The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-11-12
A DAY OF ANXIETY.
Counter Claims by Republicans
and Democrats.
The Majority In the Legi-iatcr~-ios
Choice of United states senator 10 sue
cesd Hanna Republican Chances
Improve as the bay Advances

t..c election Of their state tickets and u
majority OF the members OF the legis-
lature. Before noon the democrats
conceded the election of the republic
can state ticket by larger pluralities
than were given Tuesday night in tao
earliest of these dispatches rs the
claims IF the republicans.
Last night the democratic state com
mittec announced no definite claims on
the legislature and the republican
state committee raised its claim TO a
ajority of five on joint ballot, as fol-
lows: Senate, II republicans. 10 dem
ocrats; house, 5s republicans, 81 demo-
Gratis. Total. - republicans, 20 demo-
Gratis.
Wood county had been conceded To
the democrats until last night. when
the complete returns caused the re-
pu blcans To claim it.
On the returns. complete. at repub-
lican state headquarters, the demo
Gratis will have u majority of two in
the senate and the republicans OF
the fusionists from Cincinnati are all
counted as democrats.
The republicans can organize the
house without fusion. There is only
one OF the four senators, elected on the
fusion ticket in Cincinnati. who is u
republican, and he now becomes fac
tor. If Senator Noight. OF Cincinnati
" no is "A republican elected on the flu
sion ticket. should vote with the re-
publcans on the organization of the
senate or on anything else, that body
viii be tie with Lieut.. Gov. Jones
(rep) having the deciding vote.
II the democrats had secured a ma
jority of the Legislature. or the fusion
lists held the balance of power, IL is
said that the fusionists would have
voted with the democrats.
The republicans now expect two or
more Of the fusion repr blicans to vote
with them for senator. in which event
they claim a ajority of seven on joint
ballot with ~ republicans and Go dem
ocrats.
None of the fusion votes for senator
were counted ON by the republican
managers in the event they would be
needed by the democrats to elect their
nominee, but now many speculations
are made about the fusion votes.
When 1t was thought yesterday that
control of the legislature might de-
pend upon one vote there was appre-
hension of trouble in some counties.
Emissaries were sent out from state
headquarters to close counties to watch
the counting. The Ohio law provides
that Not less than one nor more than
five days from the day of election dep
uty state supervisors in each county
shall begin the official canvass of the
vote and continue from day To day un-
til completed
In the event of protracted contests in
the close counties the suspense might
tave continued until the legislature
met next January. Since the change
of claims at the democratic state head
quarters last night on the compile xion
Of the legislature. two important ru-
mors have been vigorously circulated.
One is that John r. Mclean will be
pressed by the Ohio democracy for the
democratic nomination for president IN
1900 and that senator Hanna will have
opposition in his own party for
election to the senate. 1t is
claimed by those advocating Mclean
for the presidential nomination that
he deserves credit for the reduction Of
the republican plurality so less than
half OF what it was last year aud Of
the republican majority in the legis-
lature from 50 on joint ballot to five.
And the democrats claim that the ma
jority on joint ballot would be five the
other way if they had an equal chance
on contests. There are 80 members of
the state senate. and only one or two
of those districts that are 50 close or
doubtful as to admit of contests on
which republican senators could be
unseated.
On the other hand there are 100 mem.
bers of the house in which the repub-
Leans claim "A majority Of seven. while
the democrats have "A majority of two
in the senate. There are several coun.
ties SO close on the vote for representa-.
tives that several seats could be
changed in that body. In the settle
ilitnt VI tpHttStcu seats Tile
cans would have such an advantage ia
the house over the democrats in the
senate that it is not likely that the
latter will be aggrcssors in the mat
ter. And this may allow the close
margin OF the republicans on joint bal
lot for senator To go contested in
any OF the close counties or before the
| commit tees on elections in the general
assembly.
There is another alleged movemcn,
which is causing much more comment
and that is the rumor that GOV. Bush
mel will Lee brought out for senator
against Marcus A. Hanna.
Gov. Bushnell and all others involved
in this movement deny any knowledge
of it or that obey would have anything
10 do with it.