The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-04
The Elections.


was light. The Democrats made gains
in almost every county aud the Repubi-
cans retain control OF the state house If
assembly by narrow majority. Last
year there were but four Democrats In
the lower house. This year there will
be 20 The Republicans will have "a
members. The Democrats also made
gains in the Senate and instead of three
members out of Il will have seven out
of that number. Four of the five Re
publicans retiring from the Senate were
succeeded by Democrats.
Massachusetts :-Rppublicans as usual
swept the state by substantial ma
lority, electing their entire ticket AS
three quarters of the members of both
well as branches of the legislature.
Last year the Republicans after a
vigorous campaign on national issues
rolled up vote of 25S 900, but such was
the lack of interest this year that the
vote fell tn l64, 900, a plurality of 5000
over Williams. The Democrats, pursu-
Ing more vigorous course received 79,-
900 votes as compared with lob, 600 last
year, while the national Democrats not
only came within 100 of their vote Of
l4,0O0 last year, but actually made "a
gain of one per cent in ratio 10 the vote
of the state and obtaining more than the
necessary three per cent, will continue
to hold place on the state ticket. The
Prohibition and Socialistie candidates
split up the balance of the total vote.
There will be four less Republicans in
the 1898 house than in 1887. As the Re-
publican majority will be about -, the
few defeats will make no difference. l he
h L. 4
thirty-tive Republicans aud five Demo-
Gratis.
South Dakota :-Republcans have
won in South Dakota. Smith. Republ-
can, is elected Judge in the first district
by close vote. In the second, Jones,
Republican, is probably elected by 400
majority, overcoming an adverse m iority
in 1896 of 1850. Smith. Republican, in
the fourth district, is elected. Election
of Campbell, Republican. in the fifth is
claimed by 200 maj ,rty. Gaftey, Re
publican. is elected in the sixth. The
third is in doubt. The PapuliSts have
probably carried the eighth. and Wilson,
Republican, is leading in the seventh.
Virginia Although there was I'M
usual apathy it is estimated that the
Democratic ticket is elected by about
80, 900 or 0,000 majOrity, and that the
house of delegates aad four.tifths of tn"
Senate.
Iowa :-Republicans carried the State
by about 10000. The returns show %
per cent of the Republicans did not vote,
while II per cent of the Democrats re-
NAMED at home.
Ohio "Wednesday was day of
anxiety with the Ohio politicians Ii
opened with the Republicans aud Demo-
Gratis both claiming the election of their
state tickets and a majority of the men,
bers of the Legislature. Before noon
the Democrats conceded the election of
the Republican state ticket, by larger
pluralties than were given in the earliest
dispatches as the claims of the Republi-
cans Wednesday night, the Democratic
state committee announced no definite
claims on the Legislature and the Re
publican state committee made its claim
to majority of five on joint ballot as
! follows: Senate, Il Repuhlcans; Il
Democrats. House, 50 Republicans 81
Democrats. Total IS puhlicaus, &c
Democrats. Unofficial but complete re-
turns show Republican plurality of 2G ..
$40 in Ohio. Both sides still claim n
majority of the legislature. the Republi-
cans by fiv, The Democrats by three
majority.
New York :-1he vote in Greater y w
York was Van WICK, 235, $50: Ln.>.
l49, S73; Tracy, l0l ,S33; George, 20,3SG
Gleason. ISL. The vote for Van Wyck
is about 44.25 per cent of the total vote
cast. The united vote for Low and
| Tracy shows Hip more than Van
| Wyck received. The latest returns on
members of the Assembly dover house
of the state Legislature) give the Re-
publicans a majority OF II in a total
membership of 100. In the last Assem-.
bly, the Republican majority was 49,
Three Citizens Union nominees wert
elected in this city The Senate, which
holds over, has Il Republican majority OF
20. Alton B. Parker, the Democratic
candidate for in ige of the state court OF
appeals, carried Greater New York by
| l06 900, and his total plurality over
Wallace, Republican, below the Bronx
river, will be not less thar los, 200. Hi.
plurality III the State is not far from
| 30 900.
Kentucky :-kenfucky wheels into he
Democratic column again by majority
VI ''Ni ~ WV ~ ppl 70 nun All bNFl
tn State show that James +. Shackel
ford, Silver Democrat nominee for ap
pc late court clerk. will have fully 25.
| 900, if not 80 900 majority.
Maryland ;-Oflcal returns may be
necessary to decide the position IF somt
OF the counties, and these may alter The
result, but from obtalnable figures al
this time, the Democrats appear to have
y total of 81 Legislative votes, while the
| Republicans have Sc. The State Senart
will be Republican by a majority of 4
while the Democrats appear TO have
captured the lower House by a MAORI J
of 9.
Kansas Estimates on Kansas In
county and district iudgeship election.
are varied, both FuSionists and Republic
can managers claiming majority of The
offices. OF % counties out of l05 heard
from, | are placed in the Republican
column and nine in that OF the Fusion
lists, while two are 81 close as to make
an official ballot necessary To determine
the results.
Farmers Institutes.