The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-19
MINNESOTA is, CERTAIN TO GIVE
ITS ELECTORAL VOTE TO THE
OHIO MAN.
THE GLOBES FIGURES FOR 1T.
A COMPLETE CANVASS OF THE
STATE THROUGH IT'S CORRE-
SPONDENTS.
PLURALITY OF ABOUT 10000.
John Lind Seems Likely to Get q
Few Thousand More Votes
Than Gov. CIough.

The state of Minnesota will cast it's
electoral vote for Mckinley.
The plurality for the Ohio man will
not be less than 10000.
The G 0 e has made careful can
vass of all of the eighty-one counties
through its correspondents. and their
reports are full and fair. Minnesota
need no longer be considered doubtful.
The information gathered is wholly un-
biased and not in any way tinctured
with partisanship. This paper set out
to secure in advance Of the election as
accurate figures as 1t is possible to get,
and gives the tabulation below as the
result of it's labors. The first thing
that will strike the reader is the fact
that the vote is going to be much the
largest in the states history-about
325. .000-an Indication of growth that all
citizens will learn with pride. OF this
total approximately $4,000 will be cast
for the two leading candidates, McKin-
ley and Bryan. The other $4,000 will
be divided between Palmer and Lever
ing, the latter getting far the smaller
portion, as only two Prohibition elect
ors are in the field in Minnesota The
| second striking thing brought out by
|
with the exception Of Dakota and
Isanti counties-runs behind his ticket,
so far behind, in fact, that John Lind
appears to lead him by nearly 5000
votes. This indicates that he will run
$4,000 behind his ticket-in other words,
that If Mckinley does not carry the
state by at least 25.Oo0 plurality the
Republican candidate for governor may
be left by the wayside.
The returns indicate that now, as
formerly, the great strength of the
Populists is in the western and north
western counties. In these sections it
! 10 AAOI cppol Cit L1ldL there Is any con-
siderable loss to this party. In Polk
county it is claiming something like
1900 plurality on the head Of the ticket,
and the G o b e. s correspondents in
that section cannot discover that their
figures are much awry. On the other
hand, Goodhue county seems bent on
giving a tremendous Republican plural
ity. The county is always strongly Re-
publican, but appears to be working
for new record this time. This is
Tams Bixby's home, and the governors
aide is giving considerable attention to
the county. The only town in Goodhue
which is leaning toward free silver is
Cannon Falls. In the banner Demo-
cratic county Of the state-Stearns-
the Republicans are claiming big gains
because of the detection Of several
| Democratic leaders on the money issue.
The Germans, too, are said to be get
ting out of line up there. However.
after allowing the Republicans a big
gain, it isn't apparent that the county
will not go Democratic by at least 2, 200.
In several of the counties of the Third
district, which used to go strongly
Democratic, there has been a great de-
fection in the direction of sound money.
This is especially true of the German
settlements Of Carver, LIE Sueur and
! Sibley counties. There has been much
talk that the home of Frank Day
Martin county-would go for silver The
most reliable information at hand
points pretty clearly that Martin will
go for Mckinley and by at least 600.
There is a whole lot of talk pro and
con about Renville, once strongly Re-
4 publican but in the last two campaigns
welded to Populism. The chairman Of
the Republican committee Of that coun-
ty claims that it will go for all the Re-
publican candidates, from Mckinley to
Heatwole. Traced down to the bottom,
however, this appears to be mere party
enthusiasm. It is a good guess that
Renville will cast it's vote for Bryan
and that Lind will get out of that COM
munity with a plurality Of at least 400.
is always room for questioning
figures in the larger municipalities.
For instance, there is a greater degree
of guess work as to how St Paul, Min
neapolis, Duluth and Winona viii go
than as to smaller cities. Duluth is
| placed in the Bryan column on the
| latest figures obtained from that place.
and yet plenty Of men can be found
who believe Duluth will go Republican
as usual Hennepin county, most of the
vote of which is in Minneapolis, Is
vigorously claimed by both parties,
and it must be admitted that there are
several elements Of doubt, but the
| weight of the evidence at hand points
to a plurality of about 5000 for Nc
Kinley. 1t is quite plain, on the other
hand, that, in spite Of the fact that
4 Minneapolis is the home of NJ. Clough,
he will be cut very heavily there, so
heavily, in fact, that it is doubtful
if he secures the 1000 plurality given
him in the table. ST. Paul, too, is la
BILE to do some surprising thing. The
town Is full Of Democrats, who are
cock sure that Ramsey county will go
for Bryan, but there are hundreds of
Republicans and sound money Demo-
Gratis who place it in the Mckinley
column by 5000, and one enthusiast
said yesterday that 1t would go for
! Mckinley and Stevens by at least 1000.
Z. Boiling the partisan enthusiasm out of
these claims and taking into account
| all the elements of uncertainty, the
Figures of the table, 2e00. seem to ap-
i prSximate the probabilities. The re-