The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-11-24
n 1891 the vote for judge of the su-
mo cOr,rf stood fhuS.

preme court stood thus:
republican. .-....... 20, 4a7
fOpuilst ........ .....12,3ll
Prohlbltlon. 322
In the election just held, with seven
small counties estimated, the vote was
as follows for judge of the supreme
court:
Republican, ....... 80. .:..... ". $40
Popuilst oo,oV
Democratic. .ooA
Fronipiuoh. 5'4'S
The populists elected more than one
half of the county officers. This was
an important election, perhaps the
most important one from a populist
standpoint in the history of Nebraska.
AS ]. A. Edgerton said in the American
Nonconformist: s. ea y s&i' -'--T
''We have come to square-toed fight
between the corporations andsthe peo-
pie. The mask has been thrown off,
the corporation forces assume no dis
guises. The republican party is openly
| defending the state house boodlers and
are brazenly championing the cause of
the railroads in trampling upon the
! laws of the state. There is a demo-
cratic sideshow, it is true, but this
means nothing. Everybody un-
derstands :, it's true meaning. J.
| Sterling Morton has sent out word
for the administration democrats to
vote for Harrison, the republican can
| didate for supreme judge. We have
reached the point in Nebraska where
the gold-bug republicans and gold-bug
democrats are open allies. There are
| but two parties in this fight-the mo-
| nopolist party and anti-monopoly
party"
The most significant feature of the
result is that leaving out t,co counties
the populists lost the state by only 300
plurality! THESE counties are Douglas,
in which is situated the city of Omaha,
in which county the vote stood: Re-
| list, 1884; prohibition, 800. In Ian
caster county. containing the city of
Lincoln. the capital of the state, the
vote was: Republican, 4,9s7; democrat,
| 1901; spopulist, 2,547; prohibition, $50.
Throwing out merely Douglas county
alone, the vote of the populists is only
2,5s9 less than that of the republicans.
How long, Oh Lord! how long will the
| average city toiler continue to be a
| traitor to the principles he processes to
advocate, and a reformer as rule, but
on election days an ass. AS the Omaha
Western Laborer says:
The country was all right for Hol-
comb. The cities are all run by cor
porations. The railway and other
corporations, with all their concen-
trated strength and all the odds against
| him, just succeeded in turning Hol-
comb down by the skin of their teeth
Public sentiment is gradually chang
ing in Nebraska for the people. No
populist can see anything but encour-
agement in the returns.
The Omaha Bee, the leading republic
IN pa per in The state, opposed the nom
ination of Judge Harrison, the repub-
lican nominee for supreme judge, and
opposed him vigorously during the cam
paign. upon the grounds that he was
| the candidate of the railroad corporar
tions and the corrupfri of the sta te.
The Bee says: IAN ana lysis of the vote
cast in Nebraska at the recent election
will reveal some startling facts con-
corning the manner in which the cor
porations have interfered with the
free expression of the people at the
polls" The Bee further says: "There
! is nothing in the election returns to
| warrant the assumption that the peo-
pies independent party is losing ground
or to warrant the presumption that the
repu blican party has gained strength
In state elections Nebraska has never
been a populist state Numerically
that party is just as strong as it was
last year and stronger than it was two
years ago. :The-B Bee akso.pub blished an
array of figures compiled from the cleo
| tion returns to prove that the repub-
licans lost from 5000 to 5000 votes and
that the apparent republican plurality
was given by democratic voters.
Ohio.
| In this state the vote for Weaver in
1892 was but IA, $50. In the election
just held the populist candidate for
governor received 1928 votes, showing
| gam OF 1 ,AaS votes. The repu blicafs
gained a7,714 votes, the denocrats lost
81 96S and the prohibitionists lost 4, ,37s
| votes. Considering the character of
| the recent campaign in Ohio, populists
have no reason to feel ashamed of the
| result.
| Massachusetts.
In this state, the stronghold of pluto
cratic monopoly and the headquarters
of the railroad and manufacturing in
terests, the populists increased their
vote from 1,976 to an average of 6, 500 or
1000 in one year. This should be glory
enough for massachusetts popul:sts-
Iowa.
In Iowa, Gen. Weavers home, he re-
ceived 90, 595 votes in 1892. In this cleo
ton the populist candidate for gorernor
IHfefyed =, ,51l votes showing gain of
2,.916 votes, or nearly 13 per cent. On
the other hand, the republican vote
shows a loss of 6 per cent, while the
democrats lost about per cent Com
pared with their vote for. governor in
1891, the populists gained almost 100
per cent. If the twin frauds can find
comfort in these figures they are well
come to it. About 5000 populist votes
were ,thrown.opt because of teehnieal
crrofs il the. .bsllpts cast. q ~ z%
e ~ . SSv,rr;ns.. ssa ~ :
In reference to this state an Associat-
led press dispatch says: Two things
are certain, however. One is, that the
democrats did not poll their usual
strength, and the other Is the repub-
liesns did pot sppp0rt tilsI popuiists-''ge
! so. then, whatever, was acconapl plished
was effected BY, ths poRuaistsA alone
Al ohaidzd. the twin frauds cunabin-
ing to defeat them In 1889, the vote
fys royernor stood thus: = - ss1tzss