The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-11-08

in the generals library while a
memorable occasion to those present
was that OF few neighbors. The
general was cool and seIf-posSeSsed.
mannestlDg no signs OF uneasiness
certainly not in the least excited nor
were any of the other gentlemen during
tne Drlet intervals between bulletins
tications and calculations were freely
considered and participated in by the
general, who discussed the returns and
the outlook with a freedom devoid of
personal interests. at no time
during the night was the party
down cast or over jubiIant
AT midnight the little party dis
S0IVeo ana about O'Clock general
Harrison retired for the night, leaving
the library in the possession of his son
and Mckee ana few friends who re-
manned through the night receiving
the early morning bulletins.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. Three hun
dred precincts in Indiana give Harri-
son Al .513; Cleveland, So ,6I3; same in
1854, Klalne, Is SS; Cleveland, 81, 434.
iO:15 a. m.-Four hundred precincts
give Harrison 50 ,6O7: Cleveland. 81, I76:
Sc, 148.
Returns have been received from 81
of the 81 precincts in Harrison county
They show a plurality of from 500 to
oUO Tor the democratic ticket. Large
gains were made in the rural districts,
especially in that containing the state
insane asylum and county poor farm.
The labor districts in the city also show
democratic gains. General Harrison
losses the county by probably 500. Three
hundred and forty precincts in Indiana
show net republican gain of l ,93S.
ii a. m.-The feeling at this writing
| Is one OF uncertainty. Returns are
very slow in coming in. Democratic
gains are shown in Marion county, but
some of the strongest republican wards
ana precincts are yet to be heard from.
Both sides claim the state, but each adj
NIT that it may go either way. The
| latest reports show that in 40 out of
| ,SO6 precincts in the state Harrison
has net gain of $500. Important re-
ports are expected every minute and
| the excitement on the street is intense.
The republicans are inclined to be jul
bilant over the indications showing
General Harrison's election, but feel,
| as one gentleman expresses it, that
| 1.-The sauce is spoiled by the seasoning
| If Indiana goes democratic" So there
are no marked demonstrations. Col. II.
IL. Smith, secretary of the Lincoln
league of Indiana, says confidentially:
Indiana will give Harrison 5000 to
5000 plurality
$40 out of1806 precincts give Harri-
son 76,376, Cleveland 6S,178. In 1884
Blaine had 70,272, Cleveland 65, $50,
a net republican gain TO 1882. Repu-
blicans from all precincts but Is in
Marion county indicates that the
county is democratic by a plurality of
500. This is d democratic gain of
about 100 over 1884.
1890 p. m Democratic managers
are assembled at their headquarters
receiving and tabulatiDg their returns
Chairman Jewett, the answerer to
interrogatiOns, said, Our reports
show that we have carried
the state by from 5000 to
5000 unless returns are tempered
with. Governor Gray thought the
state was safely democratic
Col. Matson, candidate for governor,
said: The result is very doubtful. .
Hon. 5. =. Sheerin, secretary of the
democratic national committee, said:
81 can only repeat what l said last
, night, that we have surely carried In
diana; l have no doubt of it, but by
what plurality of course / cannot est
mate, as believe 1t will he very close.
, Our official returns from 237 precincts
, in the state show net democratic loss
of only g." a dispatch received from
Fayette county, the home of Chairman
IInston of the republican committee
says: Fourteen out Of fifteen precincts
give democratic gain of % in the
county.
Six hundred and forty precincts in
, Indiana give Harrison 90 ,259; CleVe
land, 80 1868. The same precincts il
{ 1884 gave Blaine 81 ,054; Cleveland, Sc,
. els.
1900 p. III. zoo precincts out of l ,SOt
give Harrison ITO 1893, Cleveland lO1,'
$50. The same precincts in 1884 gave
t Blaine 1O1 ,O31, Cleveland 96,851. Me-
republican gain of 5,O53 over 1884
; Jasper county complete gives net
, republican gain OF 232. Owen count!
reliable estimate by both parties giv'
a net republican gain of 175, JenniDgi
, county net republican gain 1913
r Warren county net republican gaiI
II Shelby county net republican loss 10
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 6.-1he POLL
closed here without any disturbance
many precincts. The fight has been o
the most stubborn character and il
is impossible to say or even indicate
which side has carried Marion county
: No returns from the state are antici
pated before eight o'clock and they vii
be very meager. Chairman Jewett, Of
the democratic committee, has tele
: gram stating that Adams county vii
: show gain 300 for Cleveland.
, 1t was eight o'clock before Chair
man Huston came into the room &C
4 companined by a number of the stat
: candidates bearing with him a quaint
: ty of dispatches received from count,
committeeman all over the state claim
t ing republican gains. To the Associat
ed Press reporter who asked for hi
q opinion of the status of the state h
+ replied:
v "At the present time, the Indication
5 are favorable to the election of the en-
S tire state ticket and the choice of tn
Y Harrison and Morton electors"