, 1885-10-15
SOME Difference.
The Ohio Legislature is Clearly
Democratic.
Of Course 1t Is Also Claimed
by the Republicans.
War in Europe a FOregOne
Conclusion.
The Ohio Legislature.

selatOls anu llu representatives, OF Wnicn
seventy-four would be a majority on joint
ballot. This would make the legislature
Republican without Hamilton county.
Chairman Bushnell, of the Republican
state committee. estimates the senate
seventeen Republican, with four close dis
tricts to hear from; the house 6ity-eight
Republicans, with six close counties to be
heard from. This excludes Hamilton
county.
COLUMBUS, Oct. 1.-THE Democratic
state executive committee claim the legis.
lature on joint ballot, by a majority of
three. They say that they have positive
information of ffty-six members of the
house and t%wenty-one in the senate. with
six doubtful. The Republican committee
claims ffty-nine members of the house
and seventeen members of the senate,
outside of Hamilton county, with two
close counties and four close districts to be
heard from.
CINCINNATI. Oct. News from Bel
mont county. which was doubtful, says
both Republican Representatives are
elected. This makes the Republican to-
tai in the house sixty-one.
The Democratic state committee claims
the election of f%fty-one members of the
house of representatives certain, and
twelve doubtful, and twenty-one sure in
the senate. The figures given for Hamil-
ton county in a previous dispatch have been
further verified, and it is now confidently
claimed by Republicans that they have
elected the entire legislative ticket in
Hamilton county, except possibly Robert
Harlan for representative, and that the
Democrats have elected the clerk, prose-
cutting attorney an3 member Of the board
Of control. Complete returns for the
county have not yet been made. 1t is
charged that in one precinct there were
two hundred more votes than registered
voters.
The counting of the returns of yester-
dly's election is in a chaotic tate. In
precinct F of the Nineteenth ward, when
the count had proceeded so far last night
that 2s4 unscratched Democratic tickets
and fifty six Republican tickets had been
counted, the judges stopped their work,
and it has not yet been resumed. In pre-
cinct ID the box has not been opened since
the polls closed last night, because n of
the judges holding the keys cannot be
found. There are 242 votes in this box
according to the dial. These two precincts
and one in the country are missing from
the tables, from which it appears that
Foraker has a majority OF 537 in Hamilton
county. The country precinct which is
missing, last year gave a Republican ma
iority of seventeen. The total vote in
precinct F, Nineteenth ward, is 49,. From
these data Republicans claim that Fora
ker carries the county. Returns on the
legislative ticket are not nearly so com
plete, but it appears that it runs ahead of
Foraker at the rate Of two 4 precinct.
This would make the legislative vote about
400 greater than Foraker. There is no
possibility of a complete report from Ham
ilton county tonight, and indeed nothing
can be safely predicted from 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 caused a
deep feeling of Indignation. THIS found
expression this afternoon at a meeting Of
the committee Of 100, composed Of prom
inent business men of all parties Action
was taken looking to the prompt and fear
less prosecution of all offenders. One
man begged the committee to omit moth
ing that should be done for the want Of
money, as he would meet all bills, even Il
the extent Of $4,000, if necessary, to
punish and prevent frauds against the
ballot box.
COLUMBUS. Oct. 1.-THE Republican
state executive committee estimates the
plurality of Foraker, Republican candi
date for governor, at 10000 in case the
present ratio of gain should continue il
the returns from Tuesday election, Tn,
Democratic committee expresses abe belle.
that the plurality will not exceed 5000
if il reaches that figure.
Governor HoadleY is inclined to the be
lief that Foraker's plurality will not b.
more that 10000 or $1,000, when thu
the official returns are received.
CoLuMBus. Oct. l4-Unofhcial return.
from nearly all the precincts ~canvasset
since midnight make Foraker's pluralit,
touch 81 900, with the rest of the tickle
likely to exceed that. and %, 900 votes TO
the Prohibitionists and 10000 for III.
Greenbackers, on total vote Of over 700
600. The legislature is Republican Of
Joint ballot. without the fourteen mem
bcrs from Hamilton county by at leas
five and probably nine, but without Ham
ilton county the senate would likely hay
one Democratic majority, with Hamilto
county the Republicans would hay
thirty-three majority on joint ballot and
working majority in each branch.
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