Fair play., 1896-12-05
THOSE M'KlNlEY GAINS.
Evidences " Some Secret Work ~ MI.
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silver committees could very well al
ford to make an exact census of some OF
those precincts In which an abnormal
vote has been polled, because 1t ap'
pears that more votes have been counted
than there are male persons OF voting
nge. Let us consider some of the figures
Ind see what they tell:
The latest returns from Iowa give Nc
Kinley 2S9,57s and Bryan 1896, with
about 5000 votes for Palmer and 2.50O
for the prohibition candidate. The to-
tai Is about 100000.
In 1892 the vote of Iowa wnsi Cleve-
land, 196,367; Harrison, 219,795; Weav-
cr. 2O.595. and prohibitionist. 6,402. The
total vote was 443.150. In 1sSS the vote
was: Cleveland, 179. .ss7; Harrison. eli, :
e9S; prohibition. 1850; union labor,
BIOS. The total vote was 4O4,l3O. In
iS95 the vote for governor WIS: DEM
ocrat, 149, ABB: republican, 20s,6 $50; pop
ulist, 32,ilS; prohibitionist, 11,o52. To-
tal, ioI.292. Mr.. Bryan this year polled
nearly 1000 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 obtnlnable about ILL.,
nois for this year give Bryan 459. .760;
Mckinley. G03.S17; Palmer. 3.S02. and
about 5000 for the two prohibition can
fidates. The total Is about 100000.
In 1892 the vote for president was:
Cleveland, 426.2Sl: Harrison. 399.2ss;
Weaver. 2a.on7: prohibition, 2s,s7O. The
total was S73.6i6. In lSSS the vote for
president was: Cleveland. 3iS,27s; IIar.
rison. 37O,473; prohibition, 81 .695; union
labor, 1890; united labor, $40. The to-
tai WINS ?i7.6S0. In the republican land
slide OF 1894 the vote for state treas
urer was: Democrat, 322, ,459; republic
an. i4a.SS6; prohibition, 19,475; popu-
list. 59,793. The vote for the republican
candidate In 1894 was the largest ever
given to candidate OF any party In
Illinois until this year. and Mr.. Bryan
rolled nearly $4,000 more votes than
were given to that candidate. Mr.. Bry-
IN polled $500 more votes than Mr..
Cleveland carried the state with In 1892,
when Cleveland had plurality of 27,-
300 owe. Harrison, but again that mys-
srrious vote comes out of the brush for
Mr.. Mckinley and gives him nearly
100000 votes more than ever before
were polled for any candidate.
In Oregon the vote was: Bryan. 40, :
H33; Mckinley. 4s,670; Palmer. s33; pro-
hibition, SIT. In 1892 it was: Cleveland,
la,243; Harrison. 35.O02; Weaver, Co.
OG5; prohibition, 2.2s1. The democrats
md populists were fused on one elector
that year and he was elected. This year
Mr.. Bryan polled over 5000 more votes
:ilan were ever before polled for the
candidate of any party, yet the Nc
kinley vote makes tremendous leap,
being nearly 30 per cent. greater than
the vote cast for Harrison in 1892.
The complete unofficial figures for
Indiana this year give Mckinley 323.-
'1o; Hryan, a03,s54; Palmer. 3.579:
Levering. 1868; Bentley. 1850; social
!st labor, 1i5. Total, 039,5l4.
in 1892 Cleveland carried Indiana by
1,125, the vote being: Cleveland, 26a,
40; Harrison, 255.6l5; Weaver, 22,2OS;
prohibition, l3,O50. Total vote was 554,
0l3. In 1sSS the vote was: Cleveland.
a61,0l3; Harrison. 1861; prohibition,
9,ssl; union labor. 1854. Total vote,
536,9+9. 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,tc5. His democratic opponent
pollcd only 23s,732 votes, the prohibit
.ionists. 1l,!51, ard the populist, :9.3ss.
The total vote was 5G2,GS2. This year
Of grace, 1896, Mr.. Bryan received 20
400 more votes than were ever before
given to any candidate. He pc.led Ill
Geo votes nore than Mr.. Cleveland re-
ceived in 1892, which would be ac-
counted for by the addition of The popu-
list vote and reasonable gain. But
behold, the Mckinley vote leaped for
ward 10000 through the appearance of
lot, and that disappeared Immediately
and has not since been seen.
The vote in Ohio was approximately
i75.000 for Mr.. Bryan and .25.O00 for
Mckinley. Mr.. Bryan polled $1,000
votes more than were ever given to any
this year, the vote for Bushnell for
governor in 1895 being 427,i41. Mr.
Bryan had 10000 votes more than Mr.
Harrison received when he carried the
state in 1892. The vote that year was
Harrison, 4G5,1 Cleveland, 4O+.l15;
Weaver, 1850; prohibition, 26,ol2. We
may he sure that Mr.. Bryan did 10,
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 20 vote the repub
lican ticket and defeat him by $4,000.
The Kentucky vote is rs follows: Me
Kinley, 2ls,G55; Bryan. 2l1,797; Pal
mer, 5,9lS: Levering. 1914. Mr.. Bryan
received over $4,000 votes more than Mr.
Cleveland received in 1892 when MIR
Cleveland had over 10000 plurality ovel
MIR. Harrison. Mr.. Bryan received "a,
900 votes more than were ever before
given TO any candidate. Yet there
were votes enough for Mckinley some
where to overtop Bryan.
In recent interview Mr.. Hanna sait
he knew during the campaign there
we're 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 o
the wor!: being done in the doubtful
states. The figures quoted above, ant
others which might be quoted concern
ing other states, suggest that an ex