The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-04

lowing dispatch from indianapolis signed
c. w. Fairbanks:
Returns thus far received indicate that
you have carried Indiana by 30.WO'
At II o'clock Major Mckinley received the
following from Governor Morton, Oh New
York:
"a 9 o'clock. from returns already re-
ceived, / feel warranted in extending my
heartiest congratulations on your trlumpn-
ant an eieeti ion to the presidency 9bo Oh y vee Sfit Is
giving you a plurality OF at least a quarter
OF a Million
State Chairman Kuntz sent the following:
mo more Joyous demonstration was ever
witnessed than that which followed the
announcement Of your certain etecuon-
The demonstration in Park RINK Tor tnlr-
~ minutes has been such as 10 preclude
receipt of further news The streets are
filled with a vast throng OF cheering ana
demonstrative people, such as never were
seen or a like occasion. In behalf OF our
/ congratulate you on the an
swer which the country has given TO the
principles, of which you are the dis
~tinguished representative.
The election victory spread through
Canton early in the evening. 1t found eX-
preston IN a Surfing z cb bo%ns IN w6istles and
other instruments of discord. orators held
forth on every side and the praises or the
Canton candi1a-e were on every lip. Large
stereopticon bulletins in front of the Repos-
itory office gave the details OF the swelling
Mckinley tide TO the eager multitude.
There was comparative quiet in front OF
The ladies who heard the returns in the
Mckinley parlor included Mrs. Mckinley,
mother Mckinley. Mrs. Duncan. the
Majors sister: Miss Helen Mckinley, Miss
Mabel Mckinley. Mrs. Maria Saxton, Mrs.
Marshal Barber, sister of Mrs. Mckinley.
At 1890 Mr.. Mckinley received a tremen-
dous ovation from his Canton t~ownspeople.
He took a position on the open porch of his
residence and waived his salutations to the
enthusiastic concourse. The midnight was
made light as day by hundreds of fam
beaux and blazing fires of red and green.
Major Mckinley made no address. For an
hour the remarkable spectacle proceeded.
The whistles of all the factories Joined In
one long continued schreech, which echoed
throughout the town. Mingled with this
was the booming Of cannon, the firing of
guns and pistols and the shouts from ten
solidly for three squares down Market
street.
Chairman .Babcock. of the Republican
congressional committee, telegraphs Major
Mckinley that the next House of Repre-
sound money.
The din about the Mckinley cottage is as
deafening as ever at 1870 a. m. TIL interior
of the house looks as though an army had
marched through 1t. being Uttered with
Major Mckinley's close associates remained
with him in the DINING room, where coffee
was served over the late returns.
Major Mckinley expects to make a night
of 1T. AT 2 o'clock word comes that the
Tippcanoe Club. of Cleveland. is on the
way and he will stay up TO receive them
about 4 a. m.
A dispatch to Major Mckinley from
Raleigh. N. c., states that he has carried
that State by 1000. Another states that
Representative Towne. of Duluth, Sixth
district of Minnesota, Is defeated.
At Mr.. Bryan's Home.
LINCOLN. Neb.. Nov. 3.-The bulletins
relating to the State and congressional
ticket in Nebraska were unsatisfactory,
and it was nearly impossible to form an
estimate from them. Results from scatter
ing precincts were received and the little
group gathered in the library of the home
OF the nominee compared them as best it
could with the results OF four years ago.
The members of the party figured it out
that Bryan would In all likelihood carry
the State. The returns on the congress
sional vote as made to Mr.. Bryan were of
no value. and nothing could be learned
from them. State Chairman Bahlman, of
the Democratic committee. telephoned
from Omaha that the Mckinley majority
would be only about 600 or 800, and that
he counted the State safe for Bryan by
aholf TX 900