The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-20
IT'S 10000 FOR ILLINOIS
CHAIRMAN JONES CLAIMS THIS
MAJORITY FOR BRYAN.
He and Teller Confident Beyond Doubt
of 5000 Majority in
Chicago.

Chicago, Oct. 16.-(Special to the
World -Senators Teller and Jones
had a talk over the situation ut Demo
cratic headquarters this morning.
at is ridiculous to presume said
Senator Jones, that the Republicans
have the slightest grounds for claim
ing this State. No matter which way
we turn we find evidence that not
only this State but the entire Middle
Western section viii give a regular
landslide for Bryan.
son the face of the Record ballot,
which has been boycotted by the bulk
of the Bryan vote, we have made sur
6cient gains to indicate that Illinois
will be swept by us to the tune of more
than 10000 majority. But we do not
base our claims on such himsy ia
brio. We know positively the senti-
ment of the people.
81 heartily agree with everything
that Senator Jones has said, declared
Senator Teller. 81 have made the con-
ditions in this State among the Repub-
licans a special study. / have been all
over it. have just dug into the con-
ditions existing, and | feed safe in in
dorsing every word uttered.
"The Mckinley people are not treat
ing the public fairly. We are certain
of the victory not alone in this State,
but throughout the entire country"
Men who delight in deductions
drawn from percentages are in a state
of bewilderment over the Record post
al-card vote The judges, S. p. Nc
Connell, Adolf Kraus, Fred H, Wines
and j. l.. Whitbeck viii not discuss
the tables or deduetors therefrom.
1--WE certify that he tables are cor
rect and can say no more" said Judge
Mcconnell.
The facts are that in each of the
three States of Missouri, Iowa and In
diana the detection of Harrison voters
to Bryan is larger than that of Cleve-
land voters to Mckinley, and this, in
spite of the fact that the total Me-
Kinley vote in Indiana and Iowa is
greater than that of Bryan.
The Bryan experts at headquarters
and one of the Record experts make
this statement of the showing:
$50 far as the claim of the percent
ages themselves is concerned, they are
all right. The figures have shown that
about 81 per cent of Bryan's vote is
made up of Harrison Republicans,
while some 10 per cent of the McKin-
ley vote is made up of Cleveland Dem
ocrats. The only controversy arises
on what these things Indicate.
"At the Chicago election of Nov. 6,
1894, the total vote cast was: Repub-
lican, 1921; Democratic, 1926;
Peoples party, 1864. Total, 268,171
The Republican majority over all was
11,411.
To overcome this majority, Mr.. Bry-
an viii have to make a gain of about
5000 over the combined vote of the
Democratic and Peoples party of
1894. Deducting from the total Repub-
lican vote, this 271s per cent--about
38,441-leaves a normal Republican
vote of 101, $50. The total vote cast
against the Republican ticket in 1894
was 1885, Deducting from this 1874
per cent-about 24,038-leaves nor
mad Democratic vote of 104,342. This
analysis gives. the following conclu-
sions:
Normal Republican vote ..... 101,350
Gain from Cleveland ...,.. 24,038
Total for Mckinley .......... 1875, 1888
Normal Democratic vote 500. 1o4, 342
Gain for Harrison ............ 3S, AL
Total for Bryan .......,.... 142,7S3
In 1894 the Republicanes polled 49,
600 of the independent vote and 5000
of the Democratic vote, which makes
the total 1874
1t would appear from careful an
alysis of the vote appearing in the
Record that he independent vote is di-
yiding itself at the ratio of % to Bry-
an and IS to Mckinley. If this is true,
and the vote so indicates, then of the
GA 900 to $4,000 independent voters in
this city, Mr.. Bryan viii receive 81
per cent and Mr.. Mckinley 80 per cent.
A low calculation of the total of this
independent vote is about $4,000. If
Mr.. Bryan receives an indicated in the
vote 81 per cent, there will be added
to the normal Democratic vote of 1922
600, 5000 votes, making total of
141,040. The normal Republican vote
of about 200 will have added to it
24,360, total for Mckinley of about