Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-16
THE OHIO ELECTION.

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not all in. This fact is cited by bott
parties al evidence of fraud and both
the Commercial Gazette and The
Enquirer openly charge the opposite
party with fraudulent practices. The
Enquirer claims that the Democrats
have carried Hamilton county by over
1000 majority, electing all their eandi.
dates for Legislative and county officers.
1t claims the legislature will be Dem.
ocratic in both branches by a majority
large enough to remove all danger and
dispute. Unofficial footings from us
of 208 precincts in Hamilton county
give Foraker 81 1905, Hoadley 1896,
Leonard 861.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 1.-THE Times
Star has returns from all the city
precincts except four, which put a
different phase upon Hamilton county.
The totals are: Foraker 32,487, Hoad-
ly 30.394. Leonard 1856. If this is
accurate, and it has continuation from
at least one other source, it would show
that the Republicans carried the entire
legislative ticket, with the possible
exception of Robert Harlan, who runs
behind.
CINCINNATI, Oct. IA Estimates
made here on the legislature, excluding
Hamilton county, give the Republicans
II senators and 80 representatives.
The legislature is composed Of 81 sena-
tors and ITO representatives, of which
"a would be a majority on joint ballot.
This would make the legislature Re
publican, without Hamilton county.
Chairman Bushnell, of the Republican
State committee, estimates the senate
at II Republican, with four close dis.
tricts to hear from, and the house at
SO Republicans, with six close counties
to be heard from. This excludes Ham
ilton county.
CINoINNATI, Oct. 1.-THE Demo-
cratic State committee claims the cleo
ton of 81 members Of the house Ger
tain and IL doubtful and Il senators.
The figures given for Hamilton
county in a previous dispatch have
been further verified and it is now
confidently claimed by the Republicans
that they have elected the clerk. pros
ecuting attorney and a member of the
board Of control. Complete returns
for the county have not yet been
made. 1t is charged that in one pre-
cinct there were 200 more votes than
registered voters.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 14-The counting
of the returns Of yesterdays election is
in a chaotic state. In precincts Of the
18th ward, when the count had
proceeded so far last night that 284
unscratched Democratic tickets and Sc
un~scratched Republican tickets had
been counted, the judges stopped their
work, and thas not yet been resumed.
In precinct eight the box has not yet
been opened since the polls closed last
night, because one of the judges hold
ing the key cant be found. There were
242 votes in this box according to the
dial. These two precincts and n in
the country are missing from the
tables, from which it appears that For
aker has a majority Of l,547 in Ham
ilton county. The country precinct
which is missing, last year gave a Re-
publican majority of II. The total
vote in precinct F, 10Th ward,
is 454. From these data the Republi-
cans claim that Foraker carries the
county. The returns on the Legislature
ticket are not nearly so complete, but
it appears that it runs ahead
of Foraker at the rate Of two
to a precinct. This would make
the Legislative vote about 400
greater than Foraker. There is no
possibility Of a complete report from
Hamilton county tonight. and indeed
nothing can be safely predicted upon
this county until the official
count is made. The fact that
in one precinct the judges
found more than 200 votes in excess
of the whole number Of registered
voters, coupled with irregularities
with reference to the two precincts
above mentioned, has produced a deep
feeling of Indignation, which has found
expression this evening at a meeting
of the committee of one hundred,
composed of prominent business
men. Action was taken looking
to a prompt and fearless prosecution of
all offenders. One man begged the
committee to omit nothing that would
be done for want of money, as he
would meet all bills, even to the ex-
tent of $4,000 if necessary, to punish
and prevent frauds against the ballot.
CINCINNATI, Oct. l4-News from
Belmont county, which was doubtful,
says both the Republican representa-
tives are elected. This makes the Re-
publican total in the house 81.
TOLEDO, Oct. 12-Tdirty-seven Of
f%orty-three precincts in Lucas county,
including Toledo entire, and the re.
manning six estimated vote of two
years ago, give the Republican State
ticket a majority of two to three hun
bred. The Republicans elect one rep
resentative and the Democrats the
other. The senatorial ticket has about
the same majority as the State ticket.
The Republicans probably elect the
county e~ficers, except sheriff and com.
missioner, which the Democrats carry