The evening times., 1896-11-05
THE DEMOCRATS
NIi1neSOta'S $4,000 Mi ri y
for Mckinley.
CONGRESSMEN WHO SUCCEED
Every Republican VIII Come to
Washington With Good Big MajOri-
ties-TLe Surprise In the Fourth
District, and Mr. rowne's Defeat.
Latest From the DakOtas.
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| tcptNlAl " AiiLto.J
| st. Pau, MINI, Nov. 5.-MInnesUta ha'
surprised the Republicans and paral yzed the
| democrats.
| The result has been a greater victory than
| The most hopeful McKinie man had antici
| pated, and Il more crushing defeat than any
| Democrat feared.
AT no time curing the campaign has q
claim UI lie Repuui,CaI state ceh,rai CON-
| niltee been placed above $4,000, whue
| he managers OIL Bryan's campaign believed
| that IL was not lmpFact.caDle tie electoral
| vote OF the state would go to Bryan. But
| the reports oil Tuesdays voting SLOW thdt
| McKInicy VIII nave nearly 5u.vuu ma
| iority.
uuurficial returns from every county in
| The STATE some OF them some what InConl-
pletc, show that in u count OF 2So,ouU
| votes Mckinley has 4e, ,uuu plurality IN,
pluralities which the cities rolled up for
nim have becH augmented ia many counties
where IT was thought the Populisuc sentI-
| uent was So strong that Bryan would more
| Than hold his own. tie uiGn't do it, how
ever
In fact, the Democrats fell down all over
The State. Win sucn Il ina .ority for the
mead OF The ticket, every Republican Con
gresham was held by MasUrities ranging
from. 800 10 5000. M Tawney has
5000 to spare, and McLeary has 5000 over
Frank Day.
IN THE CITY
In Minneapolis Fletcher's majority is
estimated at 5000, while Stevens, who sue
Ceeds hlefer i'll The Fourth district. includ-
ing this city. gets in with 5000 majority.
Townes' defeat has been enccmpassed by
Judge Paige Morris, his majority OR .unoffi-
cidl figures, with several precincts to hear
from, reaching 800.
It's hot Thought possible that the returns
to come will change the result. Eddy gets
in again by narrow margin. He has
had the hardest fight OF any of the Mime
sofa Congressman, and ii has been gen
orally supposed he would be defeated.
but this part OF the State rurnisneu the
surprise in not only IL. defeat OF Loumen,
but in the heavy vote cast for Mckinley.
The district was claimed To be Democratic
by at least lu,0uU, ana for the returns to
show that ii is Republican TO the extent
OF turning down Lommen is one of the
things which the defeated party manage
have not yet attempted to figure out.
In the light for governor the figures are
furnishing another surprise. John Lind the
fusion candidate, is running like a race
horse, ard the figures which give Nc
Kinley $4,000 plurality show Lind to be
within 800 of Clough.
BEHIND HIS TICKET.
CIougii ha 5 so far run beh ind his ticket and
Lind has made such gains that with IA
vorable returns from the reported peiiing
places lie may yet prove to be elected.
Clough's defeat i'll Hennipin by 3,lS6
comes rs a surprise to the Republicans, who,
while admitting that the governor would
run somewhat behind his ticket, were not
prepared for the poor showing made in
his own city.
In the western and central portions II the
State Lind has made such gains in the
country til at his friends are jub:lanU uy..rthe
prospects OF his ultimate success when the
returns are all in and counted.
There is a wide discrepancy between the
figures claimed at the Democratic :Ind Re
public an central committees. At both
places the politicians are confident OF the
election OF their guhernatorial candidate.
According to Chairman Warner, Gov.
Clough has surely been reelected, and if
Chairman Rosing is correct, then Lind will
be the next occupant OF the executive
chair.
Chairman Roslng hints at crooked work
on the part OF the Republicans. IT claim
the election OF John Lind as governor by
at least 5000" said Mr.. Rosing at mid
night. "This claim is based upon full re-
ports from thirty three counties, that give
Lind an increase of $500 votes over the
combined opposition to Nelson two years
ago. If the balance Of the votes is in the
same ratio of increase, then nothing can
prevent Linds election"
AHEAD OF CLOUGH.
.'Some of the strongest Democratic coun-
ties are yet to report. 1 am confident that
Lind will be found ahead Of Clough In a day
or So. 1 am certain that the vote in some
of the upper counties is being held back
/ am So confident that work of this kind
is contemplated, that / have sent several
men into the upper part of the State and
elsewhere to prevent, il possible, the COM
mission of such a fraud"
Chairman Warner, of the Republican
State Central Committee, said: 'Gov.
Clough will carry the State by at least
10000. This estimate Is based upon
returns from every county in the State /
do not mean complete returns, but the
figures sent in thus far are a certain indi-
alton of the result. Mckinley has at least
5000 ma jority."
Chairman Rosing. still claims Towne's
election, but the figures received do rot
bear out the claims.
The Republicans Of North Dakota have