The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-10-16
WEST VIRGINIA.

County gives Maxwell (llop,), candidate Tor
Governor 1000, Harrison County Max
wells home, gives 500 majority. The Re-
oublcans have made gains all over the
ST 10, hut not enough 10 overcome the Dem
.e ratlc majority of four years ago.
EARLIER RTroRTs,
COLUMBUS, Oct, lb,-iieturna from the
Ohio election received at Republican head
quarters indicate the election Of the Repub-
lIcm ticket by u majority ranging from llf-
teen thousand 10 twenty thousand The
Democrats cOnccde the State by ten thou
sand and trust TO full returns from the
cities TO keep II within that limit The
ratio of Republican gains shows about
an average Of iorty-slX per cent The mn-
I0rlty will very nearly equal II u does
not excel the majority for Secre'
tary Of State In 1880, which was nineteen
Thousand. Compared with that vote
about 0ne-thlrd OF tho l,s02 wards and pre-
clncts In the State show net Democrats
gain OF l70, while the same wards and pre-
clncts show net Republican gain Of lO,2i5
over the vote for Governor In 1883 The
vote upon which tho present estimates
are based. The Democratic majority
In that election was i2,b2O, and
an average gain Of seven votes
for each ward and precinct was necessary
10 overcome that majority. The result has
SHOWN thai the gun for each was more than
double that number Hamilton County
which gave Democratic majority Of 1000
| last year. yesterday gave Republican ma
Iorlty estimated nj 1900 ns
a minimum, tho Democrats having carried
IL by 1000 and 200 At the last two
elections, Cuyahoga u,!mty gave aRepuD,
llcan majority estimated all u.," why I lr1,,
1000 to 5000. Large Republican R",Is
were made Ot the homes of the Den0ctN. q"
candidates and State officers.
CINCINNATI, o., Oct l5.-'fho election
was the most exciting one ever held IN this
city Both parties We're prepared and
armed for desperate struggle, and that Is
exactly what was In progress all day, The
weather was clcar and bright, Just such as
The Republicans had been praying for At
tempts At Illegal voting, particularly repeating
we're very numerous, and the police stations
are llled with hundreds who have been de-
tect d. AS was expected, there have been
murders, cracked skulls, prOmScu0uS shoot
Ing and riot, At several of the polling
places llc was In such danger that II was
With the utmost difficulty that respectable
voters could bp Induced 10 10 10 the polls.
Some time before the polls opened large
crowds gathered ut the polling pluCos uud
these Increased steadily rs the day I'D
v0nced. ByOitcmo0n the crowd In some
Of the precincts numbered over u thousand,
There wHs no registration OF voters, aud
voting proceeded rapidly from the opening,
In s0lnc Of the precincts over 900 votes were
polled before noon, Every voter was Cnrc
fully scrulln1ud, and II Is doubtful II more
than 300 Illegal votes were Gust In tho
whole city, In every case of doubt the vote
was challenged,
" would require columns 10 give accounts
Ql Nll the disturbances NJ the polls, The
patrol wagons were kept busy Oll day, Pre-.
clnct u, OF the Eighth Ward, was, perhaps,
the most rlOt0us of amy, There In nddI-
ton 10 the forty or fifty Deputy Marshnls
aud Deputy Shorlls, all armed as described,
were several hundred young Irish bloods
each with II wOgOn'suko or other club,
The entire crowd seemed spelling for u
fight oil day long, The Irish were do.
tormlnod 10 drive the negroes from the polls
and they succeeded In doing no, hut not
until they had returned ngaln aud again
with requirements, Every half hour or 80
rey0lyeia were whipped out aud fired pro-
mlscuously into the crowd, clubs descended
ON convenient skulls, 0nd brlckbOls were
hurled right and left, Seven negroes, three
white men and woman received injuries
there before two o'clock Three Of the
negroes, II Ia thought were fatally
shot. Tho woman had her breast
bone broken by stone aud u
splinter driven Into hor lungs, aud ls injured
fatally In the Elghthtoclh Ward Dcpu.
~ Sheriff named Russell was shot dead by
n Deputy Marshall named Coyne. Both
were colored In the Sixth Ward another
Deputy Sheriff named Anderson was shot
fatally. Shooting waA done also In tho
Fifth and Nineteenth Wards. In some Of
the trays In the Eighth Ward twenty or
thirty shots were lirod aud the wonder Ia
that more Of thom did not take effect
Tho Prohibition and the Peoples party
cut no figure here, aud In many precincts
their tickets were not ~ be found, Tho
election returns come In slowly, but show
large Republican gains In this county and
throughout the State,
CLEVELAND, o., Oct tb.--Thore IL no
longer any question nbout the State. Lead
Ing Democrats here conocdo the Republicans
10000 majority All OF the city wards have
been heard FROM but many Of the precincts
In the county have not yot reported
The Republican majority In Cuyahoga
County will bo anywhere from 1900
" 5000, There Is still some doubt
S 10 the election Of Martin A. Foran
10 Congress, Tho Democrats are claiming
his election, aud There are many Republic
ans who conucdo his election by bare ma
Jonty. Stll the reports from districts In
the county which are largely Republican
may result In his doiooL Burnett, his OPP
ponent, has not glycn up tho fight and Ia
stlll snngtllno Of success.
Tho more enthusiastic Republicans claim
20, 900 majority In the State, Candid ostl-
mates mOdo here NJ midnight place tho mn'
jorlty In tho State nj 10000.
Hon William Armstrong, editor OF tho
Cleveland Ptdlndcdlor and member of tho
National Democratic Committee, comedies
10000 Republican majority IN Tho State.
MANsrlELD, o., Oct lb'--2 q. m.-Fiftoen
Precincts heard from In Rlciland County
give u Republican gain Of iDo and Demos
cratic gain of 90 on tho State ticket over
the vote Of 1883. The same precinct gave
| Hedges, Republican, for Congress, net
gain OF lOs. In this proportion Hedges
| will have net gain In the county OF 1911,
giving Goddce $50 majority In Rlohland
County.
Republican adyces from Huron indicate
that Hedges will have 1900 majority.
Loraln win give S,4OO for Hedges, while
Ashland and Holmes will give Goddes 600
and 1890 respectively This Ia u fair estl-
niatc Of tho claims OF both parties, and
gives Hedges a majority Of over 300.
SANDusKy, o., Oct 1B.---An examine
tlon Of the ballots az oil the precincts shows