Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-16
ELECTION ECHOES.
Some Points from Surrounding Counties
About the Late Election.

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McKinley's majority in Guernsey coun
ty was l409.
The Republican majority in Pennsyl
vania is l3s, ,553. This beats Pennsylva
MAS record for big majorities. Grant
had 137 900 over Greeley.
The Republicans of Carroll county
made clean sweep,and when the officers
elect go in every Democratic office holder
! in the county will 60 out.
Thee total vote in Ohio is only 20,OC(
less than last year so that the Democracy
can not charge it to the stay at homes.-
The figures viii not meet.
Green, Republican, was elected Repre-
sentative in Noble county by OILY &c
votes. There were some factional differ
ences in the party out there that contrib
uted to this result.
Monroe county gave Neal but 1884 ma
jority. The Democratic candidate for
Commissioner, who ran against Colonel
Mooney, had only 57l majority. There Is
hope even for Monroe
Short Creek township, Harrison county,
gave Republican majority of2S2. There
were only 5S Democratic votes cast in
the township. The wool growers over
there do not believe that free wool win
help the wool grower.
A Belmont county boy in the person
of John J. Shuttleworth. was chairman
OF the Republican Executive COMMITTEES
of Hancock county. The county gave
900 Republican plurality. Cleveland ear
ried it year ago by 300.
In Jefferson county McKinley's MAORI
ty is 2430-a gain of over 100 above last
year. 1t does not appear that they were
very much put out by not getting the asy
lum. They were more put out with the
Democrats by not getting work.
The Prohibitionists expected to make
large gains IN the State, but the returns
show that they sustained loss Of about
5000, their total vote being about 81 600.
The Peoples party vote shows q slight
gain, amounting to abou: 1000 votes.
W. R. Dutton formerly of this county,
Republican candidate for Probate Judge
in Morgan county, was defeated by Al
votes, in spite of the fact that the county
gave Mckinley 700 majority. The Dem
ocrats conducted very dirty campaign
against him.
In Belmont county the Republicans
gain 1872 over the vote of last year, and
the Democrats lose 1926. The Prohibition
vote decreases go votes, and the Peoples
party Al votes. The total vote in the
county is 44O less than last year. but a very
full vote for Governor.
Tuscarawas county went Republican
by about 400 majority, and elected the
whole Republican county ticket, some
thing heretofore unknown. This is
the first time the county has gone Re-
publican in thirty years. 1t was nearly
as rock-ribbed as Monroe.
In Guernsey county, N. H. Barber, Re-
publican candidate for Representative,
ran 7O2 votes behind his ticket. He was
elected, but in any other year would like
ly have been defeated. He had the Op-
position of the Taylors, who we're against
him because of his alleged bad charac-
ter record.
The Constitutional Amendments ap-
pear to have been lost. If they required
only a majority of all the votes cast on
that proposition they would have carried.
but the Attorney General holds that they
must receive majority of all the votes
cast at the State election, and this they
failed to do.
One of the greatest surprises was the
election of Walter s. Hardesty of Malaga,
Monroe county, as Senator in the Eight
eenth- Nineteenth District, composed of
the counties of Tuscarawas, Coshocton,
Guernsey, Noble and part Of Monroe.
The district is normally Democratic by a
large majority, but Mr.. Hardesty has
about 800 majority.
Governor McKinley's official plurality
is announced to be S0,7S5. With the e1-
ception of the Brough majority of 1869
no Governor of Ohio has ever had as
great majority by nearly $1,000. In 65
Cox had $4,000 plurality, and since then
there has been nothing nearly so large.
The plurality this year is five times the
average majority in Ohio. Governor Nc
Kinley received 1900 more votes than
were ever cast for any candidate in Ohio.