Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-31
MAJORITIES
FOR BRYAN.
Chicago Records Postal Gard
Ballot Has Shown Uniform
Result from the First.
NONE FOR M'KINLEY.
Eleven So-Called Doubtful States and
the City Of Chicago Tell
the Same Story.
Bryan Has Won More Republican Votes
from Mckinley Than He Has Lost
Democratic Votes to Mckinley and
Palmer Communicable L. Not
Possible to Heat Him for
the Pres ,dency.
NONE FOR M'KINLEY.

Chicago. Oct. 26.-[Special This
Chicago Records postal card ballot
continues to give daily evidence that
Bryan will carry the so-called doubtful
states in the central west for president.
Some weeks ago The Record sent
out several hundred thousand postal
cards to the voters of Chicago and the
states of Kentucky. Minnesota. South
Dakota. North Dakota, Kansas. Wis
consin, Michigan, Nebraska. Indiana,
Iowa and Missouri. and requested them
to express their choice for pesident,
stating also for whom they had voted
in 1892. and return the card to The
Record.
The returns are not large But it,
900 votes have been received from the
eleven states mentioned. OF this num-
Der $4,000 are for Mckinley and $1,000
for Bryan. The Bryan vote is larger
than Mckinley's in Kentucky and Mis-
souri,. but Mckinley leads in the other
nine states. In Chicago the vote
stands: Mckinley sc. 600 and Bryan a.
600. All this was expected. The Rec
ord is a goldbug newspaper and this
ballot was begun with the idea that it
would help the Republican cause. Re-
publicans were urged to vote. On the
other hand. the Democratic leaders.
distrustful of The Record and its
scheme. urged the friends of Bryan
and free silver. through every means
by which they could reach them, not to
vote.
Thus. under the circumstances, the
mere number Of votes cast signifies
nothing, especially when the total
number received is less than per cent
Of the total vote of the states named.
and scarcely Is per cent. of the city of
Chicago. The total signify only that.
with all their efforts, the Republicans
have been able to round up but $1,000
votes in eleven disputed states and but
sc. 600 in the city of Chicago in favor of
their own scheme; while. in spite of
their efforts to prevent it. SO, 900 DEM
ocrats have voted in the states and a.
900 in Chicago.
But the Records ballot has one,
though only one, significant feature.
Each postal card received at The
Record. Office tells not only how the
sender intends to vote at the approach
ing election. but also how he voted
four years ago. Thus the percentage
of change is obtained, and this is where
the Democrats come in.
An analysis SHOWS that IN every state
mentioned and in every ward of Chi
cago, without a single exception, the
per cent. of Republican votes for Bry-
an is much larger then the per cent
Of Democratic for Mckinley. More
than that, it shows that Bryan is re-
ceiving a larger per cent. of Eepubii-
can votes than he will lose of Demo-
cratic votes to Mckinley and Palmer
combined. II this were the result of
an analysis Of the vote of one or two
wards of the city, or of one or two
states. it would have no special siSnifi-
canoe, but 1t is true of every ward and
of every states. A result thus obtained
must mean what il shows, and that is
that in the so-called doubtful states
of the central and west the drift is
strongly in favor of Bryan-so strong
ly in fact that there can he no doubt
of his election. 1t Is easy enough now
to estimate the majorities. The per-
centage of gain and loss in each state.
as shown by the Record vote. indicates
majorities for Bryan as follows: