People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-11-12

later came the assurance of a strong
Bryan vote. This being the first
presidential election under the secret
ballot system has caused much DELAY
in returning the vote but the slowneSs
with which reports have come in from
doubtful states suggests the trickery
of 1876. The belief that sucy manip-
ulatiOn was progressing has caused
widespread anxiety. Mr.. Bryan has
been beSieged with kilograms assul-
ing him of his election and urging &C.
tiOn to prevent a repetition of the
fraud Of '76. la Chicago, Cincinnati,
and other cities men marched through
the streets bearing banners with the
inscription, Bryan is elected. No
1876 this time"
The DemO-PopuliSt fusion tickets
were elected in every state except lii
nOis and Indiana.
The next Senate will be distinctly
silver, standing: Republican A, Demo
crat %, POpulist u, doubtful
Secretary EdgertOn claims for the
Peoples party in the next House "A
Congressman: Kansas 6, Nebraska 4,
South Dakota 2, North Carolina 6,
Idaho |, Colorado |, California /, Ala
bama !. Minnesota l, and Indiana l,
with possibly one more each from
California, Alabama and Illinois.
Later returns add to this as follows:
Texas 1, Washington 2,
Fusion in Ohio gives s silver Con
greSsmeu where there were formerly
two. ln this state the full Populist
vote sustained the fusion ticket.
Eleven Congressman are returned
from North Carolina by the fusion
vote. Not single Mckinley re-
publican was elected in the Idaho
Legislature. FusiOniStS will control
the legislature in South Dakota by a
majority of 20 on joint ballot.
In Delaware it insures control of the
legislature. The balance of power
in the Missouri legislature will be in
the hands of the POpullsts. The
fusionists win also the North Carolina
and Utah legislatures.
Peoples party has elected full state
tickets in several of the Western
states, Nebraska heading the list.
All state offices in North Carolina
and Arkansas on fusion ticket were
elected
In many strong POpulist counties
In Indiana the election board refused
TO count the Bryan Watson vote as
for Bryan.
The phenomenal vote in Illinois de-
VelOps the fact that Hanna had a
vast number of men imported there
from eastern states that were safely
Republican. This importation began
Immediately alter the St. Louis con-
Vention. Transportation and wages
were paid out of the Republican
cImpaign fund. These arrivals COO.
tinued upto the last day of registra-
tiOn and asa result 100, 900 unexpected
votes registered in Chicago alone.
This'same Mark Hanna has been in.
dicted by the grand Jury at Dallas,
Texas, for offering $4,000 as brides to
members Of the Peoples Party
Committee Of that state.
Foreign dispatches note the satisfac-
ton Of England at McKinley's cleo
tion. Bimetallists abroad. notably
10 Germany, regret the temporary
check toward proper monetary con-
ditiOns.
Jerry Simpson, 10 spite of heavy
odds, is elected by a handsome
majority.
Honest Dick Bland, of Missouri, is
elected by a larger majority than
ever, after being out of Congress for
two years.
Cyclone" Davis, of the Fourth Con-
greSsiOnal district, Texas, is reported
elected. Mr.. Davis was seriously
hurt by blow on the head given by
an ex-member Of the state legislature
when making his last campaign
speech.
W. c. P. Breckenridge. of evil odor.
is defeated.
Altgeld's defeat in Illinois could on
yhave been accomplished by Doodle
ana bribery and that plutocratic
hatred of every such neble champion