Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-18
THE RESULTS IN INDIANA.
How the State Went by Districts in Tues
DAYS Election.

Secretary OF State-UNION H.
HUNT, Rep.
Auditor H. HART, Rep.
Treasurer-LEOPOLD LEVY, Rep.
Attorney General-WILLIAM l..
TAYLOR. Rep.
Clerk of Supreme COurt-ROBERT
y. BROWN. Rep.
superintendent of Public Instruction
FRANK l.. JONES, Rep.
Chief Bureau of Statistics-JOHN b.
CONNER.
State Geologist WILLIS S.
BLATCHLEY.
The cumbersome Indiana election
law and the fact that three blanket
sheet ballots had to be voted in each
of the three thousand odd precincts
made the work of collecting the re-
turns extremely slow, but sufficient is
now known to settle beyond dispute
the fate of the state ticket, the legis-
lature, and all the congressional dis
tricts. Chairman Hernley of the Re-
publican state committee claims the
state by $4,000, and the Democratic
state committee comedies it by over
10000 on the state ticket.
The legislature is Republican in both
branches. The Republicans have a
majority of twelve in the senate and
OF something over twenty in the
house This will insure a Republican
successor to Senator Turpie, and there
are already four avOwed candidates in
the field, with a number of others ia
vorably mentioned"
The avowed candidates are: Judge
Robert S. Taylor of Fort Wayne, Con-
gresham George w. Steele of Marion,
eX-Congressman F. B. Posey of Evans
vile, and ex-COngressman ]. Frank
Hanley of Lafayette. Among those
mentioned as possibilities are: Gov
ernor Mount, Colonel w. T. Durbin,
and Perry s. Heath, assistant post
master general
The Republicans hold the nine con-
gressiOnal districts that they carried
in 1896. though they get one of them,
the sixth, by very narrow margin.
In the first district James A. Hemin-
way, Republican. beat H. c. Duncan,
Democrat, by a little over 1900, an in
crease over his majority OF two years
ago.
The second district is NC yet def
nitely determined. but the chances are
that II. w. Meers, Democrat, has been
reelected over r. w. Gardiner, Re-
publican, by close margin.
In the third William T. Seener, DEM
ocrat, is reelected over Isaac S.
Whiteside by about 5000.
In the fourth, Holman's old district,
Marion Griffith, Democrat, is reelected
by about 500 He lost heavily in the
Democratic strOngholds of Brown and
Jackson. but gained in the Republican
counties.
In the fifth district George w. Faris,
Republican. is reelected over his law
partner, Samuel b. Hamil, by 295.
These figures are unofficial, but the Of
fetal count will not change them ma
terially. This is the one district that
has been set down as doubtful in all
the tables published thus far.
In the sixth district James f. Wat
son, Republican. is victorious over c.
]. Robinson by about 5000.
In the seventh Jesse Overstreet. Re
publican, is successful over Leon
Bailey, Democrat. by about $500.
In the eighth George W. Cramer. Re-
publican, against whom a bitter per-
sonal fight was made, defeats o. ].
Lott by about LOO.
In the ninth Charles b. Lands, Re-
publican, whose fight was regarded as
very close one. defeats his fusion an
tagOnst, Joseph B. Cheadle, by some
thing less than LOO, gain of about
500 of his majority of two years ago
e. ID. Crumpacker, Republican car
ries the tenth district by something
over 1000.
G. w. Steele, Republican, is re-elect-
ed in the eleventh by about $500
The twelfth is the district that Re
publicans were most hopeful of pull
ing out of the fire, but James Nj. Rob
insOn. Democrat, is reelected by over
900.
The most successful fight made by
any of the Republican candidates was
that of A. l.. Brick, who carried the
close thirteenth district by majority
| i'm excess of 1900
The vote in Indiana will fall faI
| short of the vote i'm 1896 and the re-
| turns are coming in slower than they
ever did before in the history Of In
| diana elections.