The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-11-05
ITS STILL VERY CLOSE
Republicans Seem to Have q
Shade the Best of II in Ohio.
MANY TALK OF A CRISIS
The Democrats Refuse to Concede the
Legislature TO the Enemy and
Are Watching the County
With Great Care.

Columbus. Ohio. Nov. 4.-Many talk
about a crisis in Ohio. Some believe
that crisis is impending. The talk
about combine in the legislature
against Senator Hanna has subsidized.
pending the interest i'm the official
counting Of the vote i'm close counties
As the official canvass of the vote in s.
counties proceeded to-day the repub-
lican plurality on the state ticket in
creased and on the legislative tickets il
appeared to be getting down 10 "A very
close shave.
While the republican plurality on the
state ticket exceeds 2s.000. the vote on
the legislative is Almost as close as Il
could be. For this reason the report
caused anxiety nj the state headquar-
tiers Of both parties. Republicans still
claim that the legislature stands 20
republicans TO 20 democrats on joint
ballot for senator. and that their can
didates for representatives in three OF
these counties have been elected by the
following pluralities: Delaware coun-
ty, 20: Wood county. 2s: Noble county.
81. total Of l42 on the pluralities of
these three counties. A change of ~
votes. properly distributed i'm these
three counties would. therefore. have
turned the result in the legislature by
giving these three representatives 10
the democrats. Then the legislature
would have stood ~ republicans and %
democrats on joint ballot for senator
When it is remembered that the total
vote or Ohio last year was over 1000. 900
and tina. IL was almost 100000 this
year. IL is readily seen that Il Is
s,t, "A
be clearly expressed in figures or frac-
tions or language. And this is what
makes the democratic state committee
continue TO claim the legislature and
the republican state committee to he
81 closely on guard i'm watching the
counting I'm the close counties. The
official count Of Delaware county Is in
but with protests and notices OF con-
test from the democrats. and the same
is true of Noble county. The official
count of Wood county will not be COM
pleted till Saturday. although they ex-
pect to get through Tomorrow.
In Wood county to-day the demo-
Gratis protested against counting the
vote OF precinct where the place of
voting was outside of the precinct but
within the ward. Had this precinct
been thrown out IL would have elected
OF five instead OF the republican candi-
date by 2s. The vote OF the precinct
was counted and the democratic pro-
test filed. Other technicalities are ex-
pected In the progress of the vote In
that county tomorrow.
In Noble county there was a long
contest over q scratched tickets that
were finally thrown out because they
were not properly marked. This was
a republican county. Every point Is
being contested In the official count OF
the close counties.
Chairman Nash says tonight that
the republicans have a safe majority
Of five ON joint ballot I'm the Legislature.
He admits that the pluralities are
small in some counties hut claims they
are safe. He has no doubt OF the re-
suit in any of the counties which he
claims, except possibly. Wood county,
and i'm the event ~ the loss of that
representative. he says the Legislature
would still stand "a republicans TO Il
democrats. and the republicans would
have a ma jority of three ON joint ballot
for senator. Chairman Nash said the
returns from the Thirteenth district
showed that the republicans had plu-
raity Of 432. SO that there is no longer
any of the state senators In doubt. and
the senate will stand 10 democrats 10
II republicans.
At the republican state headquarters
Summit county IL not considered 81
doubtful as heretofore. and its two
representatives are being conceded "a
the democrats. This would make the
house IS republicans and 81 democrats.
Chairman McConville does not admit
that the republicans have carried the
Thirteenth district for their candidate
for state senator. and he still claims
the representatives from Noble. Della
ware. Wood. Muskingum. and other
counties claimed by the republicans
He also expects the official count Ia
give the democrats two of the ~ mem
hers OF the legislature from Cuyahoga
county. In all these counties and in
others he says there will be contests
for the seats in the event Of the certi-
icates of election being given TO the
republicans.
Chairman McConville charges fraud
in the close counties and in some re-
publican counties. He says nearly all
the close counties have gone republi-
can heretofore and the republicans still
have a majority In those counties. He
SAYS the returns have been held back
and II looks suspicious Other counties
have completed their counting. while
the doubtful counties are still at II. He
SAYS the result was known definitely
in Cincinnati yesterday morning. and
he cannot get definite results even to.
night from Cleveland. where he ex-
poets the vote To be very close on two
or three members OF the Legislature
Mcconyille Will remain here on duty