Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1898 — BATTLE OF BALLOTS [ARTICLE]

BATTLE OF BALLOTS

Results of Election Throughout the Nation. CONGRESS IS CLOSE Ji tidal Count May Be Necessary to Decide Winner in Many States. * Party Majority in the House Will Be Very Small on Either Side-Demo-cratic and Republican Managers Claim .Victories—Roosevelt Is Chos< n Governor of New York— Pingree Is Re-elected in Michigan Scofield' Wins in Wisconsin.

All the States of the Union, exclusive of Maine, Oregon and Vermont, and the territories of New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arizona, held elections Tuesday. The following States elected Governors: California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Delaware, Florida, Illinois,. Indiana, lowa, Missouri,. Montana, North Carolina, Ohio and Utah elected minor State ■officers. Connecticut, California. Idaho. Illinois, lowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri. Montana, Massachusetts, New Y'ork. New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Nebraska. Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming and West Virginia elected State Legislatures. All the States except Maine, Oregon and Vermont elected Congressmen. Outside the Gubernatorial election in. New York, interest, from a national standpoint, centered in the Congressional elections. Partial returns up to 4 o’clock Wetmesmorning indicated Congress to be close and in doubt. Both parties were claiming control of the new House of Representatives by narrow margins. The Republican managers figured a majority of fifteen to twenty-five. The Democratic leaders put in like claims. More than fifty close and doubtful districts were still to be heard from. Partisan claims were therefore based on manifestly uncertain data. The Democrats have gained many seats. The Republicans expected that, and before the election conceded gains to the opposition. The Republicans, however, have a majority of fifty-five In the present House, and can lose heavily without surrendering their control. Returns received in the Associated Press office in New Y'ork City from all over the country up. to 12:30 Wednesday morning indicated that eighty-five Republicans and 109 Democrats had certainly been elected to seats in the National House of Representatives. The same districts two years ago returned to the lower house of Congress 105 Republicans and eighty-nine Democrats. Based solely upon the estimates in these districts, a Republican loss of twenty and a Democratic gain of twenty-one was indicated. These estimates conceded to the Democrats nil of the Congressional districts in Greater New York except one, the Fifteenth. Party Pluralities by States. Rep. Dem. Alabama 45,000 Arkansas 50,000 California 15,000 .... Colorado 30,000 Connecticut 15,000 .... Delaware .Small Florida 15,000 Georgia 25,000 Idaho In doubt. Illinois 30,000 Indiana . x 10,000 .... lowa t 05,000 .... Kansas 15,000 Kentucky xf Small. Louisiana .... 40,000 •Maine 22,000 Maryland ...... In doubt. Massachusetts 70,000 .... Michigan 80,000 Minnesota 5,000 Mississippi 40,000 Missouri 35,000 Montana Small. Nebraska 10,000 .... Nevada Small. New Hampshire 10,000 .... New Jersey. 12,000 .... New YosJs 18,081 «- .... North Carolina 75,000 North Dakota 4,000 .... ■Ohio ~i 55,000 .... •Oregon 20,000 Pennsylvania 20,000 .... Rhode Island 15,000 .... South Carolina 35,000 South Dakota .. .... 3,000 Tennessee 20,000 Texas 120,000 Utah Small. •Vermont .....2.......... 35,000 X‘ r ß'’! la .... 15,000 Washington In doubt. West Virginia . Indoubt. Wisconsin 30,000 Wyoming j,OOO .... •Election held previous to Tuesday.. PRESIDENT CASTS HIS VOTE. Traveled from Washington to Canton to Discharge the Duty. President McKinley and party arrived in Canton at 9:25 Tuesday morning, and was at once driven to the Barber residence. The President then walked to the polling place, dismissing the carriage. There was a crowd to greet him all the way, but there was no formal demonstration. The President started back to Washington the same afternoon.

' FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. i ■ HOUSE. Republicans 179 ■ Democrats......: ...162 ' Populists or Mlvernien 16 , Republican majority over ail 1 ; • SENATE. ' Republicans 53 ' Democrats 26 . Populists or feilverinen 11 ' Republican majority over all. 16