The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-06
THE OHIO FIGHT
1njuncti0ns to Prevent Issuance
of Election Certificates to Be
Asked For.
This Will Bring the Count in
g Certain Districts Into the
Courts.
Republicans Claim Only One More
Than q Constitutional Joint
Majority.

COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 6.-The contest
for the control Of the legislature will
likely be carried into the courts. The
official returns Of about one.fourth of
the SO counties have been received by
the secretary of state. To the returns
Of close counties protests have been
made. It is proposed now to prevent
the issue of certificates of election to
certain legislative candidates if the
courts will so order.
Interest now centers in the official
counting at Bowling Green of the vote
Of Wood county. The Republican
plurality in that county for representa-
tive was reduced Thursday to 20 and
now it is announced as rs. The Demo.
Gratis claim the representative by ma
jority of 5. Including Wood county's
representative the Republicans claim
the legislature by 70 to IS. If Wood
county should be finally put in the
Democratic list by the official figures
the legislature would stand "a Republi.
cans and II Democrats. While this is
mathematical majority of 3, it is q
constitutional surplus Of only /.
Requires Sevcnty-three to Elect.
1t requires 73 votes, or majority of
all the l45 members to elect senator
OH joint ballot. With only "a Republi-
cans in the legislature, the death of a
Republican member or Republican
vacancy from any cause would leave
the bare majority, and if Wood county
should elect a Democratic representative
there would no doubt be startling de-
velopments at once in at least two other
counties. The proposed legal proceed
ings are believed to be in statu quo,
waiting the completion of official can.
vass of the vote in Wood county.
There are 10 counties in the state that
give plurality each of less than 100 for
their respective legislative candidates,
and Of these close counties both parties
are almost equally the beneficiaries.
The Republicans claim the following
pluralitics in four counties that have
been MOI st hotty contested: Delaware
20. Noble IS, Wood rs.
Vel ~ Slight Change Necessary.
This {s a total of 1s9 plurality for
representatives in the three counties.
A change of 70 votes properly distrib-
uted would have changed the Ohio
legislature to 70 Democrats and u Re.
publica4s and perhaps have changed
the political complexion Of the United
States senate. It is what is at stake as
well as the close shave that causes the
managers Of both parties to fight it ont
with eve Try possible effort that can be
made.
There were over 1000, 900 votes cast
in Ohio last year and it was estimated
that there were 800, 1000 votes c..st last
Tuesday, of which the deciding ~ votes
Is an indnitesimal per cent. In Hook.
ing and Ninton counties the Democrats
elect their representative by plurality
of Is and by about the same plurality
in Van YWert county, while in Summit
county the Democrats elect two repre-
sentativbs on pluralities that are said tc
be as close as those of Wood and Della.
ware counties. The Republicans claim
that change of less than 200 votes
would give them four more representa-.
tives il4 the counties Of Summit, Var
Vert, Hooking and Vinton.
The olbly trouble reported from the
boards making the official counts were
in Noble aud Wood counties and those
were simply animated discussions
These official counts are proceeding in
the cou(nties again today. No disturb