The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-04
THE RESULT in OHIO
Republicans Have Elected Their ruil
State Ticket.
MAY NOT CONTROL LEGISLATURE.
They Only Claim It By a Msjoritv Of
Five.
HANNA's DEFEAT PREDICTED
by Mr.. McConvilIe Rven Though
Republicans Succ ID.
SEVEPAJ c0NTESTc Tn ne cLTTICn
Annals DEFEAT PREDICTED
SEVERAL CONTESTS TO BE SETTLED.
II Fairly Adiudicated Democrats
WIN Have Majority ON joint Hal
lot, as They win Control senate.

Columbus, Ohio. November a.This has
been day OF anxiety with tho Ohio poll
| ticans. 1t opened with the republicans
and democrats both claiming the election
Of their State tickets mud n majority OF
the legislature. Before noon the demo-
| Gratis conceded the election Of the State
ticket. Tonight the republican State COM
mttee raised Its claims to a majority Of
| Ave on Joint ballot In tho legislature, AZ
! follows; Scnate--If republicans, 10 demo-
Gratis; house--5s republicans, 81 democrats.
Total--75 republicans, 10 democrats. In
these claims the fusionists from Clncin.
natl are all counted MS democrats.
Since the change OF the claim at demo-
cratic headquarters tonight on tho COM
| plexion OF tho legislature, two important
rumors have been vigorously circulated.
Ono is that John II. Mclean will be
pressed by tho Ohio democracy for tho
democratic nomination for president in 1900
and that Senator Hanna will have no OPP
position In his own party .or election. It
is claimed by those advocating Mclean for
tho presidential nomination that no de-
serves credit for the reduction OF the re-
publican plurality and OF the republican
majority In the legislature from eight on
| joint ballot to Ave. And the democrats
claim tho majority on Joint ballot will DO
Ave the other way II they had an equal
, Nance on contests There are thirty-slx
members OF the State senate. and only one
OF two of these ''istrt",rare SO close or !
| douatful as to admit Of contests On which
republican senators could be unscated.
On the other hand. thrre are 100 mems
bers OF the house. in which the republicans
claim majority OF seven. while tho demo-
Gratis have majority Of two in the senate.
/, And there are several counties so close
that several seats could be changed in
that body In the settlement OF contested
seats the republicans would have such an
advantage In the horse over the democrats
in the senate that IT Is not likely that the
latter VIII be aggrossors in that matter.
There IL another alleged movement which
Is causing much more comment, and that
Is tho rumor that Governor bushnell VIII
be brought out for senator against Hanna.
Allen o. Meyers one Of the managers at
the democratic State headquarters. an
|
never be elected TO the senate on the close
| Joint majority that Is claimed although
Hanna had beon Endorsed for senator by
the last republican State convention the
same as Foraker was two years ago. Mr..
| Meyers said that II the close call on tho
! Legislature went against the democrats In
the official count that the democrats in
| more republicans In the legislature In
electng Bushnell instead OF Hanna to the
senate. Governor Bushnell and all others
| involved in this movement deny any
knowledge OF 1t or that they would have
anything to do with II.
| At both the republican and democratic
State headquarters tonight figures are sub
mittod for the claims OF last night and TO-
day. Chairman McConville of the demo-
cratic State committee comedies the defeat
OF his Safe ticket, but states that they
have reduced the republican plurality OF ST.
O0O Of last year by over one,half. Al
| though others at democratic State head
quarters concede that the legislature vii
be republican by one or more. Chairman
McConville docs not concedc the control Of
that body to the republicans After II