Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-11-05

COLUMBUS, Nov. 5.-The talk about a
combine in the legislature against
Senator Hanna has subsidized, pending
the interest in the official counting of
the vote in close counties. AS the
official canvass of the vote in the So
counties proceeds the Repu blican plu-
rality on the state ticket increases and
on the legislative tickets 1T appears to
be getting toward very close shave.
While the Republican plurality on
the state ii ket exceeds $4,000. the vote
on the legislative ticket is almost as
close as it could be. For this reason
there is still unusual anxiety at the
respective state headquarters of both
parties.
The Republicans still claim that the
legislature stands 70 Republicans and
70 Democrats en- joint ballot for sena-
tor, and that their candidates for repre-
sentatives i'll three of the close counties
have been elected by the following plu-
ralities Delaware county. 30; Wood
county, rs. and Noble county, So, T.,
tai of 142 in the pluralities Of these
three counties. A change of 70 votes,
properly distributed in these three
counties, would therefore have turned
these three representatives to the Dem
ocrats. Then the legislature would
have stood 72 Republicans and 70 Dem
ocrats ON joint ballot for senator.
When it is remembered that the total
vote of Ohio last year was over one
million and is almost one million this
wear, 1t is readily seen that II is such
small percentage 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 and the
Republican state committee to be so
closely on guard in watching the count
ing in close counties. The official count
of Delaware county is in, but with pro-
tests and notices of contests from the
Democrats and the sameis true of Noble
county. The official count of Wood
county may not be completed till Satur-
day although they expect to get through
today.
In Wood county the Democrats pro-
tested against counting the vote of a
precinct where the place of voting was
ontside of the precinct, but within the
ward. Had this precinct been thrown
out it would have elected the Demo-
cratic candidate for representative by
plurality of five instead of the Republi-
can candidate by %.
The vote of the precinct was counted
and the Democratic protest filed. Other
technicalitles are expected in the prog
ress of the vote in that county today.
In Noble county there was a long pro-
test over 81 scratched tickets that were
finally thrown out because they were
not properly marked. This was Re-
publican loss. Every point is being
contested in the official count of the
close counties.
Chairman y ash says that the Repub-
icons have a safe majority of five on
joint ballot in the legislature. He ad-
mits that the pluralities are small in
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
"a Republicans to II Democrats and
have majority of three on joint bal
lot for senator. Chairman Nash said
the returns from the Thirteenth district
showed that the Republicans had a
plurality of 432, so that there is no Ion
ger any of the state senators in doubt,
and the senate will stand 19 Democrats
to II Republicans.
At Republican state headquarters,
Summit county is not considered so
doubtful as heretofore and its two rep
resentati9es are being conceded to the
Democrats. This would make the
house So Republicans and 81 Democrats
Chairman McConville 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, Delaware,
Wood, Ausklugum and other counties
claimed by the Republicans. He also
expects the o.ticial count to give the
Democrats two of the - members of
the legislature from Cuyahoga county.
In all these counties and in others he
says there will be contests for the seats
IN the event of the certificates of cleo
ton being given to the Republicans.
Chairman McConville charges fraud
in the close counties and in some Re-
publican counties. He says nearly all
the close counties have gone Republican
heretofore and the Republicans still
have the machinery in those counties.
He says the returns have been held
back and it looks suspicious. Other
counties have completed their couating
while the doubtful counties are still at
1t. He says the result was known def
nitely in Cincinnati Wednesday morn
ing and he cannot get definite results
yet from Cleveland where he expects
the vote to be very close on two or three
members OF the legislature. Chairman
McConville will remain here on duty
until the official count of all the coun-
ties is completed.
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