The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-04
M'KINLEY's OWN STATE.
Indications Point to the Breaking Of
All Former Plurality Records.

COLUMBUS, o., Nov. 3.-On the compari-
son of the vote with that Of the last presi-
Dental election, Ohio made unprecedented
gains to-day for Mckinley. In 1892 Harri-
son carried Ohio by an average plurality
for Republican electors Of l,U72. In that
year one of the Cleveland and Stevenson
electors was elected. In 1898 Mckinley had
a plurality Of over So. 600 for Governor. The
Republicans carried Ohio in 1894 by 49,, 900.
and last year Bushnell, Republican. was
elected Governor by over $4,000. The Re-
publicans ave had phenomenally large
pluralities in Ohio the past three years.
commencing with McKinley's reelection
as Governor in 1893. In 1892 the result was
very close. The State In 1892, for the first
time, did not give it's entire electoral vote
TO the Republican presidential candidate.
The largest plurality ever given a Repub-
lican presidential ticket in Ohio was $4,000
for Garfield in 1880. While the Democratic
State committee makes no claims OF the
State tonight, the Republican State COM
mittee expects the complete ret rms to
break all former records. Kinney. fer Sec
rotary of State, has about the same vote
as Mckinley and Hobart.
The Republican State committee tonight
received returns in the park rink. which
seats 5000. The chairs had been removed
and there were over 10000 people in and
about the rink. After 1T was assured that
Mckinley and Hobart had more than a ma
jority of the electors a large portrait OF
the President-elect, suspended over the
stage. was uncovered. A tremendous cheer
ing ensued and all sorts of banners were
displayed. Thea it was announced that
Mckinley was at the long distance tele-
old friends at the Capital city,. where Nc
Kinley had lived four years, while serving
as Governor. followed. The
State committee had made elaborate ar
rangement for comparing the vote with
that of 1892, but figuring had to be aban-
doned. Governor Bushnell spoke at length
en- the result and other speakers followed.
Later returns since midnight reduce Nc
Kinley's plurality to 81, 1000, and complete
returns from the rural districts may re-
Chairman McConville, of the Democratic
State executive committee, stated at IL: 80
that he thought that later returns would
show Democratic gains in Ohio to offset
the heavy Republican gains in Hamilton,
Franklin and other counties. He said that
it looked as if the Republicans had car
ried the State. but. was unwilling to give
figures until fuller returns had been re-
ceived.
of seventeen Republicans and two Demo-
Gratis to congress and two districts in
doubt. In the Fifth district David Meekison.
DEM, and F. b. De Witt, Rep. both claim
their election. In the Thirteenth district
James A. Norton, Dem, and S. r. Harris,
Rep, both claim their election. The Demo-
Gratis elected J. p. MacLean, of Greenville,
in the Fourth district, and James Nc
Dowell, of Mill ersburg. in the Seventeenth
district. A. 5. Mcclure, the Republican
candidate in the Seventeenth district, was a
pronounced free-silver man and failed of
reelection. The Republicans elect the fol-
lowing:
First district. w. B. Shattuc. Cincinnati.
Second, J.. H. Cromwell. Cincinnati. Third,
n. Nj. Nevin, Dayton. Sixth, Seth w.
Brown, Lebanon Seventh, w. L. Weaver,
Springfield. Eighth. Archibald Lybrand,
Delaware. Ninth, j. H. Southwark, Toledo.
Tenth. l.. j. Fenton. West Union. Elev-
enth, c. III. Grosvenor. Athens. Twelfth,
d. X. Watson, Columbus. Fourteenth. w.
;. Kerr. Mansfield. Fifteenth, II. G.. Van
vorhis. GAINESVILLE. Sixteenth. Lorenzo DAN
ford. ST. Clairsville. Eighteenth, r. w.
Taylor. Lisbon. Nineteenth. S. A. North
way. Ashtabnla. Twentieth. C. b. Beach.
Cleveland. Twenty-first. u. f. Burton.
Cleveland. When the present Ohio delega-
ton in Congress of nineteen Republicans
and two Democrats was elected the State
gave a Republican plurality of 137. 900.