Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-12

features, and in some respects have
been a surprise to the leaders of both
political parties.
The New England states have, as
was expected, given heavy pluralities
for Mckinley, without exception. The
Republican ticket was successful in
Massachusetts beyond what was
claimed for it by the most enthusiastic
prophet of Republican success
New York and Pennsylvania vie with
each other for the largest plurality,
and the figures ut hand do not indicate
which one of them has surpassed the
other, Each state has given the Re-
publican candidate plurality OF be-
tween 275, 900 and $50, 900.
To these states, Illinois is a good
third in its plurality for the winning
candidate. If the percentage of gain
over the presidential election of 1899
that has so far been shown continues
to the end, it will give plurality of
not far from 175, 900.
In the gubernatorial race, Altgeld
has been badly beaten, but is not
buried SO deep as, and is probably
about 10000 ahead of, the Democratic
national ticket. There has been, evil
IDENTIFY, large vote cast throughout
the state for Mckinley and Altgeld.
In Indiana, if any of the rules for
estimating the vote of q state, which,
previous to the present election, held
good, are still to be relied upon, there
is no justification for the Democratic
claims of having carried the state. If
the ratio of Republican gain continues
to the end of the count, Mckinley will
have approximately 10000 plurality in
the state.
In Michigan, the election has re-
suited in very heavy reduced vote for
the Republican ticket. The free sill
yer papers of Detroit concede the state
to Mckinley by $4,000. The last pre-
vious vote in the state was in 1895,
when Moore, the Republican candidate
for justice of the supreme court, had a
plurality of 71,4S7 over McGrath, his
Democratic rival.
West Virginia is confidently claimed
by the Republicans, and the chairman
of the Democratic state central COM
mittee last evening conceded the state
to Mckinley.
Tennessee presents some of the in
teresting features of the campaign.
Patterson, the gold Democratic candi-
date for congress in the city of Mem
phis, is running neck and neck with
his opponent, and the official count
will be necessary to decide between
them. The state Mt large is claimed
by both parties. and because of the
length of the ticket the returns are
coming in so slowly that neither side
seems entirely justified in claiming the
electoral vote with any confidence.
North Carolina is claimed by both
parties, but as in Tennessee the re-
burns are very slow, and no definite
conclusions are possible at present.
South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi,
Alabama and Louisiana are all for
Bryan by about the normal Demo
cratic maiorities.
The Virginia electors will without
question be for Bryan, but they have
been elected by heavily reduced Dem
ocratic vote.
The Republicans have abandoned all
hope of Texas, and the state is con-
ceded to Bryan. The fusion between
the Populists and Republicans in this
state did not prove success.
Colorado has, as was expected, given
Bryan heavy plurality, and Adams,
doubt, has been elected Gov
ernor. The interest in the election in
This state conferred in the state tickets,
If which there were several, repre-
,enting a great variety of interests.
Idaho, Montana, Utah and Nevada
have all gone for Bryan by heavy
najorities.
California has, on the strength of
The returns at hand, undoubtedly gone
'or Mckinley, the city of San Francisco
giving him plurality of 6,047. One
lalf of the outside precincts show a
Democratic gain of 81 votes, showing
hat the Democratic reliance upon the
Heavy support of the rural districts
vas not entirely warranted,