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are being substituted for the claims of last
night and to-day. Chairman McConnville,
of the Democratic state committee, con-
cedes the defeat of his state ticket, but
states they have reduced the Republican
plurality of 81 900 of last year by over one
half. Although others at Democratic state
headquarters concede that the Legislature
will be Republican on a close majority of
one or more, Chairman McConnville does
not concede the control of that body to the
Republicans. After IL p. m. he reviewed
the claims of the Republicans on the Legis-
lature. Mr.. McConnville said the Republic
claimed the Legislature by Is to 20. He
struck the representatives from Wood and
Noble counties from their list, also the sem
ator from the Marion-Logan district and
said these three changes would make the
Legislature stand 70 Democrats to 72 Repub-
licans, and he would never give either of
these three doubtful claims up till the Of
fetal count was completed. He also con-
tests the election of two of the twelve mem
bers from Cuyahoga county which would
make the Legislature stand 70 Democrats to
20 Republicans. Chairman MoConnville says
he believes the Democratic representatives
were elected in three other counties, which
he does not want to name pending investiga-
ton of alleged frauds. He charges frauds
in Noble and Wood counties and in the
Marion-Logan district. In the event of the
Republicans securing the Legislature on as
close a margin is now claimed by them
and not conceded by the Democrats, Chair
man McConnville predicts that Senator
Hanna will secure the caucus nomination,
but fail of election. as did DR.. Godfrey Hun
ter, at Frankfort, KY, last winter, and
that the session of the Ohio Legislature the
coming winter would break the record for
factlonal fighting and disturbances of the
session of the Kentucky Legislature last
winter. There reports tonight that
certain anti-Hanna Republicans and Dem
ocratic managers have held conferences for
a combine to bring out another man if Gov
ernor Bushnell refuses to allow the use OF
his name for senator
REPUBLICAN FIGURES.
At Republican state headqus rters to-
night the list of the districts are given in
" hich it is claimed that the Republicans
have seventeen and the Democrats nine
teen. The only district disputed by the
Democratic managers is that which in
cludes Marion and Logan counties, and
which would make the Senate stand six
teen Republicans and twenty Democrats.
The Republicans concede that the Demo-
Gratis will have two majority in the Senate,
and that no ripper bills sreorganizng the
cities or any DOafdS can, Inere-
fore, be passed. The Republicans claim
that the organization of the Senate depends
upon the attitude of Senator Voight, of
Cincinnati, who is a fusion Republican. The
Republican state committee claims that the
two representatives from Summit county
are the only ones in doubt tonight and
that the returns show the House to stand
f1fty-eight Republicans, forty-nine Demo-
Gratis and two doubtful, and that in their
claims of seventy-five to seventy, with a
majority of five on joint ballot for sena-
fnN f6Awv Eax, fa, I15 Cr4x,a a~asf
county to the Democrats, although they ex-
pect the official count to give them at least
one of the two representatives from that
The Republicans claim the election of the
representatives from the following coun-
ties Adams and Pike, Carroll and Harri-
Belmont 90, Champaign, Clarke o. Clin-
ton, Columbiana, Cuyahoga 90, Delaware,
Guernsey, Hancock, Highland, Huron,
Madison; Mahoning go, Medina; Meigs'
UNI, Noble, Portage, Preble, Ross, Scioto,
Stark (2l, Trumbell,. Union, Warren, Wash
ington, Williams. Total, IS.
The following counties are conceded by
the Republican state committee to the
Democrats: Hooking and Vinton, Marion
Brown, Butler, Clermont, Coshocton, Craw-
ford, Darke, Defiance, Fairfield Franklin
(2), Hamilton d0l, Hardin, Henry Holmes,
Knock, Licking, Lucas C), Mercer, Monroe,
Ottawa, Paulding, Perry, Pickaway. Put
ram Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Shelby,
TuScarawaS, Van Vert, Wayne, Wyan-
dotte. Total, 49,
BUSHNELL'S PLURALITY.
The Republican state committee has COM
plete returns from eighty-six counties to-
night the vote of the state ticket and the
other two counties of Starke and Vinton
are estimated. In giving the pluralities by
counties the plurality for Bushnell for Gov
ernor and the rest of the Republican state
ticket is placed at 26,52O. The plurality in
Ohio last year for Mckinley was 81, ,109
Hamilton county gave Mckinley last year
a plurality OF 1870, and it gave Bushnell
Rep, this year plurality of only 1910,
Republican loss in that county of 1920
while the Republican loss in the whole
State on pluralities is 24,5S9 Chairman
Nash says there were factional troubles
lumbus and Toledo, and that the rainy
weather and other reasons Tuesday caused
an unusually large stay-at-home vote. He
states that the official count will show that
the vote was much smaller in the rural
districts than expected and withal
that the Republicans carried 1,,l more
year on the presidential vote. While
the Republicans carried Hamilton county
county ticket including fourteen members
of the Legislature, by several thousand.
tive teiet Suffered 5 defeat % IN iei Haailton
county because of the fear by the reform
Republicans, or the fusionists, that strong
Republican Legislature would reorganize
Cincinnati or some of it's municipal boards
and take away from Mayor Tafel Demo
crat, recently elected as fusionist, some
of the powers of his office. The Democrats
state that the results in Cincinnati and
other cities We're due to the feeling against
bosses. of whom Senator Hanna was con-
sidered the chief, and to factional fights
that will be carried into the next session
of the Legislature on the selection of SEN
ator and other matters. Free silver was
freely discussed by Bryan and others in
the campaign but neither national or state
issues cut much of a figure The most
prominent issue was Hanna
CINCINNATI FUSIONISTS.
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