The San Francisco call., 1895-11-24
THE FoPULIsT VOTE.

ELECTION RETURNS II KANSAS, NEBRASKA AND
COLORADO.
10 the Editor of the San Francisco Cdll-SIR:
Nearly twenty days after the recent State cleo
tions the Populist newspapers are coming to
hand with authentic election returns, and as
The CALL never hesitates to give the news, even
though it has to come by slow freight instead
of the telegraph, and also because no wise pol
itician is willing to be caught mapping by un-
derestimating his opponent, have condensed
the details at hand of the votes by counties in
Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado, being certain
that the brief report now present will be val
liable information to every wideawake reader
OF THE CALL
The telegraphic news from Kansas was based
on the vote OF Mr.. Martin, the Republican can
didate for Supreme Ju dge, the claim being
made that the State had gone Republican by
$4,000; but the news agent neglected to state
that the Populists placed no candidate in the
field in opposition 10 him, being willing to
vote for him as fair and upright man. His
opponent, Mr.. Holiday, was the nominee OF
the "resubmission" or liquor-dealers interest,
and not acceptable to Populists. Mr.. Breiden-
thai, chairman OF the Populist State Central
Committee, and other leading POpulists,
openly supported Mr.. Martin.
The election in Kansas this year was con-
fined to the choice of Judges and county Off
GERS, it must be remembered. 1t now remains
to report the county elections. 1t would fill
column to give the details in the newspapers
at hand. 1t is sufficient, however, to state the
results by counties. In sixteen counties not
single candidate on Populist tickets was de-
feated while the Populist vote was largely in
creased. III Harper County seven out of eight
Populist candidates were elected. In 1894 the
county went, Republican for every candidate.
In Sumner County the Populists elected the
Sheriff and Register of Deeds; in Woodson
County, the Sheriff; in Jewell County, all ex-
cept the Sheriff; in Lane, Sherman, Chase,
Gray, Riley, Brown, Rush, and fifteen other
counties, the Populists elected from one to
five OF the officers.
In Shawnee County the fight was on the
office OF Sheriff. The Topeka Capital, the lead
ing Republican journal of the State, on the
day before the election said:
''If you want to handicap the Republican
State campaign in 96 vote for Bob Kepley
for Sheriff. The election OF Populist Sheriff
in Shawnee County means thousands of Pop
ulist votes in the State next November" On
will be Populist bontires from Doniphan to
Morton County if Dave Burge (Republican) is
defeated to-day" He was defeated by over
200 majority for Kepley (PopuhsG.
In word the Populists have made great
gains over last years vote in Kansas, and by
straight Popuiist vote-not in alliance with
Democrats-are in their first successes. Their
newspapers are exceedingly iubilant, seeming
to rejoice quite as much over the reduced ma
jorities of their opponents in all their strong
holds as over their victories. In this re-
report on each county, but it aims to be fair
average OF the whole. In the returns at hand
the Republicans appear to have elected all
their candidates in four counties
But l am giving too much space to Kansas,
for the returns from other States are also i'm
portant. It was necessary, however TO give
facts in detail to correct the impression made
by the news agents error in taking the vote
cast for Mr.. Martin as a safe basis for estimat-
ing that the State went Republican by a ma
jority OF 10000.
PoPULIsT VOTE IN NEBRASKA
The vote in Nebraska reveals interesting fea-
lures. 1t was divided between four candidates
for the supreme judgeship-Norval, Republi-
can; Maxwell, Populist; NIahoney, Cleveland
the ten counties from which detailed report
has been received-namely, Dodge, Casper,
Hall, Polk, Clay, Cunning, Box Butte. Boone
Sarpy and Keya Paha-the vote is given in the
order named and stood as follows: