The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-05
GORMAN'S DEFEAT ASSURED
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Bill UNUSUAL dUNittf -
state beadonarters OF both parties.
A NARROW MARGIN.
Tho ponuhiicons stu claim that the
Legislatures stands IS Republicans 10 ~
Democrats on Joint ballot Tor SENATOR
and that their candidates for representa-
tive I'm three close counties nave 'eeh
elected by the following pluraiues' 90.
Delaware county, %: Wood county 20
Noble county. s5-a total OF az III the p'u-
rality of these three counties.
A change Of 2 votes properly distributes
In these three counties would. thereioie'
have turned the result IN the Legisia' u.
by giving these three representative ~
the Democrats. Then the Lesisia. ui -
would have stood q Republicans anu 20
Den ocrats on Joint ballot Tor Seha'o''
When II Is rendered that me totdi VIZ
OF ONO last year was over l'"VvVV' anu
is almost one million this year IL i Iesl' EAU
Nv seen that n is such a small percentage
mat ~ cannot he clearly expressed in hg-
ures or fractions, or language, ana thlS
IS what makes the Democratic state COM
rnittee continue TO claim the Legislature
ana the Republican State committee 10
be so closely on guard in watching Inc
counting I'm the close countleS'
me Official count Of Delaware county
is IN. but with protests and nouce OF coH-
test from the Democrats, ana the saile
Is true OF Noble county. me oiiici"'
count Of Wood county may not De coih-
pieted until Saturday, although IL hl"y DC
nnisned Tomorrow .
In Wood county to-day the Democrats
protested against counting the vote OF
nrecinct where the place Of voting was
outside OF the precinct, but within the
ward. Had this precinct been thrown OUT
n would have elected the Democratic can
dtoa.e FOR representative by plurality
or rva instead Of the Republican canal
date nv twenty-eght The vote OF tne
precinct was counted and the Deihocrauc
protest filed. other technicallues are eN-
pected in the progress Of the vote III tha'
county tomorrow. - 90,
In Noble county there was ions
,est over twenty-seven scratched tickets
tnat wera finally thrown out because trey
urere not properly marked. Ihis was
,.en1,nncan loss. Every point is being
contested in the official count OF the close
Tns,rn,an Nash says tonight that the
v.rrhttcons have a safe majority OF nVe
49,, 80. ballot in the Legislature. lie ad-
,,,,s tbat me pluralities are small IN some
counties but claims they are sale,
He has no doubt OF the result III any
of inc counties which he CLAIMS eNcep.
nossiblv Wood county. ana IN the even. Vi
mo loss OF that representative, ne saS'
tno / legislature would still stand seventy
go, pe5nbIicans TO seventy-one Democrats
and have majority VI ''i' W
lot for Senator - -.
Tna,rman Nash faid the returns from
en- r,nirteentb District showed that the
,,era,blicans had plurality OF az so that
-, ie no longer any Of the State sena-
,ore In doubt ana the Senate will stand
n,ncteen Democrats and seventeen hepuo-
ncans. ,-..-. s,,r,-
Al Republican State headquarters SUN sun,
mil county is not considered so douDtlul
as heretofore. and its two represehtauNe9
are being conceded 10 the De ,t.'ltl.,..
.rn,s voiild make the House htty-elshl
,,an,,nitcons and nfty-one Democrats.
DOrSN'T ADMIT DEF EAT.
chair,oan McConville does not ADMIT
~. tho Republicans have carried the
1,ttr-ocnth District for their candidate lot
ctote senator. and he still claims the
conservatives from Noble, beia"ai e.
Urood NuskinRum. and other counties
claimed by the Republicans. he also eN-
neots the official count 20 give the peu,O
crats two of the twelve members OF il'
LEGISLATURE from Cuyahoga county. III
chose counties and in others ne says 'ne'
will be contests for the seats IN the eNe"'
~ certificates of election being given 10
the Republicans. I'D g..
the close counties. and in some Repuph-
can counties He says nearly an lhe
close counties have gone Republican mere
tofore and the Republicans still nave the
machinery in these counties. lie says the
returns have been held back, ana thal
q looks suspicious. other counties nave
cor,nleted their count. while the doubtful
Counties are still al il. He says the re-
sult was known definitely IN 'lhcihhau
Yesterday morning. but ne cannot get
definite results even from cleveland
where he expects the result 10 be very
close on two or lhree hi'iii"''' "a
Legislature.
chairman McConville will remain here
until the official count of all the counties
IS completed. ,r,
COURTS WILL BE RESORIED ~.
Late tonight il became known that the
courts would be resorted 10 for the pur-
nose of preventing the Boards OF Elec-
ton from issuing certificates 10 the re
publican candidates in certain counties
The cases will be brought IN the loWei
courts and thence TO the Supreme Court
as soon as possible.
The Republican state Committee also
The Republicans get three representative
on the face of the returns from Delaware
Noble and Wood counties. whose plural
tiles aggregate only l42 and change OF q
votes would have given the Democrats
control Of the Legislature
The Republican claim that the Demo
Gratis have elected members Of the Leg
islature on close margins; that there were
ten counties in the State that gave less
than ten plurality for their candidates
for the Legislature and that the Demo
Gratis secured as many members on these
small pluralities as the Republicans. Boil
sides are preparing for contests nrst IN
the courts and afterwards in the Legisla'
ture
LEGISLATIVE CONTESTS.
As each branch of the Legislature IS
the tribunal Of last resort In judging OF
the qualifications of its own members,
the Republicans have an advantage IN
their control Of the House over the DEM
ocrqts who control the Senate. There are
thirty-six Senators with only two or
three contests possible In that body.
In the House there are 100 members
with "A dozen or more seats that can be
contested and the Republicans claim a
majority Of seven In that body, 50 that
more Democrats could be unseated In the
House than Republicans In the Senate.
While both comm ittees are keeping secret
any arrangements for legislative proceed
ings vet II Is stated that the Democratic
State Committee will seek TO enjoin
... a.es Cd. elcrIlOn from re
publican Repre- sentatives to prevent the
Republicans from organizing me house
and appointing the committee that VIII
,o,v,ef9ar copsectc DevelOpments are eX-