The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-09
DEMOCRATS WIN
OHIO ELECTION
Chairman Dick Comedies Defeat by
$4,000.
ENTIRE TICKET is ELECTED
LEGISLATURE Is NOW STRONGLY
DEMOCRATIC.

n OLUMBUS, o. Nov. S.-That John
u NJ Pattison has been elected gov
crnor for the next three years by
a plurality running well above 40. 600 is
settled tonight, as also is the Demo-
cratic working majority in both houses
OF the legislature, but there is still some
uncertainty as to the remainder of the
state ticket. The earlier returns We're
apparently from sections favorable TO
the governor, for he held a lead over
the rest of his ticket until today, when
fuller returns from the country dis
tricts cut into his vote severely, and
by the middle of the afternoon he
seemed TO be over 10000 votes behind
his ticket If that difference stands
the victory of these other officers viii
depend upon the size of PattisOns plu-
Iality. with the chances in favor of the
choice Of the entire Democratic list
Chairman CARRIER tonight figures plu-
y Taiittes for PattisOn that aggregated
close to $4,000, in which event the en-
tire Democratic ticket was safe. The
Republicans have given out no later
estimates since that of Chairman Dick
y
10000 plurality, but later reports re-
ceived at headquarters indicate that a
larger figure is correct.
Legislature Safely Democratic.
Republican estimates tonight give the
Democrats two TO five majority In the
next senate, and from ten TO fifteen in
the house, and these are probably the
minimum estimates The Democratic
fE i'm is Ion - in.
ate and tWenty-SeVen in the house.
The widespread scratching of tickets
caused such delay in the counting that
thirty hours after the close of the polls
there was still uncertainty. notWith-
standing the overwhelming nature of
The Democratic victory.
Tho state officers and legislators
chosen yesterday will serve three
years. instead of two as heretofore. the
constitutional amendment for biennial
elections providing that the terms Of
officials elected at this time shall expire
on Jan. l, 1909, at which time the state
officers and legislators chosen i'm Mo-
Ncmber, 1908, viii assume office. The
Legislature chosen in 1908 will chose "a
United States senator in succession to
Senator Foraker. For some time there
was confusion ON this point and IL was
widely but incorrectly asserted that
the legislature Just chosen would name
Foraker's successor,
Pattison's Plurality Grows.
The reports 20 Chairman CARRIER to-
night from all sections of the state i'm
dicatcd a plurality for Pattison of more
than $4,000. and he said he believed
that if the gains continue 1t might
reach $4,000. Republican adyices indi-
Gated that. leaving out the five large
counties. the HeTriCk loss i'm the re-
naming eighty-three counties would
average 600 votes 10 the county, or a
difference Of nearly so coo between the
vote cast for HerTick and that for the
remainder OF the Republican ticket
The other Republicans being thus about
10000 ahead of their chief. would win
il Pattisou was less Than 10000 ahead
of Herrick. but as the figures indi-
Gated that Pattson had considerable
/more than the necessary $4,000, while
the difference between Herrick and the
| other Republican candidates seemed to
Nbr narrowing slightly, it was safe to
assume that the entire Democratic
ticket had been elected, even though
The fullest report had not been received
as 10 the vote for thse offices.