The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-07
FUSION IN NEBRASKA.
Holcomb the Pop-Dem. Candi-
date is Probably Elected
Republicans Easily Have a Ma
j0rity in the Next HOuse.

CHICAGO, Nov. THE returns today
show contin ued gains for the Repub
lican ticket On the state ticket headed
by W off for treasurer, tie indications
we're for a Repu ublican plurality of close
to 100000. Every man on the Repu biz
can county ticket IS elected by pluralities
ranging from $4,000 10 $4,000 and the
state legislature VIII be Republican by a
generous lead, perhaps 20 insuring a
Re publican successor to United States
Senator CullOm.
The surprising Republican gains indi-
Gated that each of the seven congress
sionaI districts in the city are Republican
with the possible exception of Congress
man McGann's district, though some
Democratic leaders conceded his defeat
today. Ex- Congressman Frank Lawier,
Independent candidate III the Fourth
district was badly beaten and Congress
man Goldsier, although leading his ticket
in the Sixth district has apparently lost.
The Populist total vote in the city es-
timated from the returns of about one
half the number Of voting precincts in
the city. Will approximate $4,000. The
POpuIlst ticket received support in every
ward, their largest votes being Polled in
the vicinity OF Pullman, the STOCK yards
and the railroad districts. v hiIe not
PopuIist candidate was elected in the
county, the party's leaders say they are
greatly encouraged by the showing.
Chairman Tanner of the Republican
state central committee said today that
the returns up to noon assured his party
of at least 1Ol, 900 plurality for the state
ticket The Republicans had, he said,
elected p out Of p congressman and
would control ne state legislature by
majority Of 40 on joint ballot.
Chairman Tanner at 1890 p. N. says
the Repu blicans have a plurality in Ill
inois OF over 125,O0O, gain over 1892 Of
more than $50, 900, and have elected 19
congressman out of p, with two of. the
remaining three still in doubt These
three are The Third. Sixth and Twenty
first districts.
Cook county, including Chicago city,
gives between 30, ,OJO and 10000 Republi-
can plurality.
BLooMINGTON, Ill. Warner Rep. for
congress viii have majority Of from
5000 to 5000 In this the Thirteenth dis
trict. This is Vice President Stevenson's
district
INDIANA REPUBLICAN BX $4,000.
Tbs Plurality May Go as High as 10000.
TNDIANAPo1Is, Nov. THE partial re-
turns received from Indiana Indicate that
the state is Republican by at least 81. 900.
The Republican state central committee
saws it will not be surprised if the plu-
rality reaches 10000. 1t Is the most
sweeping victory ever won by any politi-
cal party in Indiana. The first returns
received last night showed strong Re
publican gains They came from the
labor centers, and the Democrats at
headquarters expressed the hope that
the tide would turn when the country
vote began coming in.
Late AT night returns began 70 arrive
from all parts of the state and from
everywhere came the story Of gains
The returns thus far received show an
average Republican gain Of about forty
votes 10 the precinct 1t is doubtful, how
ever, whether this ratio will hold to the
end, for il is expected it will be cut down
by the returns from the Agricultural dis
tricts. but if it should De cut to 20 to the
precinct the the Republican majority
will be over $4,000.
Returns from the congressional dis
tricts have been slow in coming. but the
scattering figures received. considered ia
connection with the great Republican
gains in every part OF the state, indicate
that the Rep publicans have elected eleven
and possibly all of the thirteen mem bers
of congress
The Democrats still have hopes that
s n Stockslager in the Third and W. )
Holman in the Fourth districts have been
elected The legislature Is Republican
in both branches. There viii be in the
house about 65 Republican and 80 Dem
Ocrats; IN the senate about 30 Republi-
cans and 20 Democrats
There Is but little or no doubt that u
OF the 13 Indiana congressional districts
have been carried by the publicans by
majoritIes ranging from 800 to 10000.
The fourth (Holman's) district, is IN
doubt.
MISSOURI SLIGHTLY DEMOCRATIC.
Tarsney Defeats van Horn in the Firth
Congressional District.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Nov THE city
and county has probably gone Democrat
ic by . small plurality. The vote in the
city for county officers favored the Re
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