Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-05
ANTI-HANNAC0 COMBINE
TALK ABOUT 1T SUBSIDIES, PEND
ING COUNT OF VOTE.
LEGISLATURE STILL In DOUBT.
Both Sides Continue to Claim a
Majority 0a Joint Ball0t-Dem0-
cratic Protests and Notices of
Contest
Contest

pending the interest In the Official count
ing of the vote in the close counties. AS
the Official canvass Of the vote in the
elghty-eight counties proceeded to-day.
the Republican plurality on the state
ticket increased. and on the legislative
tickets the margins became narrower.
While the Republican plurality on the
State ticket exceeds 5000, the vote on
the legislative ticket is almost as close
as 1t could be. For this reason there is
still unusual anxiety at the State head
quarters of both parties
The Republicans still claim that the
Legislature stands 70 Republicans to 70
Democrats, on joint ballot, for senator,
and that their candidates for representa-
tives In three close counties have been
elected by the following pluralities: Della
ware county, 20; Wood county, %: Noble
county, S-a total of 142 in the plurality
of these three counties. A change OF 12
votes properly distributed 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
72 Republicans and 70 Democrats on joint
ballot for senator. When it is remember
ed that the total vote of Ohio last year
was over 1,0O00 900, and is almost 100000
this year, 1t is readily seen that II is such
small percentage that II cannot be
clearly expressed in figures or fractions
or language. and this is what makes the
Democratic State Committee continue to
claim the Legislature and the Republican
State Committee to be so closely on guard
In watching the counting in the close
counties.
DEMOCRATIC PROTESTS.
The official count OF Delaware county
Is in, but with protests and notice or
contest from the Democrats, and the
same is true OF Noble county.
The official count of Wood county may
not be completed until Saturday, although
II may be finished tomorrow.
In Wood county to-day the Democrats
protested against counting the vote OF a
precinct where the place Of voting was
outside of the precinct but within the
ward. Had this precinct been thrown out,
it would have elected the Democratic
candidate for representative by plu-
rality of five, instead of the Republican
candidate, by twenty EIGHT. The vote of
the precinct was counted, and the Demo
cratic protest fled Other technicalities
in that county tomorrow. In Noble
county there was a long contest 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 contested in
the official count Of the close counties
Chairman Nash says tonight that the
Republicans have safe majority OF five
on joint ballot in the Legislature. he
IL, i,
some counties, but claims they are SAFE
He has no doubt of the result in any
OF the counties which he claims. except
possibly Wood county, and in the event
OF the loss of that representative, he
says the Legislature would still stand 76
Republicans to II Democrats, and have a
majority of three on joint ballot for
senator.
Chairman Nash said the returns from
the Thirteenth District showed that the
Republicans had plurality OF 4S2. so that
there is no longer any doubt as 10 any Oh
the State senators, and the Senate will
stand 10 Democrats to IL Republicans.
At Republican State headquarters sum
nit county Is not considered so doubtful
as heretofore, and It's two representatives
are being conceded to the Democrats
This would make the House 5S Republi-
cans and 81 Democrats.
THE DEMOCRATIC CLAIM.
Chairman McConvlle does not admit
that the Republicans have carried the
Thirteenth District for their candidate
for State senator, and he still claims
the representatives from Noble, Dela-
ware, Wood. Muskingum, and other coun-
ties claimed by the Republicans. He also
expects the official count to give the
Democrats two of the twelve members OF
the Legislature from Cuyahoga county.
In these counties, and in others, he says
there will be contests for the seats, In
the event of certificates Of election being
given to the Republicans.
Chairman McConville charges fraud in
the close counties and in some Republican
counties. He says nearly all the close
counties have gone Republican hereto
fore, and the Republicans still have the
machinery in these counties. He says the
returns have been held back, and 1t
looks suspicious. Other counties nave
completed their count, while the doubtful
counties are still at 1t. He says the re-
suit was known definitely in Cincinnati
Yesterday morning, but he cannot get
definite results even from Cleveland.
where he expects the result to be very
close on two or three members of the
Legislature.
Chairman McConville will remain here
until the official count of all the counties
is completed.
HANNA CONGRATULATED.
CLEVELAND, o.. November 4.-Sena-
tor Hanna to-day received a large nuns
Der of kilograms congratulating him OIL
the result OF the election In Ohio. Among
those who sent messages were Governor
Bushnell, Senator Foraker. Postmaster
General Gary, Secretaries Long and Will
son, Attorney General McKenna, Sena-
tors Fairbanks, Mason, Pritchard, and
Elkins, Chauncey NJ. Depew, Joe Manley,
and scores of other men In public life.
COURTS TO BE RESORTED TO.
COLUMBUS, O., November 4.-Late to-
night IT became known that the courts
would be resorted TO for the purpose OF
preventing the boards OF election from is
suing certificates to the Republican candi-
dates I'm certain counties. The cases will
be brought In the lower courts. and
thence taken to the Supreme Court as
soon as possible. The Republican State
Committee also has lawyers preparing
cases OF contest.
The Republicans get three representa-
tiyes on the fact OF the returns from
Delaware. Noble, and Wood counties,
whose pIuraiities aggregate only l42, and
a change of u votes would have given the
Democrats control of the Legislature.
The Republicans claim that the Demo-
Gratis have also elected members OF the
Legislature on close margins; that there
were ten counties In the State that gave
less than 10 plurality for their candidates
for the Legislature, and that the Demo-
crats secured as many members on these
small pluralities as the Republicans. Both
sides are preparing for contests, frst In