The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-23
WHAT RETURNS SHOW.
That 1865 Votes We're Cast
for the Democratic Ticket
While But 45,I54 We're Cast
for the POpulist Ticket
Prohibition Vote Almost Disappeared
-Leedy's Plurality 7,o5e-Analy-
sis of the Official Figures

The official tabulatiOn of the vote OF
Kansas (as near as can be ascertained)
at the late election among other things
shows the following: Total vote cast
in the state S36, 143.
Mckinley electors received 159. Sal
The Bryan electors nominated by the
Hutchinson and Abilene conventions
received on the Democratic ticket 1876
656 and on the Peoples Party ticket
As 54, making a total for these electors
Of III, $40. The electors which were put
up by the middle of the road Populists
received 1882 votes. The gold Demo
cratic electors 1909. The Nationalist
(Prohibition) $50 and the straightout
PrOhibitiOnists 1,721.
The candidates for governor received
the following vote: Morrill, l5S,l5O,
Leedy 165,209; Douthard (Nationalist)
765; Hurley straight Prohibition) 2449:
kepfOrd independently TIC.
The Bryan electors that carry the
state have a plurality over. the McKfn-
ley electors of l., 269. If the votes which
were cast for the middle of the road
POpulist electors are added to the vote
for the other Bryan electors. which
should be done in order to ascertain
the number Of voters who actually
wanted Bryan in preference to McKin-
ley, the total vote for Bryan would
stand 1902 or a plurality for Bryan
over Mckinley of Ia, SOL.
The Republican vote on president
of 1892 While the fusion electors gained
14.573, over the fusion vote for the
Weaver electors in 1892 The total num-
Der of votes cast by the PrOhibitiOnists,
for both of their candidates for presi-
dent, are 2,35l loss Of 2,1SS on their
vote for president in 1892
The vote for president IS the largest
ever cast in the history of the state. be-
ing nearly 5000 more than the vote Of
1888, the largest previous vote, which
was 800 ZIG. and over II 600 over the vote
of 1892 which was 3248SI. The increase
in the vote is probably due to the IN
tense agitation of the campaign and
men We're brought home to vote from
all over the country
AS a result of the manner in which
the tickets were arranged the
tabulatiOn of the vote is unsatisfactory
to those who would like to figure out
the number of each element that voted
for the Bryan electors.
The Democratic ticket on the ballot
received over 1861 600 votes for electors
while the Peoples Party ticket only re-
ceiVed 40 600 This is explained by the
fact that in many counties the county
central committees of the People s Par
ty advised their people to vote for the
electors on the Democratic ticket IN or
der to avoid confusion between the
Peoples Party and the middle OF the
road electors
After much figuring. leaders Of the
three elements Of the fusion vote have
analyzed it as follows:
Peoples Party vote 10000
Democratic vote .-6----.-.. --.-.-.- 5O,OVU
Silver Republican vote ---.--.-... $1,000
Total .......-..-... ................171 600
This is figured on the basis that the
Democratic vote in the state is about
40 OOO and that ], 200 of this voted for
the Palmer electors and between seven
and eight thousand voted for McKin-
ley direct.
The feature of the election most com
mented on in Republican circles was
that Morrill, ran behind Mckinley
nearly fourteen hundred votes. 1t was
claimed by Chairman Simpson that
Morrill, would run ahead of Mckinley
and this was conceded by the fusion
committees The number of people who
did not vote on governor was larger
than the leaders calculated. Leedy's
plurality so far as can be learned will
be something like 1888