The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-09
THE VOTE VERY HEAVY
In Maryland the Amendment to Dis
franchise the IIliterate Negroes Has
Met With Defeat. Rhode Island is
in The Republican Column. Virginia
and Kentucky Are Democratic and
Massachusetts is True to its Tradi.
lions. Pennsylvania Elects a Dem.
ocrat State Treasurer.
(By the Associated Press.

Columbus o., Nov AT II o'clock
tonight the leaders in this State claim
ed the election of Pattison and the
entire Democratic ticket by substan-i
tial pluralities, while the Republicans
simply refused to eoncede such a
claim, insisting that the returns were
insufficient at that hour to indicate
anything except that the vote had
been very heavy and that the amount
of scratching had made counting very
slow. The city's loss to the Republicans
exceeds 100 to the precinct but as the
loss per precinct outside of the large
cities was so far as reported only
about thirty there was no certainty
that the loss would run high enough
to wipe out the 100000 Republican
plurality with which comparisons were
made. Less than 800 of the 1900 pre-
cincts had been heard from at IL
o'clock.
Columbus. o., Nov. AT midnight
chirman Dick gave the following
statement to the Associated Press:
1.-The election returns are fragmen-
tary and meagre at this hour, de-
lay being due to the large number OF
candidates and a great deal of local
ticket scratching. While it is not
practicable as yet to approximate def
mite nSufeS. lnOlcdliOIS SLOWLY point
to the reelection of Governor Herrick
and the entire Republican State ticket
by safe pluralities.
(Signed) CHAS. DICK, Chairman.
HOW Herric6 Ran.
1t had been expected that in view
of the bitter fight that was made on
Governor Herrlck's personality he
would run behind his ticket, but up
to midnight he was running two votes
to the precinct ahead of Colonel Har-
ris, the Republican candidate for Lieu
tenant-GovernOr, who was expected to
poll the average party vote. The early
reports though very meagre were SO
strongly in favor of PattiSOn that his
election was bulletined and announced
in many of the extras. but as fuller
returns came in showing reduced ratio
of gains the Republicans became more
hopeful and the Democrats refused
To give out any statements, although
they still maintained that they had
gained a notable victory. Early in
the night reports from Cincinnati were
to the effect that Hamilton county
which has been counted on by the Re-
publicans to give 10000 plurality for
Herrick, had gone for Pattison, but at
midnight private message from
George b. Cox to Governor Herrick
announced that Hamilton county had
The eight thousand or more given by
Cuyahoga county for Pattison was
close to what had been anticipated by
Republican Chairman Dick, his poll
announced last week giving that coun-
ty to Pattison by 5000.
AS to the Legislature little in the
way of definite news has been obtain
able tonight.
At l o'clock Chairman CARRIER said
that he would not give out any formal
statement at this time but that from
the reports which had reached him
he considered the election of Pattison
and the entire Democratic ticket as
sured. He said he believed that Patti
sons plurality would approximate &c.
600, the figure he had given in his
prediction estimate AS to the Leg
islature he said that he counted on a
large Democratic majority in both
houses
The State Journal has estimated
pluralities from SO out of the 80
counties in the State showing a net
plurality of $40 for Herrick for gov
crnor The Republican pluralities are