Evening star., 1896-11-04
NEBRASKA RETURNS
Chairman Morrell Counts on Republi-
can Success.
COUNTRY DISTRICTS TO Be HEARpF
Bryan Gains in the Rural Dis
tricts.
STATE TICKETS SCRATCHED

OMAHA Neb, November 4-Chairman
Chas. II. Morrell. who is in charge of the
work Of the republican state central COM
mtteo in this county, was seen at . O'clock
this morning: He said: Returns from the
state are provokirgly slow. We have the
country districts yet to hear from, and that
is just where We expect to show the largest
gains In the course of d few hours / hope
TO be able to say that Mckinley has car
ried Nebraska. I think his plurality will
be between 2nU and 1900. This time we
have been disappointed SO far as the state
IS concerned. In Lancaster county we were
bitterly disappointed. We counted on 300
for Mckinley, but it looks as though it
would not he more than half of that. The
largest gains of the opposition there were
in the ranks of the laboring men"
Conceded to bryan.
LINCOLN, Neh. November 4.-Chairman
Post Of the republican state committee at
10 o'clock conceded Nebraska to the fusion
ticket on presidential electors and COVER
nor, but he says that neither Bryan nor
Hocomb. the latter being the fusion candi-
date for governor will have anything like
the plurality claimed by Chairman Dahl
man and Edn,iSton the democratic and
populist chairman. He says the legislative
and the congressional tickets are still in
doubt. 1t appears quite certain, however
that the populists Will get four of the six
Congressman, and they may have five, if
not the entire six.
Returns from the state are still cutie
meager. though almost all those received
show material republican losses. The re-
publcans have complete returns from only
Gi5 election precincts out of fetal of
Leo. These give republican plurality of
40, hut they indicate losses, and they DO
not show the large losses in Douglas and
Lancaster counties, in which the Cites Of
Omaha and Lincoln are situated.
Judge Post does not concede the entire
state ticket, but the opposition claims il
all, and also the legislature and ali the
Congressman. 1t looks as If the fusionlsts
would secure almost everything, and it is
certain that Mr.. Eryans own safe will
give him a handsome plurality.
OMAHA. Neb., November 4.-While Bry
an has probably carried Nebraska by a
small plurality, republicans are not con-
ceding that fact. since less than 300 OF
j14 precincts in the state have been hearl
from. a definite result cannot be known
before night but Bryan is steadily gaining
in most of the remote rural districts yet to
hear from. 1t Is conceded that Bryan's
greatest strength is there, and it will prob
ably overcome the 1000 plurality Mckinley
has in Omaha.
The feature of the contest is the enor-
nous vote polled, probably 10 per cent
heavier than at any previous time This is
attributed to that element which has here
tofoIe refused to participate in elections,
but the financial issues In this campaign
brought them to the front.
AS a result of the generous manner in
which the state ticket was scratched little
can be definitely determined by night as to
the result. Holcomb, democrat-popuIist
gubernatorial candidate. is probably elected
as he ahead of Bryan in many sec
tons
The probabili are that the state tick
ct is divided between the two parties, and
will be close all results. The legisla-
ture, however, is largely republican. In
the congressional districts. while little is
definitely known, except in the second
where Mercer is reelected. there is little
doubt that the republicans have elected
four of the remaining five Congressman.
Maxwell. silver democrat, in the third, is
probably elected.
The complete state vote will probably ex-
oeed 100000. The heaviest vote previously
pol1ed in Nebraska was in 1894. 21GOo0. In
view of the intense excitement in Nebraska
it is considered remarkable that no dis
turbances of Importance occurred election
day.
Two hundred and thirty precincts in Ne
Taska outside of Omaha give Mckinley
g. 1870, Bryan 21,6s5; two years ago gave
republicans 2o,79S, democrats -populists, 49,
42O.