The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-11-12
ON The ANXIOUS SEAT.

| about a crisis in Ohio Some believe
that crisis is impending. The talk
about "A combine in the Legislature
against senator Hanna has subsidized.
pending the interest in the official
counting of the vote in close counties
As the official canvass of the vote in the
IS counties proceeded yesterday. the
republican plurality on the state ticket
increased and on the Legislative tickets
il appeared To be getting toward very
close shave.
While the republican plurality on
the state ticket exceed, $4,000 the vote
ON the legislative ticket is almost AS
close as it could be. For this reason
there is still unusual anxiety at the re-
spective state headquarters OF both
parties.
The republicans still claim that the
legislature stands 20 republicans To 40
democrats on joint ballot for senator.
aud that their candidates for represent
tativcs in tn rec of the close counties
have been elected by the following
pluraitics: Delaware county, 20;
Wood county. -; Noble county, 50.
total of l42 in the pluralities OF these
properly distributed in these three
counties, would, therefore, have turned
the result in the legislature by giving
these three representatives To the dem
! ocrats. Then the legislature would
have stood - republicans and 10 dem
! ocrats ON joint ballot for senator.
When it is remembered that the total
/ vote of Ohio last year was over 900, 600
and is almost 1000. 900 this year. it is
| readily seen that II IL such n small per-
centage that il cannot be clearly ex-
! pressed in figures or fractions or lam
/ guage. And this Is what makes the
democratic state committee continue to
! claim the Legislature and the republic
eau state committee to be SO closely on
guard IN watching the counting in the
close counties. The official count of
Delaware county is in. but with pro-
tests and notices of contest from the
democrats. aud the same is true of
! Noble county. The official count of
Wood county VIII not be completed
until Saturday, although they expect
to get through to-day.
la Wood county, yesterday. the demo
Gratis protested against counting the
vote of a precinct where the place of
voting was outside of the precinct but
within the ward. Had this precinct
been thrown out it would have elected
the democratic candidate for repre-
sentative By plurality of five instead
OF the republican candidate by IS
The vote OF the precinct was counted
and the democratic protest filed.
/ lsts.
the progress OF the vote in that county
to-day. In Noble county there was u
long contest over - scratched tickets
that were finally thrown out because
they were not properly marked. This
was a republican loss. Every point is
being contested in the official count of
the close counties.
Chairman Nash says that the repub
licans have "A safe majority of five on
joint ballot in the legislature. lie ad-
lnits that the pluralities are small in
some counties, but claims they are safe.
lie has no doubt of the result in any of
the counties which he claims except,
possibly, Wood county.a and in the event
of the loss OF that representative, he
says the legislature would still stand
have a majority Of three on
joint ballot for senator. Chairman
Nash said the returns from the thir-
teenth district showed that the repub-
licans had "A plurality of 49,. SO that
there are no longer any of the state sen
ators in doubt. and the senate viii
stand 10 democrats To IL republicans.
AT republican state headquarters Sum
nit county is not considered So doubt
full as heretofore and its two repre-
sentatives are being conceded To the
democrats. This would make the house
DC republicans aud 81 democrats.
Chairman McConnville does not adj
init that the republicans have carried
the thirteenth district for their candi-
date for state senator, and hc still
claims the representatives from Noble,
Delaware, Wood, Muskingum and
other counties claimed by the repub-
licans. lie also expects the official
count To give the democrats two of
the IL mem bers Of the legislature
from Cuyahoga county. In all these
counties aud in others, he says,
there will be contests for the seats in
the event of the certificates of election
being given to the republicans. Chair
man McConnville charges fraud in the
close counties and in some republican
counties. lie says nearly all the close
counties have gone republican hereto
fore and the republicans still have the
machinery in those counties. lie says
the returns have been held back and it
looks suspicious.
Other counties have completed their
counting, while the doubtful counties
are still at it. lie says the result was
known definitely in Cincinnati Wedncs-
day morning and he could not get def
mite results,even last night, from Cleve-
land where he expects the vote to be
very close on two or three members Of
the legislature. Chairman McConnvile
will remain here on duty until the OH
cial count Of all the counties is COM
pleted.
1t is intimated that the courts will be