The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-09
GOEBEL HAS
WON THE FIGHT.
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| counties of the State show that tho
! Democrats swept practically everything
| before them in yesterdays contest John
| Walter Smith, DIR. Joshua Herring. and
| lsidor Rayner their candidates for Gov
ernor. comptroller and Attorney General
respectively, were elected over the Re-
publican candidates by approximately
11,300 majority. The official count. ii
is thought, will not materially change
these figures. The Democrats elected
eleven State Senators, for four-year
terms. which with their four hold-overs,
will give them fifteen out Of a total
membership of rs in the upper House of
The General Assembly.
In the lower house, composed of 81
members, the Democrats elected 66.
while the Republicans wIll have only %
delegates in the Legislature to meet in
January of next year.
In Baltimore city the Democrats elect
cd a Judge of the Court of Appeals clerk
of the city court, sheriff, States At
torney, city surveyor, and three judges
of the Orphans court
THE SENATE DEMOCRATIC.
Richmond, Va, Nov. S.-The returns
show that the State Senate will be en-
tirely Democratic, the member outside
of the regular party nominees being :.
W. Il. Stands, Independent Democrat
from Isle of Wight. The House will be
composed of ninety-three regular Demo
Gratis, three Independents iand four Re
publicans. Martin will secure the nomi-
nation in the party caucuses for UnitedI
States Senator by a safe majority.
KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE
Frankfort, Ky, Nov. S.-Chairman
campaign committee Mt this hour, mid
might. gave the following figures of the
complexion of the next Legislature:
Senate-Democrats p; Republicans,
II.
House Democrats, 30; Republicans,
Is. with chance of 30 to ~.
THE NEW YORK ASSEMBLY.
New York, Nov. S-Returns received
from up the State increase the Republic
can Assembly membership to So. against
81 Democrats, Republican gain of II.
In New York county the largest Tam
many plurality was that of the candi-
date for Surrogate, Abner C. Thomas,
$500. He was formerly Henry
DAILY Fusion candidate for Supreme
Judge. who was expected to get many
Democratic votes, did not head the poll
for his ticket The Independent Labor
vote. as indicated by the vote for John
s. Crosby, for Supreme Judge was 800
or 5000 less than the Socialist vote
The Tanmany pluralities in the several
counties are about normal. the gains of
Assemblymen in this city being due
largely ITO combinations with Citizens
Union and Labor men against Republi-
can candidates.
THE OHIO bIlEGISIlATURE.
Columbus, O., Nov S.-The statisticians
at the Republican headquarters have
been busy all day ana night endeavcTing
to secure some accurate figures en- the
plurality of Judge Nash, the Republican
candidate for Governor and tonight an
unofficial table of plurahties by counties
was completed This shows that i'll tif-
ty-seven counties Mash (Rep.) has S4,399
over Mclean (Denl.), and IN thlrtyIOne
counties Mclean has 34,035 over Nash.
This gives Nash over Mclean in the
State 50.3G4 1t is mot believed the
official returns will make any important
change ian these figures.
Notwithstanding efforts were made to
get the vote for Jones. returns have been
secured from only forty of the eighty
eight counties. These include the coun-
ties in which the heaviest Jones vote
was polIed, and show a total of $4,000.
The remaining counties Will swell the
Jones vote to cne hundred thousand.
The Republican figures of the Leglsla-
ture are: House, Republicans slxty-one;
Democrats fortyefive; doubtful 3. Sen
ate, Republicans eighteen; Democrats
eleven; doubtful two.
THE IOWA IgkGISLATURE.
Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. S-Retuins
from ninety of the ninety-nine counties
of the State, with estimates ON the
others, show that the Republican, claim
of sixty thousand plurality for Governor
Shaw is easily maintained, and may go
slightly above that figure. His ma
jority over all candidates for Governor
is estimated at .1iorty-eight Thousand
which is the largest III the history of the
State ON the gubernatorial vote. 1ne
Legislature will stand:
Senate thirty-fye republicans and fif-
teen Democrats.
House, eighty-three Republicans and
seventeen Democrats.
A gain of seventeen votes on JOINT bal
lot for the Republicans. Both the Gear
and Cnmmins forces claim Il majority of
the Republican votes for the Ulited