The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-11-11
A9H|O ELECTION SITUATION
"D STILL IN DOUBT, AL
THOUGH RETURNS COUNTED
FAVOR REPUBLICANS.
A Legal CONTEST IN MARYLAND
"Re Five Seats in the stint.
Legislature From the Repub,i.
cans and Give Them to
the Democrats.

!. t columbus, o., Nov. 5-Tbo o,,
t traa and one doubtful on ~, a. demo-
do sas received up to tonight hue oW Mia re-
ver ren o Or more of the eighty .ei.bt Win a
cbaypa eiose, there have been 5 n' counties
will Se Except in Wood comfy ''a uh;au
conrtS eiaimed by both parties nnt Mh ~ u
IN, % pass upon the vote "nlii the
;pn. nave been no unusu,l n,,
no SS before the returning boards W ne
10th , except that of Wood alfbou uny
tivas parties 1 have had their renresouta u
where aau attorneys in the county sna 70
Chair,no,u sue vote was close
cratic cif man McConville of the demo-
his cio ;ns te committee has not changed
i nii Grains of a democratic maiorit unse e,
Joint ballot and will not do so mnti, . on
oniGiai returns of all the counties oro ' ~
t thu. SHOW the final results to differ fro,n
those he has at hand u''ier from
III WI. McC0nVille and others from tho
STG;m9cratic state headquarters Went to
EEihcihantl tonight to confer with IohN
~. MclIean and other parry lenders rn'
sardlng contests that are TO he made in
the close counties. III
CHAIRMAN Nash stated today that tbn
oU u SHOWS 70 republicans to 10 demo-
Iot Lag, g. ana mat the majority on joint bal
az. lor senator will not be less than five
says tonight he is satisfied with the
feared was that the official co,,nt migbt
wipe out the small republican plurality
IN tnat county. Since the face of the
oihcial tally sheets shows plurality of
81 Tor the republican representative,
Judge Nash says he is willing and ready
10 nave any court pass on the case. He
says the law provides that the members
or the boards of election can not 90 be-
hind the returns, and the supreme court
has held that they have no ministerial
powers whatever, can not hear evidence
or use their discretion in throwing out
any votes. That is left to the courts
and to each branch of the legislature in
passing on the credentials of its mem
bers.
In Wood county today Norris, the re-
publican candidate for representative,
filed protest against the board count
ing the. vote of Freedom township be-
cause the ballots had been tailed in
blocks of five. If the vote of the town
ship had been thrown out it would have
increased the plurality of Norris by liz,
but it was counted. The republicans
insisted that Norris will be declared
elected in Wood county and that the
legislature stands 10 to 20.
1t Is learned here tonight tnat cOunsel
for both the democratic and the republi-
can committees at Bowling Green today
agreed to submit the Wood county case
at once to the circuit court, and the law
yers on both sides went to Toledo for
that purpose.
Information has been received at re-
publican headquarters of protests from
the soldiers home at Dayton on the
ground that the voting precincts were
Not in the proper place. If that vote
hould be thrown out the democrats
would gain two representatives iron
Montgomery county and one senator
enough to make the legislature stand Q:
democrats to ~ republicans On joint bal
lot. Chairman Nash says there are
about forty precincts in the state where
these technical points on the location OF
the polls can be raised ana II IL Is l hotb
WAYS, with no one knowing the final re-
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