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tional amendments the counting was de
layed all over Ohio tonight and when re-
turns were received they could not DC
compared with those of any previous
state election, as seventy-one mumcipa'-
tiles with five thousand population ana
over had been redistrcted under new
municipal code that went into effect TINS
year and changed the voting precincts IN
those reorganized municipalities. Almost
all the returns received were from inc
cities from which the usual rate OF gains
and losses could not be definitely deter-
mined but most of them made such re-
publican gains over their vote OF last
April with which comparisons couid DC
made as to indicate that the drlft was
with the republicans in the towns even
greater than in the rural districts, whefe
the republicans We're gaining dozen to
the precinct over the vote Of last year,
when the republicans had a plurality Oh
over 10000.
When it became known last night that
there was a .'landslide" all the agencies
for gathering unofficial returns quit eN-
cept Chairman Dick. of the republican
state COMMITTEES, who today secured re-
ports from all his Lightweight county
committees and tonight announced that
Herrick. republican, had carried sixty
two counties and Johnson, democrat
twenty-six for governor, most OF the
latter by small and the former by large
pluralittes On a total vote OF less eldh
900 900 Herrich's pluralities in the couh
ties aggregate 1875, 80 and Johnson ~
i76, so that Herrick has net plurdlty
in the state of ii4,706. The total vote
TOR johnson was less than that FOR any
democratic candidate for governor iot
years.
Secretary Richardson, of the demo
cratic state committee, said that the
result in his opinion was due 10 the rear
OF single tax and 2cent fare
johnson Tells Why Hanna Won.
Cleveland, Ohio. November 4-Hon.
Tom l.. Johnson, the defeated democrat"
candidate for governor of Ohio, tonlsht
gave out the following statement:
The result in Ohio is due TO seVera'
causes of which the chief was the sue
cessful attempt Of senator Hanna 10 ~
press upon the people Of this state thdt
a continuance of undisturbed business
conditions demanded his return 10 me
senate.
IN the last few weeks Of the campaign
the closing OF mills and discharge OF
thousands of woIkmen' together WIN
bank aid business failures throughout
the country gave color 10 Senator tan
mas claim tnat The campaign In ONO M
volved national issues Of more immeGlate
importance than the matter OF our iocal
conditions.
THE republican party in this campaign
used a fund la1 ger in amount than any
other similar fund in the history OF state
politics This campaign fund was iuf-
nished by privileged interests throughout
the country, they not unnatuialy feeling
that Senator Hanna was their ma tl0nal
representative The magnitude of this
fund enabled the republican committee
10 give the widest possible circulation TO
their claim that business prosperity DE-
pended upon Senator Hanna's reel@c-
ton.
'"rne principles Of the democratic plat
form while i'll some sense new, have pre-
vailed in this country, when the public
mind was undisturbed by other considera
tons, and but for the reasons given
above would have been indorsed by The
voters of the state this year.
The ultimate success of the principles
of the democratic platform is but post
poned by this defeat and | urge the peo-
pie OF Ohio TO begin now the campaign
for the election OF the next legislature
the selection of which will not involve
the election of United States senator or
any other national question but which
can be chosen solely with reference to
the questions of home rule and just taxa
ton in which an overwhelming majority
Of the people of Ohio believe
tom l.. JOHNSON"