The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-08

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Nov. 7.-Mckinley
has certainly got L Of kentuckys ID
electoral votes
The official count by the county can
V, sing boards was completed this after
noon. but the returns are slow in COM
ing in. and at this hour, O'Clock, 1t is
impossible to give the total vote with any
degree of accuracy.
The fotais of the official count in this,
Jenerson) county, have not been an.
nounced. but Mckinley gained ABOUT l'o
votes on his plurality of l2,Sl
The last edition of the Evening Times
estimates McKinley's plurality at GAS. The
Posts estimate IS over lOO
The official count in most every comfy MY
heard from shows that Kast, the first
Republican and Smith. the hrst Demo-
cratic elector. lead their tickets by from
so 10 100 votes. and this insures Bryan one
UD to 9 o'clock is was impossible to
secure a statement from Democratic head
quarters. The rooms were dark ana the
Committeeman Try Woodson had gone
home. Secretary Richardson, OF the state
committee. could not be found.
A BULLETIN.
At 6 O'Clock the following bulletin was
issued from Republican headquarters:
Kentucky mas gone Republican for the
first time in its history in a presidential
year Official returns from III counties
and reliable unofficial returns from the
other eight counties give Mckinney 100
plurality. -Four years ago the state gave
Cleveland 400do plurality over Harrison,
and gave Weaver, the PopulisJ candidate,
1850 votes The fusion OF the Democrats
and the Popuilsts this year was compete
and the victory for Mckinley means,
therefore. d reversal of $1,000 votes based
on the figures of 1892
Our silver friends make a great ado
over 1900 Republican gain III the Eleventh
district. but there is nothing remarkable
in a Gain of 1900 Democratic plurality
in a single county in the First district.
They also affect surprise that the Repub-
Ecan state committee has been sticking
20 its claim of 400 TO Geo plurality Tor
Mckinley in spite of the discovery or
great errors against Bryan IN Hardin,
Fayette, Galloway and other counties and
say that whenever Bryan made gain IN
this way 1 sent a cypher dispatch 10 the
Eleventh district for a corresponding ad-
dstion 10 the Mckinley plura.-ty.
BACKING DOWN.
s'These errors which the newspapers
made a great ado in each succeeding is
sue were their own ana not ours and
explain how some of the newspapers gave
Mckinley anywhere from ZOO TO 5000
plul atty. when the committees hSures,
open 10 the world, stayed between 100
and 600 for three days.
al ) o'clock on the morning after the
election. we realized that the result would
be very close and wired every county
chairman who could be reached 80 rush
complete official returns and TO closely
watch the Official count. On the strength
OF these messages. J. received a. bulletin
on Wednesday evening which was pub
lished in all the Louisville papers, saying
among other things, the Democrats Will
20 10 the Eleventh district with 1860 in
their favor Returns from one-haif OF
the counties OF the Eleventh district al
ready in assure considerably over 1000
Republican plurality.
This bulletin was based on actual I'M
official figures from every county but five
and has stood the test from last Wednes-
day until today in spite Of errors of news
paper correspondents, and the surprising
claims of free silver leaders evidently !
based upon estimates rather than upon j
election returns This committee has had
nothing TO do with the conflicting reports
OF newspapers and the big gains and
losses they have been finding in unoffi-
cal returns for several days have not
changed our tables at any time
The official count has resulted IN oc-
casicnal changes from our unofficial fig
ures- but they have about balanced each |
other. and my figures of Wednesday are |
practically confirmed by the official count !
AT this writing our almost complete |
returns say that the Democrats go TO |
the Eleventh with 13.lS2 in their favor and |
are met there with 14,27S Republican plu- |
IsllSy, giving net plurality of 456 for
Mckinley.
IS. J. ROBERTS, Chairman
Ine Court returns show a !
plurality Of $50 for Mckinley. A few |
counties have not been officially reported |