Returns in Early Vote Show Republican Lead Narrowing
Inland dispatches report late night updates on midterm returns with Philadelphia withholding totals and fears of tampering. Pattison leads Meadville and Crawford County shifts Democratic while Berks Lehigh York and other counties show gains. Allegheny County remains pivotal as officials warn the count may decide the outcome.
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Meadville
Pattison
Crawford County
Uni
Berks
Lehigh
Columbia
York
Clarion
Westmoreland
Dapphin
Quay
Pittsburg
Chilly Night Figures and Magee Campaign Chaos in Philadelphia
A crowded Chestnut Street scene as party headquarters in Philadelphia battle midnight returns. Republican leaders Cooper and Andrews rally staff, reading Allegheny and Centre County tallies while Magee's gains threaten their forecast, ending in quiet tension and cautious bids to cheer supporters.
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Phare
Andrews
Magee
Cooper Valois
Mtrn- Srgut
Blaine Presidental
Quaker City
Chestnut Street
Thirteenth
Partizan
Continental
Tom Cooper
Cooper
William K. Rhsevitle
Cadwalinder Biddle
Anghes
John Mundell
William Porter
Lilly
Carbon
Reomm Hasdyenith
Pittsburg
Allegheny County
Benigd
Sellefonte
Center County
Pattison Gains as Democrats Lead in Chester Andrew Reports
Philadelphia dispatch notes slow returns with Democratic gains across counties. Pattison leads in Berks and Chester, while Norristown backs Delamater. gains cited in Montgomery, Dauphin, York, and Delaware counties. County estimates vary on Pattison’s statewide majority.
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Pattison
Reading
Chester—Andrew
Kerr
Philadelphia
Teading
Erie City
Norristown
Delamater
Montgomery County
Dauphin County
Highspire
Millersborg
Washington Township
Middletown
Firth Ward
Harrisburg
Sussex
Delaware County
Kent
Bellefonte
Center County
Pattison Leads In Multiple Counties In Early Returns
Telegrams from Republican headquarters report Pattison leading in Pattison territory and predict landslides. Delamater counters claim majorities in several counties with figures from West Erie to Philadelphia wards, including Tioga, Lehigh, Northumberland, and Bradford areas.
Delamater Narrowly Trails Pattison in Crawford County
In Crawford county the Democratic gain totals 750 from 21 precincts including Titusville and Meadville. Pattison leads in Titusville by 382 and gains 450 in the city. Meadville wards show Delamater 70, Pattison 53 with a Democratic gain of 18 in Conneautville. Countywide, Meadville and Titusville precincts favor Pattison, making the race tight.
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Titusville
Crawford County
Meadville
Pattison
Delamater
Conneautville
Oil City for Delamater in County Election
Oil City reports Delamater leading with a narrow county majority. Venango County likely gives Delamater a small edge. Stone wins Twenty seventh District over Dunn by a large margin. Crawford wins the Senatorial district over Bovee by a good majority. Titusville district yields Pattison a large margin. The Standard urged a holiday to vote.
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Andrews
Crawford County
Logan
Allegheny County
Cooper
Allegheny City
Pittsburg
Seventh Ward
Pattison
James
McKean
Om Crry
Oil City
Delamater
Venango County
Stone
Dunn
W. R. Crawford
Venango and
Warren
M. W. Bovee
Titusville
Standard
Pattison Carries the Town by Storm and Gets the County
Pattison wins in BuTLer with 1500 votes cast the largest tally to date. Pattison holds a 308 majority, a gain of 20 since 1888, while county precincts show a Democratic gain totaling 436 and a likely small Pattison majority countywide. T. W. Phillips appears to secure a large congressional majority, and the Republican legislative ticket is elected.
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Tioga
Wellsboro
Tioga County
Delamater
Eighth Ward
Philadelphia
Pattison
Watres
Black
Stewart
Barclay
Finletter
Ninth Ward
Sixth Ward
Andrews
Mapes
Emery
Bradford City
Butler
T. W. Phillips
Congress
Hoard
Spencer
Assembly
Flood District Vote Totals in Cambria County
Cambria County districts report Delamater Pattison and Beaver Black tallies. Pattison leads overall by about 1500 with a strong county showing. Democratic county ticket wins with gains in several districts and a Congressional race shift toward Greevy.
Quay Unapproachable as Dick Claims State Safe
Beavers report Dick Quay backers claim 20 000 to 25 000 majority in Philadelphia and 4 000 to 5 000 in Allegheny county. He remarks on the slaughter caused by the McDowell men with a shrug.
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McDowell
Dispatch
Beaver
Quay
Philadelphia
Allegheny County
Dourthitrt
Crawford County Republican Held on Bribery Charge
Titus Ridgway of Hydetown, Crawford County, a leading Republican, was arrested for attempting to bribe Martin Hooker a Democrat to vote for Delamaters and the Republican ticket. He was held in $500 bail for appearance in court.
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Crawford County
Titusville
Titus Ridgway
Hydetown
Martin Hooker
Delamaters
Cour
Delamater Ahead in Borough and Huff Secures Safe Lead
BROOKVILLE reports Delamater leading by about 70 votes in the borough and 500 countywide. Huff holds a borough majority near 90 and about 700 in the county, reflecting a strong showing for both incumbents in the election returns.
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Brookville
Delamater
County
Huff
Borough
Pattison Behind the Ticket Ahead of Preliminary Estimates
Clarion dispatch notes eighteen Clarion County districts out of thirty eight show Democratic gains totaling 430 votes while Republicans lag behind. Continued on the second page.
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Pattison
Dispatomn
Clarion
Clarion County
Congress Captured Gains in New York and New England
Early returns indicate a heavily Democratic next House with gains across Massachusetts Rhode Island New York New Jersey and the South. Fewer Republicans show in Maryland Virginia and the Districts of Sixth Maryland Fourth Virginia and Bowden in Virginia as Democrats claim solid delegations.
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Waashingtox
Reed
Congress
House of Representatives
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
New Jersey
South
McComas
Maryland
Langston
Virginia
Bowden
Pennsylvania in Congress Gains by Party Lines
Special telegram from Philadelphia reports the Democratic gains in Pennsylvania's congressional races with multiple incumbents and new members listed. The list shows a mix of Republicans and Democrats across all twenty-eight districts, including notable names such as Charles O Neill William McAleer Henry H Bingham and Joseph Scranton.
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Philadelphia
Henry H. Bingham
Charles O'Neill
William McAleer
John E. Reyburn
Alfred C. Harmer
John B. Robinson
Pe Sebenth
Edwin Hallowell
William Mutchler
David KR. Brunner
Marriott Brosius
Joseph A. Scranton
George W. Shank
James B. Reilly
John Riefe
Myron B. Wright
Albert
Hopkins
Simon P. Wolvertin
Louis
Matthew Griswalk
Charles W. Stone
George F. Kribbs
Tillmanites win in South Carolina election day
The Palmetto State vote came in quiet with the regular Democratic Tillman ticket winning by a comfortable margin. Negro voters failed to deliver on Independent Democratic hopes as cotton picking kept many from the polls. Across districts Democrats appear to sweep seven of seven with uncertainty in the Fourth and a close race in the Seventh between Elliott and Miller.
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South Carolina
Charleston
8. C
Palmetto
Tillman
Republican State Committee
Miller
Elliott
Clean Sweep in Georgia Seventh District Returns Felton Edge
Returns from 1601 precincts in the Seventh district show Felton ahead of Everett by a small margin, with Rome as Felton’s stronghold. The result suggests Everett has won the election beyond doubt, though little has come from the Ninth district.
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Atlanta
Felton
Everett
Rome
Democratic Sweep Sealed in District Victory
The district, one of the few with any real contest, sees Winn elected as the Democratic nominee. His win gives the Democrats a straight sweep and a solid Congressional delegation.
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Winn
Ohio Goes Republican in Early Returns
The dispatch reports early returns showing Democratic gains across Ohio counties with Republicans winning key districts. Ex Gov Foster appears to lead in Hancock and Seneca while McKinley’s district shows strong turnout. Overall patterns suggest Democrats ahead outside Hamilton county, with Republicans holding several district seats.
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Congress
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Outhwaite
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Houk
Gantz
Layton
Pattison
Owens
Harter
Caldwell
Doane
Taylors
McKinley
Major McKinley
Hancock
Seneca
Findlay
Hancock County
Wyandotte
Union
Marion County
Bellamy Storer
Otway J. Cosgrave
Cincinnati
Storer
Sawyer
Campbell
Hamilton County
Ryan
Cromley
Lockwood
Sawe
Foraker
Helwig
New York Democrats Win Numerous House Seats in State
Returns from New York show Democrats elected to the Thirty-first Congress across many districts. Names listed include Covert Boody Wallace Clancy Wagner Fellows Dunphy Campbell Cummings Spinola Warner Flower Fitch Stahmecker Bacon Ketcham Cox Quackenbush Tracey Sanford Weaver Russell Sherman Arnold Belden Kay Payne Noyes Ratne Wadsworth Lockwood Bunting Hooker Noyes gains indicated in several districts.
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D. Seconi
David A. Boody
Wm, Wallace
John M. Clancy
Thomas F. Wagner
J. KR. Fellows
J. E. Dunphy
T. J. Campbell
A. J. Cummings
F. B. Spinola
J. D. Warner
P. Flower
PY. Fitch
D. Fourteeth
W. G. Stahmecker
Henry Bacon
H. Ketcham
I. N. Cox
Gain
J. A. Quackenbush
Charrles Tracey
John Sanford
J. M. Weaver
L. W. Russell
J. 8. Sherman
EF. Arnold
J. J. Belden
G. W. Kay
F. Payne
H. T. Noyes
John Ratne
Els
Greenlead
J. W. Wadsworth
D. N. Lockwood
L. Bunting
W. LB. Hooker
McKinley Leading in Ohio's Sixteenth by Small Margin
In Canton Ohio November 4 reports suggest Major McKinley will win the Sixteenth Congressional district by a small majority. Indications from Wayne and Stark counties show gains for McKinley amid election irregularities and legal actions.
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Ohio
Sixteenth
Major McKinley
C. C. Lloyd
Henry A. Wise
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McKinley
Wise
J. W. Little
William Melburne
Albert Haine
Abner McKinley
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Wayne County
Stark County
Lapham Wins Rhode Island First District Election
Special telegram from Providence reports Oscar Lapham Democrat elected over Spooner Republican in the First district by about 1 100. Charles H Page Democrat leads by 600 but lacks a majority in the Second district, so no election there. Democrats cheer Lapham win amid Page uncertainty.
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Oscar Lapham
Spooner
Epublican
Charles H. Page
Democrata
Lapham
Priests At Polls Rally For Democratic Bennet Measure
Milwaukee voters saw a dramatic clash as Catholic and Lutheran clergy mobilized for Democrats and naturalized Capuchin monks voted in large numbers. Clergy organized, while Republicans faced ballot manipulation claims and widespread split tickets across precincts.
Grant Elected Mayor by 23039 Majority in City Vote
New York reports Grant of Tammany winning the mayoralty over Scott by 23039 votes as Tammany dominating county offices. All Tammany candidates for sheriff, district attorney, and board president posted strong majorities, with citywide turnout exceeding 200000 votes from 245000 registered.
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Scott
Spectal
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Tammany Hall
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Gorman
Meyers
Arnold
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Grich
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J. ©. Dunphy
T. C. Campbell
Amos J. Cummings
Lockwood Wins Buffalo Thirteen District Seat Big Plurality
Daniel N. Lockwood, once Cleveland's nominator, wins the Thirty-second Congressional seat in Buffalo Erie counties. Unofficial tallies show a plurality over 4,000, with strong support in Cleveland's Ninth Ward and a swing from previous losses. The new ballot law aided Democrats amid Republican dissension over local nominations.
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Buffalo
Erie
Daniel N. Lockwood
Cleveland
Lockwood
Platt
Funeral Friday for Rev H B Ronse in Scranton
The funeral of Rev H B Ronse, who died Monday in Scranton, will be held Thursday morning at St Peter's Church in this city. A missing child case is reported as foul play is suspected involving Henry Fisner, aged 4, of Taylor Street in the Sixteenth ward.
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Scranton
St. Peter's Church
Henry Fisner
Taylor Street
Sixteenth Ward
Pittsburg Celebrates Close Election Verdict in 1892 Race
Crowds gathered from Smithfield to Diamond streets in Pittsburg as telegrams and bulletins tracked the Pattison Delamater race. Supporters boasted majorities for Pattison in the city, Allegheny County, and statewide, while officials and observers debated early tallies and awaited Philadelphia results to settle the contest.
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Grand Old Commonwealth
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Diamond Streets
Fifth Avenue
Pattison
Delamater
Ohio
Charles Brown
Singer & Nimick’s Mill
Major McKinley
Gus Datte
McKinley
Henry
Treasury Department
Kittansing
Tue Disratc
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Diamond Street
Allegheny County Hopeful Watson Sees Democratic Lead
County Chairman Watson of the Democratic party watched returns at the Dispatch bulletin board around 11:30. He expressed continued belief that Allegheny County would go Democratic by a small margin, saying his faith has stood for two months and he has not lost hope.
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Watson
Democratic Party
Dispatch
Allegheny Politicians Attend Pittsburg Returns Night
Nearly all Allegheny City leaders crossed the river to Pittsburg for election returns. Republicans held brief rooms while Democrats had no headquarters, and mood was subdued with only scattered cheers for Pattison or Delamater. Mayor Wyman and Chief Murphy watched results with Republican headquarters officials late into the night.
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Waterloo
Hugh Flinn
Pattison
Gamble Weir
Allegheny City
Allegheny Republican Club
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Mayora
Murphy
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