The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-05
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BAIIlMOREI Mo, NOV. IAN OH
cial count of the ballots cast on Tues
dag last, made In most OF the counties
to-day,leaves no further for doubt
that the Republicans have control of
both branches OF the legislature, and
that a Republican will succeed Arthur
p. German in the United States SEN
ate. Five members OF the assembly and
one senator were taken from the DEM
ocratlc list OF probabilities and added
to that OF the Republicans. Three Of the
members and the senator are from Tai
bot county and one member each from
Prince Georges and Carroll. This gives
the Republicans 40 members In the
house and the Democrats AZ. It also
gives the Republicans IS senators to s
for the Democrats, and a majority on
joint ballot Of II.
The result in Talbot county arose
from the fact that eighteen votes in
T,igham precinct had been counted
twice for the Democratic ticket. This
be'ug corrected gnye tho Republican
~sIet,alatlSe sau1plahA aajsrijesvEa1Ez
iRg from sixteen 10 nlnetisn Vstss, In
Prince Georges a similar correction
elected Underwood, (Republlcan), by
four votes. While In Carroll thc re-
count showed that Stansbury, (Repub-
lican), defeated Grouse. (Democrat). by
twenty-thFee votes. The doubtful
votes in Montgomery and Washington
counties also went to the Republicans
bg small majorities.
The Democratic state headquarters
were closed to-day and all the members
of the state committee have gone to
their respective homes. Before leaving,
however, Chairman Murray Vandlver
gave out the following statement:
"As far as The joint convention OF the
general assembly Is concerned, the
matter is not entirely settled and viii
not be until the official returns are
made Ut. In regard to the house OF
delegates. / am still Of the opinion that
the Democrats will hive n majority in
that body and will organize It, The
election In several of the counties Is so
close that II is impossible to tell at
present which side has won and | be-
iIeve a recount win be demanded In
MONTGOMERY county by the Democrats,
who claim that they have elected at
least one, and possibly two members OF
the house. while the Republicans claim
that they have elected all three. A re-
count may also be demanded In Talbot
and In Carroll counties to determine
the result with certainty, AZ any rate
we have not given up our expectation
OF controlling the house whether we
have q majority on joint ballot or not.
"The Democratic candidates who have
been defeated in the close counties
have been In many instances noted as
antl-GOrmnn men, while In the same
counties the German men have been
elected. In one or two Instances, which
] could specify these men were cut
simply because they were not believed
to be German men, This shows that
the nti-Gorman cutlery did not hurt
the Democrats n,the counties, for there
the senator has alw3gR had his strong
hold. To.a large extent am more
convinced than ever by the result Of
this election that the nntl-Gotmnn sem
timent- 10 AMIDST entirely confined 60
the city OF Baltimore and that the
Democrats or the counties are meas
urably free from Il. In my opinion, even
" It should turn out that the senator
IL defeated, he IA stronger to-day in
the country dtstriots OF The state than
he ever was
Among those mbr prominently men
toned as the probable Successor to Sen
ntor German ore Alexander Shaw, for
mer Congressman John " L. Flndlay.
Postmaster General GARY and Con-
gresham Sidney n. Mudd.