The copper country evening news., 1897-11-04
THE RESULT IN DOUBT
The Republicans and Democrats
Claim Ohio Legislature.
BUSHNELL's ELECTION ADMITTED.

DcohNLhh - ELEOIlON ADmI EDs
The Cry of Fraud Is Raised, Republicans
Recalling the Incidents of 1888 and
Democrats the Crime of 1877 Van
Wyck Elected Mayor of Greater New
York - Empire State Election - Shaw
Wins i'm Iowa-Late Returns.
Cleveland, o., Nov. 4.-Mr. M. A.
Hanna dictated and signed the following
telegram: ITO NJ f. Stone, General
Manager, the Associated Press-From
returns which are authentic and relia-
BILE claim the Republicans have a ma
jority of three on joint ballot outside of
Hamilton county. NJ. A. HANNA"
Colonel Dick, Senator Hanna's man
ager, is unswerving in his claim that
Senator Hanna will have at least sew
enty-five votes on joint ballot of the
legislature.
Cincinnati Nov. 4.-The following
statement of the situation in Ohio has
been made by ]. r. Mclean upon re-
quest The Democrats believe that
they have elected the state and legisla-
tive ticket. An honest return will show
it. JOHN r. M'LEAN."
Columbus, Nov. 3.-Democratic state
committee no longer claims the cleo
tion of their state ticket, but announced
that their majority in the legislature on
joint ballot will not he less than six and
possibly be nine as predicted earlier in
the day by Chairman McConnville.
Chairman Nash in the afternoon stated
that the Republican plurality on the
state ticket would be from $4,000 tC 15,-
000 and that the Republicans will have
at least three majority in the legis-
lature on joint ballet for senator.
Among the doubtful ones has been Del
aware county, which reported in the
afternoon the election of the Republican
representatives. by 26 plurality. Chair
man Nash announced that the legSla-
ture would stand 20 Republicans ard -
Democrats.
Cry of Fraud Raised.
The closeness of the vote has caused
intense feeling and the usual cry of
fraud. When the result was in doubt
in 1885 it was discovered that the tally
sheets were forged. The Republicans
have telegraphed TO all their county
committees TO beware Of the frauds of
1885. And when the Republicans were
| claiming the Legislature by only one
or two majority on joint ballot the
Democrats telegraphed their county
committees to beware of all sorts Of
frauds and to remember that ii was a
majority of one by which the great
J "crime of 1877" was committed that de-
feated Tiden. The state headquarters
will be kept open all week, or until
| the official counts are made in all Of the
eighty EIGHT counties of the state. 1t
| Is expected that there will be trouble in
some of the close counties. There will
no doubt be much agitation in all OF
them.
Hamilton County Vote.
The total vote in Hamilton county
was 81, ,176. OF this 66.504 votes were in
Cincinnati and 1852 in the county ex-
! elusive of Cincinnati. The only candi-
| date elected on the straight Republic
| an ticket was county infirmary director,
| for whom only the county outside Of
| Cincinnati has the right to vote. The
| average majorities of the fusion sena-
( tors was 1913; for the ten fusion rep
! resentatives the average was 2.223. The
highest majority on the fusion ticket
! for county officers was that for board
of control. 1896: the next highest was
for prosecuting attorney, $3.50. Four Of
! the seven county officers elected on the
| Democratic fusion ticket are independ-
I ent Republicans and one senator and
| four representatives are also independ-
| ent Republicans.
| Mclean Hints at Fraud.
| Cincinnati Nov. 4.-The Enquirer
] (Dem) does not concede the election
| of either Bushnell or the Republican
| Legislature. 1t charges manipulation of
| the returns by the Republicans for the
purpose of assisting in what it calls
| dirty work" i'm close counties. It's
| claim for the Legislature being Demo-
cratic is based on the election OF DEM
ocratic representatives in Lucas county
| (Toledo) and on the election Of nine of
| the twelve in Cuyahoga. On the other
hand, The Commercial-Tribu (Rep)
claims Bushnell's election by 10000. and
that the legislature is Republican.
Neither paper publishes specifications OF
what counties are claimed for the legis-