
CINCINNATI, October IA general
fight among the negroes started tonight
about 1920 o'clock and lasted over hall
an hour.