The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-11-14

| heard from will increase these plurAli-
ties to considerable extent. 1t is
conceded at republican state head
quarters that Bryan has carried the
state by 80. 900. The democrats claim
10000 more. The entire state demo-
crat tic ticket is elected by a plurality
averaging about 10000.
OF the e2 counties from which re-
turns are in, only 16declared for sound
money" and Mckinley. They are Ia
ney, Camden, Usage, Hickory, Adair.
Caldwell, Putnam, Miller, Warren,
Grundy, Washington, Holt, Wright,
Harrison, Gasconade and Crawford.
The democrats will be represented in
the F:ftieth congress by 10 out of Is
congressman. The only repu blican
congressman elected in the state were
r 'chard Barthold in the Tenth dis
trict, Charles F. Joy in the Eleventh
and Charles Z. Pearce in the Twelfth.
The victory which the democratic
party won in the state was made more
easy by fusion with the populists, aid
ed by thousands of free silver repub-
licans. The number of democrats in
the country districts tnat espoused the
cause of sound money is insignificant
when compared with the hosts of life
long republicans that hocked to the
free silver standard.
Representative Dockery, who was
elected to congress Tuesday, an
nounces himself as a candidate for
governor on the democratic ticket in
1900.
In the Fourth district congressional
race, where Congressman Crowther ran
against Editor Cochran, the latter car
ried Atch;son county by ego. Nodaway
county by 1.120, Buchanan county by
40S I'D Platte county by $3.50, while
Crowther carried Holt county by AS
and Andrew county By 7s.
Many counties which have al
WAYS been republican have gone
democratic by large majorities, and
there have been more democratic
county officers elected in the state than
for n great number of years. Jasper
county, always republican county,
gives democratic majority of
1900. The democratic majority in
Boon county is 1880; in Mon
roe, $500; in Audrain, 1850; in Ray,
1850; in Clay, 9. 700; in Galloway, $500;
in Vernon, .. 700; in Howard, l, $50. In
the towns and cities Stephens seems to
have run behind the national ticket to
very considerable extent, but in the
country he was well up with the rest
of the ticket.
According to the latest returns there
will be in the lower house 81 demo-
Gratis, &c republicans, IL populists, 10
doubtful, IL not heard from. There
were II of the A members voted for.
OF these the democrats captured IL,
which. added to the six hold-over
will give them IT senators,
as against 16 repu ublicans and one popu-
list The Globe Democrat (rep.) con-
cedes that the democrats have elected
IL of the Is congressman in Missouri.
The three congressman elected by the
are from St Louis
The proposition to remove the state
capital from jefferson City to Sedalia
was defeated overwhelmingly, and it
will stay where it now is, for some
time, at least. The farmers voted
against the removal because they
feared it would entail, expense upon
them.
In the Fifth district William s. Cow
herds elected to congress over ]. II.
Neff (rep) by plurality close to 1000.
Kansas City gave 800 republican ma
jority, but this was overcome by demo-
cratic votes in the country.