The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-11-04

Nevertheless. Campbell. on most of the
returns is running ahead of the rest OF
the ticket for State officers. Unofficial es-
Inmates by Democrats In the same room.
based on the same returns. put Mckinney 8
plurality IN Hamilton county at 5000. The
county officers are not running so clearly
on party lines. and the present indications
are that q mixed ticket will be elected.
The estimate OF the Comnerciai-GaZette
st IL O'clock is $1,000 for Mckinley, and
q majority of the Legislature for the Re-
publioans. Up to this hour the returns are
quite fragmentary. Two ohundred and nlne-
ty-five precincts in Ohio. outsidelof Cincin-
natl. have been heard from. They give q
net Republican gain of l,2lA This is about
one-eighth of the State. Ex-Governor
Foraker has gone home. satisfied that his
estimate of 1900 for Mckinley will be sus-
tanned by the later returns.
At midnight the returns received left no
doubs that Campbelrs vote in Hamilton
in 1890. while Mckinley had fallen below
the vote of Ryan. In ITO precincts In the
county, nearly one half rhe net Democratic
gain was 1883. The same ratio contl ned
would give Mckinley o plurality III he
county OF 500.
When 42S precincts in Ohio. outside of
Cincinnati, had been heard from the Re-
publican net gain was LIS. The Prohibit
tion vote on these precincts fell below that of
last year 705, while the gain of the Peoples
party oyer last years vote was ,247.
The Lincoln Club. of CIncinn att. esti-
mates McKinley's plurality in Hamilton
county at 6.500, and in the State from $4,000
to 2C.000.
One hundred and sixty.six precincts in
Hamilton county show O net Democratic
gain of 2.2S7. indicating plurality for Nc
Kinley of $500.
How the Secret Ballot Worked.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 3-The election to-day
was one of the most quiet. orderly. bust
ness-like and satisfactory ever held in Gin
cinnati since the good old times when
cvery body knew everybody else and al
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 registra-
tion law administered by an honest and
efficient non-partisan board OF elections.
The present law is q fine supplement- to
that. and they both banish the evils that
actually attached to the old system, or at
least were always thought to attach to it.
The present law appears to give q perfect
registry and declaration of the peoples
will. In this city the expense of special
were set up in the room near one
end of the judges table. At the
other end merely nominal railing
was placed to which voters approached and
ItCclScQ DdilOtb III Tue OTutr OI tutlr al
rival In the booths the ballots were pre-
pared, with the assistance OF the judges, IL
required. then folded and deposited. The
whole effect 10 TO give dignity and order to
that which formerly was game OF more or
less chance, where often the loudesr voice
or the strongest muscle carried the election.
So the election day was entirely free from
disorder. The candidates moved about
wholly free from annoyance by the cleo
tion hummer, whose occupation is gone.
Here and there were cases where the ne "
method caused delays that cut off the elect
i've franchise of some voter who cOuld not
control his time, or who became impatient
at the restraint of the law. In Cincinnati
the polls closed at =. NJ. In the other
parts of the State the closing hour was
O'clock.
Some errors were made in voting by
marking the head candidate on the ticket
and no others. Such votes couDt for the
Governor only, when the evident intention
was to vote the whole ticket. which he
should have done by marking in front oi
the title of the ticket. Other errors vitiat
ing the vote were made by marking after
instead of before the name of the candi
date. Private dispatches from Hamilton
Campbelfs home, say yitIated tickets were
numerous there.
The first return to the board of electors
tonight was received after o'clock and a
8 only eight returns were ia. Last yeal
nearly ali the returns were in at 10 o'clock
These returns showed that in the preeinctl
heard from in Cincinnati. Campbelfs yots
fell short Of the light Democratic vote las
fall