The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-09

Chairman of the Democratic
Committee Charges Fraud In
Some of the Counties.
Columbus, Nov. 5.-Ye4erday was
day OF anxiety with the ONO pollli-
clans. 1t opened with the Republicans
and Democrats both claiming the elec-
ton of their state tickets and ma
iOrity of the members of the leglsla-
ture. Before noon the Democrats CON
coded the election Of the KepuDllcah
state ticket by larger pluralltles than
were given in the earliest OF these uls-
patches as the claims of the Repupllc-
ans. The Democratic state committee
announces no definite claims on the
legislature and the Republican state
committee has raised its claims 10
majority of five on joint ballot as 1ol-
lows: Senate, II Republicans, ~ Dem
ocrats; house, So Republicans ana 81
Democrats; total, 70 Republicans ana
10 Democrats.
an state headquarters the Democrats
still have a majority OF TWO in the
senate and the Republicans seven III
the house. On these claims the fusion
lists from Cincinnati are all counted as
Democratic. The Republicans can Or
ganize the house without fusion. There
is ONLY one of the four senators elected
on the fusion ticket in Cincinnati who
is Republican, and he now becomes
factor If Senator Weight of Cincln-
natl, who is Republican elected on
the fusion ticket. should vote with the
Republicans on the organization OF the
senate or on ANYTHING else. that body
will be q tie with Lieut.. Gov. Jones,
Republican, having the deciding vote.
If the Democrats had secured ma
iority of the legislature or the fusion
lists held the balance CT power it is
said that these fusionists would have
voted with the Democrats. The Re
publicans now expect two or more of
the fusionist Republicans to vote with
them for senator, in which event they
claim a ma iority of seven on joint
ballot, with X Republicans and 6S
Democrats.
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-
mocracy for the Democratic nominal
ton for president in 1900 and that Sen
ator Hanna will have opposition in his
own party for election to the senate.
There is another alleged movement
which is causing much more comment,
and that is the rumOr that Gov. Bush
nell will be brought out for senator
against Marcus A. Hanna. Gov. Bush
nell and all others involved in the
movement deny any knowledge of it or
that they would have anything to do
with it.
Chairman NIcConville, of the Demo-
cratic state committee, comedies the
defeat of his state ticket, but states
that they have reduced the Republican
plurality of $1,000 by over one-half.
Columbus, Nov. 6.-Many talk about
a crisis in Ohio. Some believe that a
crisis is impending The talk about
combine in the legislature against Sen
ator Hanna has subsidized pending the
votes in close counties. AS the official
canvass of the vote in the lightweight
counties proceeded the Republican
plurality on the state ticket increased,
and on the legislative tickets it APP
peared to be getting toward very
close shave.
While the Republican plurality on
the state ticket exceeds $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 seventy-fye
Republicans to seventy Democrats on
Joint ballot for senator, and that their
candidates for representatives on
three of the close counties have been
elected. Chairman Nash said the re-
turns from the Thirteenth district
showed that the Republicans had q
plurality of 432, so that there is no
longer any of the state senator's in
doubt. and the senate will stand nine
teen Democrats and seventeen Repub-
1icans.
At Republican state headquarters
Summit county is not considered so
doubtful as heretofore, and its two
representatives are being conceded to
the Democrats. This would make the
house fifty-eight Republicans and
tfty-one Democrats. Chairman Nc
Conville does not admit that the Re-
publicans have carried the Eighteenth
district for their candidate for state
senator, and he still claims the repre-
sentatives from Mobile, Delaware and
Wood, Muskingum and other counties
claimed by the RpnnhlinanS Hn nlcn