The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-09
THE ARKANSAS ELECTION.
The Democratic State Chairman
Places the Majority at $4,000.

The Democratic State Chairman
Places the Majority at 65,OOO.
Little Rock, Ark. Sept. s.--Chairman
trail committee, gave the Southern Assoc
ciated Press correspondent the follow
ing signed statement at noon;
THE indications are that 165.OOO votes
were cast in yesterdays election in Ar
kansas. The combined opposition re-
ceived about $1,000, leaving a majority of
about 65,000 for the democratic state tick
ct. This more than doubles the majority
received by the democracy two years ago
The issue in this state was fought out on
the monetary question, the democracy adj
vocating free coinage, and the repubH-
cans the single gold standard The oppo-
sition on the part OF the republicans was
more active than ever before. No dlstur-
bance of any kind occurred anywhere in
the state as far as reported" (signed)
Carroll Armstrong Chairman Democratic
State Central Committee.
Washington, Sept. s.--"The result of the
election in Arkansas was not a SURPRISE"
said Chairman Faulkner of the congress
sional campaign committee Nor will i
claim as my republican friends did Of
nifcance on the presidential contest The
significance of the result in Arkansas
consists in this: 1t is a demonstration to
the country that the candidates and prin-
ciples nominated and promulgated at Chi
cago meet the full and enthusiastic in
dorsement of the great masses of the dem
ocratic party. This is shown by the large
increase of our vote In a state that was
as certainly democratic as Vermont was
republican. 1t is demonstrated that the
large amount of literature sent into Ar
kansas by the republican committee has
had no effect, nor have the former demo-
crats-who have bolted given any evidence
of strength. We expect our republican
friends to carry Maine next Monday"
Hon. Clark Howell, chief of the dem
ocratic literary bureau, said: "The re-
suit In Arkansas is a gratifying surprise.
We had no idea that the majority would
even approximate the figure IL has reach
ed. We counted on an increase over the
last democratic majority, but would have
been perfectly satisfied had this years
majority reached $4,000, and would have
felt that even that increase was indicative
of the growing silver sentiment In the
trans-M Mississippi states. The fact that
the majority will reach 81, 600 emphasizes
more than ever the earnestness OF the
masses of the people in favor of the res
storation of silver to it's former coinage
conditions. Arkansas is a typical agri-
cultural state, and the same causes thai
led to such an overwhelming increase in
the democratic majority there will con-
tribute in like degree to this years dem
ocratic majorites In nearly every south
ern and far western state and In the
states of the middle west. The same con-
ditions which have impoverished the peo-
| pie of Arkansas prevail everywhere else,
and they will be condemned in Indiana,
| Illinois and Michigan, just as they have
already been condemned in Arkansas, AL
ALBANIA and Tennessee.
''The democratic majority in the recent
| state election i'm Tennessee was more than
| 25,000 over that of two years ago. In Ar
/ kansas the same increase is shown, and,
at the August election in Alabama. the in
| crease of the democratic majority was
nearly 1900. Here, in three states, we
| have am aggregate increase of about 65, 900
over the vote Of the same states two years
ago-a significant contrast to the meager
| increase which the republicans have OBJ
| tained in Vermont. which was attributa-
BILE entirely to the fact that the democratic
| platform in that state did not differ from
that of the republican platform on the
money question.
'"rhe returns from Arkansas are the
most significant development of the cam
| paign, and they point the way to an over
whelming silver landslide in all Of the far
western states and to a tremendous in
crease in the democratic majorities In the
| southern and middle western states"