The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-11-19
Ohio in the LII. Congress.


Dist. Republican. Dist Democrat.
1--*Bellamy Storer 3-*Geo w. Houk.
2-*.John A. Caldwell 4-%F @. Layton.
6--Geo. w. Hulick. SD. u. Donovan.
7-Geo. w. Wilson. 0-Byron Richie.
s--Luther NJ. Strong. 12-+Jos. II. Outhwait.
low. II. Enochs. 1S-"D. d. Hare.
11-C. II. GroSvenor 1d---#M. d. Harter.
15-H c. Van Vorhis 16-*A. j. Pearson.
19-S. A. Northway 17-James Richards.
2O--W j. White. 1S-Geo. p. Ikert
11--*Tom L. Johnson.
+Re-elccted Old 28-L. p. Ohliger.
COLUMBUS O., Nov. 10.--Tbe indications are
that Ohio has gone democratic for the first time
in o presidential year, though it may require
the official count to determine the result,
Chairman Farley. OF the democratic state
committee, went home early Wednesday morn
ing safe in the belief that The republicans had q
substantial plurality in the state, but his
secretary nud W. a. Taylor, cannidate
for secretary of state, remained at headquar-
ers, and at 10 o'clock Wednesday night they
had received unofficial returns from all but
three counties in the state on which they claim
o plurality for the candidates on the democratic
ticket of COO, and that the Cleveland electors
have been chosen by possibly reduced ma
jority. The two committees exchanged figures
at the above hour, and there were no startling
variations in the returns received.
AT the republican headquarters with Chair
man Dick and Candidate S. M. Taylor, for sec
official returns from all but four counties. The
returns to both committees are in response to
kilograms sent tho county chairmen They
claim plurality of 116 at the republican head
quarters, and concede 1t will require the official
count to determine the matter. Ntr. Taylor, re-
publican, states that he noted in the returns re-
ceiYed that he ran about even with the Harri-
son electors, hence it is concluded If the repub-
lican state ticket is defeated that the Cleveland
electors will be chosen.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 10-The story Of Tuesday g
national election, as the more complete returns
come in, is soon told. 1t was announced that
Grover Cleveland had been elected president of
the United States, but the measure of his vic
tory was not then known, nor is ii yet fully eS-
tablshed, for there are still remaining in doubt
full column four states, having an electoral vote
of 3S. And, strange to say, our own Ohio contrib
utes % Of these California, Montana and Wyom-
ing are represented in the remaining fifteen.
Mr.. Cleveland has carried every seate that
is usually democratic, adding to his force the
hitherto reliably republican states of Illinois
and Wisconsin. Weaver has secured the votes
of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Nevada,
and one of the four votes of Oregon. For the
first time since 1869 is the electoral vote di-
yided between three candidates
The surprise and sensation of the day, polit-
ically, is the slump Of Ohio, always considered
as immovable from the republican column in
a pre- esidential year as the rock of Gibraltar
from It's anchorage at the entrance TO the Med
iterranean. Tuesday night her republican ma
jority was estimated at 23,00O and Wednesday
morning the democratic state committee con-
oeding 1900, closed up shop. What these
figures were based upon no one knows, but la te
Wednesday'afternoon the startling news came
from Columbus that the democrats were claim.
ing the state Lo and behold, as the returns
came in showing great falling off from the Nc.
Kinley vote in almost every county they SEEM
ed to justify the claim. Believing from its
will require the Official vote TO determine the
result, the Commercial Gazette reluctantly
withdraws Ohio from the Harrison column and
places it in the doubtful list in the table that
follows: