The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-11-05
Three Amendments
| Fail Of Passage.
HOME RULE HAS SHOW
Hogan Loses SOnatOEId Raca
! to Harding.
STATE CASTS HEAVY VOTE

Prohibition Forces Make Good Race IN
Small Towns and Country Districts,
but Are Routed In Large Cities.
Progressive Vote Throughout the
State Is Very Small - Soldiers
Home Strong For Wills - Many
Changes In Vote From Two Years
Ago.
Columbus, Nov. 4.-Both Republican
and Democratic state managers claim
Ohio on the governorship. The result
Is very much in doubt. with returns
coming in slowly from the rural cOun-
ties, which returns will, in all likeli
hood, determine the contest.
Cuyahoga county has given Cox q
plurality of about 10000. Hamilton
has gone for Willis. Franklin gives
Cox about 5000 plurality, while Lueas
apparently has given the governor 9
similar margin. Returns from the
smaller counties are extremely
meager, interest in the wet and dry
amendments having prompted the
election officials to count this ball0t
FIRST.
Late returns indicate the electi0n
Of 16 Democrats and FIVE Republicans
to congress. The Republicans are N.
Longworth. First district; ]. D. RuG
sell, Fourth; 8. D. Fess, Seventh; r.
M. Switzer. Tenth; Roscoe McCul
Tough, Sixteenth.
Warren G. Harding has won his
contest for the United States senator
ship against Tinaothy 8. Hogan.
Returns. indicate the defeat of three
proposed constitutional amendments,
including. prohibition, suffrage and
classification of property for taxation.
The home rule proposal is in doubt
It may carry, Suffrage is beaten. by
an even greater majority than two
years ago.
Advices from Sandusky county,
which two years ago gave Cor 2,50D,
say the .county may be- carried by VII:
lis by 500. a net Republican. gain Ot
$500.
Cox carried Huron county, by 600 in
1919. Returns now. Indicate. it he's
given Willis a plurality in excess Of
1000. q Republican gain of 2j6OO.
Progressive Vote Light.
The, Progressive vete thr0uEAou6
the state was very light. It may not
exceed six or seven votes to a. pre-
cinct, as contrasted with 40 in 1912.
The Soldiers home at Layton gave
willis a plurality of 600. This, is an
other surprise, since, Cox, carried the
home in 1912 for governor and easily
caEriedsit when he ran for coRgess.
Montgomery showed q plurality f.
Cox of about 4s000y
Impartial estimates are, that Cot
carries Franklin county by 5000 o.
5000, as compared to- 1000 In 1912,
The small cOanties Of OHIO viii Do
eide the gubernatorial race, but the
Indications are, that Governor Cox will
carry the state by narrow margin.
Licking county is. claimed by tho
Republicans, as 10 Jefferson. SUnEnit
will give Cox a2pluraHty, OF 1,00O.
Fayette county is reported RepNbn
can by 800 Williams ceuntyy q Dsm
ocratic stronghold, is claimed for, VIII
lis by 500. Willis also has leaa in
Van Vert county.
The fate Of the rest OF the state
ticket is very much in doubt.
All the amendments, with tin pUsAt
bley exception OF home rule, are d.
feated. Hamilton and Cuyahosa c0utl
ties relied up tremendous mRtoritiel
aEaianst prohibitien. and e. mtdAigAl
Wayne B. Wheeler, state sNpsRintsad
ent Of the AnttSaloon league. cen
csded its defeat.
woman suffrage was showed under
asa was the taxation amendment. Fie
ures are unavailable on all thefamend
ments, but the results are certain q
all except home rule, which seems tC
have carried on thee face OF very IN
complete returns.
The vote was very heavy. probahly
approximating 100000. Both citie'
and rural districts voted almost theil
fun strength. The PrCeressivys tnatl
e. miserable showing, averaging pr
haps 10 to the precinct, as. compares
with 40 two years age.