Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-10
POLITICAL DRIFT.

Even the 1G to 1ers cannot escape the
wave Of prosperity.
The total vote of greater New York was
523.607. McKinley's plurality was 59,S6i.
The price Of brick in Chicago went up
% cents per 1000 the day after the election.
Only four democrats were elected TO the
New Jersey assembly. F-r a democratic
state Now Jersey is watergOloO.
OF the total vote OF New York state Bryan
received 543 S29. or III 029 less than ClcyC-
land. Mckinley received 1921, or 1S5,92l
more than Harrison.
In ST. Louis the sound money vote was so
well distributed as to defeat every democrat
in the senatorial and legislative districts. as
well as all on the state and city tickets.
Warren Finney. who wss elected to the
house from Wooison county on the repub
lican ticket, is the youngest man ever elected
TO the Kansas legislature. Mr.. Finney is
barely %.
The actual figures of Mr.. Bryan's cam
paign are as follows: Speeches delivered,
$50: cities and towns spoken in, 32l; miles
travelled $1,000; number Of words spoken
(abouD 100000.
In Cook county, Illinois, not a democratic
congressional candidate pulled through.
Darrow came the nearest to it. He ran in
Lawrence McGann's old district, which was
mapped out for the sole purpose of creating
dem9cratir stronghold.
pete Galligan, ex-umplre and regular
democratic nominee for representative OF
the Fifteenth senatorial district" as his
campaign cards described him, was elected
in Chicago. He is the original of Casey
ut the Bat" and is known to all base ball
enthusiasts.
Elijah Il, Glenn, who a few months ago,
celebrated the lOGth anniversary of his
birth. and who lives at No. 1875 Elm street,
Newark, y. j., walked from his home elec,
tIon morning to the polling place of the
First district the Firth XVnrl and
a Bryan and Sewall vote.
Joseph Field lOi years old, voted at Mid
dletown, y. y. Owing to his foot, which
was hurt last summer, and still is in bad
condition, he had to be carried from his
carriage to the booth. Mr.. Field Is n strong
republican lie cast his maiden vote in 1918.
He has voted at every presidential election
since that time.
Buck" IIinrichsen is the only Bryan
leader in Illinois who has come out of the
battle with loot in his knapsack. He has a
good sized majority, quite enough to save
him from the fate of his predecessor, Finis
Downing who was unseated by the house.
placated by Buck with a place on the
state ticket and sacrificed with all his col
leagues.
In the midst Of the celebration at North
TOnawanda ~ Y. on Thursday, just after
the fires in the Niagara iron and steel
works had been lighted by Presilent-elect
Mckinley touching an electric button at
his home in Canton, a beautiful rainbow
appeared in the eastern horizon. Every
whistle fire alarm and church bell within
a radius of FIVE miles began to celebrate
the joyful occasion All the business
houses In the twin cities suspended bust
ness in honor of the occasion.
Entirely confident that Bryan would be
elected. the editor of the Knox County CIoD
Democrat prepared several columns OF car
toOns. Unwilling to loose the fruits of his
genius, the editor printed the collection of
pictures the day after the election with this
explanation: III it hadn't been for McKin-
ley we would have had the pleasure this
week of using the following beautiful illus
tratons showing what a splendid victory
the democrats had won, As it is. we can
only use them to SHOW what might have
been"