The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-01
THEY DESERT BRYAN
CHANGE OF SENTIMENT IS VERY
MARKED AMONG SOUTH DA-
KOTA VOTERS,
STATE NO LONGER DOUBTFUL.
FOR SOUND MONEY WILL
BE FROM 10000 TO
$4,000.
AS TO LEGISLATIVE PREDICTIoNs
St1verites Have Great Homes
The Situation in Various
Counties.

Special to the Globe.
HURON. s. D., Nov. -Four weeks
ago South Dakota's rightful position
politically speaking, was in the doubt
fur column. Not so today, for a great
change has been wrought. and the
state Is certainly Republican by prob
ably 10000 votes; some claim 12 900 to
14,OOO. The more conservative. how
ever, say the proper estimate is from
5000 to 10000. National Committeeman
a. B. Kittrfdge, Of Sioux Falls was in
the city this morning and said that
Wnlle he did not care to give positive
ngures, he felt certain that the state
would give Mckinley from 5000 to To-
OVo majority; the Republican state
ticket would be elected by about the
same vote, while the legislature wouId
be pronounced Republican. He bases
MS estimates upon the latest returns
sent him by reliable parties. and unon
personal investigation. During the
past hfteen days a most careful and
thorough canvass has been made. and
every effort possible taken to get q.
correct estimate of the strength of all
parties. and the result is the above
conclusion. In some localities the Pom
ulsts-or fusionists-will be successful
on the legislative ticket, and the next
senate ana house Of representatives
are 'nKely to have fair sprinkIing Of
members OF the Populist and Demo-
cratic parties. In nearly every county
III the state the contest during the
past TOUR weeks has been directed on
the part Of the Populists, in favor of
the legislative ticket. Trades have
been made and combinations effected
whereby votes for senators and repre-
sentatives are to be given in lieu of
votes for county officers. If the coun-
ties now considered safely Republican
DO not disappoint the "slate makers"
the
NEXT LEGISLATURE
will have eighty-four Republican mem
bers out Of q total Of 1875 The counties
or Jerauld, Aurora and Sanborn will
no doubt go to the Populists; the other
strongly Populist counties are Spinl-.
clark, deuel.. Kingsbury, Potter, Yank-
ton, Miner, Dawson, Clay and Brook
ings-all east Of the Missouri river.
The latter county-Brookings is the
home of VIM. H. Roddle, Republican
nominee for secretary Of state. It is
also the home county Of Hon. George
A. Matthews and Hon. John E. Dia-
mond, two Of the best workers in the
Republican ranks-and they claim that
the county will go Republican by 200
majority. In 1894 there were polled In
that county 1,070 Republican votes. 129
Democratic votes and zoos Populist
votes. Fusion
WILL NOT FUSE
to any great extent In that county, ana
local differences having been satisfac-
tor1ly settled, the Republicans have
reason to be confident of success there
Clay county is the home county Of
Andy Lee, the Populist candidate for
governor, and because Of this a lively
and determined contest has been car
r1ed on there ever since the campaign
opened. The claim is made that Mr..
Lee would rather lose any other county
in the state than his own county-Clay.
and for that reason he has given par
ticular attention to the canvass there
In 1894 the county polled 1900 votes, Of
which the Populists received 876, the
Democrats III and the Republicans
1,612. It is said that the Populists have
captured all the Democrats, except.
perhaps, a dozen, and with a. large
percentage of foreigners, who have
heretofore voted with the Republicans.
the Popocrats hope to win the county.
Even II they receive the full Demo
cratic vote, 112, and hold all of their
former Notwithstanding quite i'm
probabie-it will be necessary to SAP
from the Republican ranks between 500
and 1000 votes in order to win; pro-
vided, of course, the total vote of the
county is no larger this year than It
was in 1894. Upon what the PopulisJs
in Clay county base their hope of sue
cess Is not clear. But Mr.. Lee declares
the county is safe for him by 200 votes
Kingsburry county is claimed by the
Populists because Percy r. Crothers.
their nominee for lieutenant governor
lives there and Stands in solid with
every member of his party and is
popular with everybody" The Popu-
lists in that county have fiuctuated
somewhat In the last three general
elections. In 1890 they polled go votes
against 1876 for the Republicans: In
1892 they polled only 1853 votes to 935
for the Republicans; in 1894 the Popu-
list vote climbed up to 925, and the
Republican vote dropped to 818. The
total vote this year will be slightly in,
creased, and~pretty evenly divided. Of
the lit Democrats who voted In that
county at the last election. 1t is claim
ed that at least three-fourths of them
will vote with the Republicans this
year. Republicans. too. say they will