The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-11-16
SUMMARY OF ELECTION FACTS.
situation as 1t Stands mt the End of Wee
After the Voting.

situation as 1t Stands mt the End of Week
After the Voting.
CHICAGO, Nov 12.-Nearly week has
passed since the voters gave their decision
Of the political issues, and although the
general result was sufficiently emphatic
to have been made definitely known be-
fore midnight Tuesday, Nov. o. there
were few uncertainties, few OF which
remain to be cleared up. One OF these,
and the most uncertain, is the question
who will be governor of California. A
telegram from San Francisco says that
has again become question which few
days ago was considered settled.
What was mt first supposed to be Il de-
cided victory for Budd, the Democratic
| candidate for governor, has now developed
into n question of very serious doubt and
the official canvass will probably be left
to decide the contest between Budd and
his opponent. OF the 2,274 precincts in
the state 2,115 have been heard from and
Budd has but 700 plurality. The Demo
Gratis claim that the official count will
give Budd 5O0 more in San Francisco, which
will leave him with 1,200 plurality and
l59 precincts to hear from. There is talk
of contesting the election if the official
count gives the election to Budd. The
Republicans have practically everything
else and six of the seven congressman.
The next mooted question was as to the
governorship of Tennessee, but that has
apparently been settled by the Democrats
conceding the election of Evans, Repub-
lican, on the face of the returns and the
| Republicans claim plurality of about
| 800 votes. The legislature Is Democratic
and there is much talk of fraud on both
sides. One of the charges is-on both
sides-that returns have been held back
to see chow many votes were needed"
But the fact is that the returns were
never sent in so rapidly in the history of
| the state.
The result in Texas is definitely known,
and is the election of Democratic gov
ernor by plurality of about $4,000, n
Populist vote largely increased over 1892,
twelve Democratic congressman and one
Republican. In New Mexico the Repub-
licans get the delegate and the legislature
stands two Republican majority in the
house and two Democratic majority in the
senate. The Populists carried one county.
The Democrats wound up the week by
gaining two congressman credited to the
Republicans, KEN in Nebraska now
beats his Republican competitor, Dougher-
ty. Holcomb, however, has over 5000
plurality, and the Republicans have con-
cluded not to contest the case. They have
the Legislature and everything else. Re
publicans are reported to have lost another
cong ressman--Hopkins, in Ketueky, who
was reported to have beaten Kendall.
Later reports give the fight to the latter by
l04 plurality.
Revised figures on the plurality of Nor
ton for governor of New York give him o
plurality of 155,6SS Some other figures
that are verv nearly correct are as follows
on pluralities for the head of the Re-
publican ticket: Wisconsin, except four
counties casting 1900 votes, gives Up
ham 81 ,49S. Indiana, all but ten counties,
45, AS, Minnesota, all but six counties,
59,25S. Missouri, official, unofficial and
carefully estimated from the whole state,
1902. Iowa, from every county, 7S, FOB.
The POpulists claim II gain of $4,000 in
Wisconsin.
Illinois gives plurality for the Repub-
advices are scarce, but the fusionists have
carried the state and will send two SEN
ators to the United States congress. In
West Virginia Hon. William X. Chiffon,
secretary of state and chairman of the
Democratic state committee, states that
the Republicans will have majority on
Joint ballot in the next legislature of
thirty -eight. There are already ten candi-
dates for United States senator in the
field, and the list is being swellcd daily.
Judge Golf and stephen b. Elkins arc the
most prominent.