The leader., 1897-11-10
A DAY OF ANXIETY.
Counter Claims by Republicans
and Democrats.


coed Hanna-Republican finances
Improve as the Day Advances
COLUMBUS, o., Nov. 4-Yesterday
was day OF anxiety with the Ohio
politicians 1t opened with the repub-
Leans and democrats both claiming
the election of their state tickets and
majority Of the members of the legis-
lature. Before noon the democrats
conceded the election of the republi-
can state ticket by larger pluralities
than were given Tuesday night in the
earliest of these dispatches as the
claims II the republicans.
Last night the democratic state COM
mittec announced no definite claims on
the legislature and the republican
state committee raised its claim to q
ma ority of five on joint ballot, as fol-
lows: Senate, IL republicans, 10 dem
ocrats; house, IS republicans, 81 demo-
Gratis Total, IS republicans, 20 demo-
Gratis.
Wood county had been conceded to
the democrats until last night, when
the complete returns caused the re-
publicans to claim it.
On the returns, complete, at repub-
lican state headquarters, the demo-
Gratis will have u 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 democrats.
The republicans can organize the
house without fusion. There is only
one OF the four senators, elected on the
fusion ticket in Cincinnati, who is a
republican, and he now becomes fac
tor. If Senator Voight, OF Cincinnati,
who is a republican elected on the fu-
sion ticket, should vote with the re-
publicans on the organization of the
senate, or on anything else, that body
will be a tie with Lieut.. Gov. Jones
(rep.) having the deciding vote.
If the democrats had secured ma
jority of the legislature, or the fusion
lists held the balance of power, it is
said that the fusionists would have
voted with the democrats.
more of the fusion republicans to vote
with them for senator, in which event
they claim q majority of seven on joint
ballot, with ~ republicans and 6S dem
ocratS.
None of the fusion votes for senator
were counted on by the republican
managers in the event they would be
needed by the democrats to elect their
nominee, but now many speculations
are made about the fusion votes.
When it was thought yesterday that
control of the legislature might de-
pend upon one vote, there was appre-
hension of trouble in some counties.
Emissaries were sent out from state
headquarters to close counties to watch
the counting. The Ohio law provides
that Not less than one nor more than
five days from the day of election dep
uty state supervisors in each county
shall begin the official canvass of the
vote and continue from day to day I'M
til compile ted
In the event of protracted contests in
the close counties, the suspense might
have continued until the legislature
met next January. Since the change
of claims at the democratic state head
quarters last night on the complexion
of the legislature, two important ru-
mors have been vigorously circulated.
One is that John X. Mclean will be
pressed by the Ohio democracy for the
democratic nomination for president IN
1900 and that Senator Hanna will have
opposition in his own party for
election to the senate. 1t is
claimed by those advocating Mclean
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 republican majority in the legis-
lature from so on joint ballot to five.
And the democrats claim that the ma
jority on joint ballot would be five the
other way if they had an equal chance
on contests. There are SO members of
tie state senate, an 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 mem
bers of the house, in which the repub-
licans claim majority of seven. while
the democrats have IA majority of two
in the senate. There are several coun-
ties so close ON the vote for represen Ia
tives that several seats could be
changed in that body. In the settle
ment of contested seats the republi-
cans would have such an advantage in
the house over the democrats in the
senate that it is not likely that the
latter will be aggressors in the mat
ter. And this may allow the close
margin of the republicans on joint bal
lot for senator to go uncontested in
any of the close counties or before the
committees on elections in the general
assembly.
There is another alleged movement
which is causing much more comment,
and that is the rumor that Gov. Bush
mel will be brought out for senator
against Marcus A. Hanna.
Gov. Bushnell and all others involved
in this movement deny any knowledge
of it or that they would have anything
to do with it.
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Secretary Sherman Statistic ell.