The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-01
THEY DESERT BRYAN
CHANGE OF SENTIMENT is VERY
MARKED AMONG SOUTH DA-
KOTA VOTERS.
STATE NO LONGER DOUBTFUL.
MAJORITY FOR SOUND MONEY WILL
BE FROM 10000 TO
10000.
STATE NO LONGER DOUBTFUL
AS TO LEGISLATIVE PREDICTIONS
SfIverites Have Great Homes
The Situation In Various
Counties.

Special to the Globe
HURON, 8. D., Nov. -Four weeks
ago South Dakota's rightfuI position
politically speaking, was in the doubt
fur column. Not so today. for a. great
change has been wrought. and the
state Is certainly Republican by prob
ably 10000 votes; some claim y, 900 to
14,OO0. The more conservative. how
ever, say the proper estimate is from
S,OOO to 10000 National Committeeman
A. 3. Kittridge, of Sioux Falls was in
the city this morning and said that
Whlle he did not care to give positive
ngures, he felt certain that the state
would give Mckinley from 5000 to TO-
ooO majority the Republican state
ticket would be elected by about fha
same vote, while the legislature would
De pronounced Republican. He bases
MS estimates upon the latest returns
sent MIN by reliable parties, and upon
personal investigation. During the
past ntteen days a most careful and
thorough canvass has been made and
every enort possible taken to get
correct estimate Of the strength of all
part1es, and the result is the above
conclusion. In some localities the Pom
unsts-or fusfonists-will be successful
on the legislative ticket, and the next
senate and house of representatives
are likely to, have a fair sprinkling Of
members Of the Populist and Demo-
cratlc parties. In nearly every county
IN the state the contest during the
past four weeks has been directed on
the part Of the Populists in favor of
the legislative ticket. Trades have
been made and combinations effected
whereby votes for senators and repre-
sentat1ves are to be given in lien of
votes for county officers If the coun-
ties now considered safely Republican
DO not disappoint the ''slate makers"
the
NEXT LEGISLATURE
will have eighty-four Republican mem
oers out of a. total Of 126. The counties
OF Jerauld, Aurora and Sanborn will
no doubt go to the PopuHsts; the other
strongly Populist counties are Spink.
Clark, Deuel., Ktngsbury, Potter. Yank
ton, Miner, Dawson, Clay and Brook
lngs-aH east Of the Missouri river.
The latter county-Brookings is the
nome of VIM. III. Roddle, Republican
nominee for secretary of state. 1t ia
also the home county Of Hon, George
A Matthews and Hon. John E. Dia,-
mond, two Of the best workers in the
claim that
the county will go Republican by 200
majority. In 1894 there were polled In
mat county 1910 Republican votes, 129
Democratic votes and zoos Populist
votes. Fusion
WILL NOT FUSE
TO any great extent in that county, ana
local differences having been satisfac-
torily settled, the Republicans have
reason to be confident of success there.
is
Andy Lee, the Populist candidate for
governor, and because of this g. lively
and determined contest has been car
RED on there ever since the campaign
opened. The claim is made that Mr.
Lee would rather lose any other county
in the state than his own county-Clay.
and for that reason he has given par
tfcular attention to the canvass there.
In 1894 the county polled $500 votes. Of
which the Populists received S76, the
Democrats liz and the Republicans
1,612. 1t is said that the Populists have
captured all the Democrats, except.
perhaps, dozen, and with a large
percentage of foreigners, who have
heretofore voted with the Republicans.
the Popocrats hope to win the county.
Even If they receive the full Demo
cratic vote, 112, and hold all Of their
former notwithstanding quite i'm
probabie-it will be necessary to sap
from the Republican ranks between 500
and LOCO votes in order to win; pro-
vided, of course, the total vote Of the
county is no larger this year than 1t
was in 1894. Upon what the Populisls
in Clay county base their hope Of sue
cess is not clear. But Mr.. Lee declares
the county Is safe for him by 200 votes
Kingsburry county Is claimed by the
Populists because Percy R. Crothers.
their nominee for lieutenant governor.
lives there and stands in solid with
every member of his party and is
popular with everybody The Popu-
lists in that county have fuctuated
somewhat in the last three general
elections. In 1890 they polled 91O votes
against SS6 for the Republicans; in
1892 they polled only 1853 votes to 935
for the Republicans; in 1894 the Popu-
list vote climbed up to 925, and the
Republican vote dropped to S1S. The
total vote this year will be slightly in
creased, and pretty evenly divided. OF
the 1T Democrats who voted in that
county at the last election, 1t is claim
ed that at least three-fourths Of them
will vote with the Republicans this
year. Republicans. too. say they will