The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-05
1T NOW EXCEEDS TWENTY.
EIGHT THOUSAND.
Republicans Claim the Legislature
by Five Majority.
THE MARGIN AT ANY RATE Is AS
CLOSE AS POSSIBLE.

Talk About a Combine Against Senator
| Hanna Has Subsided-Democratic
| Chairman McConviIle Not Disposed tn
| Admit Claims of Republicans Still
Crying Fraud in the Close Counties.
Columbus, Ohio, November 4.-Many
talk about crisis in Ohio. Some be-
ileve that crisis is impending. The
talk about com bine in the legislature
agalnt Senator Hanna has subsidized.
pending the interest in the official count
Ing OF the vote in close counties AS the
o1holal canvass of the vote in the SS coun-
ties proceeded today the Republican plu-
raiity on the state increases and the leg
islative tickets appeared to be getting
toward very close shave.
| While the Republican plurality on the
state ticket exceeds 2S, 900, the vote on
the legislative ticket is almost as close as
1t could be. For this reason there is still
unusual anxiety at the respective state
headquarters of both par ties.
The Republicans claim that the legisla-
| ture stands 75 Republicans to 70 Demo-
| Gratis on joint ballot and for senator; that
| their candidates for representatives in
| three OF the close counties have been ell
| ected by the following pluralities il Della
ware county, 80; Wood county, IS; Noble
county, So; total of l42 in the plurality
of these three counties. AFchange OF 10
votes properly distributed in these three
counties would before turned the result
in the legislature by giving these repre-
sentatives to the Democrats. Then the
| legislature would have stood 72 Republi-
cans, " Democrats on joint ballot for
| senator.
| When it is remembered that the total
vote of Ohio last year was over a million
and is almost a million this year it is
| readily seen that n Is such q small DER
centage that 1T cannot be clearly ex-
pressed in figures or language and this
| Is what makes the state committee
| continue to claim the Legislature and
watching the counting in the close coun-
| ties.
The official count of Delaware county
| Is in, but with protests and notices Of
| contests from the Democrats and the same
| is true of Noble county. The official
| count OF Wood county may not be COM
| pleted till Saturday. although the officials
expect to get through tomorrow.
Chairman Nash said tonight that the
Republicans have safe majority of five
on Joint ballot in the legislature He ad-
mits that the majorities are small in
some counties, but claims they are safe.
He has no doubt of the result in many
of the counties which he claims, except
| possibly Wood county, and in the event OF
Of haf %rJc
he says the legislature would stand n
Republicans to II Democrats and have
majority of three on joint ballot for
senator.
Chairman Nash said the returns from
the 18th districtashowed that the Republl.
ans had plurality of 432 SO that there
Is no longer OF the state senator's in
Gratis and II Republicans.
Az the Republican headquarters Sum-
| init county is not considered as doubtful
as heretofore and Its two Representatives
are being conceded to the Democrats.
This would make the house 5S Republi.
cans and 81 Democrats.
| Chairman McConville does not admit
that the Republicans have carried The
| 18th district for their candidate for stats
senator and he claims the representati Va,
from the Noble, Delaware, Wood. Mus
kingua and other counties claimed hv fl.
Republicans. He also expects the offioia
count to give the Democrats two of The
IL members OF the legislature frou
| Cuyahoga county. In ell these countia.
and in others, he says that there will he
contests for the seats in the event of GER
tiflcates of election being given to the Re
publiicans. Chairman McConville charge,
fraud in the close counties and in some
Republican counties. He says nearly al
the close counties have gone Republican
heretofore and the Republicans still have
the machinery in these counties. He says
looks suspicious. Other counties have
completed their counting, while the
doubtful one are still at it. He says
the result was known definitely in Gin
c1nnat1 yesterday monring and he cannot
| get definite results even tonight from
Cleveland, where he expects the vote tc
be very close on two or three of the legis
lature. Chairman McConville will re-
main here until the official count of q l.
| the counties are completed.
THE OHIO LEGISLATURE.
Cleveland, Ohio, November 4.-Col
Dick, Hanna's manager, gave out hil
final table on the result Of tie e1ection ir
Ohio. He gives the Republicans ma
| iority of five on joint ballot as follows
Senators-Republ II; Democrats
lie; Observation-Disclosures Isl
Democrats, 81.
WORD FROM HANNA.
| Manchester, N. H.. November A.
Former Governor P. @. Cheney sent a
congratulatory telegram to Mark Hanna,
upon receipt Of the news that the Repub.
licans had probably carried the legisla-
ture. The following reply was received
| by Mr.. Cheney this evening: