The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-05
N RAv%ESABOUTFRAUD
sAHB BRIAN WINS AND SHOUTS
"NO CRIHE OF '7G.n

s~erves-Caitn Nntional Cemnitteensen To-
Gsther-cIosited with Gov. AitEeid.
CHICAGO, Nov. Tho reports circulated
shortly after Q o'clock tonight that Mt. Bryan
had been elected caused considerable excite
ment In Chicago. and at many places large
crowds gathered.
Al the Auditorium three or four hundred peo-
pie assembled early. and preparations were
made to parade downtown streets.
A verbal permit was given tho silver men 10
march by Chief of Police Badenoch before he
went home to dinner, and on this the parade
was organized.
Just about the time the start was to have been
made some one telephonod the central station a
message, the purport OF which cannot DO learned
from the sergeant who received II, nor Is the
sender known.
In about an hour Chief Of Police Badenoch
came In hastily and In n short time Mayor
Swift CANT to the City Hall in response to .
telephone message.
It developed later that tho Chief had called
out the entire police force of the city, and q
few minutes after his arrival at the City
Hall he despatched three wagon loads Of
detectives to the Auditorium. Here the men
were placed outside the doors Of the big hotel
and Its annex to prevent any trouble that might
arise.
Two or three hundred men were held In read
iness at Central TO answer any calls that might
DO made, but their services wore not required.
On orders two officers tore down some posters
in front OF the office Of the Dispatch, the free
silver afternoon paper, and remained on duty
there until a large crowd which had gathered
there for some time disappeared.
The police refuse to say who sent in the re-
quest for extra officers.
Chairman Jones and his fellow members Of
the National Committee. and every subordinate
remaining on duty at the Auditorium Annex
not only cried fraud all day, but toward
evening when fuller returns from the Western
States were awaited for in vain. they united in
seriously claiming the election of Bryan.
Senator Jones tonight claimed as certain for
Bryan go electoral votes. and said only one
State. Michigan or Indiana, was needed to mako
the silver Democracy triumphant.
Chairman Campau of the Democratic National
Committee made this assertion:
"Gross frauds have been perpetrated in the
upper peninsula of Michigan. Take HouRhton
county as an example. 1t gave 7l5 majority for
Harrison. The Republicans claim q majority of
4,100. 1t 10 absurd. With q fair count
we will show Michigan has gone
for Bryan by q small majority. Tho
returns are being held back for some reason.
and 1t seems to me for purposes Of manipula-
ton. We suspect an attempt to repeat the
crime OF 1875. but We are on guard now and
the people will not allow it to be porpetratod."
Senator Jones considered the situation serious
enough from q Democratic point of view to call
for the immediate attendance of absent Ma
tional Committeeman with whom he has adj
vised during the campaign.
He sent q telegram to Gov. Stone at Jefferson
City. Mo-, asking him to come at once to
Chicago. The Senator was closeted with Gov.
AltReld tonight for some time.
The Governor denounced the alleged manipu-
lation of returns as An outrage and said It
should DO protested against. Chairman Jones
said:
w are perfectly justified in claiming the
election of Mr.. Bryan, and l believe tho temper
Of the people is such that they will not submit
being beaten by tricks and fraud.
THE statements made in the papers that I
have given up tho fight and conceded
McKinley's election shows q deliberate
timsnt to mako the people believe
quiesced In. l have not for u moment acquiesced
in his election. and will not until material re-
turns change the present situation. On tho
present showing l claim Mr.. .Bryan's election.
as I believe Indiana and Michigan have been
carried for Bryan. and II either has. Mr.. Bryan
10 elected"
CINCINNATI. Nov. 4.-The streets tonight in
front Of the Enquirer office were filled with q
bowling mob of Popocrats.
Jones's dispatches from Chicago that Bryan
was elected caused It all.
The Enquirer backed Jones up. A parade was
started and for several hours intense excite
ment prevailed.