Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-06
Republicans Claiming That Bushnell
Wins by Over $4,000.

Republicans Claiming That Bushnell
Wins by Over $4,000.
Ohio elected all state officers and legis-
lature which will choose a successor to
United States Senator Calvin s. Brice,
democrat. whose term will expire March ),
1897. Asa S. Bushnell was the republican
candidate for governor, and Ex-Governor
James IG. Campbell the democratic nominee
The democratic state committee. in COM
pairing the e with that of last year. when
the republican plurality was $4,000, show
ed democratic gains, but not enough for
them to claim any close result on the state
ticket or more than one-third of the men,
bers Of the legislature,
The republican state committee claim
that the plurality of Gen. Bushnell will ex-
coed that of $1,000 for Governor Mckinley
in 1893, with which years vote they are
comparing returns. There are some at
their headquarters who say that the COM
plete returns will show republican plu-
rality almost equal to that of last year
III, COO-the high-water mark. The republi-
can state committee saw fit to make
cons ervative statement to those wanting to
bet on over 100000. Chairman Kurtz gave
out the following:
Returns received al 10 o'clock indicate
that the republicans have carried the state
by a plurality not less than that given two
years ago, and elected a decisive majority
of the members of the next general assem-
bly,"
Chairman Kurtz will not claim over co.
600 at the most. Others go higher. Mr.,
Kurtz does not estm3fH the republicans
VIII have two-thirds of the leg Stature, but
he says the republican majority in both
branches will be so large that the usual in
terest is taken in asesrtaining the exact
number of republicansla And democrats on
democratic headquartetSt 10 pm, an an.
nouncement was madeSk&at Ohio had gone
republican by deci4. majority in the
is lat ia, as well as arge plurality a on
same financial PLATFORM BE silver question
was not an issue in 4he campaign The
tariff was the only national issue between
the parties.
The populists cast about 10000 votes, the
prohibiticnists about 318a0 and the social.
lists about 1000 Neither the fourth nor fifth
parties nor the A. P. AJAfeeted the result.
The returns from Cleveland indicate that
the county has goneIrepuMican by plu
ralty as large, if not larger than that OF
two years ago, when Mckinley had more
than nine thousand The legislative candi-
dates of the republicans rine representa-
tives and three senators, are also elected,
together with the county ticket,
The vote of the city of Cincinnati was I'M
usually large; 40 precincts out Of 246 in the
city gave Bushnell Is, 42S: Campbell, IA, $50.
This indicates gain upon two years ago
for the republicans. 1t is estimated from
these returns that the republican plurality
in Hamilton county will run from 1l,OoO to
Is, coo, and that the entire republican legis-
lative ticket will be elected by plurality
of 10000. In the county ticket Hagerty,
democrat for auditor, who ran ahead of his
ticket is defeated by from 1000 to G0oo.
Foraker Watching His Chances.
Ex-Gov. Foraker was an interested OBJ
server of the election returns and kept
close tally until long after it was announced
a fact thatOhio's legislature, which is to elect
a United States Senator, was one pledged to
his election to succeed Senator Brice. Being
asked to what he attributed the remarkable
result in Ohio. he said it was the conviction
of the people that the democratic party has
not the capacity to transact the business of
the nation.
1.-The tremendous republican plurality in
Ohio, New York. Massachusetts and Mary
land and the remarkable gain in Kentucky
all point" he said ito distrust of demo-
cratic methods in national affairs. In Ohio
there was another element That was the
low plane upon which ex-Gov. Campbell
pitched his campaign. He made 1t one of
mud singing and personal abuse, which did
rot appeal favorably to the intelligent
voters of the state.''