The advocate., 1897-11-10

1t Is also higher than the vote cast for
any Republican candidate for President
in this State except the vote for Nc
Kinley last year. The Democrats have
only once polled bigger vote, when
Boise was candidate in 1891.
oHIO--While the Republican plural
ity on the State ticket exceeds $4,000,
the vote on the Legislative ticket Is all
most as close as It could be. For this
reason there Is still unusual anxiety at
the State headquarters Of both parties.
The courts will be resOrted to for the
purpose Of preventing boards of election
from issuing certificates to the Republi-
can candidates In certain counties. The
cases will be brought in the lower courts
and then to the Supreme court as soon
as possible. The Republican State COM
mittee aleady has lawyers preparing
cases Of contests. Both sides are prepar-
ing for contests, first In the courts and
afterward in the Legislature. AS each
branch of the Legislature is the tribunal
of last resort In judging Of the Qualihca-
tiOns OF It's own members, the Republi-
cans have an advantage in their con-
troll of the House over the Democrats,
who control the Senate. There are 36
Senators, with only two or three contests
possible In that body In the House
there are 109 members, with dozen or
more seats that can be contested, and
the Republicans claim a majority OF
seven In that body, 80 that more Demo-
Gratis could be unseated in the House
than Republicans In the Senate.
NEBRASKA.-Return by counties
have served to slightly reduce previous
estimates of fusion pluralities, They
also show that the Republicans made
gains in county offices. Sixty-seven out
OF eighty-eight counties In the State give
Sullivan, fusion, for Supreme Judge, 49,
SjS; Post, Republican, 66,708. The re-
naming counties will not materially
change this result.
MARYLAND.--An official count of the
ballots cast on Tuesday last, made In
most of the counties to-day, leaves no
further room for doubt that the Repub-
licans have control OF both branches OF
the Legislature, and that a Republican
will succeed Arthur p German In the
United States Senate. Five members OF
the Assembly and one Senator were
taken from the Democratic list OF prOba-
bllities and added to that of the Republi-
cans.
VIRGINIA. latest returns give
the Democrats all the Senators elected,
and "a and perhaps 95 members OF the
House. The Republicans get 4, perhaps
5, members OF the House. and the Inde-
pendents / member. The Democrats
made heavy gains in the southwest and
in the valley.
COLORAD0.--The Rocky Mountain
News has specials giving complete re-
turns of all but six counties. The miss
ing counties are all far from railroads
and are but sparsely populated. Esti-
mates have been made O4 their vote and
the result gives Gabbert $500 plurality
over Hayt Republican. The Republican
leaders, while admitting the present re-
turns are unfavorable, do not concede
Gabbert's election, maintaining that only
the official canvass will decide who has
won.
KENTUCKY.-There Is little interest
in tho size OF SchaklefoTd's majority, as
1t is conceded to be somewhere In the
neighborhood of $4,000. The Democrats
have won or increased their vote every
where, The efforts at fusion between
the Republican and gold standard Dem
OCrats in local contests failed signally,
chiefly because the negroes would mot
support the fusion tickets, large por-
tiOn Of them selling their votes To the
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