The morning times., 1895-11-08
UNDER THE SEARcHL|eH
Investigations Will Be the Order
in May|and's Legislature.
HOUSE THE GRAND INQUEST
Massachusetts Socialists Gained
Twenty Votes In One Year-Munici-
pal Complications in Denver.
Bushnell's Plurality In Ohio VIII
Reach Nearly 100000.

Baltimore, Nov. 7.-According to off
cial and unofficial returns from every
county in the State, Hon. Lloyd Lowndes,
Republican, for Governor, has a plurality
OF 19,039. In the five counties carried
by Mr.. Hurst, he led Mr.. Lowndes by only
1,205 votes.
As result of the defeat of the Democrats
on Tuesday, Maryland is likely to have q
sweeping investigation. Under the con-
stitution OF the State, the house of dele
gates is the grand inquest and has full
power, by committee or otherwise, to eX-
anime into and investigate all persons who
may be OF have been in office under the la W.
This duty and authority belong to the
house alone and ii has power to go into
anything and everything done by State
or other officials holding public trust.
1t is proposed as soon as the house is
organized by The Republicans. TO have a
committee appointed TO investigate, after
the manner or the famous LeXow commit
tee of New York. all public officials or
eX-public officials in the city and State.
In addition. Senator Bruce. an anti
German hold-over Democrat, who has
made a private investigation into the ex-
pcnditures of the last session of the State
senate, proposes TO have a public in
vesiigation into the expenditures OF the
general assembly, which his experience
has convinced him are much larger than
they ought to be.
MASSACHUSETTS,.
Boston, Nov. 7.-Returns from 26s
towns and cities at the headquarters OF
the Socialist Labor party give Ruiher, So
cialist candidate for Governor, 3,124. The
eight y-five other small towns TO hear from
Will increase the vote about 100. The
total vote in the State for the head of the
ticket last year was 3,i04.
II is estimated the Populists win fab
about 2,000 below their vote of last year.
AT the headquarters of the Socialists it is
claimed that the Socialist Labor party is
the only party that has pollcd more votes
than last year.
NEW YORK.
New York, Nov. T.-Onicial returns
from four-fifths of the counties in this
State with unofficial, but practically COM
plete figures, from the other counties,
give Palmer 600, $50; King, 503,S1I votes,
Republican plurality of 97,l69. There
are half dozen districts yet to be heard
from in st. Lawrence, Greene, Fulton, and
Hamilton counties, aud the plurality may
be further increased.
COLORADO.
Denver, Nov. while complete but
unofficial returns show Lebert, Rep, TO
have slight plurality over Kindel for
the office OF county clerk, only the official
canvass next week VIII settle the matter.
Charges OF tamperiug with the returns
are made and sensational struggle for
the office Will cnsue.
To-day, Lcbert, who is the present clerk
guarded the doors OF lis office with
deputy sheriffs fully armed, and permitted
no one 10 enter but those whom he trusted.
hindcl appeared with a revolver plain
t. III,
to touch him, but he made no effort to get
behind the counter in the clerks office.
VIRGINIA.
Richmond, Va, Nov. 7.-Officiai returns
from election come in slowly. or the twenty
new senators elected, fifteen are Demo.
Gratis, and certainly 3, and possibly .,
are opposition. The districts in doubt are
the sixth and sixteenth. or the twenty hold
over senator's nineteen are Democrats.
The house Uf delegates so far remains as
follows: Democrats, 81; Republicans and
opposition, -.
Roanoke, Va, Nov. 7.-Official returns
show that Clayton defeats Watts, Democrat,
for the State senate, by 81; Berkiey, Demu-
crat, for the huuse, wins by 70, and Hannah,
Republican, for the house, defeats Nc
Cartney, Democrat, by 800.
OHIO.
Columbus, Ohio, Nov. THE Republican
State committee has prepared a table of
pluralities on the vote for governor in all
the counties, which shows the Repub-
lican plurality in the State as nearly as
viii be known until the official count is
made. Bushnell, 116.212; Campbell, 90
S64; Republican plurality, 95.34S.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Philadelphia, Nov. 7.-Compiete returns
received from every county In the State
give Haywood, Republican. for State treas
urer, 1T4, 442 plurality over Meyers, Demo
crat.
Philadelphia, Nov. 7.-Couplete returns
have been received from every county
in the State on the vote for superior court
Judges, excepting Luzerne county.
LuZerne, ho wever, has completed tn ecount
for Smith and Yerkes and the complete
returns for those two candidates of the
entire State are: Smith, 2S5, $50; Yerkes,
2S0, ,S64. Smith is thus elected as the
minority representative on the superior
court bench by 5,O1S.
KENTUCKY.
Lexington, KY, Nov. 7.-Dr. Hunter,
chairman of the Republican campaign COM
mittee, says the Republican majority on
Joint ballot in the next legislature will be
four or five. The Democrats concede the
election of 16 Republican senators and SO
representa- tives, making in all SO. They
also claim the election Of 22 Democratic
senators and At representatives, which
makes them have 60 on joint ballot. OF
the Democrats IA in the senate are for
sound money and 27 in the house.
Eight of the senators are for Blackburn
and twenty representatives, which shows
that joint caucus of the Democrats would
stand Al against Blackburn to % for him
Chairman Hunter thinks that the sound
money Democrats, or at least enough of
them, will vote for Repub lican for
United States Senator to insure his cleo
tion, should the legislature not be Repub-
licaD on Joint ballot.
There is strong talk in favor of DR..
Hunter for United States Senator. The
other candidates are highly spoken Of
A. E. Wilson, and Col. Walter Evans, of
Louisville, and John W. Yerkes, of Dan
vile.
McCreary will have no better chance
than Blackburn, from the fact that the
Republicans carried his own precinct,
town, and county, and elected both members
of the legislature from his district and his
Congressional district also went Repub-
hcan.
From the fact that W. C. P. Breckin-
ridges district, the Seventh, gives a rous-
ing majority for the Democratic ticket, he
is being talked of by leading Democrats as
the strongest man they could put up for
Senator.