OHIO. 



OLD CATHOLICS. 



669 



120; Paige, Dem., 270,966; Roy, Nat., 88,- 

 332 ; Robinson, Pro., 5,674. Barnes's plural- 

 ity over Paige, 3,154. 



Judge of Supreme Court W. White, Repub., 

 274,337; Hume, Dem., 270,839; C. A. White, 

 Nat., 37,926 ; Ross, Pro., 5,607. White's plu- 

 rality over Hume, 3,498. 



Member of Board of Public Works Paul, 

 Repub., 273,927; Field, Dem., 271,178; Fal- 

 lis, Nat., 38,033; Locke, Pro., 5,677. Paul's 

 plurality over Field, 2,749. 



Elections for Congressmen were also held, 

 in most of the districts four tickets being in 

 the tield. The result was the election of elev- 

 en Democrats and nine Republicans. The 

 official figures were as follows : 



First District Benj. Butter worth, Repub., 

 12,756 ; Milton Sayler, Dem., 12,036 ; Milford 

 Spahn, Nat., 156; W. G. Halpin, Nat., 16 ; P. 

 H. Clark, Sr., Soc., 275. Butterworth's ma- 

 jority, 720. 



Second District Thos. L. Young, Repub., 

 12,914; L. W. Goss, Dem., 11,940; G. W. 

 Platt, Nat., 272; S. Ruthenberg, Soc., 260. 

 Young's majority, 974. 



Third District E. Schultze, Repub., 14,350; 

 J. A. McMahon, Dem., 15,437; M. P. Nolan, 

 Nat., 321 ; David Staley, Pro., 121. McMahon's 

 majority, 1,087. 



Fourth District J. W. Keifer, Repub., 15,- 

 879; W. V. Marquis, Dem., 10,822; W. A. 

 Hance, Nat., 367; W. J. Fiery, Pro., 829. 

 Keifer's majority, 5,057. 



Fifth District Harrison Wilson, Repub., 12,- 

 848; Benj. LeFevre, Dem., 14,676; Stephen 

 Johnston, Nat., 2,392; J. H. Blackford, Pro., 

 319. LeFevre's majority, 1,828. 



Sixth District J. L. Price, Repub., 12,072 ; 

 W. D. Hill, Dem., 16,110 ; W. C. Holgate, Nat., 

 2,544. Hill's majority, 4,038. 



Seventh District J. B. Luckey, Repub., 11,- 

 278; F. H. Hurd, Dem., 13,182 ; Henry Kahio, 

 Nat, 7,893. Kurd's majority, 1,904. 



Eighth District Charles Foster, Repub., 

 14,982; E. B. Finley, Dern., 16,237; O. C. 

 Brown, Nat., 845 ; Deal, Pro., 293. Fin- 

 ley's majority, 1,255. 



Ninth District Lorenzo English, Repub., 

 16,798; Geo. L. Converse, Dem., 17,786; C. 

 Lewis, Nat., 1,275 ; J. H. Coulter, Pro., 508. 

 Converse's majority, 988. 



Tenth District V. B. Horton, Repub., 12,- 

 245 ; Thomas Ewing, Dem., 12,579 ; Smart, 

 Nat., 176. Swing's majority, 334. 



Eleventh District W. W. McKnight, Repub., 

 13,997; H. L. Dickey, Dem., 15,355; John 

 Printy, Nat., 1,104. Dickey's majority, 1,358. 



Twelfth District Henry S. Neal, Repub., 

 14,566; James Emmitt, Dem., 12,493; Sin- 

 ten, Nat., 670; W. J. Kirkendall, Pro., 69. 

 Neal's majority, 2,073. 



Thirteenth District N. H. Van Vorhes, Re- 

 pub., 11,827; A. J. Warner, Dem., 11,950; 

 Geddes, Nat., 756 ; McElheny, Pro., 573. War- 

 ner's majority, 123. 



Fourteenth District Isaac Morton, Repub., 



12,063; Gib. Atherton, Dem., 14,350; T. J. 

 Maginnis, Nat., 2,491. Atherton's majority, 

 2,287. 



Fifteenth District G. A. Jones, Repub., 

 11,039; G. W. Geddes, Dem., 15,617; Geo. 

 W. Pepper, Nat., 1,839 ; Kahr, Pro., 256. 

 Geddes's majority, 4,578. 



Sixteenth District Wm. McKinley, Jr., Re- 

 pub., 15,489; Aquilla Wiley, Dem., 14,255; 

 A. M. Hunter, Nat., 1,272 ; J. A. Bush, Pro., 

 94. McKinley's majority, 1,234. 



Seventeenth District James Monroe, Re- 

 pub., 17,253 ; Lewis Miller, Dem. and Nat., 

 14,575. Monroe's majority, 2,678. 



Eighteenth District J. T. Updegraff, Re- 

 pub., 15,320 ; D. F. Lawson, Dem., 12,641 ; 

 G. E. Smith, Nat., 2,793 ; Grimes, Pro., 26. 

 Updegraff's majority, 2,679. 



Nineteenth District J. A. Garfield, Repub., 

 17,166 ; J. C. Hubbard, Dem., 7,553 ; G. W. 

 Tuttle, Nat., 3,148 ; Reeves, Pro., 98. Gar- 

 field's majority, 9,613. 



Twentieth District Amos Townsend, Re- 

 pub., 13,081 ; J. M. Poe, Dem., 7,271 ; Gil- 

 bert Shove, Nat., 4,934; W. H. Doan, Pro., 

 2,085. Townsend's majority, 5,810. 



OLD CATHOLICS. In Germany, the Old 

 Catholic Church passed through a severe crisis 

 in 1878. The fifth Synod, which was held, as 

 in former years, at Bonn, decided the vexed 

 question of priestly celibacy by the adoption 

 of a resolution in favor of its abolition. In 

 compliance with a resolution adopted by the 

 fourth Synod, the Synodical Council had made 

 inquiries as to the consequences which the abo- 

 lition of priestly celibacy might have in the 

 several German states in regard to the legal 

 position of the Church. From the official re- 

 plies received it appeared that in Prussia, Ba- 

 den, and Hesse the Governments regarded the 

 subject as a purely ecclesiastical question, and 

 would not in the least change their attitude 

 with regard to the Old Catholics, whether they 

 should abolish priestly celibacy or not. In Ba- 

 varia, however, it appeared probable that the 

 Government, in case priestly celibacy should 

 be abolished, would treat the Old Catholics 

 as a non-Catholic sect, and disregard thence- 

 forward their claims to a share in the property 

 of the Catholic Church. The majority of the 

 Synodical Council, in union with the Bishop, 

 therefore advised the Synod to postpone by a 

 formal vote the decision of the question until 

 1883. The majority of the Synod, however, 

 was of an opposite opinion, and by a large ma- 

 jority (75 against 22) declared in favor of the 

 immediate abolition. The views of the synods 

 were expressed in the following declaration : 

 1. That the law of compulsory celibacy is only 

 a question of discipline, not of doctrine. 2. 

 That it is not in harmony with the spirit of the 

 Gospel and with the spirit of the Catholic 

 Church. 3. That thereby scandalous and im- 

 moral offenses are induced. 4. That a volun- 

 tary celibacy is by no means condemned ; but, 

 5. That the canonical prohibition of clerical 



