| Show oIUS COTT nIY 1710911 A Little Tonr On May or 11 Other Illglit 1niif Wurlllns Columbus O Nov 5Today Interest center In the olllcla counting nt low llng Oren of the vote ot Wood county 1 Wood county should Only be put In the Democratic list by the official figures the leglslatui would stand 7 Republicans to 7 Democrats While this Is I a mathematical majority 01 three It Is constitutional surplU ut onlY one 1 requires 73 votes or a mo jolity of all the 115 member to elect JOII a senator on Joint ballot With onlY 71 representatives In the legislature tile death 01 a Icpublcan member or I a Republican vacancy from any cat me would leave the hare majority and II Wood county should elect < a Democratic relrcoentative there mould be no doubt I gtallifing developments at one In at least two other counties The proponed legal proceedings are i believed lo be In statu quo walling thee completion ot the t official canvass i the vote In Wood county Information was received nf the stale headquarters of both parties tilts oflernoon that the Republicans claimed the election of Clermont county coun-ty by 1 majority of tncntyclghl When the board of election took Its noon recess at nowllng Green the two Democratic membcis of the board of elections refused to sign the official canvass of the vote of Wood county unless the vote of one precinct In Center township were thrown out The vote of this precinct makes a difference differ-ence ot 42 votes on the Wood county represenlallves 1 It be counted the Republican representatives will have 1 lUrallly and It It be thrown out the Democratic representatives will have a plurality ot 14 The county seat Howling Green Is located In Center township The precinct pre-cinct In dispute Includes that portion Lit th township outside the corporate limits of Howling Oreen but for the convenience of voter the polls were located In Honllnr I Oreen Just across the precinct boundary The voting place Is I In the proper township hut not within the precinct I and It has been In the same place for live years without the legality of the location ever been questioned before Aft It Is believed the deadlock of two to two will continue In the board of election Congressmen Burton ot Cleveland Rnt other attorneys for the Republicans have prepared their men damuo else and mill go befom the crcui court this afternoon for on order or-der to compel the Wool county board ot elections to sign the tally Sheets an they have been made out on the Ice if the returns reUmo The Republican counsel claim that county boards of election have no power to gO In hind th returns lend tho face ot their returns gives their representative I pluiollty of 2S In the event of the court not granting the order I seems piobable that the Republican Re-publican member from Wood county would be worn Inae Republican hlvo a mnJorlty of six In lie house without with-out Wood eeiunti The Official leturim from Delaware county give ulrhelfl Republican IIIF publican rtprcccnlntlve n pluralily of 30 Instead t of 29 as claimed lust night lon Charles l Kurt who was chairman of the Republican state committee In 1SPO and 1W5 move there Is I nothing whatever In the talk about certain Itepuhllenn members of the legislature cnml Inlng with the Demo Derio crats to elort rJ f1 or anye g her form to in lilt Place of Senator arms vho endorsed by the Republican tate convention for both the short and full I I trm 0 tetiatom Mr Hurt e no if publIcan member could afford to I alt the eu nomination nrul he il does not bell > ve a single Republican moot ber v ould go Into euoh a combine As Chairman Kurt ttls defeated for reelection for chairman hy Penntol lon anti ndrlts ttt he Is unlrlend ly to the senator hlmhelf this tate hmhcIfim8t1h1tttmruC mcnl Is I believed to In I tin last that will I be heard 0 the combine agnlnst lanna as the Republican senatorial nominee nomi-nee neeAt Republican state hcndiiuaters the AtneVublican repoils have never revived any credence cred-ence The managers Hate that If they nre Rated a Fort majority on safe bnTlot thy have no doubt 01 concern as to whal that majority will do |
