Omaha daily bee., 1892-11-08
NEBRASKAS VOTE SIZED UP
canvass of the State Shows the Republi.
cans in the Lead.
VOTE ON PRESIDENT WILL Be CLOSE
'ro"nso Has safe Margin over Van
"yck and Ncnry tho whole State
ilcket Sure OF Election
grcss and the Legislature,

| '"'t sure OF ElCctiOn-tou-
grcss and the Legislature.
| NC close OF the campaign in Nebraska
| mus the republicans confident OF electinz
| their entire state ticket 1t mas h,,n n cam
pa'gn OF education. As u result republican,
Ism mas gained ground constantly ana tho
only reason for doubt that the Harrison
electors VIII receive a plurality of the vote
cast is the cowardly action OF the democrats
l" uesertlnS their national ticket and throw
ing their votes to Weaver. The campairu
opened dlscouragingly for rcpubli cans IL
appeared Us though the party had deteri.
grated. But as the campaign progressed
uiScouraSement gave place to hope, and hops
was succeeded by confidence. Now that tho
preliminary diminishing is over and the bat.
'le OF the ballots Is on In earnest republl.
cans are soltdly In tho forefront aud putting.
forth every effort to secure victory
ine repu olicans have the best reasons in
the world for thoir confidence In the success
OF their state ticket. They have figures.
iigurcs that do not lie to back them nm.
Ihese figures show that the repu blcan oan-
oiaates on the state ticket, with pos,i-
olv one or two exceptions, will have n.
plurality of from 5000 TO 10000 Tho
republicans are almost absolutely certain to
eject Two congressman, with q fair chance of
carrying the other four districts The legis-
lature Will be close. but again the chances
Tor controlling it are slightly In favor OF the,
repuoncans. So much for q general state
ment OF the situation.
what a Canvass shows.
THE BEE has just finished its final canvnxs
OF the state aud has carefully compiled tho
hgurcs received from each OF the pinsry
counties. This canvass included the total
vote ON president, governor, congressman.
state senators ana representatives. Tho
result OF the canvass shows that tho
total voto OF the state will
be very close TO 2J5, ,0C0, an increase of about
aoooo over year ago and a decrease of
nearly 10000 MS compared with 1890. Two
years ago. owing to the fervid campaign on
lhe prohioitlon question, every vote in tina
state was brought cut while this wear there,
mas oeen lack OF interest IN certain
quarters which will result in falling off in
the democratic and Independent vote In
making comparisons tho vote of 1899 has
necessarily beer used. -Four wears ago there
was no independent party in n Nebraska Two
years ago the party Sprang upa ana cast nearly
one-third OF the vote OF the state making
tne @ nrst real triangular political fight Ne
oraShi mad ever known. Although the pop-
ulists have lost good portion of their follow.
ing, the battle this year is again triangular
on the state ticket, but with the demo-
tra.s ,iai's IN me rear. On the national
ticket, however, there are really
Dut Two opposing forces, the repu bicans on
thc-onc SIDE and the independents ilfru ugr1u.-
Gratis on the other. The efforts made by
Governor Boyd and the democratic state con.
tral committee to have the democratic vote
thrown to the Weaver electors are well
known.
Very Close on President.
Iheir efforts will prove only partially sue
cess1ul, but 1t Is evident that enough demo-
Gratis will cast their votes for Weaver to
make the state considerably closer on presi.
dent than on governor Many democrats
VIII fe'use to vote on electors at nli others
Will cast their ballots for their own party
hominees while large number OF intepend.
ents who VIII vote for their state ticket will
place their marks opposite the Harrison
electors. VI course all tins, changing abous
greaS mad,. ,hs fo,npcGtes onor matters .and has
reliable estimate difficult task There will
probably be 1000 less votes cast for presi-
dent than for governor, making the total
vote On tho national ticket about pol 600
This will be divided about as follows: Har-
rlson, 81, 900; Cleveland 81, 900; Weaver So
600; Bidwell, 5000, Tue margin for the re-
publican electors is narrow one, and every
yote must be polied to save the state for
Harrison.
Crounse's SAFE Plurality.
The full voting strength OF The state will
be polled on governor. The issues between
! ne republicans and popuIsts have been SO
SHARPLY defined that the great struggle will
os between these two parties, leaving tho
democrats TO trail in the rear. The BEs,s
canvass shows that Lorenzo Crounse viii
poll between $1,000 and $1,000 votes.
while General Van Wyck's total will
Morton will receive between A.. 900
and 10000 votes and q. f.. Bentley, prohi-
bItion, about 5000.
IW9 Years ago Richards, the republican
candidate FOR governor, received S. SIS,
Bovd, democrat, z, 1891 and Powers populIst.
20, 81. The change in The relative strength
Of Inc parties this year is easily accounted
Ior' Two years ago the prohibition question
placed Boyd in the gubernutoral chair not
because he was a democrat but for the sim.
PIE reason that he was ohlbitionist.
while the repu bllcan candidate was ION tba
lehce" and refused to declare his position on
the leading issue of the campaign The
question of prohibition, having been settled.
plays no part in the campaign this
year, and with popular and
upright repu blican candidate for
Will resume pr0porionatcly their voting
strength previous TO the struggle of 1890.
Out OF their strength, however, is to be
AIKEN the populst vote; Two years ago the
arger portion of the independent strength
came from the republican party.
Candidates Who win Lead.
This year the situation will be partially re-
'ersed. TnE BEES canvass shows that Van
Wyck VIII receive very nearly the same vote
IS polled by Powers, but Van Wyck's
strength comes from different source than
I'D that OF the first populist guoernatorial
'ahuluale. PoWers' strength lay almost en-
irely in the country districts and he drew
title support from the cities. Van Wyck
las lost strength in the country but
he has gained enough from the
of the cities TO Offset the falling
away OF the farmers. While Powers only
'olled LIB votes IN Omaha and Douglas
county. Van Wyck will show strength of
loout 1000 votes. Morton's vote in this city
IN.
Nearly all the other candidates on the state
lckets will run even with the gu ubernatorial
nominees. Shrader ana Wolbach, for lieu
ehant governor may run ahead of their
lckets, and 1t Is probable that Beckman,
democratic candidate for treasurer, viii lead
MS ticket by 5000 to 5000 votes, secured
rom Scandinayians OF both the republican
md Independent parties.
Hard Fight on Congressman.
In the congressional districts all the par
les nave made vigorous canyasses. Probably
he hardest fight ever made by the democrats
a Z n hau Ina "A f.,V A.