West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-09-24
THE ELECTORAL VOTE.

S"N ~ W.T. 'Ato SOubti1 uAS OioNSh
the record and knocked ont all his
tory on the rapid advance Of a
pc pular sentiment.
Bryen's triumphaf tour among
the people and the nearly two hum
dred speeches he has made without
making single mistake or false
move. has produced situation of
affairs, that could we have the eIec
ton now, would sweep him into
the Presidential chair by the larg-
est popular aud electoral vote ever
accorded any candidate in the his
tory OF this or any other country,
aud we can conceive Of nothing
possible now TO change this senti-
ment or situation in the short time,
less than six weeks till election,
Tuesday, November 3rd. AS the
matter now stands, the only States
that Mckinley is sure of are Maine,
Vermont, New Hampshire, Massa
chusetts, Connecticut. Rhode Island
and PennsyIvania--7l electoral
votes In all.
Bryan rs almost absolutely sure
OF carrying Washington. Oregon
Colorado Nevada, Idaho, Mon
tana, Utah, California. Wyoming,
North and South Dakota, Ne
braska, Kansas, TEXAS, Missouri,
Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia, North and South
Carolina, Virginia. Tennessee, Del
aware, Maryland and West Vir-
ginia, n States TO McKinley's 2, or
only 20 more States than Mckinley,
and with an electoral vote of 2O2 or
only 131 more than Mckinley, and
only % short of majority of the
whole electoral vote.
The doubtful States are New
York, New Jersey, Ohio, Kentucky,
Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wis
consin, Iowa and Minnesota, ten in
all, and with 100 electoral votes.
Bryan has as good chance for
carrying any of these as Mckinley,
and IA good deal better show for
carrying some of them than Nc
hinley. The vote of either New
York, Ohio or Illinois added to the
States be is reasonably sure to
carry, wall elect him. Or any two
OF the following. Iowa, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky or
New Jersey, and should he carry
all these States his electoral vote
would be 81, or III more than he
would need.
Now, where Is the man who keeps
posted and knows what he is talk
ing about, that can figure out
Mckinley's election so surely that
he Is willing to risk his money on
II, these hard times? If we had a
million dollars to spare, we would
not be afraid to risk it on Bryan
election, ia spite of .he news from
"A couple OF cold blooded, rock
bound, pine-tree States Of the fan
north.
The Repu blicans have apparently
gotten much satisfaction out Of the
returns from Maine and Vermont
two States way up in New England
that always go Republican and
never did cast Democratic cleo
toral vote, aud only have ten any
how. In the meantime our friends
who are $50 English, you know. -
seem TO have entirely overlooked
tho news from Alabama aud Ar
kansas. The former went Demo
cratic 10y over $4,000 and the latte
by about $4,000. The former ha
IL electoral votes and the latter 8
while Maine has but g aud Vernon
only 4. At the last election Yer
mont went Republican 81 nearl'
10000 to 10000 this time. At th
last election in Alabama, it wen
Democratic BY 27.OOO to so. OOl
this time, or a gain OF 30, 900 Il
1000 in Vermont.
The last election in Maine wen
Republican 1900, while Arkansa
went Democratic ln 1892 by 40. O0
and in 1894 by 4s. 600 to 5000
this year, gain Of from 80, 900 q
10000 as compared with Maine
1000, so j, looks very much l.k
the Democrats were oonsiderabl
ahead, and where the RepublcaI
consolation comes in We arc unabl
to determine. So far as maioritie
arc concerned, that Of Afkansas OF