Evening star., 1893-11-22
AT TER THE FIGHT.
Both Parties in Ohio Beginning to
Recover From Their Surprise.
EXTENT OF REPUBLICAN VICTORY.
Unprecedented Majority in the Leg
isIature.
UNUSUALLY LARGE VOTE.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. Nov. 22.-The Ohio
democrats are now coming out of their
cyclone cellars to fully realize the extent of
the disaster Of the 7th instant. A strong
republican wind was generally expected by
them, but no such blow as came was pre-
dicted even by their prophets of evil. In
the light of the election returns only four
of the eleven democratic Congressman from
Ohio are safe. The republicans carried ev-
cry district in the state. except the fourth
represented by F. C. Layton; the fifth, rep
resented by Dennis d. Donovan: the thir-
teenth, represented by d. d. Hare, and the
seventeenth, represented by j. A. d. Rich
ards. The fact that these districts had
enormous democratic pluralities alone saved
them from going with the general demo-
cratic slump"
The lowest plurality in these districts is
that in Mr.. Donovan's district. He had
4.6O4 votes more than his opponent, last
fall. Even Mr.. Outhwaites district which
he carried last fall by nearly 1000 votes
was carried this year by the republicans
by nearly thousand. OF course, this may
mean nothing for the future. but number
| OF republicans here are already in the field
for the nomination for Congress as the
result of this vote. Heretofore the district
has been regarded thoroughly demo-
men to accept the republican nomination
for Congress.
An Unusually Large Vote.
| The fact that the vote unusually
large one for a state election, and that in
many counties the republican gains were
almost exactly balanced by democratic
losses. indicates that the result was caused
by democrats voting the straight republican
ticket. rather than by refraining from vot-
ing at ALL because of Indifference. Col. w.
A. Taylor. the defeated candidate for lieu
tenant governor, attempts to show from
! figures that about $1,000 democrats did not
vote but, If that is so, there must have been
large number of republicans in the state
who had not been in the habit of voting
but who came out to the polls this time.
Attempts have been made both before the
election and since to show that the Amer
ican Protective Association (anti-Catholc)
gave its support TO Gov. Mckinley, but no
evidence such as would be required to lead
a disnterested person to believe that to be
the case has yet been produced. There was
but one Catholic on the state tickets. and
he seems to have kept even with his col
leagues. This was Patrick McKeoun of
Cincinnati, nominated by the democrats for
food commissioner. His opponent. DIR. Nc
Neal, a Protestant, seems to have received
fewer votes than the head of his ticket.
The republican victory is too big for COM
fort There Is danger that, like an army
enjoying the spoils Of successful warfare
4s
There are scarcely enough democrats in
the two branches of the new general as
sembly to make respectable opposition
certainly not such an opposition as will
force the republican majority to stand to-
gether for safety and to hold the upper
hand. The condition is very apt to produce
factions and dissensions. There will be
eighty-fve republicans in the house and
only twenty-five democrats The senate
will have five democrats and twenty-six
republicans. This is probably the smallest
4 mi npit fhaN
would certainly have been still smaller II
the republicans had thought it worth while
to nominate candidate in the strongly
democratic thirty-first district
This shows that the republicans them
selves had no idea that they were to meet
such sweeping victory. The same repub-
lican gains as were made elsewhere would
have enabled them to carry this district
had they made the attempt.
The democrats lose another district-the
| joint eighteenth and nineteenth-by reason
or the fact that the election officers in one
township in Coshocton county failed to
make any return of the vote there on state
senator. The township gave a democratic
plurality of about 100 the rest of the
ticket, and it is fair to presume about the
same majority was given for the demo-
cratic candidate for senator. Without this
vote the republican candidate, w. A. Har-
desty. is elected by 80 votes. Buchanan,
the democratic candidate, may make a
contest in the senate for the seat.
Speakership Contest.
Active contests are now going on for
positions in the organization of the legis-
lature, the beginning, probably OF strife
that will last all through the session The
most interesting of these is the contest for
the speakership of the house. The candi-
dates are Alex. Boxwell of Brown county
Charles p. Griffin of Lucas. c. l.. Haskell
OF Lorain and f, w. Doty of Cuyahpga 1t
Is probable that 1t will narrow down be-
tween BoXwell and Griffin ere long Griffin
has long been one of Foraker'S chief lieu
tenants, while BoXwell Is a Sherman repub-
lican. Gov. Mckinley can easily decide this
contest by the of his influence and it
now seems likely that he will see that
| Griffin is given the honor as step toward
the conciliation of the Foraker element of
the party
Since the election Foraker has main
tanned an unfriendly attitude toward Gov
Mckinley. The fact that he sent no con-
gratulations has been extensively comment
| ed upon. The governor, on the other hand
mas seemed to court the favor of the prom
inent Foraker men. The appearance of an
editorial in the Canton Repository owned
| py Gov. Mckinley's father-in-law, James
A SaXton, and always an anti-Foraker
paper nominating Foraker to succeed Sem
ator Brice Is believed to have been inspired
/ Dy Gov. Mckinley, who is anxious to con-
ciliate the Foraker faction and secure If
possible. a solid delegation from Ohio to the
next national republican convention For
aker mas had no love for Harrison since it
was apparent in the senatorial contest here
TWO years ago that the aid of the admins
| tration was thrown to Senator Sherman
and II Will not be difficult to secure his sup
port Tor Gov. Mckinley, If Harrison Is his
chief opponent.