The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-09

Republicans Are Laying Claim to
Less Than Fifteen Thousand
Democrats Say Only the Cities
Have Been Heard From, and Fig
ures May Be Materially Altered
Later On.
COLUMBUS, O., Nov. S.-There are
2,067 precincts in Ohio at which the
polls close at p. M, except in Cincin-
natl, where the polls closed at 4 p. m.
There are 200 precincts in Cincinnati
and 176 precincts in Cleveland. Reports
from all over the state Indicate light
vote, ON account of which the Demo-
Gratis claim congressional gains and
q close result on the state ticket. The
Republicans are equally confident.
Advices from some counties UP to
o'clock the Republicans claim gains
over last year on both state ticket and
congressman, while the Democrats
claim that only cities have been heard
from, and that the rural counties will
show such Democratic gains as to In
crease the number Of Democratic con-
gressmen and make the result on the
state ticket very close.
The Republican state committee have
a dispatch at p. m. from George B.
Cox, of Cincinnati, that Hamilton
county gives a Republican plurality Of
14,500 AS the county gave Bushnell
q plurality Of 1900 last year, this is
a Republican gain of $4,000 in one
county. The vote Of both parties is
less than last year, but early reports
show that the Democrat losses greatly
exceed those of the Republicans, so
that the latter expect q large plurality
on the state ticket and a gain of two
congressman.
At 10 .. m. incomplete returns indi-
cate that the Republican plurality on
the state ticket will exceed the plural
ity of 81, 100 for Mckinley for president
in 1896, and probably double the plu-
rality Of 28,105 for Bushnell for gov
ernor last year. The Republicans elect
fifteen Of the twenty-one congress
men, and four districts are carried by
the Democrats Two districts, the
Third and the Twelfth, are in doubt.
The present delegation in congress is
Is to 6.
Kinney, Republican, for secretary of
CINCINNATI, o., Nov. 8.-The total
vote of Hamilton county. will be about
$1,000. The plurality of the Republi-
can state ticket will be very near 10000.
The majority for congressman in the
First and Second districts will be In
that proportion. The county Repub-
hcan ticket is elected by pluralities
averaging about 5000. The lowest
candidate being Otto Pfiedger, for judgs
Of the court of common pleas.
Albert S. Berry Democratic cand1-
date for congress in the Sixth district,
is undoubtedly elected. having carried
both Covington and Newport by an IN
creased majority.
One hundred and forty-nine precincts
in Hamilton county show an average
Republican gain of fifty to a precinct
This indicates a Republican majority
in the county of from 10000 to $1,000.
CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 8-Returns
in ait o'clock Indicate that Kinney,
Republican, for secretary of state, has
carried this city by 1900 and the county
| (Cuyahoga) by 10000. This is a gain
of 5000 over the Republican plurality
of year ago.
CANTON, O., Nov S.-Twenty- six
precincts in Canton and Stark county
show q net Republican gain of 213 over
last year The same ratios maintained
would give the Republicans the county
by 1000. Mckinley, in 1885, carried the
county by $50.
COLUMBUS, O., Nov. Sat mid
night Chairman Blacker, of the Demo
cratic state committee, comedies the
state to the Republicans by over 10000
| plurality, and Chairman Dougherty, OF
the Republican state committee, claim
ed about $4,000.
CINCINNATI, O., Nov. S.-Oficial
returns complete Of Hamilton county:
Total vote 72,276. Secretary Of state,
Kinney Rep.), 1920; Cutlery Oem.),
1886; Kinney's majority, 1854. Con-
gress, First district, Shattuo Rep.)
2O,1S2; Follett Oem.), 14,OS7. Stattuc s
majority, 6,045. The Second district
Cromwell Rep.), 22,S7S; Swain Oen.)
1851. Bromwell's majority, GAP.
WEST SUPERIOR, Nov. S.-Incom-
plete returns show a safe plurality fol
the entire state ticket, also for Con
gresham Jenkins, state senator, an6
c. l.. Catlin for assembly c.. J. Nor
quist was defeated by w. E. Hoehle
Democrat, for assembly. Almost thu
entire Democratic county ticket is
elected.
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