Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-11-04
Democrats Concede State
Ticket In Ohio.
State
LEGISLATURE is VERY CLOSE.
che Republicans Claim 1t by "a Slight
Majority, While the Democrtts Say 1t
Is Still In Doubt--sensationaI Rumors
Afioat In Columbus.

have conceded the election of the Re-
publican state ticket by large plural
tiles The Democratic state committee
announced no definite claims on the
legislature and the Republican state
committee raised its claims to major
ity of five on joint ballot as follows:
Senate-Republican II; Democrats,
49, House-Republicans, So; Demo-
Gratis, 81. Total-Republicans, 10;
Democrats, 70. Wood county had been
conceded to the Democrats until COM
plete returns caused the Republicans to
claim it.
On the returns complete at Republi-
can state headquarters the Democrats
will have a majority of two in the
senate and the Republicans of seven in
the house. In these claims the fusions-
lists from Cincinnati are all counted as
Democrats. The Republicans can or
ganiZe the house without fusion. There
is only one of the four senators, elected
on the fusion ticket in Cincinnati, who
is a Republican and he now becomes a
factor. Ii Senator Voight, of Cincin-
natl. who is Republican elected on the
susioa ticket, should vote with the Re-
publicans on the organization of the
senate or on anything else, mat body
will be tie with Lieutenant Governor
Jones, i.epubican having the deciding
vote. If the democrats had secured
majority of the legislature or the fusion
SITS held the balance of power, it said
that the fusionists would have voted
with the democrats.
The eDubhcans now expect two or
more of the fusion Republicans to vote
with them for senator, in which event
they claim ii majority of seven ON joint
ballot. with n Republicans and SO
Democrats. None of the fusion votes
for senator were counted on by the Re-
publican managers in event they would
be needed by the Democrats to elect
their nominee, but now many specula-
tions are made about the fusion votes
When it was thought that control of
the legislature might depend upon one
vote there was apprehension of trouble
in some counties. Emissaries were seat
OFT from state headquarters to close
counties to catch the counting. The
Ohio Jaw provides that mot less than
one nor more than five days from the
date of election the deputy state super
vlsorS III each county shall begin the
official canvass of the vote and con-
tinue from Gay to day till completed 3"
In event of protraeted contests in the
close conn les, the suspense might have
continued till the legislature met next
January.
since the change of the claims al
democratic state headquarters on the
complexion of the Legislature two i'm
portant runors have been vigorously
circulate ne j. that John r. Mclean
will b. dressed by the Ohio Democracy
for the Oemocratic nomination for
president in 1900 and Senator Hanna
will have opposition in his own party
for election to the senate. 1t is claimed
by these advocating Mcf an for the
presidential nomination he de-
serves credit for the reduction of the
Republican plurality to less than half
of that it WAS last year and of the Re-
publican majority in the legislature
from so on joint ballot to 5. And the
democrats claim that the majority on
joint ballot would be five the other way
if they had an equal chance on contests.
There are 81 members of the state
senate and only one or two of these dis
tricts that are so close or doubtful as to
admit of contests on which Republican
senators could be unseated.
On the other hand there are 100 of
the house, in which the Republicans
claim a majority of seven, while the
Democrats have majority of two in
the senate. And there are several
counties so close on the vote for repre-
.sentatives that several seats could be
changed IN that body. In tae settle
ment of contested seats the Republi-
cans would have such an advantage in
the house over the Democrats in the
senate that it is NOT likely that the
latter will be aggressors in that matter.
And this may allow the close margin
of the Republicans on joint ballot for
senator to go uncontested in any of the
close counties or before the committee
on elections IN the general assembly.
There is another alleged movement
winch is causing much more comment
and that IS the ramor that Governor
Bushnell will be brought out for sena
tor against Marcus A. Hanna. Allen.
o. Myers, one of the managers at DEM
ocratic state headquarters, announced
that Senator Hanna would never be
elected to the senate on the close JOINT
majority that is claimed, although
Hanna had been endorsed for senator
by the last Republican state convention
the same as Foraker was endorsed by
the Republican state convention two
years ago.
Mr.. Myers said if the close call on
bu6 Legislature W0ub dSdluSb Gue OoIlO.
Gratis in. the official count of the close
counties that the Democrats in the leg
islature would join with a dozen or
more Republican members of that body
in electing Bushnell instead of Hanna
to the senate. Governor Bushnell and
all others involved in this movement,
deny any knowledge of it or that they
would have anything to do with it.
Released ia from Prison.