The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-04
Such a Narrow Majority in
Legislature Indicates
THE BOSS Is DEFEATED
MR., BRYAN Makes A STATE
MENT ON THE ELECTION.
MARYLAND LEGISLATURE DOUBTFUL
The Gold Bug Boilers Made no Showing
What Hon. Fred Williams Says Chairman
Iones and State Chairman hlanly Talk
--Returns From States.

Jones and State Chairman hlanly Talk
--Returns From States.
Columbus, o., Nov. 3.-This has haan
a day OF anxiety for the ONO poiticians:
IT opene,. with the Republicans ana
Democrats both claiming the electlon OF
their Stale tickets and majority Oh
the members OF the legislature. before
noon the Democrats conceded the eIec-
ton of the Republican State ticket py
larger pluralities than We're klVen last
night by the Republicans. Io-nlSht the
Democratic State Committee announced
no definite claims on the legislature ana
the Republican State Committee raised
its claims TO Il majority Of i've ON joint
ballot as follows:
Senate-17 Republicans; 10 Democrats.
House-5S Republicans; 5l Democrats.
Totals 10 Republicans; 40 Demo
Gratis.
Wood county had been conceded to the
Democrats until tonight, when the
complete returns caused the Republicans
TO claim it.
On the returns complete at Republican
State headquarters, the Democrats VIII
have a majority of two in the Senate
and the Republicans OF seven In the
House.
In these claims, the fusionists from
Cincinnati are all counted as Democrat
ic. The Republicans can organize the
House without fusion. There is only one
Of the four Senators, elected on the fu-
sion ticket, in Cincinnati, who is lie
publican and he now becomes factor.
Ii Senator yoight, of Cincinnati, who is
4 Republican, elected ON the fusion tick
ct. should vote with the Republicans ON
the organization of the Senate or on
ANYTHING else, that body will be tie
with Lieutenant Governor Jones, Re-
publican having the deciding vote. LII
the Democrats had secured a majority
of the legislature or the fuSionlsts held
the balance of power, it is said that the
fusionists would have voted with the
Democrats. The Republicans now expect
two or more of the fusion Republicans
to vote with them for Senator, in which
event they claim a majority of seven on
Joint ballot, with * Republicans and
6S Democrats. None of the fusion votes
for Senator were counted on by the
Republican managers in event they
would be needed by the Democrats to
elect their nominee, but now many spec
ulations are made about the fusion
votes.
When 1t was thought to-day that con-
troll of the legislature might depend up
on one vote, there was apprehension OF
trouble in some counties. Emissaries
were sent out from State headquarters
to close counties to watch the counting.
The Ohio law provides that mot less
than one nor more than five days from
the date of election the deputy State SUI
peryisors in each county shall begin the
official canvass of the vote and continue
from day to day till completed" In
event of protracted contests in the close
counties, the suspense of to-day might
have continued till the legislature met
next January.
Since the change of the claims at
Democratic State headquarters tonight
on the complexion of the Legislatu ture.
two important rumors have been rigor.
Ausly circulated, one Is that John II.
Mclean will be pressed by the OHIO
Democracy for the Democratic nnmina-
ton for President in 1900 and that Sen
ator Hanna will have opposition in his
own party for election to the Senate.
It Is claimed by those advocating Nc
Lean for the Presidential nomination
that he deserves credit for the reduction
Of the Republican plurality to less than
half Of what it was last year and of the
from eighty on joint ballot to fve And
the Democrats claim that the majority
on Joint ballot would be five the other
way if they had an equal chance on
contests. There are SO members of the
State Senate and only one or two OF
those districts that are so close or
doubtful as to admit OF contests on which
Republican Senators could be unseated.
On the other hand there are 100 men,
bers Of the House in which the Republi-
cans claim a majority of seven while
the Democrats have a majority of two
I'm the Senate. And there are several
counties so close on the vote for Rep
resentatives that several seats could be
changed in that body. In the settlement
Of contested seats, the Republicans
would have such an advantage in the
House over the Democrats in the Sen
ate that it is not likely that the latter
will be aggressive in that matter. And
this may allow the close margin of the
Republicans on joint ballot for Sena-
tors to go uncOntested in any of the
close counties or before the committees
on elections in the General Assembly.
There is another alleged rumor which
ls causing much more comment and
that is the rumor that Governor Bush
nell will be brought out for Senator
against Marcus A. Hanna. Allen o.
Myers, one Of the managers at Demo
cratic State headquarters, announces
tonight that Senator Hanna would nev
er be elected to the Senate on the close
Joint majority that is claimed, although |
Hanna had been endorsed for Senator !