The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-06

Republicans I'm Easy Control of the
California Legislature.

San Francisco. Nov 5.--The First con-
eressionai district. 636 out of 40 precincts.
give Barham. Rep, I7,0ds: Cutter. Dem.
b,22l: Montieth. 6s5; Second district sJ1
precincts out OF 4s4. give Johnson, Rep.
1879: De Vries. Dem. and Pop. gss13
Third district, 25s out OF 261 precincts,
give Hilborn. Rep. ls.s3s, English DEM
Pep. 1875 Fourth district, Mcguire *
elected. Fifth district complete returns
from all precincts give Loud Rep, ~ 40:
Kelly, Dem. io.I21; Kinne. Pop. sona
Sixth district. 3l7 out OF 3ia precincts give
McLachlan. Rep. 23.55s. Barlow. DEM
Pop. 3.sH Seventh district. fss ont Of
M precincts. give Rowers, Rep. 1896;
Castle. Dem.-Pop. af33
Up 10 midnight complete returns have
been received from fifty-two assembly
districts and fourteen senatorial districts
From these districts the Republicans elect
thirty-four assemblymen and seven sena-
tors; the Democrats eight assemblymen
and seven senators. In the uncompleted
districts. some Of which are running very
close. the Republicans have fourteen as
semhiymen I'm the lead, the Democrats
thirteen and the Populists one.
For the senate the Republicans have
four candidates leading and the Demo
Gratis five. Taking the candidates in the
lead as elected. the Republicans will have
a total OF forty-eight assernblynsen. and,
with seventeen Republican hoid-over GEN.
ators, viii have twenty-seven In the SEN
ate. or seventy-five on a ioin, ballot The
Democrats will have thirty-one I'm tho
assembly. which. with one Populist. will
give them thirty-two votes. In the SEN
ate. counting three hoid-oyers they will
have fifteen. which will give them forty
seven on a joint ballot This leaves a
ma ajority OF twenty-eight for the Repub-
Hcans on a Joint ballot
a. m.-AI the precincts In California
L.
OF f2s and Mcklniey's plurality in the
state up 20 date Is s. 1876 loss OF TT votes
during the day. The missing precincts are
tn remote sections ard wifi. not be heard
from for several days. They cannot ma
tsrsaliy change the result. az their total
vote IN 1892 was only a2fs. IN that year
these preeiaets gave Cleveland 2 9fs Hsrri-
son 1Tss and Weaver 3s. plurality for
Cleveland over Harrison Of ys. There may
year, bur II - cafe 20 say that from the
returns furnished by the Western Union
Telegraph Company that Mckinley car
rtes the state by al least sf11 votes
The congressional situation Is much fn
doubt. So far IL ia known that IN. Repub-
Means have elected three congressman and
the Democrats twe. Earh9fn IN the First.
Hiborn tn the Third and Loud In the
Fifth are safe for III. Republicans, wi1iie
IN the Second and Fourth districts the
Democrats have elected Detries and Ma
gusre. In the Sixth and Seventh districts
the vote f. very close and the Official
count may have 20 dersde the vicfors.
With only two precfncts 30 hear from Ia
the sixth district MeIAcssIan. Rep. ieaas
Barlow. fsssicnfst. by 81 votes. One OF the
missing precincts is m San Es@nito county
and the other IN Santa Barbara. Ia the
Seventh district all the pret4ncss except
twenty-six have bean heard from. In