The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-07
IOWA

Gone for Whisky and Democrats by n Safe
Plurality = How Prohibition and Local
Issues Worked In nn on Year.
DEs MoINEs, Iowa, Nov, 0.-The Re.
publican State Committee early this
morning comedies the election Of Bois
by from 5000 to 5000 plurality. The
committee claimed a victory for Hutchi-
son when the polls closed, but gradually
trimmed down its estimates from 1900
plurality as the returns came In aud Ut
last the result became so plain that they
we're forced TO acknowledge their candl-
date beaten.
Later returns show the election OF the
entire Democratic State ticket by u ma.
jority probably exceeding 10000. Boies
seems slightly ahead OF the balance Of
the ticket. -
Three hundred and eighty-seEen pre-
OinGts give Hutchinson 43,035, Boies 5S,-
OO6, Smith 6O9, Morgan 43, ,229, Given
a, ,464, and Brennan d,43O. The net
Democratic gain is 3,0lO.
"We don't claim any majority" said
DR.. Z. II. HutChins, the State COmmis.
sioner Of Labor.
"What plurality them" was asked.
"Neither do We claim plurality. We
have no special adviCes and are depend
on the press reports. II they keep up
as they have been coming Boies Is
elected"
HThe entire Democratic State ticket is
elected, said Secretary Hunter, OF the
Democratic State Committee, "and Mr..
Boies has run well ahead OF his ticket.
He is elected by at least 10000 majority,
and l think the figures will reach Is, 900"
Another dispatch received at the same
time says; "All returns have been re-
ceived from nearly halt the state. They
show q net Republican loss Of about
5000. II the same ratio oi gain Is kept
up, Mr.. Bois will be elected by about
$500 plurality. The Republicans still
claim HutChison's election. The heavy
Democratic counties have been the 6rst
TO report, 1t is believed that the ratio
Democratic gains will fall of In the re.
manning half Of the State and elect
Hutchinson by small plurality. The
result Is sure 10 be close whichever way
1t goes.
fhe Herald (Dem.) has returns from
one half the counties 10 Iowa and they
figure up l2,500 majority for Boies, Dem.
oCratiC candidate Tor Governor. The
other counties will reduce this some.
what, 80 that II is probable that his ma.
jority will run 5000 TO 5000.
Every county heard from shows a
Democratic gain. The few additional
returns received this afternoon show
still heavier gains than had been est.
mated. For instance, Dubuque county
gives a, 200 instead OF 1900 majority and
dispatches from Cedar, PottawGtomiB and
Carroll, all show additional gains
amounting 10 900, moro than at first
calculated. No one here, either Demo.
cratic or Republican, has any doubt Of
Boies' election.
Chairman Dunn, Of the Democratic
State Committee, sends dispatch dated
at 10 o'clock this morning stating that
the committee are certain that Boles Ia
elected by a safe plurality.
EooN.-There Is but little change In
the election sitHation this morning, IA
the returns are coming In very slowly,
At the Democratic Committee the claim
Is confidently made that the State has
gone Democratic, but the Republican
committeeman Claim to be equally GER
tain that this ls not the case. The Regis
Ler (RepuhliCan) 1t this hour says the last
reports show Republican gains aud
claims that HutChlSon is elected by q
plurality of about 1000
The RegtSier tplegrAphS as follows:
"Six hundred and eighty precincts, rep.
lpsenlnR pne.hali the vote Of tho State,
tglve Hutchinson 1929, Boles 10, 5,45O, d
net Republican loss Of s,774. The aver.
age ratio Of Republican loss this morn.
log on The 10 pfeClnCts compared, IL
Three and iotf:tella per cent as against
seven per cent last night indicating d
slight change for the election oi Hutch.
ls6n, and good change for the election
tlCkeL.H
a dispatch from Dubuque says, The
Herald. Democrat has returns from OF
counties 10 tue State, These gives BolpI
q plurality Of 1900. The remaining 0;
counties, 10 1887 gave a Republican
plurality oi II, 1908, On this basis Bolel
has a plurality Of l,702 In G7 counties
II the same ratio OF Democratic gain
continue through the 90 counties, bolpl
will have q plurality In the State o
from 5000 to 10000 II Ia now lmnossi
bic 10 defeat him and hIs plurality L
only q question Of galnsln The remain
lng one'thlrd Of the State, SO far, therl