The record-union., 1897-11-05
Their Plurality on the State Ticket Over
TWenty-Eight Thousand.
Incomplete Returns From New
York State Give Parker (Dem.)
for Chief Justice Of the Court OF
Appeals a Plurality of 56,O5S-
Republicans Have a Majority on
Joint Ballot in the Maryland
Legislature.

COLUMBUS (O), Nov. 4.-Many talk
about a crisis in Ohio. Some believe
hat a crisis is impending. The talk
about a combine in the Legislature
against Senator Hanna has subsided
pending the interest in the official
counting of the vote in close counties
AS the official canvass of the vote IN
the eighty-eight coun les proceeded to-
day, the Republican plurality on the
State ticket increased, and on the legls-
1ative tickets it apDeared to be getting
toward a very close shave. While the
Republican plurality on the State ticket
exceeds 2S000 the vote on the leglSia-
tive ticket is almost as close as it could
be. For this reason there is still un-
usual anxiety at the State headquarters
of both parties.
The Republicans still claim that the
LEGISLATURE stands IS Republicans to
40 Democrats on joint ballot for Sena-
tor, and that their candidates for Rep-
resentatives in three of the close coun-
ties have been elected by the following
pluralities: Delaware County, -; Woou
County, 2S; Noble County, So-a total OF
142 on the pluralities of these countess
A change of seventy-two votes properly
distributed in these three countles
would, therefore, have turned the result
in the legislature by giving these three
Representatives to the Democrats. Ihen
the Legislature would have stood .
Republicans and 13 Democrats on JOINT
ballot for Senator.
When It is remembered that the total
vote of Ohio last year was over looo'OoU
and that it was almost l,OOo,OUo TINS
year. if is readily seen that II is such
small uercentage that it cannot be
clearly expressed in figures, or fractions
or language. And this is what makes
the Democratic State Committee con-
tinue to claim the Legislature, ana the
Republican State Committee TO be 50
closely on guard in watching the
counting in the close counties.
The official count of Delaware County
is in. but with protests and notices OF
contest from the Democrats. and the
same is true of Noble County. The ON
cial count of Wood county will not De
completed till Saturday, although they
expect to get through tomorrow.
In Wood County to-day the Demo
Gratis protested against counting lhe
vote of a precinct, where the place ol
voting was outside of the precinct, pu'
within the ward. Had this preclhcl
been thrown out, it would have elecleu
the Democratic candidate for Repre-
sentative by plurality of ., instead VI
the Republican candidate by % Inc
vote of the precinct was counted anu
the Democrats filed a protest Othei
tachnicalities are expected in the pro-
GROSS of the vote in that county To-
morrow
In Noble County there was long con-
+eet over 27 scratched tickets that were
finally thrown out because they We're
not nroDerly marked This was a Re
publican loss a.,
Everv point is being contested in the
official count of the close counties.
Chairman Nash says tonight tha'
the Republicans have a safe majority
of five on joint ballot in the Leglsiatuie (, :,
He admits that the pluralities are snian
in some counties, but claims they ai
safe. He has no doubt of the result III
any counties which he claims exceptlis
possiblv Wood County, and in the eVen'
of the loss of that Representative, ne
savs the LEGISLATURE would sun stdnu
"a Republicarfs to II Democrats, ana
have majority of 3 on joint ballot foi
Senator. eu,,
chairman Nash said the returns from
tho Thirteenth District showed that the
panublicans had a plurality OF 4o-, -
.,,at tbere is no longer any of the state
ea,,ators in doubt, and the Senate VIII
e+apd 10 Democrats to il Republicans
A. Papublican State headquarters
e....,,,,;+ County is not considered 81
,to,,h+ful as heretofore, and ITS TWO fsep-
a,,+atives are being conceded 10 the
IS-.-,ao,-o+s This would make the House
- po,,,,brieans and 81 Democrats.
wiz pE CONTESTS IN COURTS
ror r-tRIrS COD, Nov. 4.-l>ate To-
- = became known that the courts
,,-e,,la ha resorted to for the purpose oi
,,,.a,,a,,ti,o Boards of Election from IS
,.,,i,er cf,-t3ficates TO the Repuohcah
.,ardidafes in certain counties Ihe
cases win be brought in the lowei
courts and thence to the Supreme Cour'
as soon as possible. The RepupilcaA
Stata Committee already has lawyers
preparing cases of contest. The Re-
publicans get three Representatives VI
the face of the returns from Delaware
Noble and Wood Counties, whose piu-
ralities aggregate only L., ana
(nanE& oil ~ votes WNdtN A~AfN -
the Democrats control of the Legisia-
ture.
The Republicans claim that the DEM
ocrats also elected members of the Leg
islature on close margins, and tna'
there were ten counties in the state
that gave less than loo plurality each
for the candidates for the Legislature
and the Democrats elected as many
members on these small pluralities as
the Republicans.
Both sides are preparing for contests
in the courts, and afterward IN the Leg
islature. As each branch of the Legis-
lature is the tribunal Of last resort in
Judging of the qualifications of its own
members. the Republicans have an ad-
vantage in their control of the House
over the Democrats, who control the
Senate. There are thirty-six Senators
with only two or three contests possible
IN that body. In the House there are
100 members. with a dozen or more
seats that can be contested, and the
Republicans claim majority OF seven
In that body, so that more Democrats