Show FIGHT FOR LEGI contest in buckeye state not yet determined COURTS WILL DECIDE 1 IT 11 1 As far as the official returns received up to lust last night might show thet tha republicans have 71 74 the democrats 70 and ore doubtful in wood county both sides have hava agreed to take the matter into court to decide whether board can cam go behind returns I 1 columbus 0 0 nov 5 the ohio leg ls latine e stands 71 7 R republicans ad 70 democrats 0 and one doubtful on uie the official turns returns re received up to tonight with elili a dozen or more of the SS 88 counties veryl ver close there have been no material mat erlat e changes h a ng e s e x c e P t in wood county which N will v ll 11 1 b bo 0 c calmed 1 a 1 m e d by both parties until the courts pass o on 01 1 the action of tho the supervisors there have been no unusual pro aro i ce edings before the returning boards a of f any ally of tile the counties count lra except that or oc wood although both parties have hai haa their representatives a and n d a attorneys t to r n ey s t r g their county seats wherever h r ev e r t the h e v 0 t was close chairman of the demo C ratio state committee has haa not changed his claims of 0 a Domo democratic cralle majority on oil joint ballot arid and is fl ill III not do so ursal until I 1 tile the official returns ot of all counties are ara in and show the final result to differ from those he has hai at hand chairman mccon ille hie and others from the democratic state headquarters went to can cincinnati ei biln lic ti to confer with john R we lean and other party leaders regarding the contests that are to be made in the close counties chairman nash insists tonight that the legislature stands 75 republicans to 70 damoci damoc at ats anil and that the majority on joint bat bellut ut tor for senator will not be 1 loss iras than live five lie he says he Is tonight satisfied with tho the situation in wood county what he feared was that ahn effir official fat count might wipe out the small mall republican plurality in that county since the official tally sheets show a plurality of bl 31 for the republican representative reser judge nests nash says saya he be 13 15 iN illing and ready to have any bourl pass pas pa ss on the case lie ile says the law pro mac ides that tile the meru members bers of the booms of election cannot po go behind tini 1 turns and the supreme court has held that they have no ministerial powers whatever and cannot bear evidence i or use their discretion in th throwing roving out any in y votes that Is luff left to the t jur a and to ach bri branch linch ot of the legislature in passing on the credentials of its metr members ibers in wood county today day corrig tho the P republican candidate for tive tiled bled it 1 protest against tho the board counting the vote of Vree freedom doral township the ballots ballot had been tall icel tit in blocks of ive five tills this pro flat m C gave norris aud and li hears dears the dem damn bratic candidate tor for R representative te presen t a C 26 6 it the vote of tile tiie township had been thorn out it would mould have increased the plurality of by it 11 but it was counted the republicans insist that norris w will 11 I 1 be declared elected in fit wood CO county anty and that the stands st aeils 75 to 70 it fr wood county should finally be put in tile the democratic list by the official figures the legislature would stand 31 republicans to 1 71 I democrats while this to a mathematical majority of oc three it Is 13 a constitutional surplus of oc only one it bequir lea ulrea 73 7 votes or a majori tN or of all the mom member bers to elect a senator on it joint ballot wl with 1 71 representatives in the leg lessila I 1 ail tuie tui the death of a republican main bet ber of or a republican acaley from any cause would L ld leave the hare bare majo majority riv and it el if wand county should elect a dean democratic 0 or a tie Represent atle there would be no doubt startling developments at once tit in at least two other counties when the loard of elections took Us its noon anon decoss at bois ung oren croon the two members of the board of oc refused to lo sign the clat camans cam as of the vote of wood county unless the th vote of on one precinct in coalter center township were til thrown rown out tho the ved vote 0 of otis precinct makes it ft difference of ja 1 votes on the wood county representatives if it be counted tile republican representative will nill havo have z r plurality and it it t be thrown out the tha democratic representative will ill have a plurality of it 11 the county seat roI cowling ing gic en Is 13 located in center lonn township ship thu tho precinct lit in dispute includes that portion of the township outside tile the orti orate limits of bowling green but tor for the convenience conven lonca of oter the polls were located in bowling gren just across the precinct boundary boun daiy the voting place Is in the cioper township but not NIth within tra thi the precinct and it it had bt ben b en lit in tile the same alae lace for fol live eara without the legal leeal ry ny of tile the loca location ever ha ilasi beem questioned before it 11 Is learned earned hero heie tonight thit counrel for both democratic and republican committees at domling Ho aling green today aga cd to submit th ill wood county case at once to the circuit court and that the lawyers on both artes sides went to toledo for that purpose the court will 16 b asked to decide whether tha election hoard board can RO go behind the ro re turn turi isi of course it will br be left for proceedings in con conett tt a in the tie hausa 19 is t to 1 decide whether tile the vote of center township shall be counted lias has been at itic republican headquarters of cit to lo tho the soldiers soldier home vote at dayton ott oi the ground that the noting prec lucu were more not in the proper place placa it if that vote should be thrown thron out the democrats would gaan two representatives front county and one senator fa tor enough on ali tatt clainie of tin the republicans public ans to make anake the iho stand 73 71 democrats to 12 republicans on joint ballot chairman nash says there ere are about forty precincts in the tha state where theae technical points at on tile the of the polls eon can be and it if it Is made an issue of contest it is will ill it bork ork both 1 anys I with nc one ona In known owing tile tho final lion challes R kurz who was iraa chairman of tile the republican state in UM and says thero there Is IB nothing whatever is in tle tho talk about certain republican members of tile tho legislature combining with the democrats to elect gov bushnell or any other man lit in tho the place of senator L lanna flannel who nho was indorsed endorsed indor sed by th republican I 1 can state stale i for both th tho a hort and full terms of senator sir mi curil says no republican mer marrale rale T could all anord ord to bolt the tha caucus nomination and ho he does docs not believe beleve that u single republican member who would mould go eo into a combine As aa chairman man kurtz wa tor for i o election f tor 0 r e an by senator and na S d M litta Irb talt aej t he js is thea tha senator himself tills this statement Is beile cleved v ed to bo be the last fast that wilt will be heard of f the combine against hannu us as tho the liep republican alican ilal nominee atu at I 1 republican publican le state headquarters hea douar ter the reports hove have never neer receive I 1 ed any credence the ina managers nazers state atalo that it 1 they are assured a sate safe majority on oil safe kate ballot they have no doubt or concern as aa to what that majority do REFERRED TO T THE COURT COURT wood county contest taken under toledo of 0 adov 6 15 the close vote in wood county on the election ot of a representative to the legislature he has q re rc suited in at a contest which wits was begun in the circuit court today the ofIl cial count on olt the vote for or gives norris rep and mears hears dem thus giving norris a plurality of only 31 center toun townships shIPs vote if thrown out mould give maars a plurality ot of it 11 votes voles nominee mears protes td the lite vote of center township on oil tile the ground that the VOUT of i elie township outside of 0 dowling bowline green went butof their pre colnul to vote the question WM was argued before the supervisors this morning the board heard una final arguments unit nod divided politically MO and to on the question of admitting the vote of t conter center township in such art ail event the law viro ldes vides that the matter be re referred ferrod t to 0 a judge of 0 the circuit court so that aba t the case was brought here and subhi submitted tied this afternoon to circuit judge parker congressman G E curton burton of clveland represented P r 0 8 Q anted the republicans s I 1 a and it frank aa baldwin 1 d i I 1 n of dom bowling ling green represented r cp resented the iho democrats the hearing was held field at chambers and the arguments resolved themselves into a mere statement of the facts and the rights 0 f an election board to establish a v ting booth in a convenient place do decision col slon was reserved until tomorrow MUDDLE IN MARYLAND serious controversy over returns in somerset C comity princess anne md nov C B there them Is it a serious legal controversy among the supervisors of 0 election in somerset county over the vote cast on tuesday J S standford Stand tord the democratic member having refused to sign tho the certen cate of 0 election because ot of certain irregularities lo in the tally and ballots in that the judges of 0 lection lo in several instances failed to sign the former and that at least GOO of the latter wore counted in spite of the tact fact that they were not indorsed endorsed Indor sed with wilb the initials ot of one of elie judges as required by law the republican supervisors upon advice of counsel decided to disregard these theao appe apparent irregularities whereupon mr ile standford who had been elected secretary ot of tho the board vilta ath drew the other two then reo reorganized and issued subpoena to the judges and clerks of the various precincts to appear before them on it monday to make the necessary corrections in tire tho tally sheets mr air standford thereupon entered it a protest pretest claiming that the whole course of the board la Is illegal and the rues question ion Is likely to be taken into courts court wit where tere nn an attempt may ile be mode made to throw out the unmarked ballots and reverse the result of the late election in which event the tour four assemblymen assemblyman Assembly men and ono one 0 senator from somerset may KO go into the democratic instead of tho the republican i column 1 TALKED or OF TAMMANY massachusetts governor speaks of greater new york election toston boston nov 5 at a meeting of the or gi club tonight gov cov wolcott d the result ot of the elections was ab lately satisfactory the only exception 1 li ig iff the lie election in new york mr e was wa a loyal republican and had a devotion to honest politics mr cys distinguished ability was ad tad fd lull but his candidacy meant but I 1 in n thins thing opposition to tammany hall T r put a reclined republican in the neld field v i unnecessary every one saw with abasement ama thita great city handed over to tammany tor for tour four years that i ald rive give tammany time to itself and the democratic party that they might control tile election in n the state lit in a presidential year senator lodge concurred in the governors views concedes gabberty Oab Gab berts election denver col nov 6 chief justice charles charlca D hayt today conceded the iho lection election of his opponent william 14 gabbart Gab bert bort the populist and democratic candidate majority Is over i 2000 result t in nebraska lincoln neb nov kov 5 Com complete official and returns from sev enty counties give sullivan fu tor for supreme court judge post rep estimates based on last deais vote in the remaining counties would make sullivans plurality 1 in the state slate 11 |