The leader., 1897-11-10
ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT.

caIIy Watched by Agents of Those Inter-
ested In the Result.
COLUMBUS, o., Nov. 5.-Many talk
about q crisis in Ohio. Some believe
that a crisis is impending. The talk
against Senator Hanna has subsidized,
pending the interest in the official
counting of the vote in close counties.
As the official canvass of the vote in the
IS counties proceeded yesterday, the
republican plurality on the state ticket
increased and on the Legislative tickets
it appeared to be getting toward very
close shave.
While the republican plurality ON
the state ticket exceeds $4,000 the vote
on the legislative ticket is almost as
close as it could be. For this reason
there is still unusual anxiety at the re-
spective state headquarters of both
parties.
The republicans still claim that the
legislature stands rs republicans to 40
democrats on joint ballot for senator.
and that their candidates for represen-
tatiyes ia tn rec of the close counties
have been elected by the following
pluralities: Delaware county, 20;
Wood county, -; Noble county, So, a
total of l42 in the pluralitics of these
three counties. A change OF - votes,
properly distributed in these three
counties, would, therefore, have turned
the result in the legislature by giving
these three representatives to the dem
ocrats. Then the legislature would
have stood ~ republicans and 73 dem
ocrats on joint ballot for senator.
When it is remember red that the total
vote of Ohio last year was over !, 200, 600
and is almost l, 900, 900 this year. it is
readily seen that II is such a small per-
centage that it cannot be clearly ex'
pressed in figures or fractions or Ian
guage. And this is what makes the
democratic state committee continue to
claim the legislature and the republi'
can state committee to be SO closely on
guard in watching the counting in the
close counties. The official count OF
Delaware county is in, but with pro-
tests and notices of contest from the
democrats, and the same is true OF
Noble county. The official count OF
Wood county VIII not be completed
until Saturday, although they expect
10 get through to-day.
In Wood county, yesterday, the demo
Gratis protested against counting the
vote of precinct where the place Of
voting was outside of the precinct, but
within the ward. Had this precinct
been thrown out it would have elected
the democratic candidate for repre-
sentative by plurality of five insteat
Of the republican candidate by 2S
The vote OF the precinct was counted
and the democratic protest filed.
Other technicalities are expected in
the progress of the vote i'll that county
to-day. In Noble county there was a
long contest over 81 scratched tickets
that We're finally thrown out because
they were not properly marked. This
was "a republican loss. Every point is
being contested in the official count OF
the close counties.
Chairman Nash says that the repub-
licans have a safe majority of five or
joint ballot in the legislature. lie ad
mits that the pluralities are small il
some counties, but claims they are safe
He has no doubt of the result i'll any O.
the counties which he claims except
possibly, Wood county, and in the even
of the loss of that representative, he
says the legislature would still stanc
"A republicans to n democrats, ant
have majority of three OIL
joint ballot for senator. Chairman
Nash said the returns from the thir
teenth district showed that the repub
licans had plurality of 432, SO tina
there are no longer any of the state sen
ators in doubt. and the senate will
stand 10 democrats to II republicans
AT republican state headquarters Sun
init county is not considered 50 doubt
full as heretofore, and its two repre-
sentatives are being conceded TO tn
democrats. This would make the hous
6S republicans aud 81 democrats.
Chairman McConnville does not ad
init that the republicans have carrie
the thirteenth district for their cand
date for state senator, and he still
claims the representatives from Noble
Delaware, Wood, Muskingum an
other counties claimed by the reput
licans. He also expects the ot1icia
count to give the democrats two c
the II mem bers of the Legislature
from Cuyahoga county. In all thes
counties and in others, he says
| there will be contests for the seats il
the event of the certificates of election
no np ~, hi :,
man McConnville charges fraud in tn
close counties and in some republica
counties. He says nearly all the clos
counties have gone republican hereto
fore and the republicans still have tn
machinery in those counties. He say
the returns have been held back and
looks suspicious.
Other counties have completed thei
counting, while the doubtful countie
are still at it. He says the result wa
known definitely in Cincinnati Wednes
day morning and he could not get def
mite results, even last night, from Cleve
land, where he expects the vote TO b
very close on two or three members @
the legislature. Chairman McConnvill
will remain here on duty until the offi
cial count of all the counties is CON
pleted.
1t is intimated that the courts will b
resorted to in some cases to proven
the assurance of certificates to republ
can candidates by the election board
HANNA ON THE RESULT.
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