The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-04

Columbus. o., Nov. 3.-This has been
a day of anxiety with the Ohio poll
ticians. 1t opened with the Republic
ans and Democrats both claiming the
election of their state tickets and q
majority of the legislature. This fore
moon the Democrats conceded the cleo
ton of the Republican state ticket by
larger pluralities than were given last
night in the earliest Of these dis
patches as the claims of the Republic
ans. Tonight the Democratic state
committee announced no definite claims
on the legislature and the Republican
state committee raised its claims to a
majority to five on joint ballot, as fol-
lows: Senate II Republicans. 10 Dem
ocrats. House SIS Republicans, 81 Dem
ocrats. Total 10 Republicans, 20 Dem
ocratS.
REPUBLICAN CLAIMS.
the Democrats until tonight when the
complete returns caused the Republic
ans to claim it.
On the returns complete at Repub-
lican state headquarters the DEM
ocrats Will have a majority of
in the senate and the Re
puphcans Of in the house. The
4OSAOAlicNS LlDlIl AlAC1ludlA are d1l
counted as Democratic. The Republic
ans can organize the house without
them. Senator Voight is the only one
of the four senators elected on the flu
sion ticket in Cincinnati who is a Re
publican, and he now becomes a fac
Tor. + Senator NOight should vote with
the Republicans on the organization of
the senate or on anything else, that
body viii be a tie, with Lieutenant
Governor Jones, Republican, having the
deciding vote
The Republicans now next expect two
or more of the Republicans to vote with
them for senator. in which event they
claim majority Of on joint ballot,
or more Of the Democrats to vote with
When it was thought today that the
control Of the legislature might
DEPEND UPON ONE VOTE
there was apprehension of trouble in
some counties. EmisSarieS We're sent
out from state headquarters to close
counties to watch the counting. The
Ohio law provides that mot less than
one nor more than five days from the
date Of election the deputy state su-
pervisOrS in each county shall begin the
official canvass of the vote and con-
tinue from day to day until completed"
In event Of prOtracted contest in close
counties, Z suspense of today might
next January.
Since the change Of the claims at
Democratic state headquarters tonight
on the complexion Of the legislature.
two important rumOrs have been Wig
orously circulated. One is that
JOHN r. MLEAN
viii be pressed by the Ohio Democracy
for the Democratic nomination for pres
iGent in 1900, and that Senator Hanna
viii have opposition in his own party
for election to the senate. Il is claimed
by those advocating Mclean for the
presidential nomination that he de-
serves credit for the reduction of the
Republican plurality to less than half
Of what il was last year. and Of the
Republican majority in the legislature
from 50 on Joint ballot to five The
Democrats claim that the majority on
joint ballot would be five the other way
i they had an equal chance on con-
tests
y There are So members of the state
senate, and there are only one or two
Of the senatorial districts that are so
close or doubtful as to admit of con-
tests on which Republican senator's
could be unseated. On the other hand
there are 109 members Of the house. in
which the Republicans claim a major
ity of seven. while the Democrats have
a majority of two in the senate And
there are several counties so close on
the vote for representatives that sew
e~al seats could be changed in that
body.
REPUBLICAN ADVANTAGE
In the settlement of contested seats
the Republicans would have such an
advantage in the house over the Demo-
Gratis in the senate that it is not likely
that the latter viii be the aggressors in
that matter. And this may allow the
close margin of the Republicans on
Joint ballot for senator to go uncon-
tested in any Of the close counties or
before the committee on elections in
the general assembly.
There is another alleged movement
which is causing much more comment.
an, that is the rumor that Governor
Bushnell viii he brought out for sena-
tor against
MARCUS A. HANNA.
Alan c. Myers, one Of the managers
at Democratic state headquarters an
nounced tonight that Senator Hanna
would never be elected to the senate on
the close joint majority that
is claimed. Mr.. Myers said if
the close call on the leg
islatlre went against the Democrats in
the official count Of the close counties.
the Democrats in the legislature would
join with a dozen or more Republican
members Of that body in electing Bush
nell instead of Hanna TO the senate.
Governor Bushnell and all others in
volved in this movement deny any
knowledge of it or that they would
have anything TO do with it,
SOME INTERVIEWS.
Cincinnati, Nov. S.-The four Repub-
leans elected on the fusion ticket for
the house in Hamilton county are
Charles F. Droste, John c. Otis. DR..
r. w. Lane, Frank II. Kemper. The
Times-Star prints interviews with all
four, in which Kemper says he will
vote for the Republican caucus nom
ireas. OTIS that he will nnnnsa Hanna