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full K-rm, G. T. Stewart; Judge of Supreme 



Court, *h.>rt ti-rm, S. K. Adams; ( 1,-rk ot Su- 

 |.r.-!ne Court, 8. B. Foster ; Stuto Commissioner 

 union S.-i M. Weddell ; im-mln r 



.>;' Ko.ir-1 uf 1'ublio Works, Enocli (i. Collins. 



Tho flection was held October lath, and 

 resulted in tin- election of all tho Democratic 

 candidates. The otlicial count was as follows: 

 Secretary of State. 



William BH1. Jr.. Democrat 88,408 



Alluii T. \\ iUuil, K.'puMiran 831,904 



Juhn U. Hin-liu-l, 1'rohlbitlou 7,815 



Judgt of Supreme Court (Full Term). 



W. J. Gilmore, Democrat 287,586 



I.uthiT Day, Republican 221,701 



O. T. Stewart, Prohibition 7,711 



Judge of Supreme Court (to fill Vacancy}. 



George Rex, Democrat 238,807 



.I..IHIM.II. Republican 221,182 



8. E. Adams, Prohibition 6,278 



Clerk of Supreme Court. 



Arnold Green, Democrat 238,089 



Knilm-y FOOD. Republican 221,581 



S. B. Foster, Prohibition 7,881 



State Commissioner of Common Schools. 



mart, Democrat 237,014 



Thomas W. Harvey, Republican 221,621 



1'. M. \Vecldnll, Prohibition 7,714 



Member Board of PubUe Worlcs. 



Martin Schelder, Democrat 238,106 



> II. ItosiniT, Republican 220,025 



Enoch G. Collins, Prohibition 7,778 



The total vote cast was 467,425, against 448,- 

 878 the year before. There was a large increase 

 in both the Republican and Democratic votes, 

 and a falling off of 2,463 in the Prohibition vote. 



Elections for members of the Forty-fourth 

 Congress were held on the same day. Prohi- 

 bition candidates were put in nomination in 

 some districts. The following was the result : 



First District. Milton Sayler, Dem., 11,566 ; 

 J. K. Green, Kep., 7,250. Sayler's maj., 4,314. 



Second District. II. P. Banning, Dem., 10,- 

 852 ; Job E. Stevenson, Rep., 9,317. Banning's 

 maj., 1,535. 



Third District. J. S. Savage, Dem., 12,972 ; 

 J. Q. Smith, Rep., 11,810; L. T. Cook, Pro., 33. 

 Savage's plu., 1,162. 



Fourth District. John A. MacMahon, Dem., 

 15,411 ; Lewis B. Guncklo, Rep., 14,812 ; W. A. 

 Campbell, Pro., 216. MacMahon's plu., 1,099. 



Fifth District. A. V. Rice, Dem., 13,477; 

 R. K. Lytle, Rep., 8,279 ; D. J. Gallon, Pro., 

 22. Rice's plu., 6,198. 



Sixth District Frank II. Ilurd, Dem., 13,- 

 108; A. M. Pratt, Rep., 11,271 ; J. Granger, 

 Pro., 875. Kurd's plu., 1,837. 



Seventh District. L. T. Neal, Dem., 11,388 ; 

 T. W. Gordon, Rep., 9,108. Neal's maj., 2,225. 



Eighth District. J. E. Pearson, Dem., 10,- 

 878; William Lawrence, Rep., 10,756; W. J. 

 Sullivan, Pro., 994. Lawrence's plu., 878. 



Ninth District -E. F. Poppleton, Dem., 11,- 

 627; J. W. Robinson, Rep., 11,199; M. Har- 

 rod, Pro., 1,045. Poppleton's plu., 428. 



Tenth District. G. E. Seney, Dem,, 18,619 ; 

 0. Foster, Rep., 13,778; W. G. Mead, Pro., 

 289. Foster's plu., 159. 



>cnth District. 3. L. Vance, Dem., 12,- 

 437; 11. S. Hundy, Kep., 10,496; D. Locke, 

 Pro., 239. Vauce's plu., I 



Tveljth Ditrlft. \. T. Walling, Dem. t 18,- 

 680 ; D. Taylor, Jr., Rep., 9,067 ; II. A. Thomp- 

 son, Pro., 888. Walling'8 plu., 8,918. 



Tltirtfintlt District. M. I. Southard, I 

 18,602; J. H. Harnhill, Rep., 9,651; II. (Jort- 

 ner, Pro., 292. Southard's plu., 8,0.", I . 



Fourteenth District. J. B.Cowan, Dem., 12,- 

 894; W. W. Armstrong, Rep., 7,214; M. Deal, 

 Pro., 899. Cowan's plu., 6,180. 



Fifteenth District. \V . II. Oldham, Dem., 

 10,666; N. H. Van Vorhes, Rep., 11,766; 

 A. Alderman, Pro., 868. Van Vorhes's plu., 

 1,099. 



Sixteenth District. -II. Boylcs, Dem., 10,861; 

 L. Danford, Rep., 12,0'J7 ; J. Day, Pro., 85. 

 Danford's plu., 1,236. 



Seventeenth District. D. M. Wilson, Dem., 

 10,837 ; L. D. Woodworth, Hep., 11,118 ; 

 L. Paine, Pro., 446. Woodworth's plu., 276. 



Eighteenth District. J. K. McBride, Dem., 

 10,095 ; J. Monroe, Rep., 12,229 ; H. F. Miller, 

 Pro., 105. Monroe's plu., 2,184. 



Nineteenth District. D. B. Words, Dem., 

 6,245; J. A. Garfield, Rep., 12,591; R. II. 

 Ilurlburt, Ind., 8,427; J. Price, Pro., 391. 

 Garfield's plu., 6,846. 



Twentieth District. H. B. Payne, Dem., 

 13,849; R. C. Parsons, Rep., 11,880; W. D. 

 Godman, Pro., 864. Payne's plu., 2,519. 



Thirteen Democrats and seven Republicans 

 were elected to take the place of thirteen Re- 

 publicans and seven Democrats. A special 

 election was held in the twelfth district to 

 fill the vacancy in the Forty-third Congress, 

 caused by the resignation of H. J. Jewett, Dem. 

 W. E. Finck, Dem., received 14,090 votes, 

 against 9,301 for D. Taylor, Jr., Rep., and 861 

 for H. A. Thompson, Pro. 



The Constitutional Convention which organ- 

 ized at Columbus, May 14, 1873, and, after ad- 

 journing August 8th, reassembled at Cincinnati, 

 December 2d of that year, concluded its la- 

 bors by agreeing upon a constitution, May 14th, 

 which was to be submitted to the popular vote 

 August 18th. Shortly after the opening of 

 the adjourned session the presiding officer, M. 

 R. Waite, was appointed Chief-Justice of tho 

 Supreme Court of the United States, and Ru- 

 fus King was elected president of the conven- 

 tion. Numerous changes were contemplated 

 by the proposed constitution. The most im- 

 portant of these were the making State elec- 

 tions biennial, instead of annual ; prohibiting 

 any person interested in a contract or unad- 

 justed claim against the State having a seat in 

 the General Assembly ; changing the compen- 

 sation of legislators from a per diem to annual 

 salary ; providing for annual sessions ; giving the 

 Governor a qualified veto-power ; placing limi- 

 tations on the passage of appropriation bills ; 

 making radical alterations in the organization 

 of the judiciary ; striking the word " white " 

 from the elective-franchise article ; permitting 



