The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
CANVASS OF THE COUNTIES.
BOTH SIDES STILL CLAIMING OHIo's
LEGISLATURE.

Change of ~ Votes in Three COun-
ties Would Have Given the Demo-
Gratis Control of the Legislature.
The Total Vote of the state Nearly
1000, 900.
Columbus, o., Nov. 4.-The talk about a
combine in the legislature
against Senator Hanna has sub
sided. pending the interest in the
official counting Of the vote in the close
counties. AS the official canvass of the
vote in the IS counties proceeded to-day,
the republican plurality on the state tick
ct increased, and on the legislative tickets
the margins became narrower.
While the republican plurality on the
state ticket exceeds 2S,OOO, the vote on the
legislative ticket is almost as close as it
could be. For this reason there is still
unusual anxiety at the respective head
quarters of both parties.
The republicans still claim majority
| on joint ballot for senator, and their can
didates for representatives in three of the
close counties have been elected by the
following pluralities: Delaware county,
20; Wood county, 2S; Noble county, IS;
a total of 142 in the plurality of these three
counties.
A change of 70 votes properly distrlb-
| uted in these three counties would, there
| fore, have turned the result in the legis-
| lature by giving these three deputies to
the democrats. Then the legislature would
have stood 70 republicans and 73 demo-
| Gratis on joint ballot for senator
When it is remembered that the total vote
of Ohio last year was over 1,0O00 900 and is
almost 100000 this year, it is readily seen
| that the margin is such a small percent
| age that 1t cannot be clearly expressed in
| figures or fractions or language. And
this is what makes the democratic COM
| mittee continue to claim the legislature
| and the republican state committee to be
| so closely on guard In watching the count
| ing in the close counties. The official
| count of Delaware county is in, but with
protests and choice of contest from the
| democrats and the same is true of Noble
| county.
| The official count of Wood county may
not be completed until Sunday, although
| it may be finished tomorrow. In Wood
| county the democrats protested against
counting the vote of a precinct where the
I placs Of s'otfng was outside of the pre-
| cinct, but within the ward. Had this pre-
| cinct been thrown out, it would have elect
! ed the democratic candidate for represen-
| tative by plurality of 5, instead of the
republican candidate by 2S The vote of
the precinct was counted and the demo-
cratic protest filed. Other technicalities
are expected in the progress of the vote
! in that county tomorrow.
In Noble county there was long con-
! test over twenty-seven scratched tickets
that were finally thrown out, because they
were not properly marked. This was a
republican loss. Every point is being con-
tested IN the official count of the close
counties.
Chairman Nash says tonight that the
| republicans have a safe majority on Joint
| ballot in the legislature. He admits that
| the pluralties are small in some counties.
| but says that they are safe. He has no
| doubt of any of the counties which he
| claims, except, possibly Wood county. and
in the event of the loss of that represen-
| tative, he said the legislature would stand
seventy-four republicans to seventy-one
democrats, and have a majority of three
on joint ballot for senator.
Senator Nash said this afternoon: 1.-The
returns from the Thirteenth district show
that the republicans have a plurality of
4S2, so that there is no longer any of the
state senator's in doubt and the Senate
will stand 19 democrats to IL republicans.
At the republican state headquarters,
Summit county is not considered so doubt
full as heretofore, and it's two representa-
tives are being conceded to the democrats.
This would make the House stand 58 re-
pubhcans aud 81 democrats.
Chairman McConVille does not admit that
the republicans have carried the Thirteenth
district for their candidate for senator,
and he still claims the representatives
from Noble, Delaware, Wood, Muskingum
and other counties claimed by the republi-
q "a al 10 erfxr
the democrats two of the twelve members
of the legislature from Cuyahoga county
In all these counties there will be contest
for the sea is in the event of certificates of
election being given to the republicans He
charges fraud In the close counties and in
some republican counties. He says nearly
all the close counties have gone republican
heretofore, and the republicans still have
the machinery in these counties. He says
the returns have been held back and it
looks suspicious.
Other counties have completed the count
ing which the doubtful counties are still
at. He says the result was known definite
ly in Cincinnati yesterday morning, and he
cannot get definite results even from
Cleveland, where he expects the vote to be
very close on. two or three members of the
legislature.
Chairman Mcconville will remain here
until the official count Of the counties has
arrived.
Cincinnati, o., Nov. 4-Senator-elect
Louis Voight, one of the independent re-
publicans elected In Hamilton county, was
asked how he stood on political matters
Mr. Voight replied: IT am republican,
sound money man, and Furthermore
am supporter of the present national
administration"
How win you vote on United States
senator?"
81 shall vote for republican" replied
Mr. Voight.
"Wil you vote for HANNAH"
''That 1 will not say, nor win say for
whom 1 shall vote"
"wnl you attend the republican eau
cus?'
"I will not"
'In the event that Hanna is the choice
of the republican caucus for United States
senator will you vote for him?"
THAT I win not say. 1 repeat that
shall vote for a republican for United
States senator, but will not go farther
than that until the time comes to vote"
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