Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1884 — NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

NEWS CONDENSED.

Concise Record of the Week. BATTLE OF THE BALLOTS. The Elections in Ohio and West Virginia—The One Republican, the Other Democratic. Ohio. The election in Ohio on Tuesday, Oct. 14, wax for Secretary of State, a Judge of the Supremo Court, a member ot the Board of Public Works, members of Congress, and county officers. The returns, as sent out by the Associated Press on the m aning after the election, indicated a Republican majority of 15,000 to 17,000. Later returns from the same source, however, cut these down to about 10,0 0. A press dispatch from Columbus, Ohio, says: Complete but unofficial returns reduce the Republican majority close to 10,Uoo. Republicans claim it will be over that some, and Democrats that 'it will be less. It is thought that the official -count will make it about eleven thousand, which reverses the Democratic majority of last year, but does not show any such cyclone as was claimed on the night of election. Democrats say they will .make the fight for November with as much vigor as ever. The following private dispatch by a member of the Republican State Committee has just been sent to Dudley at Washington: *Sixty-five counties show a net Republican gain of 31,544. Deducting Hoadly’s majority of last year, it leaves 9,013. Ido not believe the remaining twenty-threecounties will more than bring this up to 10,000. Allen, .Ashland, Crawford, Darke, Mercer, Monroe, Paulding, Pickaway, Pike, and Richland show Democratic gains over last year.” By close calls the Democrats carry all the close and doubtful district* except that ot Frank Hurd, who is beaten. The Congressmen-elect are as follows: Democrats — Republicans—3. James E. Campbell. 1. Benj. Butterworth. 4. Chas. M. Anderson. 2. Charles E. Brown. 5. B“njamin Le Fevre. 8. John Little. 6. William D. Hill. 9. William C. Cooper. 7. George E. Seney. 10. Jacob liomeiss. 11. Wm W. Ellsberry. 12. Albt. C. Thompson. 13. Jos. H. Outhwaite. 11. Chas. H. Grosvenor. 15. Beriah Wilkins. 18. Isaac H. Taylor. 16. George W. Geddes. 19. Ezra B. Taylor. 17. Ad. J. Warner. 20. Wm. McKinley, Jr. 2b Martin A. Foran. A press dispatch from Cincinnati says: The returns received from all parts of the State are uniform in showing an increased vote. In many places the increase is very marked. Another feature shown is that the people are more than ordinarily arrayed in the two great pirties. Both the Greenback and Prohibition vote are 'comparatively insignificant, and the vote was as distinctly marked as if the Presidential ticket had been before the people. A matter of gre it 'surprise is the large vote received by the Republican candidate for Judge of the Supreme I Court. There was gener 1 belief that he would fall far 'below the rest of the ticket, owing to dissatisfaction among the saloon men on account of his opinions on the Scott liquor law. On the contrary, it appears he has been carried fully up with the remainder of the ticket, and here in Hamilton County his vote is greater tlia.ii that tor Robinson. The unexpected feature of the election is the ■German vote, which was cast largely for the Republican ticket. Hamilton, Cuyahoga, Lucas, Montgomery and Erie Counties, which embrace large Teutonic populations, show heavy Republican gains. In fact, they turned the tide and gave the victory to that party. Hamilton County alone shows a gain ot 5,000 on the vote of last year. Cuyahoga sliows a gain of nearly 3,000, Lucas a gain of over 2,000, and Montgomery a gain of 1,7440. Both the Democratic and Republican press here agree that the election in Cincinnati was the bloodiest that has ever been held here. The Democratic papers assert that the thousand United States Deputy Marshals were employed mainly in intimidating honest voters, while the Republican press construes the conduct of the police force and the deputy sheriffs in a similar manner, comparing it to the Mississippi policy. West Virginia. An Associated Press dispatch from Wheeling says: Returns are still very scarce and unsatisfactory. Chairman Cowden, of the State Republican Committee, concedes the State to the Democrats by 3,000. < e says the returns are coming in so slowly he can hardly form an approximate idea of the real status in the State. J. S. Miller, Democratic State Committeeman in this city, claims the State by 6,500. Chairman Leonard, Democrat, telegraphs Irom Parkersburg that the State has gone 10,000. Baker, of the National Democratic Committee, places it at from 3,000 to 5,000. Wood County gives Maxwell, Republican candidate for Governor, 1,000. Harri- .. sou County, Maxwell’s home, gives 800 majority. The Republicans have made gains all over the State, but not enough to overcome the Democratic majority of four years ago. Later Election Returns. OHIO. A Columbus (Ohio) dispatch save: Official returns were received at the Republican headquarters to-night from Ashtabula and Wood Counties, these being the last to report, and they complete the list. The revised figures give Robinson a plurality of 11,421. This shows a Republican gain of 26,053, and a Democratic gain of 2,102. In sixty-six counties the Republicans made all their gains, and the , Democrats in the rest. The Republican gains in the rural districts are equal to their plurality. Chairman Oglevee concedes the election of Ellsbury. Democrat, in the Eleventh Dis rict. The delegation to Congress will stand eleven Democratic and ten Republican. WEST VIRGINIA. A Wheeling telegram says: State Auditor Miller has official and unofficial returns and close estimates from forty-two of the fiftv-four counties, which give a Democratic majority for W ilson of 7,109. The seven counties to hear from will increase this to 8,000. The Register claims 7,000 for Wilson—a gain over the combined Republican and Greenback vote of 1880 of 3,700. Chairman Cowden, of the Republican State Committee, says the back counties are showing heavy Republican gains and predicts less than 5,000 for Wilsou. Still Later Election Figures. OHIO. A Columbus telegram says: “Almost complete returns are in from the official counts of the County Clerks. From these and reliable semi-official sources the Republican pluralities arc: For Secretary of State, 11,321; Supreme Judge, 15,450; Member of Board of Public Works, 17,473. The Prohibition vote will be from 8,000 to 10,000, and the Greenback-labor vote about 2,000, with a total vote of over 750,000.” WEST VIRGINIA. A Wheeling dispatch says: As far as heard from twenty-eight counties in this State give Democratic majorities of 12,133; twenty-two counties give Republican majorities of 9,277; Democratic majority, 2,856, with four counties to hear from, which may increase the Democratic majority 1,200. The Democratic plurality in 1880 was 16.136, and 3,100 over Republicans and Greenbackers. This year the Republicans and Greenbackers fused. It appears, however, that Democratic Greenbackers, in most counties, went back to their party, and Republican Greenbackers did the same.