Evening journal., 1892-11-09
THE CENTRAL STATES.
Illinois Apparently Goes for Cleveland
and Causes the Greatest Sur
prise I'm the Campaign.

lLLlNOlS.-As returns come in it is con-
clusiyely demonstrated that Illinois cast the
heaviest vote in the history of the state.
Apathy prevailed in every precinct through
out the state during the campaign, but this
gave way to an Unprecedented activity,
and all parties appear TO have polled pIac-
tiCally their entire vote. The surprise of
the day in Chicago is the little disparity
between the Cleveland and Altgeld vote.
IL was expected that Altgeld, the Ger
man Democratic candidate iOr governor,
would lead tine presto iii ticket Dy many
thousands, uut re.urn. as .ar "a. received
do not Indicate this result. The scratching
has been unusually heavy, but not so gen
eral as it would have been had this not
been the first election under the Australian
ticket. Voters desiring TO scratch often re-
Trained from doing So owing to a fear of
spelling their ballot through error
The Chicago Tribune, Rep, says: ere
turns received by The Tribune up to lO:30
o'clock indicate that Cleveland for presi-
dent, and Altgeld, Dem, Tor governor
have cnrried Cook county by at least 10000
State returns do not show ms large Repub-
hcan games as was hoped, so that in all
likelihood Illinois is lost TO the Republi-
cans The state legislature will also IN all
probability have Democratic maiOrities in
both branches
Chairman Clark of the Democratic state
committee sas 50 cleveland has carried
Illinois by 1900 and Altgcld, Dem. is
elected governor"
The indications are that the ic lature
win also be Democratic
INDlANA.-Ine VOC was pron.bly the
largest ever polled in the state AS The
Australian ballot law has doubled the
number of precincts il would be inn
practicable 10 compare the vote of this
year with that of tue presidential vote Of
four years ago. In 1890 the Democrats car
ried the state by plurality OF 1855 On
this basis the Republicans would h3ve to
gain an average of seven votes in each pre-
cinct.
Later reports from Republican headQuar-
ters say that the indications are that In-
diana will go Republican. Heavy Repub-
lican gains over two years ago in Marion
county, containing the city of indianapolis,
indicate now, with 20 out of POS precincts
in, that the Democratic majority of 1000 in
the county will be reduced TO 600.
No comparisons can be made on these
precincts for their geography as changed
few months ago. At the same time eighty
precincts outside the city show net gains of
l,lO4 for Harrison, an average of IL to the
precinct. Ii this keeps up il viii wipe out
the Democratic majority of 1879 in 1890
and leave over 1900 plurality for the Re
publicans
OHIO.-The Buckeye State voted for
twenty-three presidential electors. twenty
one congressman, a secretary of state and
minor state officers.
The latest returns from Ohio increase
Republican gains in places least expected.
Twenty-seven of the siXty-one precincts
in the city of Columbus give a net Demo
cratic gain on the head of the ticket of IS
The Democratic State committee now CON
cedes Ohio TO Harrison by over 10000 plu.
rality.
MICHlGAN.-MicMga elected IA presi-
Dental electors, II congressman. govern
or and n legislature which viii choose
successor to United States Senator Francis
b. Stockbridge Rep.
1t is estimated chat Michigan will give
from five TO seven OF her electoral votes to
Cleveland
Chipman will probably be elected from
the First district 10y 1000
State returns show a gain for Morse.
Democratic candidate for governor, and his
election seems assured.
lOWA.-Only sixty-ninc precincts in
Iowa had been heard from at ll.2O o'clock,
and il is impossible to give the result def
nitely The new election law rendered the
counting OF the ballots slow job The
Indications are that the Republicans have
rarried the states on electors and that the
ltate ticket is in doubt.