Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-06
INDIANA's RETURNs.
How the News of H0osierdom VIII |
Sent Out

How the News of HOosierdom WIN be
Sent Out.
INDIANAPOLIS, November th.-Exten-
slve Preparations were completed this even
ing Tor receiving and distributing the re-
turns from Indiana. The returns will be
collected by the Associated Press and
Western Union Telegraph Company. All
i comparisons will be with the Presidential
vote OF 1884. The first returns received
Will show the result by precincts. There
are ,773 in the State, an increase of five
/ over the precincts of 1884. AS soon as
twenty precincts have reported the vote
Will be ADDED and sent as the first election
! ballot. Each bulletin will give the exact
vote OF 1884 for the same precincts. As
soon as twenty additional precincts have
been reported they will be added 10 the
first twenty, and the result will comprise
the second regular bulletin.
Returns by counties will also be sent in
addition to the precinct bulletins, but il is
| scarcely probable that any county returns
| will be received before one or two
| o'clock on Wednesday morning. as the
! tickets III Indiana contains thirty-seven to
forty names, and under the law each name
on ballot must be called off. This will
necessarily delay the returns. The polls
| Will open from to 8, and close at p NJ
No counting is permitted, as in certain
other States. until the polls are closed
The total vote OF Indiana in 1884 was
494, ia, of which Cleveland received pa
$40, Blaine 23S 463, Bntler 293, and st.
! John 3,O2S. 1t is couservatively estimated
that tomorrow vote will reach from 500
| 600 to 500 600 showing a large increase
| over 1884. Next 20 the result in the Stnte
| at large, the greatest interest centers in this
tMarion) county, and many local Wagers
have been taken on the outcome. There
! are 80 precincts in Marion county, includ-
| ing The city of Indianapolis The vote of
| 1884 was Cleveland IA 205, Blaine I4433,
| Butler 426, st. John 172.
| Alter the Marion county vote interest
centers on the vote of the Second Ward of
| Indianapolis, General Harrison's ward.
which, in 1884, gave Blaine 729, Cleveland
229, Butler 9, and st. John H. General
HaTison's precinct (tbe third gave Blaine
236, Cleveland 66, and the other candidates
| nothing.
The Democratic State Committee has ar
ranged to also bring returns by precinct,
and the Associated Press will handle their
returns, giving the totals of every thirty
precincts, and stating with each bulletin
that the returns are from the Democratic
Committee.
Special wires have been run into the
Democrat and Republican headquarters
and at several other points in the city.
General Harrison will receive the returns
by wire at his house.
| SOMEBODY IS AWAY OFF.
Estimates on to-morrow's result in In
| diana are widely apart. An Associated
Press corr espondent obtained at a late
| hour the following final estimates by the
gentlemen named Chairman Jeweit, of
the Democratic State Committee, SAYS: 'In-
Il i mi
10000 plurality, and Watson will be elected
Governor by handsome majority"
Chairman Huston, of the Republican
State Committee. says: General Harrison
will carry Indiana by 1900, and General
| Hovey, for Governor, will be elected"
Editor Morse, of the Sentinel: My esti-
mate is 1900 for Cleveland and Thurman"
Editor Halford, of the Jou,7acl Il have
no estimates, but you may say that in my
opinion General Harrison will run far
| ahead of the State ticket, and his plurality
in the State will be several thousand"
LIVELY CITY.
Things were very lively around the new
Denison Hotel tonight, and the street for
an entire square are filled with thousands
| of jealous Republicans discussing to-mor-
rows election with great animation.
The colored people are among the most
ucihOuStidliNe. 1HtN Drought Out Inc
great Cumberland ball, and not less than
500 men pulled it through the streets,
cheering wildly.
AT MIDNIGHT
| The city presents a carnival appearance.
| A comic band is marching through the
streets. the members wearing old plug hats
and long linen busters. They are greeted
| with cheers and applause at every hotel.
Quite number of speeches were made
| to-day all over the city, notably those of
Governor Gray and ex-senator Mcdonald
OCEANS OF CHIN MUSIC.
The Republican Committee estimate that
| their speakers made 10000 speeches during
| the campaign, 1000 of which were under
the immediate supervision of the commit
| tee, and the others being by speakers local
| to their section. The Democrats made
even more speeches, but did not have rs
many outside orators. The Republicans
sent out 152 different kinds of documents,
of which 100000 were copies of General
Harrison's record on the liquor question,
| and also about as many refutations of the
''dol!ar-a-day'' story.