Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-03
THOSE M.KINLEY cams
Evidences OF Some Secret work BIZ III


these precincts in which an abnormal
vote has been polled, because it up
Pearsthat more votes have been counted
than there are male persons OF voting
age. Let us consider some of the figures
and see what they tell:
The latest returns from Iowa give Nc
kinley 2s9, 1878 and Bryan 223, 266, with
about 5000 votes for Palmer and $500
for the prohibition candidate. The to-
tai Is about 10000.
In 1892 the vote of Iowa vast Cleve-
land, 1885, 1867; Harrison, 1925; Weav-
or, 2o,595, and prohibitionist, 6,4O2. The
total vote was 443, 159. In 1888 the vote
was: Cleveland, 179, ss7; Harrison, Gill;
e9s; prohibition. $3.50; union labor.
e,105. The total vote was 404, $50. In
1895 the vote for governor was: Dem
ocrat, 149, 433; republican, POS $50; pop
ulist, 32,11s; prohibitionist, 1852. To-
tai, 401, 292. Mr.. Bryan this year polled
nearly $1,000 votes more than Mr.. Cleve-
land did in 1892 and nearly $4,000 votes
more than Cleveland did in 1883. He
polled more votes than any republican
candidate for the presidency ever polled
before this year. Yet 10000 heretofore
unknown republicans came out of the
brush and cast their votes for Mr.. Nc
kinley. The total vote shows an In
crease of 1900 over 1892.
The best figures obtainable about ILL
nois for this year give Bryan $50 .76O:
Mckinley, 6O3,s17; Palmer, 3,sO2. and
about 1000 for the two prohibition can
didates. The total is about 1,O7O, 600
In 1892 the vote for president was.
Cleveland, 426,2S1; Harrison, 800, 2Ss:
Weaver, % ,2O7; prohibition, $50. The
total was s73,646. In 1888 the vote for
president was: Cleveland, 34s,27s; liar
rison, go, Alb; prohibition, 81 sos; union
labor, 1000; united labor, 14O. The to-
tai was 747,6S6. In the republican land
Elide OF 1894 the vote for state treas
urer was: Democrat, 322, 459; republic
an, 445,8s6; prohibition. 19,475; popu-
Inst, 59,793. The vote for the republican
candidate In 1894 was the largest ever
given to a candidate of any party in
Illinois until this year, and Mr.. Bryan
polled nearly $4,000 more votes than
were given to that candidate. Mr.. Bry-
nm polled 1880 more votes than Mr..
Cleveland carried the state with in 1892.
when Cleveland had plurality of 27.-
300 ove- Harrison, but again that mys-
FERROUS vote comes out of the brush for
MIR. Mckinley and gives him nearly
100000 votes more than ever before
were Polled for any candidate.
In Oregon the vote was: Bryan. 49,
s33; Mckinley, 4S,679; Palmer, S33; pro-
hibition, s17. In 1892 it was: Cleveland.
14,243; Harrison, $4,000; Weaver, &c.
965; prohibition, 2.2s1. The democrats
and populists were fused on one elector
that year and he was elected. This year
Mr.. Bryan polled over 5000 more votes
.han were ever before polled for the
candidate of any party, yet the Nc
Kinley vote makes tremendous leap,
being nearly 40 per cent. greater than
the vote cast for Harrison in 1892.
The complete unofficial figures for
Indiana this year give Mckinley $685.
BIO; Bryan, 303,s54; Palmer, $3.50;
lowering, 3,65s; Bentley, 1880: social
Est labor, las. Total, 639, 544.
In 1892 Cleveland carried Indiana by
7,125, the vote being: Cleveland, 262,-
T4O; Harrison, 255,615; Weaver, %, POS;
prohibition, 1850. Total vote was 554,-
o12- In 1883 the vote was: Cleveland,
26I,D1a; Harrison, 263, 1901; prohibition,
9,sSl; union labor, 1904. Total vote,
536, $40. In 1894 the highest vote until
this year that was ever given to any
candidate was given to the republican
candidate for secretary of state. II
was 2S3. 4o5. His democratic opponent
pOlled only 23s,732 votes, the prohibit
iionists, HIST, and the populist, 90 ,3Ss
The total vote was 562.6 S2. This year
of grace, 1896, Mr.. Bryan received 90
900 more votes than were ever before
given to any candidate. He polled Il,
GOO votes more than Mr.. Cleveland re-
ceiVed in 1892, which would be ac-
counted for by the addition of the popu-
list vote and a reasonable gain. But
behold, the Mckinley vote leaped for
ward 10000 through the appearance of
an army that never before cast bal
lot. and that disappeared Immediately
and has not since been seen.
The vote in Ohio was approximately
$4,000 for Mr.. Bryan and 525, 900 for
Mckinley. Mr.. Bryan polled 1900
votes more than were ever given to any
republican candidate in Ohio before
this year, the vote for Bushnell for
governor in 1895 being 427,141 Mr.
Bryan had 90, 900 votes more than Mr.
Harrison received when he carried the
state in 1892. The vote that year was
Harrison, 4o5, 1S7; Cleveland, 4O4, IFS;
Weaver. 14,s50; prohibition, 26,012. We
may be sure that Mr.. Bryan did not
have any votes counted for HIM that he
didn't get Yet in spite of his gains
there were 10000 individuals who
never voted before, yet came out of the
woods long enough to vote the repub-
Iican ticket and defeat him by $4,000.
The Kentucky vote is as follows: Nc
KinIey. 2ls,o55; Bryan, 217,797; Pal
mer, 5,o1S: lowering. 1874. Mr.. Bryan
received over A., 900 votes more than MIR
Cleveland received in 1892 when Mr.
Cleveland had over 10000 plurality over
Mr.. Harrison. Mr.. Bryan received 3d.
GOO votes more than were ever before
given to any candidate. Yet there
were votes enough for Mckinley some
where to overlap Bryan.
In a recent interview Mr.. Hanna said
he knew during the campaign there
were times when ''the best and bravest'
Of those outside of headquarters des-
paired of the result, but that was be-
cause they did not know the secrets OF
the work being dane in the doubtful
states. The figures quoted above, and
others which might be quoted concern
ing other states, suggest that an eN-
nIanation of the secret work" would
be most interesting.-RoclSy Mountain