Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-11-04
QUIET AND ORDERLY.
The Ohio Election Returns Held BACK
BY the New Kangaroo Ballot System.

CINCINNATI, O., November 3.-The
election to-day was one OF the most
oniet. orderly, business-like and salts
factory ever held in Cincinnati since
the good old times when everybody
knew everybody else and all were
honest.
The new election law based on the
Australian system was tried for the
first time. The city has for several
years enjoyed the beneficial effects OF a
registration law administered by an
honest and efficient non-partlsan board
of elections.
The comparison Of the the returns
will be with those OF the vote Tor Ryan,
the Republican Secretary OF State elect
ed last year.
The present law is fine supplement
10 that, and they both Danish the evils
that attached to the old system, or at
least. were always thought to attach to
it. The present law appears to give a
perfect registry and declaration OF the
peoples will.
In Cincinnati the polls closed at 4
o. m. In the other parts OF the State
the close was at 6 o'clock. From all
points during the day full vote was
reported, and until after the close OF
the polls the predictions of the morning
were repeated with confidence.
The first returns to the Board OF
Electors tonight was received after 8
o'clock, and at o'clock eight returns
were in. The last year nearly all the
returns were in at 10 o'clock. These
returns showed that In the precincts
heard from in Cincinnati, CampbelPs
vote fell short of the light Democratic
vote last fall. They also show'd that
the vote was less than 80 per cent. OF
the registration, which Is a slight fall
ing off from the usual percentages.
The streets are full OF people and the
newspaper Offices are almost deseted.
Crowds instead throng about the pollti-
cal clubs, where the vote Is exhibited.
All indications are that the vote Will
be very late coming in.
Reports are coming in to the Board OF
Elections of errors in voting the Austria
liam ballot. They are not very numer-
Gus, however. Some errors consist in
marking the head candidate on the
ticket and no other. No such votes
count for the Governor only when the
evident intention of the voter was to
vote the whole ticket which he should
have done by marking in front OF the
title of the ticket Other errors are
made by marking after instead OF before
the name of the candidate.
Private dispatches from Hamilton,
Campbell's home, say vitiated tickets
are numerous there.
The elections in Ohio were for Gov
ernor, Lieutenant. Governor, Auditor of
State, Treasurer of State, Attorney
General, Judge of Supreme Court, Mem
Der of Board OF Public Works, State
School Commissioner, and Dairy and
Food Commissioner, also for member OF
the General Assembly as follows: Sem
ate. 30; House Of representatives, 107.
There were five tickets In Hamilton
county-the Republican, the Democrat
ic, the Prohibition, the Peoples and
the Veteran Republican. This last
named ticket existed only In Hamilton
county.
The other four tickets were voted for
all over the State. The Hamilton coun-
ty Veteran Republican ticket was the
same as the regular Republican ticket
for all State officers, while for county
Offices it had separate ticket of its
own. In addition to these there was
sixth ticket in Hamilton county named
the Bar County ticket for Judges
of the Court Of Common
Pleas, consisting OF two Republi-
cans and two Democrats. This bar
ticket was adopted by the Peoples
party. Itconsisted of two regular Dem
ocratic nominees, two regular Republi-
can nominees, and one Republican not
nominated by the party convention.
The composition OF the last general
Assembly was: Senate - Republicans
II, Democrats 10. House-Republicans
81. Democrats 60. Joint ballot-Repub-
licans 81, Democrats 70.
Two hundred and sixty-four precincts
outside of Cincinnati show q net Repub-
lican gain OF Ss7. Fifty precincts in
Hamilton county show net Democratic
gain of 444. At same ratio this will
givo Mckinley a plurality Of 1000.
Appearances indicate the election OF the
Republican Legislative ticket by from
1000 to 5000.
The estimate of Commercial Gazette at
eleven o'clock is $4,000 for Mckinley
and a majority Of Legislature for Re-
publicans.
Up to this hour the returns are quite
unsatisfactory. Two hundred and
twenty-five precincts in Ohio outside OF
Cincinnati have been heard from. They
give q net Republican gain OF 1,2l4.
This is about one-eighth Of the State.
Ex-Governor Foraker has gone home
satisfied that his estimate of $4,000 for
Mckinley will be sustained by later re-