The Holly chieftain., 1902-11-07
VICTORY is CLAIMED BY BOTH
SIDES.
Large Republican Gains in Most
Counties---BuckIin Amendment
Defeated, the Balance Carried.
Republican Estimate.

The Denver Republican figures Out
a plurality of 1856 for Peabody, esti
mating as follows:
James H. Peabody is elected COVER
nor by plurality ranging fran 5000
to 1900, and the entire Republican
state ticket goes through With him.
Brooks, Bonynge and Hogg, all Re
publicans, are elected congressman 1y
splendid pluralities.
On returns received from a major
ity Of the counties where the result
was in doubt. Secretary Vivian of the
Republican state committee based the
estimate early. this "wednesday
morning Of plurality outside OF
Arapahoe county ranging from 10000
to $4,000. These figures were not the
result Of guess work, but were based
upon largely completed returns. 1t
was noticeable fact that where sup
Elementary returns were received they
nearly always showed further Repub'
lican gains.
On the basis OF the county returns
Mr.. Vivian was able to show the
probability that thirty-four of the
members of the House in the next
Legislature would be Republican.
There are sixty-1ve members in all,
and the presence Of thirty-four Repub
licans will mean that the whole Arap-
ahoe delegation. with the dependent
floats, will be seated as elected by
honest Republican votes. With at
least ten of the eighteen state sena-
tors to be elected this time, the Re
publicans will then have a majority OF
the Legislature on joint ballot. The
Democrats will be able to hold their
stolen senators from Arapahoe coun-
ty and the Twelfth district in office.
but they will have lost the United
States senatorship.
Defective and unofficial returns on
the amendments are on the whole In
clined to show that the whole list has
been lost. The defeat of the Bucklin
proposition by an overwhelming ma.
jority is announced at both party
headquarters.
At o'clock this morning the elec-
ton of the entire state Republican
ticket by safe majority was conced.
ed at Democratic headquarters In the
Brown Palace hotel. Milton Smith,
the state chairman, made a pretense
OF claiming the state, but he could
quote no figures to support his claims
and those who had been receiving the
returns declared that they were about
identical with those received at Re.
publican headquarters.
The Democratic losses were heav.
lest In the counties on which they had
strongly relied, and rs the returns
from Teller. Pueblo. Huerfano, Las
Animas. San Miguel. Mesa, Eagle and
Lake counties and from northern Colo
RADIO began to come in about midnight,
hope began to fade. At 2 O'Clock 4
large number Of the Democrats left
the Brown and went down to the Al
bany hotel, where they congratulat.
ed the Republicans of the county or.
ganization on their victory.
Ex-Governor Thomas was one of the
last to give up hope. He sat. and az.
ured, and figured and chewed' tis pen.
ell. and pared down his estimates a.
corrected returns came in, until he.
too. decided that 1t was no use.
Some detached reports indicate that
Mrs. Grenfell will run considerably
ahead Of her ticket, but 1t has been
SO hopelessly distanced that she. too.
will not get inside the nag.
The following table was prepared by
the Republican, based on latest re-
turns: