Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-15
THE ohio RETURNS.
The Whole State Given Over to the
Enemy by the Democrats Sher-
man Sure Of Re- Election.
Entire Republican Legislative Ticket
Elected In Hamilton County With
One Exception.
The Prohibition Vote Almost Evenly NJ
vided~ The Republican victory hue
to the German Vote.


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CINCINNATI, Quo, Oct. LITTLE main
feature of the Republican victory Is the
success in clectng the next legislature.
The last legislature was Democratic by
twenty-five votes ON the joint ballot.
These figures are now reversed, msurlng
the reelection of sherman
The Democrats concedc Judge Fora.
ker's election by 10000 majority and the
Republicans claim II will he nearly double
that figure.
II turns out that the Prohibition vote
throughout the state, which amounts
probably 20 $4,000, was almost equally al.
vided between the Democrats aud The Re.
publlcans. Republicans acknowledge
that the German vote saved ihom. They
had evidently become tired of the in-
creased taxation hcapcd on them by the
legislature.
RoIIiNG UP rnR MAJORITY.
CINCINNATI, ONO, Oct. 1.-THE Re
publicans elect two senators In the Cuya-
haga district and two representatives In
Franklin county, one In Union and one in
Hardin counties. The Democrats elect
one representative In Franklin county.
Returns from 7bi voting precincts in
the state give Foraker 1897, lloadly
l2s,G35 Leonard a6ll, net Republican
gain Of 1862. This includes moro than
one-half of the state.
4 private dispatch from Lucas comfy
says the legislature there is In doubt,
with the chances fayoring the Ropubli-
cans.
IN analysis of the vote shows that the
prohibition candidate has gained Demo.
cratic votes.
MUiAT HALsrEAD EDTr0RlAIIA.
The Commercial-Gazettc this morning
says;
The Republicans madu The hight against thc
Leonard party hot and severe aud drew the
lines, Thu Democrats coddlcd Tho fraud aud
the result Is he got many Democratic voters
Coy. lluadly damaged himself seriously hy his
endorsement Of the Allen %. AtNcrs lCglsla
turc, All the machinery OF fraud OF the gang
Democracy In this cliy. with which The Com.
mercial Gazette has made The people familiar
was IN full operation, and 70 would hc uunos.
sible TO cNnRgeratc the vla wicked
ness that was pcrpe'mled. Tho indications,
aH we write, are that the fcpuudrcis
have done their desperate, dirty work 10 VAN,
thAt the Republicans have no ltglshtia'r out
plde of hamilton county Ifthey hive done 40,
God and take courage, The streets as O'Clock
this morning we're tull Of Republicans, who
were shouting over the splendid victory won in
Ohio The election OF Foraker A conceded
and there Is u feeling Of confidence that The Re
publican county llckcthas gone through ahead.
BOTn PARTIES CLAIM HAMILTON COUNTY.
At 10 O'Clock this morning the returns
from Hamilton county aud even Cincln-
natl are not in Thisfact Is cited by both
parties as evidence OF fraud, and both the
Commercial-Gazcttc 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 candidates for the legis-
lutiyc and county Offices. II claims the
legislature VIII be Democratic IN both
branches by majority large enough Ia
remove all danger aud dispute,
Unofficial lootings from no OF the 20S
precincts In Hamilton county give For
akcr ~ 900, lIoadly $500, Leonard SCI.
rHE EErl BIlCANs CLAIM EVERYTHING,
The Times-Star has returns from all
the city precincts except four, which put
a different phase upon Hamilton county.
The totals are; Foraker, 82,iS7; lloadly,
80,5si; Leonard, $50. II this Is accu-
rate, aud II has confirmation from at
least one source, IL would show that the
Republicans have carried their entire leg
islatiyc ticket with the possible excep-
ton Of Robert Harlan, who runs behind
the others.
TnE RESULT ~ HAMILTON COUNTY.
The Democratic State committee claims
the election Of hfty-one members of the
house OF representatives certain and
twelve doubtful, aud twenty-onc sure IN
the senate.
The figures given for Hamilton county
10 2 previous dispatch have been further
verified aud il Is now confidently claimed
hy the Republicans that they have elected
the entire legislative ticket in Hamilton
county. except possibly Robert Harlan for
and that the Democrats
have elected the clerk, prosecuting attOr-
ncy and member Of The board OF control
The complete returns for the county arc
not yet made II Is charged that IN one
precinct there were 200 more votes Than
there were registered voters.
rnE sTNu WITHOUT HAMIIroN corNlhr
The estimates made here on the legls-
lature, excluding iiamllton county, give
the Republicans u senators and 90 repre-
senanyes The legislature Is composed
OF 81 senators and no representatives., oi
which - would be o majority on JOINT
ballot. This would make the legislature
Republican without Hamilton county.
Chairman Bushnell, Of the Republican
STATE committee. estimates the senate az
l7 Republicans with four close disirlcisio
hear from; the house 81 Republicans with
sly close distrlcts 20 be heard from. This
excludes Hamilton county
rylDRNCEs Or FRAUD.
CfNcfNNAYi, ONO, Oct. H. Tie
counting Of the returns Of yesterday
election Is IN o chaotic state.
In precinct A Of the Nineteenth ward,
wien The CONT bod proceeded 20 far last
airht mat 2st unscratched Democratic
tickets and flity-six unscmtched ReppD-
lican tickets had been counted, the judges
stopped their work, and II has not yct
been resumed.
m precinct b the box has not been
n,'sned .lpcc tho polls closed last night
becausc The Judges holding the key cannot
be found. There were 2is votes IN this
boN according 10 the dial
These two precincts and one IN me