The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-11
HANNA'S MARROW MARGIN.

Republican Plurality on the State Ticket
2S,OOO.-The Legislativs Msj srity Ap.
pears to bs WAninK-Changs Of IS Votes
Properly Distributed Would save Three
Counties to tho Democrats and Give
Them the L-g,slsture-Both Sides Will
Esosort to tho Courts.
COLUMBUS. o, Nov. 4.-As the
official canvass of the vote in the 8S |
counties proceeded to day the Re-
publican plurality ON the State ticket |
increased and on the legislative tick
ct the margins became narrower. |
While the Republican plurality on |
the State ticket exceeds $4,000, the
vote on the legislative ticket is al
most as close as it could be. For this
reason there is unusual anxiety at
the respective State headquarters of
both parties. The Republicans claim
that the Legislature stands rs Repub
licans to 70 Democrats on joint bal
lot for Senator and their candidates
for representatives in three of the
close counties have been elected by
the following plurality: Delaware
county, 20; Wood county, %; Noble
county, IS; a total of 142 in the plu
rality of these three counties A
change Of 72 votes properly dlstrib-
uted in these three counties would
therefore have turned the result in
the Legislature by giving these three
representatives to the Democrats.
Then the Legislature would have
stood Y Republicans and 73 Dem
ocrats on joint ballot for Senator.
| Resort TO the Courts.
| Late to night it became known
that the courts will be resorted to
for the purpose of preventing boards
of election from issuing certif Gates
I to the Req ubl'csn card ldates IN Ger
, tain counties. The Reput lican State
committee also has lawyers prepar-
ing cases of contest. The Rapubli-
cans get three repur.s on the face of
the returns from Delaware, Noble
and Wood counties, whose plurali-
ties aggregate only 142 and a change
, of 72 votes would have given the
: Democrats control of the Legislature
: The Republicans claim that the
Democrats also elected members OF
/
! that there were ten counties in the
. State that gave less than 100 plural.
:, ity each for their candidates for the
: Legislature, and that the. Democrats
. secured as many members on these
= small pluralities as the Republicans
i Both sides are preparing for con
tests first in the courts and after
. wards'in the Legislature. AS eacl
i branch of the Legislature is the tri
j btnal of last report in judging O.
the qualifications of its own mem
q bers, the Republican have an ad
. vantage in their control Of the Hous'
~ over the Democrats, who control tn
= Senate. There are SO Senators will
- only two or three contests possibl
!, in that body. ..
In the House there are 100 mem
bers with dozen or more seats tha
can be contested and the Republi
cans claim a majority of seven i
to that body, so that more Democrat
le. could be unseated in the House tina
te Republicans in the Senate. Will
B. both committees are keeping secre
- as to any arrangements for legal PR
~ eeedings, yet it is stated that th
Z. Democratic State committee wi
al seek to epjoin enough certificates {
ne cleo tion from Republican represen
We atives to prevent the Republican
n from organizing tho House and al
We pointing the committee that wi
S Sie consider contests. development
1T VI are expected in the policies of DO,
to parties so far as appealing to Il
C. courts in concerned. !. g..l- 81.
o. One of Hanna's Telegrams From PIitc
he CLEVELAND, O., Nov 4.4Senat
I'D Hanna to day received a large null
lc- ber of telegrams congratulating hi
"a on the result of the election in Obi
W, Among those who sent the messag
los M we're Governor Bushnell, Senat
lev Foraker, Postmaster General Gar
- Secretaries Long and Wilson, 4
torney General McKenna. Senate
FAN banks, Mason, Elkins and Pfltt
ard, Chauncey NJ. Depew, Joseph
ore Manley and scores of others in pu
Jug lie life. 81 -tEri.s.5 u
the Republican Gains in Kansas -,
no oo TOPEKA. Kan. Nov. 4-EIection
~ turns have been received at Rept
10 10 lican headquarters from 63 Kan'
'N oourtios cnt Of 105 and from