Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 9 November 1894 — Page 2

i THE RETURNS. ; Something of a Landslide Were Yes* terday’s Elections. REPUBLICANS THE WINNERS Indiana Goes Republican by Very Large Figures. NEW YORK DOES THE SAME THING. Senator HUI Hurled Under a Plurality of About 140,000 and Tammany’s Candidate For Mayor Beaten by 45,000. Bynum's Defeat Conceded In the Indianapolis District by a Thousand and Henry’s Success Claimed by More Than Twice That —Republicans Assert That All Indiana Congressmen and Both Branches of the Legislature Are Theirs, While Chairman Taggart Makes No Claims —Congressman Wilson’s Fate a Matter of Doabt—Details From Many States. Election news from all the states of the Union is of an indefinite nature up to this time so far as figures are concerned, but enough is known to indicate overwhelming Republican success in several states. New York leads with a plurality of 15,000 against Senator Hill' and 45,000 against Tammany, followed with these figures from other places: Ohio, 125,000; Illinois, 75,000; Pennsylvania, 250,000: Indiana, possibly 40,000 and similar returns from other northern states. The complexion of the next congress is claimed to be Republican and it is possible that Mr. Wilson of West Virginia may not be a member. Republicans claim his defeat, but it is not yet given up by Democrats. THE NEXT CONGRESS. Associated Returns Give It to the Republicans. . « New York, Nov. 7.—Returns received by the Associated Press up to this hour show that the next house of representatives will be Republican. The returns now show a gain for the Republicans of 62. These gains are distributed as follows: West Virginia, 3; New Work, 16; Massachusetts, 4; Maryland, 3; Kentucky, 2: Pennsylvania, 5; Illinois, 5; New Jersey, 3; . Connecticut, 3; Kansas,-!: Ohio, 6; Indiana, 1; North Carolina, 1; Rhode Island, 2; Michigan, J; Colorado, 1; Wisconsin, t. Total, 56. INDIANA. Large Republican Gains Reported on State Ticket and Congress. Indianapolis, Nov? 7.— The election passed off with hardly the usual amount of friction, two arrests of Democratic efec tiou officers having been made on charges of drunkenness and two arrests for alleged repeating. There was the usual controversy at the poor farm over the voting of paupers and Republicans claim 50 illegal votes were cast. As early as 7 o'clock news of Morton’s success in New York began to bulletined, and in a short time bedlam-like noises were prevalent and continuous until late in the night. All the. newspaper offices displayed reports, and the Republican tenor of dispatches made that element particularly enthusiastic. Nothing tangible was received from Indiana until long hours afterward and the crowds had then disappeared. Bulletins had indicated Republican gainsand at the party headquarters were made claims of a decided victory, while among Democrats it was insisted that not enough information had been received upon which to base certain predictions. First figures from 10 precincts in the statj showed an average gain of 20 Republican votes to the precinct, and this ratio was maintained all during the night. Some of the returns were slow incoming iu, however, and it will be late before accurate estimates can be given. These are sample bulletins: Fifteen precincts in Lafayette show a net gain for Secretary Os State Owens, (Rep.) of 484, which indicates a Republican majority of 1,800 in Tippecanoe county. In St. Joseph county 21 out of 60 precincts show Republican majority of 2,828. Expected Republicans will gel.Soo majority. Returns from eight out of 12 precincts in Laporte county show a Republican gain of 207 for state and county tickets. Indications that county has given a Republican majority. Democratic majority in 1892 was 1,155. ". Five Peru precincts give 510 Republican, Democratic 386; Republican gain, 40. Reports not official front six others show Republican gains} of nearly 20 per cent. Ten precincts in Waluish county give Owen 557 plurality over Myers, a net Re publican gain of 328. Steele for congress runs far ahead of his ticket and has carried the district Returns on state ticket, from 10 precincts in Vigo county show Republican gain of 350 over vote of 1892. Same ratio of increase will give Republicans the county by 500 to I,ICX). Twenty-six Logansport precincts show a nit Republican gain of 538. Dr. Hatch (Rep.) for congress will have not less titan 2,000 plurality. About 2,000 votes weye cast in Brazil. Owen secured 410 majority over Myers. Big gain for Republicans over vote of 1892. Sixty-three precincts in Madison county show a Republican gain of 1,200. County last time gave 300 Democratic majority. J i. Owen will carry Montgomery county by ~ ■ 450, a gain Bf 460 over 1892. Large Republican gains in Starke county. Republicans' elect sheriff. Bertram defeated for state senator and probably Bozarth for joint representative. Glazebrook pulls through as state’s attorney -with a small majority. Nineteen precincts in Fort Wayne out of - jHHtejk

47 give Myers 1.551, Owen 1,435. This is a decided gain for Owen, but change of precincts over two years ago makes it impossible to figure it exactly. Twenty-six precincts in Vanderburg county show a net gain of 448 on the state tidket. At this ratio the county will go , 1,040 for the Republicans. Chase, for governor, carried the county by 3 tn 1893 Miami county shows a largely increased Republican majority throughout the county. Other precincta will put Steele for congress way ahead of the ticket. Fourteen precincta in Bartholomew county give Overstreet (Re ci) a majority of 28 over Cooper (Dem.) Republican gain 356. Democrats concede Cooper’s defeat by 1,000. Twelve of 31 precinct s in Jefferson county give Myers, 1,089; Owens, 1,163. Net Republican gain 125. At Republican headquarters this morning everything was claimed by Secretary Seeds, who said all the congressmen were Republican, lx»th branches of the legislature and the state ticket elected by probably 40,000. Chairman Taggart left Democratic headquarters at 2a. ni. His lieutenants, when asked what was claimed, answered: “We are not claiming anything.” Bynum’s defeat in this district was given up by 1,000 and Republicans claimed 2,500. Marion county Republicans claim election of their ticket by 2,500. The indications are that the Republicans elect their state ticket by at least 20,000 majority. ‘ ' NEW YORK. Tidal Wave Submerges Hill and Washes Ont Tain many. New York, Nov. 7.—The Republicans have carried New Yofk state by estimated pluralities ranging from 130,030 to 150,000. These figures represent the probable plural - ity of Levi P. Morton (Rep.) for governor over David B. Hill (Dem.), based upon the vote of New York city and Brooklyn complete, and returns from more than onehalf of the election districts above the Harlem river. The total vote for the two leading candidates isconsiderably inexeessof that polled for Flower and Fossett for governor in

LEVI P. MORTON. 1891, in addition to which is the votes cast this year for Everett P. Wheeler (Ind.Dem.), which will exceed 20,000. The tremendous Republican sweep in the city and state, it is estimated, has elected 23 Republican congressman, a gain of eight over the present representation in congress. The most sanguine expected that the Democratic party, with Senator Hill at its head, would show recuperation from the vote given for Maynard ill 1803. In place of all anticipated results comes a sweep from every (quarter beyond the highest claims hiade by the Republicans. In all the Democratic estimates given on the eve of the election it was contended that the Democratic plurality below the Harlem would be at least 35,(N0. The surprises are not confined to this change of votes, but an analysis shows that Senator Hill will run behind even the vote of Maynard, while in the state he fell below the vote cast for Governor Flower in 1891. The results of the sweeping victory are more far teaching than simply the election of the Republican state ticket. It is highly probable that all of the election amendments are adopted. The percentage of loss as compared with the vote for the head of the ticket is not nearly so large as it was supposed to be, and the result therefore is that the legislature will consist of 50 senators and 150 asseuibtfiiien; that pool selling or races will be prohibited, and that a new judiciary system will be inaugurated. The sweep also means that for the first time in many years the Republicans will have control of the state legislature and at the same time have a governor in thechair in political harmony with them. The scene on Newspaper Row last night when it was conceded by Democratic organs that Morton had won the governorship and Strong the mayoralty was one of wild enthusiasm. Fully 10,000 people thronged the, thoroughfare, blocking the cars and impeding the horse and cable car traffic. When the concessions by the Democrats were announced there seemed to oe tnree rtepuoh'cans to one Democrat present. The Tammany inen down town had noexcuse to offer for their overwhelming defeat. ✓ The nominal majority of 60,006 usually polled by Tammany in New York city has been obliterated and an opposition nonpartisan majority of 40,(XN to 45,000 has been piled up, making the net opposition gaimnor'e than 100,000. Never since 1871, the year in which the revelations concerning the operations of Tweed were made, has there been such an opposition arrayed against Tammany, and the returns show that a severe blow has been st ruck at the foundation of the most powerful local organization in the country. OHIO. Columbus, Nov. 7. —Ohio has broken her record on Republican pluralities The largest plurality heretofore was when John Brough had 101,000 over Clement L. Vallandinghara, the latter being exiled at the time in Canada. Last year Governor McKinley carried the state by over 80,(MX). | Republicans now claim a plurality for I Secretary of State Taylor of 125JXM) to 130,000 and the Democrats concede that the Republicans have made large, gains over the McKinley vote of last year and possibly beaten the Brough highwater mark of 1863. On the basis of the state vote, the Republicans claim 17 of the 21 congressmen,*the present Ohio delegation in congress consisting of 11 Democrats and 10 Republicans. Cleveland, Nov. 7. —Tn the Seventeenth Ohio district McClure (Rep.) has carried Wayne, Tuscarawas and Licking counties. Holmes county is yet to be heard fromj but it, is probable that McClure is elected over Richards (Dem.). This would, leave the Democrats but two sure districts in Ohio. Tom Johnson is defeated. MICHIGAN. i Detroit, Nov. 7.—Michigan has gone Republiean by about 60,000 plurality. The . ■ —■ »" .-J.,

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, . Republican state central committee claim* It will exceed that figure, while Secretary Hosford of the Democratic committee concedes the Republican plurality to beso,000. The Republicans have also elected every one of the 13'congressmen, notwithstanding the division of districts by what they allege to have been a Democratic gerrymander. Perhaps the greatest surprise to the Democi-nts was the election of Spaulding (Rep.) over Barkworth (Dem.) in the Second district by over 3,000 plurality. The legislature will be about fourfifths Republican iu Ixrth branches. WEST VIRGINIA. MAin iNHBUKo. Nov. 7.—Wilson’s county (Jefferton) gives him 1,400 majority, which is less than was untieipated. The election iu the Second district will be close and it will require the official count to determine the result. The Republicans are jubilant W. L. WILSON, and claim Wilson’s defeat, but the returns from the back counties cannot begotten for a day or two. The Democrats are uneasy. Specials to tho Pittaburg Dispatch from Grafton, W. Va., indicate the election of Dayton -over Wilson by 1,000 majority. Five precincta out of 31 in Monongahela county gives Dayton 664, Wilson 801. Randolph county, which formerly was Democratic by 797, gives Wilson less than 650. Five precincta iu Preston county give Dayton 158 majority. The Republicans claim Taylor county by 450 majority. All indications, judging from the latest scattered returns received from the Second district point to the defeat of W. L. Wilson, but by what majority is the merest conjecture. Second district Democrats do not give up all hope, but the drift of the returns is undoubtedly against the Democracy. } KENTUCKY. Txittisville, Nov. 7.—Late returns from Ashland district indicate a close race l>etween Denny (Rep.) and Owens (Deni.),' with chances in favor of the former by a small majority. It seems now that Colson, one of the two Republican candidates in the Eleventh district, will win. There is doubt as to the election of Montgomery (Dem.) in the Third, Lewis (Rep.) making a great race. Pugh (Rep.) has, in all probability, won in the Ninth district. Colonel Evans (Rep.) in the Fifth claims 3,500 majority. Louisville, for the first time, goes Republican. The Democrats elected three and perhaps four of their candidates for judges of the court of appeals. Louisville, Nov. 7.—A Lexington dispatch to The Cpmmerciat says the Owens managers concede the defeat of Owens and place the majority at' alxmt (XX). The air is blue at Owens’ headquarters with shouts of vengeance against the Breckinridge men, and they swear no Breckinridge man shall be elected to office until Owens is sent to congress. NEW JERSEY. Jersey City, Nov. 7.—The vote in New Jersey was light. The returns show the heaviest voting in RenuMican districts ana the gteacest talling off in Democratic districts. Republicans claim six of the eight congressmen. The Democrats concede five and claim the other three. The new system for "voting for assemblymen renders ah estimate dmpossitde. Republicans claim a two-third majority in the assembly and election of a Republican to ( succeed McPherson as United States senator. The latest returns show that New Jer-sey-will be represented by seven Republicans and one Democrat in congress. KANSAS. Topeka, Nov. 7.— Dajid Overmeyer, Democratic candidate for governor, makes this concession: Indications point to the election of Morrell and Republican ticket by good majorities. Suffrage probably defeated. Republicans will carry all but two congressional —the Sixth and Seventh being in doubt. Senator Martin’s trade with Populists diverted many Democratic votes to Lewelling and alarmed conservative Democrats, who voted for Morrell in large numbers, thus cutting the Democratic ticket to pieces. Legislature probably Republican on joint ballot. MISSOURI. St. Louis, Nov. 7.—The state returns show an average falling off of about 30 per cent in the state, equally divided between the Avo leading parties. As indicated by these returns Missouri’s congressional delegation will stand 13 Demdcrats and 2 Republicans. The only district which may be changed by later returns is the Fifteenth, where JVforgan (Dem.) and Burton (Rep.) are having a close race. Os the state ticket there, is no doubt of Democratic success NEW HAMPSHIRE. Concord, Nov. 7.—Returns from New Hampshire were never more tardy, but those received show Republican majorities. Less than one-quarter of t he state has been reported, but tho returns at hand indicate that Busiel will have at least 6,000 lead over Kent. The election of two Republican congressmen is conceded and the legislature will be Republican by probably 75. Four wards in Manchester show a net Republican gain of 579. MISSISSIPPI. ' f Jackson, Nov. 7.—Returns from all districts of the state show that thc < seven Democratic congressmen have been ejected by good majorities. The Populists had a nominee in every district and in the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh male vigorous campaigns. In most districts the Populists appear to have lost strength. The four prohibition candidates practically cut no figure- A very light vote Wiw polled. COLORADp. o . . Denver, Nov. 7.—lndications are that Mclntyre (Rep.) for governor will have 15,000 to 20,090 majority over Waite (Pop.) -fem .~ y ; - .

r Waite has run behind his ticket many ’ thousands, if the Republican, have 20,000 ■ majority on the head of their state ticket ■ they wffl undoubtedly contitol the legisl latilre and re-elect Senator Walcott. Pence • (Pop.) is beaten by Bhafroth (Rep.)for con- > grees in the First district. Bell (Pop.) i may defeat Bowen in the Second district, ■ but his majority of 13,000 two years ago : will lie greatly reduced. Dispatches from all parts of the state say a very full vote is ■ polled, and in the cities fully as many women voted as men. NEBRASKA. Omaha, Nov. 7.—Returns on legislature ’ are limited and mixed, with prospects i that the complexion of that body will be so close as to be in doubt for several days. • The returns of the various committees are i so partisan on this subject that they can • scarcely be depended upon. The Republicans claim to toe able to organise the body as against the opposed combined forces of Democrats and Populists, and thq other two parties claim the ftiidon forces will lie the stronger. As to the congressional delegation, little actual details are known, but from comparisons carefully made on Other votesand deducting impartially from returns of the three state central committees at 11 o’clock the delegation stands four Republicansand two Democrats, Republican gain of one. Holcomb, fusion candidate f »r governor, is successful. MINNESOTA. ST. Pauh Nov. is simply a question of the ehw.af.fhy Republican plurality in this state, with a strong indication that it may prove to lie a imijority. Twenty thousand was the first figure nt 10 o’clock last night, but it has skiwly mounted till it is now placed at 80,(XI> and may reach 40,000. Governor Nelson’s chief competitor seems to have l>een 8. M.-Owen (Pop.),for whom many Democrats deserted%eir candidate. The congressional delegation will consist of five and possibly seven Republicans. PENNSYLVANIA. pRTLADKLAHIA, Nov. 7.—Returns from the entire state give Hastings an estimated plurality of 212,664, the greatest Republican majority ever achieved in this state In 1892 Harrison’s plurality in Pennsylvania was 63,747 and Hastings’ gafn over this vote is 148,917. Complete returns will undoubtedly swell Hastings’ plurality above 240.0 X). Not one county in the state showed a Democratic gain. CONNECTICUT. New Haven', Nov. 7.—Returns as far as obtainable from all parte of the state indicate that Connecticut has experienced a great Republican landslide. This city has gone Republican. Pigott, the Democratic candidate for congress, who had a majority of over 3,000 last year, is defeated probably by I.OCK) majority by N. D. Sperry. Coffin, the Republican candidate for govI ernor, has about the s#me majority. ILLINOIS. Chicago, Nov. 7.—The count this state has been extremely slow, but enough is in to indicate a dedded victory for the Republicans. Tanner, chairman of the Republican state committee, says: ! ‘We will have 44 . majority in the legislature on joint ballot. Cook, county by 20,000 plurality and Illinois by 125,000. ” ... SOUTH CAROLINA. <. Columbia, Nov. 7.—There is no doubt that Evans (Dem.) vtill be elected governor by a large majority, it is doubtful whether the vote will be in favor of the calling of a constitutional convention Democrats will be elected to congress in all districts unless it is in the First, where Elliott, exmember and Democrat, is running against Murray, present negro congressman. " . MASSACHUSETTS. Springfield, Nov. 7.—The returns indicate that Massachusetts has given Greenhalge 45,000, a gain of 10,000 over last year. The probabilities are that 11 out of the 13 congressmen will be elected and that the lower house will easily have a Republican majority. Massachusetts is likely to have a solid Republican delegation in congress. RHODE ISLAND. > Providence, Nov. 7.—Complete returns I have not been received from either of the cobgresional districts in Rhode Island, but the figures at hand leave no more doubt of the success of the Republican candidates. The receipt of returns from varipus towns is much hampered by the prostration of i wires on account of Monday night’s storm. J WISCONSIN. « ’ Milwaukee, Nov. 7.—Late returns war-’ rant the Republican estimate of from 40,-| 000 to 50,000 Republican majority. The| Republican "majority in the state senate! will be about 6, according to returns thusl far. In the assembly the Republican ma-1 ! jority will not be less than J2O, and they! , elect nine congressmen. NORTH CAROLINA. | Raleigh, Nov. 7.—Pearson (Fusionisti claims to be elected in the Ninth district J ‘ Fifth district indicates that Settle is prob I ably elected. Other districts probably! Democratic, but news is very meager! Legislature Democratic by greatly reducecl majorities. ’ ALABAMA. Birmingham, Nov. 7.—The Democrat! > have carried every congressional district : in the state except the Seventh, which isl in doubt, by.majorities ranging from I,(X>l to 6,000. In the Seventh Howard (Pop.l is pressing Denny (Deni.) close aud mal . defeat him. GEORGIA. I ( ATLANTA, Nov. 7.—ln the state congresfl i sional elections all the Democrats are elect] ed. There was no uneasiness felt in an] but the Fourth, Seventh, Ninth and Tent] districts, and in each of these. Democrat] were elected by decisive majorities. I ■ ’ LOUISIANA. New Orleans, Nov. 7.—The Louisian® delegation in congress will remain solid® Democratic. Republican state central con® mittee charges fraud iu three districts an® say contests will be filed and appallin® 1 frauds shown. . ■ ; FLORIDA. ’ Jacksonville, Nov. 7.—An extreme® light vote was cast in Florida, probab® : about half of that cast at the state electit® in October. Both Democratic congresj® men are elected.« DELAWARE. > Wilmington, Nov. 7.—Returns indicaß - that the Republicans have carried tB 1 state by 800 majority.