The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-05
Largest Vote Ever Cast for Governor
in iowa Received by shaw, the
Republican Candidate.
KANSAS POPULISTS BEATEN
NINE DISTRICT JUDGES ELECTED BE
THE PROSPERITY PARTY.
Latest Returns from other States
ParIker's Plurality i'm New York
State SweIIed to 56,O5s.

BALTIMORE, Nov. Am official count
of the ballots cast on Tuesday last, made
in most of the counties to-day, leaves no
further room for doubt that the Republic.
ans have control of both branches of the
Legislature and that Republican will sue
ceed Arthur Z. German in the United
States Senate. Five members of the AS
semby and one senator were taken from
the Democratic list of probabilities and
added to that of the Republicans. Three or
the members and the senator are from Tal-
bot county and one member each from
Prince Georges and Carroll. This gives the
Republicans forty-nine members In the
House and the Democrats forty-two. 1t also
gives the Republicans eighteen senators TO
eight for the Democrats and majority on
joint ballot of II.
The result in Talbot county arose from
the fact that eighteen votes in Tilghman
precinct were found to have been counted
twice for the Democratic ticket. This he-
ing corrected gave the Republican legis-
lative candidates majorities ranging from
16 to 10 votes. In Prince Georges a similar
correction elected Underwood, Rep, by
votes, while in Carroll the recount showed
that Stansbury, Rep, defeated Grouse.
Dem, by 23 votes. The doubtful votes In
Montgomery and Washington counties also
went into the Republican column by smali
majorities.
The Democratic state headquarters were
closed to-day and all the members of the
state committee have gone TO their res
spective homes. Before leaving, however.
Chairman Murray Vandiver gave out tina
following statement: las far as the joint
convention Of the General Assembly is con-
cerned, the matter is not entirely settled,
and will not be until the official returns ara
made up. In regard to the House of Dele
gates, L am still of the opinion that the
Democrats will have a majority In that
body and will organize it. The election in
several of the counties is so close that it
is impossible to tell at present which side
has won, and L believe a recount will be-
demanded in Montgomery county by the
Democrats, who claim that they have elect-
ed at least one, and possibly two, members
of the House, while the Republicans claim
that they have elected all three. A recounE
may also be demanded in Talbot and In
Carroll counties to determine the result with
certainty. At any rate, we have not given
UP our expectation of controlling the House.
whether we have majority on joint ballot
or not. The Democratic candidates who
have been defeated in the close counties
have been, in many instances, noted as anti
German men, while in the same counties
the German men have been elected. In one
or two instances which could specify these
men were cut simply because they were nou
believed to be German men. This shows
that the anti-Gorman outcry did not hurt
the Democrats in the countless for there the
senator has always had his strong hold
To large extent am more convinced than
ever by the result of this election that tho
anti-Gorman sentiment is almost entirely
confined to the city of Baltimore, and that
the Democrats of the counties are measur-
ably free from it, In my opinion, even IL
it should turn out that the senator is de-
feated, he is stronger to-day in the coun-
try districts of the State than he ever wass
Among those most prominently mentioned
as the probable successor to Senator Corr
man are Alexander Shaw, former Congress-
man John V. L. Findlay, Postmaster Gen-
eral Gary and Congressman Sidney r.
Mudd.