Evening journal., 1896-11-03
AWAITING THE RETURNS
The Closing Hours of the Great
Political Battle.
THE COUNTING OF TIE BALLOTS

Ehecl OF thc Austrnllan system of Vo3- !
ing-Accurate Information May he sIans
Hours Delayed.
New YORK, Nov. 3.-with the going
down Of the sun viii ho ended one Of the /
most remarkable and hotly contested po.
litical battles in our history
Owing to the difficulties In counting
q that will prevail under the Australian
8 ballot system, the official computation OF
The ballots viii he a matter of unusual /
q delay. Since the last presidential contest
81 almost every stnte which had not then
81 adopted tho Australian ballot system has
81 hY state enactment. prescribed some form
" Of sooret blanket ballot, either based or
81 the Australian plan OF closely resembling
H. Tho only exceptions are Georgia, Lou
isiann, North Carolina and South Carroll
ma. In tho first three states named the ole
al opoh ballot system prevails and the cleo
Is. tion machinery Is in the hands of the
81 state authorities. In South Carolina there
is whau IS called reform ballot, the
q avowei purpose Of which is to restrict the
ri vo1as OF illitcrato negroes. In nearly all
& the ether states blanket ballots wiz be
& cnst and IN many of them the count will
no complicated by the fact that state, leg
[|. ArAftN-ft anu N0unAN nblAAnAllNno uAo bl
tho samo ballot with the names of prosi-
dentlal electors. Connecticut has an en-
4. volope system, and New Jersey prints each
s party ticket on a separate ballot
Should the election he close &c is there
s fore quite possible that IL may be "a OF
even sS hours before the result will be
s known with absolute certainty In states
81 like Nebraska, for instance, whore ao-
& cording to conservative opinion. there may
8 not be a margin Of 5, 600 votes either way,
1t will be impossible to arrive at a correct
S Judgment until all tho back counties are
heard from. The polls IN the cities close
at p. NJ, but in tho country districts
& keep opon until p. m, and with a gov
: erncr membors Of legislature and county
& oalcors all on ono ballot, it will take at
& least six hours to complete the count.
Hamilton and Cuyahoga counties are
3 be, doubtful points in Ohio, but the state
Will probably go as in other years.
Illinois Depends on Chicago.
THE result in Illinois will be decided by
~ Jhicago When the vote Of Cook county is
s. rountod, St will be all over so far as the
hate is concerned
~ In Indiana, Michigan, Kansas and some
Dther statos believed TO be close where
& state and legislative tickets oomplicate tho
ballots, thOro will probably be no keynote
rom which the result can be definitely
determined tho night Of the election un-
ess the election should prove a landslide.
Midnight may in that case give a clear
dea Of who are the vlctors. Otherwise
hero may be many hours Of anxious sus-
pensc
Tho last two presidential elections have
been singularly free from uncertainty. 1t
was known by 10 D. IN. on election day in
SIS that Mr.. Harrison had defeated Mr.
SIS -leyennd, and 10 was known with equal
ertainty at II p m on Election day in
S92 that Mr. Cleveland had defeated Mr..
harrison But in the election of 1884,
when Mr.. Cleveland defeated Mr.. Blaine,
he official result hung in doubt over the
ote in New York for days.
In few states Populists and Silver Re
inblicans have indorsed the Democratic
,ectoral ticket, in others concessions Of
lectors hnvo boon made to them for their
support of Bryan and Sewall. The DEM
lcrats have indorsed the Populist electo-
-al ticket In Oregon and in South Dakota
In "a out of the AS states the Republic
lns have q clear electoral ticket In Texas
hey have formed a partial combination
with middle OF the road Populists and
gold standard Democrats.
Tho states elect members Of the national
louse of representatives as follows:
Alabama. 81; Arkansas 6; California,
Colorado 9; Connecticut, 4; Delaware,
Florida, . Georgia, IL Idaho, / llli-
1ois, 80; Indiana, 3; Iowa, IL; Kansas
s; kentucky, II; Louisiana, g.; Mary
and, 81 Massachusetts, 10; Michigan, -;
Minnesota, 2; Missouri, 5; Mississippi
= Montana, Nebraska Is; Nevada,
Vow Hampshire, 2; New Jersey, s.; New
ork, 81 North Carolina, o; North Da-
sota. J.; Ohio, 2l; Pennsylvania, 80;
Rhode Island. .; South Carolina, e; South
Dakota .; Tennessee, 10; Texas, ID;
tah. Il Virginia, 10; Washington, Q;
Vest Virginia 4 Wisconsin, 10, and Wy
ming, l.
Governors to BE Elected.
The guhernatorial elections in few
,tates ars unusually interesting, while in
most they arc dwarfod by the presidential
untest These are the states that choose
,ovcrnors today: Colorado Connections,
Delaware, Idaho Illinois. Indiana, Kan
as Massachusetts, Michigan. Minnesota,
Missouri, Montana. Nebraska New Hamp-
phiro. New York. North Carolina, North
dakota. South Carolina, South Dakota,
tennessee, Texas, Washington, West Nir-
lnia md Wisconsin.
In Illinois Governor Altgeld fight for
reelection presents him before the people
OF their FIRST judgment since his pardon
lf the alleged anarchists connected with
no Haymnrkot riots and the denuncia
ion of President Cleveland for sending
roops TO Chicago during the Pullman
triko In 1891.
IN Massachusetts, George Fred Williams
$ fighting the so called machine Democ
acy as the FREQ silver candidate.
Minnesota gives q unique spectacle il
iaving John Lind, lifelong Republican
md the only Republican congressman il
no state to survive the Democratic land
iide IN 1880, at the head Of the Demo
< ratio, Populist and silver ticket.
In most Of the states members Of th'
egisature are today elected who vii
koose successors to the following United
states senators: California, G. c. Porkin
Rep }; Colorado, Henry NJ. Teller (Rep.)
onnecticut Orville A. Pratt (Rop.)
daho George "a Shonp (Rep); Illinois
ohm NJ Palmer (Dem Indiana, JohI
n. Voorhees, (Dem.) Kansas, William A
nfTnr fJnf a. Tllnolr