New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-09
OHIO.
M'kINLEY'S PLURALITY CLIMBING TOWARD
THE NINETY THOUSAND MARK.

HIS VICTORY CARRIED COUNTY AND LOCAL
ELECTIONS WITH IT-RErUBLICANs CHOSEN
IN DEMOCRATIC sTRoNGHoLDs THAT
NEVER FALTERED BEFORE.
.rBy TELEGRAPH TO THE TEIBrSEl
Columbus Nov S-Not until the clouds Of
battle drifted away did the Republicans OF
Ohio realize how tremendous was their victory
at the polls Last night Chairman DICK Of
the Republican State Executive COMMITTEE,
claimed the State by from $1,000 to 'o'ooo passing
the estimate on the vote returned but ne wnen
making the announcement expected that he
would have to reduce his figures. heretofore
it has been the rule in Ohio that the indica-
tons of the first reports must be discounted FOR
the final announcement but this year the estab-
lished rule was reversed. Every reporting
county increases the Republican gains. and at
one time to-day it looked as If the figures might
climb SO high as to be in danger Of going out
at the top.
There has not been a decrease in the ratio
of gains since the first report was received and
there has not been one authentic report OF
Republican loss. In the big cities and popuous
manufacturing districts where there were many
idle workingmen the increase has peen Wohuer-
full. and in the agricultural centres the Farmers
have come to the Republican standard WIN q
wonderful unanimity With all the state heard
from, either officially or semi-ofiiciaily the he-
publican plurality is S0,461. and IL is propapie
that even this tremendous figure VIII De raised
by the complete official count. Those counties
not reported officially are given figures on the
basis of last years vote. and 1t Is not propaole
that any one Of them will fail to show heavy
Republican increase
The victory was not for the state ticket
alone 1t carried with it everything IN slght
Republicans are preparing to take possess
sion Of local Offices in counties that never knew
what II was to have a Republican officer. In
Franklin County. the seat of the state capital
and a Democratic stronghold. the fepuphcahs
elected all of their county candidates except
one a man who not popular WIN HIS w"
party and whose defeat II is conceded WIS que
to Republican, scratching Shelpy County,
benghted spot, where Repubicah sun never
shone. has elected Republican memoir vi
the General Assembly for the hrst tiihe III "s
history. In this Senate Dlstflc'' coi"P'SoN
of two strongly Democratic couhueS' hePu'
ucan was elected to the State Senate over
President Cleveland's last postmaster Il MA"
whose character is Of the highest.
In short, only four districts OF the STATE "aNe
returned Democrats to the state senate, Tn INN
twenty-seyen Republican Senators nave pecn
elected The Democrats Will not nave enough
members to upon all the commute. ~
the House of Representatives inns SOY S,,s,.a,s
heated OF the 101 members the oelhoO
have tWentv-three, probably. Even tilat II ho'
certain In the general crash OF the Demo
cratic world able and popular men wenl r GJwm
with the rabble There was no laNoi iusH
shown a fact that proves that the victory was
purely and simply Republican. and was nor
tinged in any way with personal preiere NJ
The scratching was comparatively light. Inc
heavy The people JuS' Nc"S ~
to the polls and regardless of party put III
straight Republican tickets .o ,r,
This. telegraph wires into Columbus WeIe neP'
busy to-day transmitting to Governor MCKINNEY
the kilograms Of congratulations sent MN nun ON
all parts of the country. ana even across t''v
water And the Governor had ms hahds lI,
receiving them There were 1000 OF these JoyluI
messages There was no pretense OF ans"erhs
them Immediately. That was a physicai I'M
possibility. but an effort will be made TO recos-
nize them all separately in time. Most OF thein
addressed the Governor directly or indirectly as
the next President. 1t would be impracucaDle
to give the names of all the noted men VINO
Joined in these pleasant reminders OF the happy
event Among the kilograms OF greatest IN
tel est was one from ex-President HARRISON WHO
said: =,
Il cannot refrain from expressing my hearth
est congratulations to you and TO the people OF
Ohio over the magnificent result achieved yes'er-
day / feel sure as told you when you were
here on Decoration Day. that you would have a
phenomenal majority this year.
Chairman Dick late this evening summed up
the situation as follows: THE Republican We
tory is complete and unprecedented. Mckinney
plurality will possibly reach 10000 the greatest
ever given any Governor except John Trough
and a more remarkable political revolution man
even the enormous plurality OF the war Gov
ernor. The Republicans have elected twenty
five or twenty-sx Of thirty-One Senator'S. ana
from eighty-fve To ninety Representatives,; also
three fourths of the county officials or the state
chosen yesterday. and most of the district
officials All Of the Congressional districts but
two appear TO have gone Republican. The
people have spoken. and Free Trade is repudi-
ated by the greatest majority that ever reDukcd
any political sophistry in our history.
"CHARLES DICK, Chairman