The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-05
ILLINOIS GIVES 10000.
REPUBLICANS CLAIM THE STATE
BIZ THOSE UREs.

Returns Now Indicate an Increase In Me-
Kiniey's Plurality Over Tuesday Nights
Figures OF Ao.Ooo-MeKinIey Carries
Chicago by So,OOO-Other state Returns.
CHICAGO, Nov. 4.-Returns from the country
districts In Illinois come very slowly. and it Is
doubtful IL any correct table of the vote, even
for President or Governor, can be given for two
or three days.
Latest returns at State Republican headquar-
ters have encouraged the managers there to
change their estimate of the Illinois majority TO
1856, 900, 10000 more than was expected earlier
In the day. Doubt Us to the result in the
Seventeenth Congress district was expressed
at the State Committee headquarters up
to noon MAJOR Jas. A. Conly,sthe Republican
candidate, had an uphill fight against a nomi-
nally Democratic majority. b. +. Caldwell Is
tho Popocratic candidate. He made a vigorous
campaign and was confident of election.
A. NJ. Garland, a visitor at headquarters,
displayed a telegram from J. NJ. Garland, Major
Conly's private secretary. this afternoon,s saying
the Republican candidate would win by a ma
jority of 500.
As a refutation of the statement made by his
opponents that Capt. Tanner had lost the Ger
man Lutheran vote the result in Addison town.
ship is instanced. The voters there are princi-
pally German Lutherans. In 1896 the vote
stood: Republican. 179; Democrat. 1874.
The present ballot is Republican, $50: Demo-
cratic. SO. La Sale county gavo Mckinley and
Tanner q majority Of $4,000. Many German
Democrats throughout the State voted for
Mckinley add Tanner.
Massas county estimates Its majority for Nc
Kinley and Tanner at l, 200.
A telegram from Kankakee county says Nc
K!nley has n majority there Of $500, q Repub-
lican gain of z, 500 over 1902. Peoria county Is
safe with 1000 majority for Mckinley. over
oming q Democratic majority Of 1000 four
years ago. st, Clair county gives 800 majority
for Mckinley. Henry county rolls mp 5000.
jackson county gives 500. 1t was expected to
go 200 Democratic. Edwards county goes 500
for Mckinley.
Chicago's banner ward was the Thirty-third,
which rolled up a plurality Of 1o.5ss for Nc
Kinley. The Twelfth with 5.o16 plurality. and
the Thirty-fourth with AGA. were the next
biggest Republican wards.
John r. Tanner carries the city Of Chicago by
| a plurality of 29.s7e as compared with McKin-
ley's plurality of so. 16o over Bryan. Tanners
vote in thirty -four wards is 1S4. 1872 to Alt
geld's $4,000.
Returns from only seven precincts are lack
ing. The vote In those precincts will probably
DO in Tanners favor, and his plurality may
reach 81. 900.
Forman. candidate for Governor on the gold
| Democratic ticket. received 1855 votes; Gere,
Prohibitionist, acre, and Baustian, Socialist.
Labor. $50.
The total vote cast for Governor was 344. s36.
Tanner runs behind the national ticket in
nearly every ward in tho city. In tho strong.
holds of Republicanism- tho Twelfth, Thirty
second. and Thirty. fourth wards-Tanner loses
heavily.
In the Twelfth alone he runs over 1000 votes
Ebtenfnds mckinley. In the Thfrty-fourth he los,
nearly 900 votes that went to Mckinley. while
in the Thirty-second Altgeld gained over 40O
votes over Bryan. they being lost to Tanner.
Henry Hertz. Republican candidate for State
Treasurer. profits by the Mckinley landslide
and has q plurality in the city of Chicago OF
"a GA.