The record-union., 1897-11-04
Democrats Concede the Election Of
Bushnell in Ohio.
The Legislature Also Probably Republican
on Joint Ballot.
Democrats Garry New York State
nv Majority of Over Fifty
Thousand, and Make Large
Gains in the Assembly-Repub-
Iicans in Control OF the new
Jersey Legislature.

Jersey Legislature.
COLUMBUS (O), Nov. 3.-This has
been day of anxiety with the ONO
politicians. 1t opened with the Repuo-
licans and Democrats both claiming
the election of their State tickets ana
a majority in the Legislature. lhls
forenoon the Democrats conceded the
election of the Republican State ticket
by a larger plurality than was given
last night in the earliest of these dis
patches Tonight the Democratic state
Committee announced no definite CLAIMS
on the LEGISLATURE, and the Republican
State Committee raised its claim TO
majority of five on joint ballot as FOL
lows:
Senate, II Republicans, 19 Demo-
Gratis; House, IS Republicans, 81 Dem
ocrats. Total, IS Republicans, 40 Dem
ocrats.
Wood County had been conceded
to the Democrats until tonight. when
the complete returns caused the hS-
publicans to claim it.
On the returns complete at Repub-
lican State headquarters the Democrats
Will nave IL lilSJtiAtS VI Nf'O Al e--~
ate and the Republicans seven in the
House. The fusionists from Cincinnati
are all counted as Democrats. The Re-
publicans can organize the House WITH
out them. Senator Voight is the only
one of the four Senators elected on the
fusion ticket in Cincinnati who is a
Republican, and he now becomes a
factor. If Senator Voight should vote
with the Republicans on the organiza-
tion of the Senate, or anything else, the
vote would be a tie, with the Lieuten-
ant Governor, a Republican, having the
deciding vote
The Republicans now expect two or
more of the fusion Republicans to vote
with them for Senator, in which event
they claim a majority of seven on joint
ballot, with 77 Republicans and Oo
Democrats.
When it was thought to-day that con-
troll of the Legislature might depend
upon one vote there was apprehension
of trouble in some counties. sEpls-
saries We're sent out frena~ state head
quarters to close counties TO watch the
counting The Ohio law provides that
mot less than one nor more than five
days from the late Of election the Dep
uty State Supervisors in each county
shall begin the official canvass of the
vote and continue from day to day
until completed" In the event of pro-
tracted contests in the close counties;
the suspense of to-day might have con-
tinued until the Legislature met next
January.
Since the change of the claims at
Democratic State headquarters on the
complexion of the Legislature two inn
portant rumors have been vigorously
circulated. One is that John r. Nc
Lean Will be pressed by the Ohio De-
focracy for the Democratic nomination
for President IN 1900 and that Senator
Hanna will have opposition III his own
party for election to the senate. 1t is
claimed by those advocating Mclean
for the Presidential nomination that he
deserves ii for the reduction of the Re-
publican plurality TO less than half of
what it was last year, and of the Re-
publican majority in the Legislature
from eighty on joint ballot 10 five. And
the Democrats claim that the majority
on joint ballot would be five the other
way If they had equal chance on con-
tests There are thirty-slx members OF
one or two of the Senatorial districts
SO close or doubtful as to admit OF
contests on which Republican Senators
could be unseated.
On the other hand, there are 100 men,
bers of the House. in which the Re
publicans claim a majority of seven,
while the Democrats have a majority
of two in the Senate. And there are
several counties so close on the vote
for Represent atives that several seats
could be changed in that pody. In the
settlement OF contested seats, the Re
publicans would have such an advantage
in the House over the Democrats in the
senate that it is not likely the latter
viii be the aggreSsors in that matter.
And this may allow the close margin
of the Republicans on joint ballot for
Senator 10 go uncontested in any of the
close counties before the Committee on
Elections in the General Assembly.
There is another alleged movement
which is causing much more comment.
and that is the rumor that Governor
Bushnell Will be brought out for Sem
ator against Marcus A. Hanna. AL
len C. Myers. one Of the managers at
Democratic State headquarters, an
nounced tonight that Senator Hanna
would never be elected TO the Senate
on the close joint majority that is
claimed. Mr.. Myers said if the close
call on the Legislature went against
the Democrats in the official count Of
the close counties, that the Democrats
in the Legislature would join with a
dozen or more Republican members of
that body in electing Bushnell instead
of Hanna 70 the Senate. Governor
Bushnell and all others involved in
this movement deny any knowledge OF
ii. or that they would have anything to
do with il.
Unofficial but complete returns show
a Republican plurality of 26.52O in
Ohio. Both sides still claim a major
5ty of the Legislature, the Republicans
by FIVE and the Democrats by three.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 3.-The four Re-
publicans elected on the fusion ticket
for the House in Hamilton County ars
Charles f. Droste, John C. Otis. DR.. r.
w. Lane. Frank II. Kemper. The
"Tfmes-Star' prints interviews Of all
four. in which kemper says he will
vote for the Republican caucus nomi-
nee: Otis that he viii oppose Hanna
Lane that he is a free silver man, and