Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-07
TIE VOTE IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Count on Presidential Electors Comes to a
Sudden Stop.
BOTH SIDES WAIT FOR LATE RETURNS
Republicans Confident of Carrying the
stnte for Mckinley, Being Sure
of the Governor and other
state officers.

! YANKTON, S. D.. Nov. Especial Tele-
| gramD-At 10 O'Clock tonight South Dakota $
vote on presidential electors is tie and
an official count viii be required to deter.
mine the result The republican managers
! have closed their office with the above
declaration. Any claim of the populists that
this state is for Bryan is not justified by
| tho returns. Corrections and changes in
three precincts not yet heard from may
| give the electors to either Bryan or Nc
Kinley. Republican congressman and gov
ernor ran ahead of the electors by several
hundred votes, so far as heard from and
| they may have safe majorites.
SIOUX FALLS, 5. d., Nov. Especial
Telegram )--The returns are all in except
from three unorganized counties in the west
ern part OF the state The precincts there
are a hundred miles from telegraph station
and there is no news from them. Omitting
those. complete unofficial returns give Nc
Kinley 226 majority in the state. These coun-
ties contain sheepmen and cattlemen. who
are strong protectonists and are known to
favor Mckinley. He Will therefore carry the
state provided these unofficial returns are
accurate Chairman Estabrook of the pop
uist committee claims to have figures to
show that Bryan has 800 majority. The Off
cial canvass will be needed to determine the
result, Ine indications point Strongly 10
Mckinley carrying the state.
PIERRE, s. D., Nov. Especial Tele-
ram.)-Returns from unorganized counties
are very slow on account of the deep snow.
Sterling and Newton in full and one pre-
| cinct in Jackson give Bryan majority.
The vote In these counties is very light, on
account of the storm on election day.
PIERRE, s. D.. Nov Especial THE
otal vote of Hughes county, so far as learned
| is, on. the following officers: Mckinley,
| iG2; Bryan, 327; lowering, 4; Ringsrud, 47O;
Roddle, Al; Harden, 317; Mayhem. 46S;
Kipp, 3l3; Phillips. 469 Logan, 3l3; Lock
hart, Al; Allen, 3O7; Jones, 4G3; Grlgsby,
3l5; Gamble, i69 Crawford, lS3;
Kelly. 3li Knowles, 3O5. The
| legislative district is composed of Stanley
and Hughes counties, and the totals from
the district cannot be secured now. The
republicans, II. Il. Horner, senate; C. H..
| Burke and Joseph Donahue, are elected by
small majorities. The county ticket
| elected is composed OF republicans: Treas
urer. II, e. Cutting; sherif, Samuel Strayer;
auditor, Albert Wheelon; register w. A.
King; judge l.. s. Westfall clerk of courts,
! J. w. Morse; attorney, T. p. Estes; superin-
| tcndcnt of schools, Emily f.. White; as
SCISSOR, Il. f. Mercer coroner. V. II. Rublc
| On the constitutional amendments voted
| upon there was a comparatively light vote
On the first amendment, to allow an increase
| of public Indebtedness for securing water,
| the vote Is yes 1853; no. 130. On the sec
| ond, in regard to doing away with the boards
| OF trustees of the various state educational
| institutions, the vote is yes 292; no, 81
! On the one to prevent the formation of
! trusts in the state, the vote is yes, $50; no,
81 On the last, tie prohibtory amendment,
| the vote is, yes 29O; no, 277.