The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-09
THE OHIO LEGISLATURE
STILL CLAIMED BY THE LEAF.
ERS OF BOTH PARTIES

Republicans Claim Five Majority on Joint
Bailot-Democrats Claim Final Results
in Several Close Countits VIII Give T,,em
the Majority-Seventy. Democratic
Votes Needed to Turn Three Counties.
Charges of ErauG-Democrats Contesting
Every Point
Columbus, Ohio, November 4--The
talk about a combine in the legislature
against Senator Hanna has subsidized.
pending the interest in the official
counting of the vote in the close coun-
ties.As the official canvass Of the vote
in the So counties proceeded today the
republican plurality on the state ticket
increased n on the legislative tickets
the margins became narrower. While
the republican plurality on the state
ticket exceeds 28, 900 the vote on tn. leg
islative tickle is almost as close as it
could be. For this reason there is still
unusual anxiety at the respective state
headquarters of both parties.
The republicans still claim that the
legislature stands Is republicans to 10
democrats on joint ballot for senator
and that their candidates for represent
atiVeSi in three Of the close n
have been elected by the following
pluralitie5: Delaware county 20, Wood
county %, Noble 50, a total Of 142 in the
plurality OF these three counties. A
change Of Y votes properly distributed
in these three counties would. there
fore, have turned the result in the leg
islature by giving these three repre-
SentatiVeS to the democrats. Then the
legislature would ave stood Y repub-
lfcans and 70 democrats on Joint ballot
for senator.
When it is remembered that the total
vote Of Ohio last year was over 1,000,-
coo and is almost 1000, 900 MS year, it is
readily seen that ~ is such a snail
percentage hat 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
Noble county. The official count of
Delaware county is in but with pro-
tests and notice of contests from the
democrats, ard the same is true of
Noble county. The official count of
Wood county may not be completed I'M
til Saturday although it may be finish
ed tomorrow.
In Wood county today the democrats
protested against counting the vote of
Il 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 representative
by a plurality of 5 instead of the re-
publican candidate by %. The vote of
OF the precinct was counted and the
democratic protest filed. Other tecnni-
calities are expected in the progress Of
the vote in that county tomorrow. In
Noble county there was a long contest
over q scratched tickets that were
finally thrown out because they were
not properly marked. This was a re-
publican loss. Every point is being
contested in the official count of the
close counties.
Chairman Nash says tonight that the
republicans have a safe majority of 5
on joint ballot in the legislature. He
admits that the pluralities are small in
some counties, blu claims they are safe.
He has no doubt of the result in any
of the counties which he claims except
possibly Wood county and in the event
of the loss of that representative he
say the Legislature will still stand "A
republicans to II democrats and have
a majority of three on joint ballot for
senator. Chairman Nash aid the re-
turns from the Thirteenth district
showed that the republicans had a plu-
rality of 1872 so that there is no longer
any of the state senators in doubt and
the senate will stand 10 democrats to II
republicans.
At republican state headquarters
Summit county is not considered so
doubtful as heretofore and its two rep
resentatives are being conceded to the
democrats. This would make the house
IS republicans and 81 democrats.
Chairman McCOnville Toe not admit
that the republicans have carried the
Thirteenth district for their candidate
for state senator and he still claims the
representatives from Noble, Delaware,
Wood, Muskingum and other counties
claimed by the republicans. He alsO
expects the official count to give the
democrats two of the twelve members
of the Legislature from Cuyahoga
county. In all these counties and in
others he say there will be contests
for the seats in the event CT certificates
of election being given to the republic
cans.
Chairman McConville charges fraud
in the close counties and in some re-
publican counties. He says nearly all
the close counties were republican here
tofore and the republicans still have the
machinery in these counties. He says
the returns have been ED back n it
looks suspicious. Other have
completed their counting while the
doubtful counties are still at it. He
says the result was known definitely
in Cincinnati yesterday morning and he
cannot get definite results even tonight
from Cleveland where he expects the
vote to be very close on two or three
members of the legislature.
Why allow yourself to be slowly tor
tured at the stake of disease? Chills