St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-24

are IN any one, anu INC A'A-S
vented crowds from collecting. All ane
Judges were provided with prlnteo l1SIS
OF what were considered frauduient reg
istries aud the voting was watched WIN
care. Rain was reported almos6 al o'ek
the State.
Good order was maintained, though
drunken men were to be found aooua
some of the voting places in spite OF tue
State law requiring all places where Ius
toxicating liquors are sold to pc close0
on election day.
The afternoon in Cincinnati was free
from rain and nearly the full registered
vote was polled. There were some ar
rests for fraudulent attempts to vote ana
some minor disorderly conduct, but IN
general it was peaceable election. The
| first returns received by the Associated
Press indicated gains for Foraker.
| By half-past nine o'clock 165 OF the
| 2.O17 voting precincts had been heard
from, showing: Foraker, 25,093; Hoad-
| ~, zoos; Leonard, 1,S77-net Republic
can gain, 2,499. It was impossible with
these returns to compare the sources OF
| gain of the Prohibition candidate, but
cursory examination Of the returns SO
far received indicate Democratic losses
where there were Prohibition gains, in
other words, SO far as could be SEEM
! the Prohibition vote was drawn from
both parties.
Up to this time but little had been
heard from the Legislature, except that
| a Republican Senator had been elected
| In the Twenty, second district, two Re-
publican Representatives in Columbiana
| County and one in Meigs; one Demo-
) cratic Representative in Tuscarawas and
one in Coshocton.
By ten O'Clock the returns came in
| faster.
/ Eighty-Hye precincts from Hamilton
County show R publican majority OF
1858. The Republican glin in Erie
| County, three-fourths heard from 600,
In Champaign County, one-half heard
from, Republican gain, 1875; in Auglaize
County, eight precincts, 3,00l; Clark
| County, seven precincts, 240 Two pre-
cincts of Lucas County, Republican gain
of 200.
at ten O'Clock 504 wards and precincts
in the State showed a net Republican
gain OF 7,777. 1t was then figured that
| If the same ratio obtained in the remain
/ ing precincts Foraker's majority would
! be 10000 At this time it was reported
| that private dispatches from Columbus
said Secretary Bushnell of the Republic
| can committee made that estimate, ana
| that the Democratic committee conced-
/ ed Hoadly's defeat.
| The Republican State Central Commit
tee claim to have elected representatives
| in Madison. Adams, Delaware, Monroe,
Morgan, Washington, Ross, Athens,
Cuyahoga (six), Fulton, Greene lReV.
b. Warnet, colored), Lawrence and Van
! Vert; and Senators in the Fourteenth,
Twenty first; Twenty-seventh and Tween
ty-ninth districts.
Ten precincts from Richland County,
including three wards in Mansfield, give
| a net Republican gain of 48.
Portage County, Z precincts, 80 Demo-
cratic gain.
sandusky County, Z precincts, $50 Re-
| publican gain.
scioto County, 16 precincts, 375 Re-
| publican gain.
Seneca County, IL precincts, including
four wards of Tifin, $50 Republican
| gain.
Stark County, precincts, including
two wards in Massillon, 800 Republican
| gain.
Summit County, IL precincts, 275 Re-
| publican gain.
Trumbnll County, precincts, 8 Re-
| publican gain.
Fourteen.prectncts in Toledo gave a
net Republican majority Of 9l4.
AT COLUMBUS.
COLUMBUS, o., October l3.-The Re-
publScans ara iubilant with bands and
bonflrcs te.night over election news. The
| Democrats are correspondingly quiet,
and receiving the result with good
grace.
Chairman Powell of the Democratic
Committee comedies the election of the
Republican State ticket by from $4,000
| to 20. 900, and thinks they have carried
! both branches of the Legislature. Gov
eruor Hoadly thinks the Democrats may
| have saved the Senate.
| The Republican Executive Committee
! claim the election of Foraker BY from
$4,000 to $4,000 plurality, though the
| complete returns may make 1t more.
They have information from all the
| doubtful counties and have elected their
| Representatives. They claim majority
on Joint ballot outside of Hamilton Coun-
ty. Alien O. Myers is thought to be de-
| feated for the Legislature in Franklin
County by small majority.
Later Returns.
CrxcrxxATr, O., October l4.-AIthough
the returns from the State are not all in,
enough had been received to show that
the State had gone Republican, aud this,
| of course, Icsscned the interest
| In later returns Reports continued
to come in, however. and results w"re
confirmatory of earlier figures. The Re.
publicans elect two Senator'S in the Cuye.
| hoga district and two Representatives In
Franklin County; one in Union and one