The Caucasian., 1895-11-28

state Tor Populist President next
year. wepolled $50 Populist votes in
Allegany county, double the number
cast last year. Large gins were made
also in Charles, Somerses, Talbot and
several other counties although full
ofncial returns have not yet been re-
ceived.
In Colorado.
Nearly everything in Colorado went
Populist. Lake county, in which 10
situated the city Of Le1dville, with
many other larger counties wers car
by the Pops after hard and exciting
campaigns, and to usethe words Of tel
egraphic reports the Pops were wild
with JOY over their big victories. The
election in Colorado was for county
officers generally.
Ohio.
The Pops come out Of the Ohio fight
with 81, 2,675 votes an increase Of 37,ll2
over 1893 and $3.50 over last year.
The Populist vote OF Iowa in 1882
was 2O4s2; 1893, 1880; 1894, 34,9U7
1895, 81 ,O25-a loss of something over
5000 votes from 1894. A full vote was
not polled however, and the campai gn
was waged on State matters. The
Farmers Tribune promises vote
OF nearly 100000 by Populists in 1896.
While in the general vote the Pops
did not make a full showing, they made
some lively gains at important points
In nion county, OF which Creston is
the county seat the vote was: For
Governor Drake, Rep, 1865; Crane
Pop, 1O4l; Babb, Dem, 736. This is q
Republican loss of ll9, Democratic loss
OF 423, and Populist gain of 2l7.
In Corning county the vote resulted
as follows:
GOvernOr-Drake 1871, Babb sll
Crane 293. A Populist gain of SO
Democratic loss of 2lO, and a Republi.
can loss of 40. Bevins, POpulist wat
elected county treasurer. Similar
gains were made elsewhere in the
State.
In Utah though the Republican State
ticket was elected, the POpulists held
all they had and carried q number OF
new counties. They made gains al
through the State.
A County Victory in Georgia.
Canon (Ga) Free Press.
r. l.. McCurry, the POpulist candi.
date for Ordinary in Hart county, wa.
elected by go majority yesterday. This
majority is over 100 per cent over the
POpulist majority for Ordinary in Har,
county last June. Owing to a heavy
rain that fell in the forenoon causing
the creeks to become impossible we arr
satisfied that the POpulist vote was 81
| or Is less than it otherwise would hav,
been.
The Pop Elected This Time.
Daily Tribune, Augusta, Ga.
Two years ago in the election fo
school trustee in the oath district tn
vote was tie, and the Board Of Edu
cation seated the Democratic candi
date, although it was shown that sew
eral illegal votes were cast for him. Las
Saturday the POpulists voted for tn
same candidate and elected him by
handsome majority. POpulism is dying
don't you see?
Death Knell of tho Democratic Party.
Results of the recent elections form
ed the prelude to the Rev. ThOma
Dixon, Jr.'s address on "The -Humbu,
of Society" in the Academy of Musi
yesterday morning.
Mr.. Dixon said "The Results of tn
last elections were the death knell O
|
tiOn. The student Of history can fin
in it no other reading. In means frs
of all that the mass of the people ar
tired of the incapacity and stupldit
of the reactionary administration O
the Democratic party in this nation.
am sorry for it, as | voted~for Grove
Cleveland. Secondly, the results Q
the election show that the temper Q
) the American people today is radica
temper. They have ceased to be con
tent with what has been attained i
the past. The Republican party rep
resents the Radical party, which is th
party of progress.
'The present Administration ha
wounded to the core the feeling of ma
J tiOnality and patriotism of this natiOI
J The triumph of the Republican part
in this election means the revival G
the national sentiment.
Lying About The Pops.
Populism has received it's death blow
Indiana. The chairman of the State con
mittee announced that he is done with
and will go back to the Democrats, and tt
} organizations in nearly all the large citi'
: and towns are being abandOned.-Chilll
; cothe (Mo.) Daily Tribune (Rep.), Nov. L
) The above is sample of the editor
ial assertions now going the rounds
the Republican and Democratic pres
throughout the country. We believ
the above article was based on misiI
formation, as it hardly seems pOsslbl
,, that any man would knowingly circr
, late malicious untruth, as the above
proven to be by the following lette
from the Chairman of the Indian
POpulist Committee, which we eli
from the NOncOnfOrmist of NOvembe
IA:
CARD FROM CHAIRMAN BUTTS.
Editor Nonconformist.
Headquarters of the Peoples party of Il
diana will be at the residence of the Chat
man, at Winchester, Randolph county, Vi
til further notice. All correspondence wi
receive prompt attention. Districts th'
!, have selected organizers and the executi,
1 committee are requested to send me Il
, name and postoffice address of the organic
o and each member of the executive cOmmi
tee. Districts that could not make Il
necessary arrangements to hold the distri
:, their meetings at the earliest convenience
n. T. BUTTS, Chairman.
Y General Summing Up.
Nonconformist.
y The Populist party has more vot'
| TO It's CTculU ludu has Iuc lJcuOCIdt
y party, in, /: Minnesota, Nebraska, Okl'
homa, Wyoming, North Dakota, Wssl
: ingtOn, Nevada, South Dakota, kansa
Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Oregon ar
Arizona. 1t has more votes than tt
+ Republican party in Arkansas, Loui
!. ana, Alabama, Florida, Texas, Missi
+ sippi, Georgia and North Carolin
: Thus it will be seen that in no le
: than twenty three States and teri
~ tories, or half the whole number in Il
! United States, and embracing almo
o three-fourths of the territory, it is Il
+ first or second party. With such I'll
4 ures as these before US, it would see
!. that it is worse than folly for any men
i ber of the party to become discOurag.
y much less think of deserting its ranb
# Populists Hold the Key.
y Cedar Rapids Republican,
Tho pnnulictS hold tho Eov fn III