The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
TT IS M'KINLEY.
The Associated Press Says There's No Longer any Doubt of
 the Result.
GIVEN 2el ELECTORAL VOTES
Republicans Quit Sending Ouf PrepOsterOus Claims, but
 Have n Majority.

From private letter received yester day from the railroad, it is learned that the latest telegram received up to the time of the departure of the mail, said that the following State are absolutely certain for Mckinley: California, H. linois, Maine, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio. Rhode Island. West Virginia. Connecticut. Indiana, Maryland, Min- nesota, New York, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Pennsylvania Vermont.
 These States cast total of 264 votes in the Electoral College.
 The same authority says that the State of Kentucky is still doubtful.
 CHICAGO, November 4.-Returns from the entire country. although lncom- nlete in some states. are of a nature to insure the election of Mckinley. suf- ficient number of states have dec ared for the Republican party to make cer- tain 364 votes in the electoral college for it's leader.
 The returns show some interesting features, and Tn some r speCts they have been surprise to the leaders of both political parties.
 The New England states have. as was expected, gwen heavy plurality for McKinlev, without exception. The Republican ticket was successful Tn Massachusetts beyond what was claimed for 1t by the most enthusiastic prophet of Republican success.
 New York and Pennsylvania vied with each other for the largest plurality and figures at hand do not indicate which one of them has surpassed the other. Each state has given the Republiran candidate a majority of between 275.OOO and 28O,OOO. To these states Illinois Is a good third in it's plurality for the win ming candidate If the percentage of gain over the presidential election of 1891, that has so far been chosen, con tinues to the end, it will give plural . ity not far from l75 ,OOO.
 In the gubernatorial race Altgeld has been badly beaten, but is not burle so deep, and is probably abont 6o OJO ahead of the Democratic nation tick at There has been evidently large vote cast throughout the state for Mc- Kinley and Altgeld.
 In Indiana, if any rules for estlmat- ing the vote of the state which previous to the present election held good, are still to be relied upon, there Is no jus tification for the Democratic claim 0i bav,ne carried the state. If the ratio of Republican gain continues to the end of the count Mckinley will have ap- probimateIy 10000 plurality in the state.
 Tn Iowa. as far as can be seen from the returns at present, the Republican plurality has been very large, not 1af from 75,OOO. Ohio. which has all along been claim ell bv Chairman Jones as a state wnlcn Bryan would push Mckinley very close
 
 has given the Republican candidate an overwhelming plurality.
 In Michigan, the election result IS very heavy reduced vote for the Kepuo' lican ticket. The free silver papers oi
 Detroit concpde the state to Mckinley by 25, 900. The last previous vote Tn the state was in 1895, when Moore, the re-
 oublican candidate for justice of the supreme court, had a plurality o T .487. West Virginia is confidently claimed by the Republicans, and the chairman of the Democratic state committee thi' evening comedies it to Mckinley. Tennessee presents some interestini features of the campaign. Patterson the gold standard Democratic cai'"l :. date for congress Tn the city of Mem , phis, is running neck and neck witn III