The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-11-24
GRANDLY GROWING.
Summing Up the Results Of the
TAsy Elections. t--
Enormous Gains by the PopulIsts In All the
states-Now Prepare for a Forward
Movement in the Next Con.
test. y 4,

The elections of 1893 have now passed
into history and the populists have no
cause to be ashamed Of the showing
they have made, the peoples party not
only having made substantial gains
over their vote of 1892, but having done
30 in the face of much lighter aggre-
gate vote and manifest loss In strength
of the combined vote of the twin frauds.
OF course, the, Associated press. con-
sistent With its past lying and partisan
recordssystelnatieaHy ignored Aheipopi
ulist vote, while the intellectual prosti-
tutes" whom Whitelaw Reid declared
edited the metropolitan. Journals, true
to their partisan instincts, sacrificed
Sruth to party interests and proclaimed
in fake scareheads that kansas Is Re-
deemed" ''Populists Beaten Badly
und that the elections were a .sPopulist
Waterloo" But though error, Mer-
curry like, fiieth with winged feet,
truth, plodding along it's weary way,
will always overtake and confound its
tales. - sfHaaIssi aaaA -ii' q f'' .
ras -fss -E4 ffsEsl's- t.I-. l
lEr g. Kansas. 7sEs7 l-'.,a-
In this state the fight, in majority
vi thS COuutlce, was b UFfdlSuldI OT
three-cornered fight. In such counties
in which there was a democratic-popu-
list fusion, the s'stalwart democrats %
so-called, largely voted the repu blican
ticket. fOut OF their own mouths shall
they be condemned. Says the Kansas
City Times, of the election in Bourbon
county:
'"The republicans carried Bourbon
county by an increased vote of LOO
over that of last year. They have
elected every candidate by an average
majority of 600 over thezfusion ticket.
It is estimated that 800 democrats in
the county voted the straight republic
an ticket, and it is foregone conclu.
sion that further fusion is an absolute
impossibility."
In very many of the counties in which
there were three straight tickets, the
twin frauds worked together in unison
and harmony-to defeat the populists
Thus the Times, speaking of the cleo
tion in Wyandotte county, says:
''The democrats were greatly handi-
capped, as the republicans had the
county machinery, while the pops
were in possession of the police depart
ment, which had complete control Of
the joints, gambling houses and the
scum element. The democrats were
only hopeful of pulling through Cor
don, McAlpine and DIR. Harrison for
coroner. Their principal aim was to
keep the populists put of Office. In
this they succeeded, and for this reason
they feel jubilant." '
OF Crawford county, the Kansas City
Star said:
1.-The rural precincts. have not all
been heard from yet hut the indica-
tions are that the republicans have car
ried their entire ticket by about 300
plurality. The main fight of the cam
paign was made by both democrats
and republicans against the populist
ticket and the republ victory is a
natural incentive to make the two old
parties jubilant."
But in the face of these acknowl-
edged facts, and the practical elimina-
tion of the democratic party as an in
dependent factor, the populists fought
winning fight and held their own
against both old parties combined. 1t
must be taken into consideration that
in 80 out of the los counties there were
three tickets in the field. =. - -
The vote of 1891, as it was compiled
by the state republican league, shows
the following results:
Total vote. ........... 1913 250.00l
Republican vote ...... 2,D5f 126,00J
Popultst vote...................i i13,475 8,OO)
Democratic vote. .....--..--- .SSl> 27,0o)
Of the. county officers the number
elected by each party was:
ReDg blcaD III, s93
Populist go. -.-.--. :. - ~ lis
Democrat...--. -. .... -S...-. 70 II
The treasurers Were divided ss fol-
lows: 4 4 $sssS2 3 y 49,
Republican ..... .........- 8. %
Popui!St... 80 ~
Democrat -.-...- Z
The clerks were divided as follows:
RepubEcan ...-..-.- " ~
Populist -....--. ..-...-.-..--- s2 .e
The sherffis were divided as follows:
Republican. .......-.........-.-... 6' 30
Popuiist -.-i:,I'..-.:..i';.s-.''. 80 %
The registers of deeds were divided
as follows:
Republican. Observation-Disclosures. a IS
Populist.... % 26
democrat. 3
N. B.-These figures are partially un-
official and may not be absolutely cor,
rect. - - =. -
The four officers mentioned are the
principal ones in the list voted for in
1898. There were los counties in the
state in 1891. -
There are los now =, .,ssS;ls.s
The slight loss shown in the four prin-
cipal officers was, however. made up in a
gain in the eother two officers. surveyor
and coroner, 50 that while thepopulists
elected only 16s county officers in slsor
they elected 149 In lSa3 s
Vhera were the SauIe Hu1nh1S of dis