The herald., 1896-11-06


Mckinney .................... 5oS
LeVer1ng .................. II
Palmer .................... j
Total vote. 1917
registered vote. 1926
FalllnR TO VOle... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 21S
Bryan's majority ty............. 61
Total vote cast. 1914
Failing to vote. 3716
Total registered vote. 22s5T
Now in the country precincts of the
county there is a registration of ap-
proximately $4,000 votres, and there
are but 1892 accounted for This leaves
300 voters in the country that either
failed to vote or else they did vote and
their ballots were not tailed.
The total number of voters in the
county who failed to vote were ap-
proximately 90OO
This seems singular and extraordn-
ary, considering the fact that great in
terest was taken in the election and an
enormous vote was polled.
In as much as the general result Of
the election no longer depends upon
Calltornia, 1t is not probable that any
funny business will be attempted.
Never before, though, in the history
OF this county has there been any cleo
ton held where it was absolutely i'm
possible FOR anybody to get accurate re-
turns on the result except through the
Republican county committee.
The Republican committee seemed to
nave dead mortal cinch on everything.
All sources of information as to the vote
We're cut off save through it.
Mr.. Newlin, the county clerk, has very
handily assisted in cutting off all
sources of information save what the
republicans desired to give out. His
failure to have printed on the outside
OF the envelopes in which the officers
of election made their return, blanks
where the figures on the vote could be
put in was piece of negligence due
either to ignorance of the requirements
or the occasion or in accordance with
well defined plan of the Republicans to
hold back all official information and
give out only such reports as they de-
sired the people to have.
Yesterday, at the request of the DEM
ocratic state central committee, two
guards were placed in the courthouse
to watch the returns. They were placed
in the vault and it was sealed up.
Mr. Newlin readily consented to this
proposition, and it is apparent now that
Mckinley is elected without Califor-
MAS aid, that nothing crooked will be
done to change the result here.
Whether the Populist vote has been
totaled in the county precincts or not
remains to be seen.
It seems singular that there should be
5000 out of 10000 voters in the county
who failed to turn in their ballots, and
only 3700 out of 24,000 in the city. Elec-
ton day was, in point of weather, fine,
and certainly there was no reason for
a stay-at-home vote ~ the county of
nearly one-third of the total registered
vote. There Is something strange about
all this. 1t may never be explained. but
as the man from Texas said: 1T looks
very, very funny"
About the maddest people in town are
the leaders of the suffrage amendment
crowd. They thought they were going
to poll nine-te of the votes of the
city and county. So did everybody else
except the liquor dealers and the Re-
publican county committee.
The ladies now realize the combina-
ton made against this proposition and
they are sore displeased. They have
previously been of the opinion that the
Republican party embodied all of the
morality and virtue in the country, but
they do not think so now. They vow
vengeance, but they will have to COM
mence along a new tack They will not
be able to vote, but they can still talk.
Judge NJ. T. Owens has been elected
and his friends are happy. He had a
close shave, but he gets in by $50 votes
All of the Republican candidates for
judge are elected, but not by any very
cheerful majorities, but by enough to
win. The court house ring can now
breathe more freely. There will not be
a grand jury in this county for at least
four years that will make full investi-
cation of the rotten condition of gov
ernment affairs in this county
The only Democratic member OF the
board of supervisors for the next four
years will be James Hanley. He will
be able to do a great deal for his con-
stituents and undoubtedly will, but the
ring will control the supervisors as they
will continue to have four members and
they can do anything they please
The silver Republicans take great sat
isfaction in the Bryan victory in this
city and in the defeat of j. McLachlan.
They think, and rightly so, that they
section and they undoubtedly have.
They are entitled to great credit and
they will receive 1t.
AS far as the state is concerned, it
is still in doubt and it may yet go for
Bryan. The Republicans claim it by
1000, but in making up that total of 1000
the San Francisco Republican author
tiles include a majority of 2200 in this
county for Mckinley.
Now everybody knows that the Repub-
licans here do not claim the county by
over 800, but in order to show figures
to claim the state on they put in Los
Angeles county at 2200. This is done as
q part Of the scheme of bluff to claim
everything and deceive the people. There
is an error of 1900 votes in that total of
1000 right there. If errors, evidently in
tentionally, are made in the returns
from other counties it is quite evident
Mckinley has not carried the state.
Any way the result is certainly in doubt.
But the election is over now and as far
as this county is concerned there will
be a square deal, for all parties are on
guard. Whatever fraud was contem-
plated will not be put in execution and
SO the people can rest
The Silver Republican club executive
committee is gathering evidences of
rank Republican frauds perpetrated at
the polls in this city and some guilty
parties will be brought to justice
1t cost the Republicans and Mark
Hanna $4,000 to carry Los Angeles
county and they may not have it after
ALL
THE LATEST FIGURES.