Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-04
Returns from the State Come Slowly,
Preventing Accurate Statements.
STATE WILL PROBABLY GO FOR wNSLEY
Count as Far as Reported Shows he
Republican Candidate Leading,
UNUSUALLY HEAVY VOTE WAS CAST
Totals Of Two Years Ago Are Exceeded
Almost Everywhere.
FOUR REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN SAFs
slow Count RctardS the Report, hut
Partial Figures Favor tho sound
Money side OF the
Question.
HEAVY VOTE WAS CAST
,Ua REPUBLICAN, CONGRESSMAN sAFs

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Only 500 out Of The l. COO precincts in Ne
5raska have been heard from up TO The
hour Of going to press. So far as received
these returns give ;he Mckinley and Hobart
electors over 1000 plurality. II this ma
5ority is KEEP; up the republican presidential
tcks; will carry The state by small mar
gan.
Not only does the coul; seem
TO be retarded by slow counting,
su, the total vote p1Ilci is much
heavier than two years as5. when -lv.tyi
votes we're cast in the Euae-nai7rial elec'
zion Nearly sverv prs5ins; heard from
shows gains .or both Mckinley and Bryan
over the vote ,or Majors and H'l'omb IN
1894 with which 8, must Be compared 80
usual The precincts first reported are those
from che towns. So close Is the contest
that almost complete returns from all Ne
5raska counties will have 20 De had 5efors
a reliable statement OF the approximate
majority can be given.
lfr1-es that the vote on The state ticket
Will also be close as we'll as close contests
Tor congress In three or four OF the con-
zrss-i orai districts. Three out Of the six
congressional districts appear TO be safe for
the republican candidates, with probabilities
that four Il rot all six. wilI 20 republican,
on legislative tickets nothing Tha'ever a
5b,aina5le at this hour.
PARTIAL RETURNS FROM COUNTIES.
ADAMS HAstiags-out OF sixteen pre-
aine-s in Adams county. six precincts give
Mckinley III. Bryan. l,ot6. The First
and second wards ia the city are The only
ones turned In. For governor: MAcColl,
SIS Holcomb, SAG
BUFFALO. Kearuey-Flve out Of twenty
nine precinct. in Buffalo, give Mckinley,
SIS; Bryan, az.
BURT. Tekamah-Ten out OF seventeen
precincts in Burt county give Mckinley 42t
plurality
Cedar county give Mckinley. 81; Bryan,
CHEYENNE: Siduey-sldney precinct
complete gives Bryan u majority.
C0uu; proceeding slowly, no reports from out
COLFAX. Schuyler-Four out OF fourteen
precincts in Col.ax county give: Mckinley,
SIS Bryan. asa. Three OUT o; fourteen give:
HacCon I52; Holcomb. IA. one out Of
fourteen gives Hammond. S.. Maxwell, SO.
Cunning West Point-On account Of slow
counting no returns can be given; probR-
5.it.es are a majority in the county for
Bryan OF 400
DAWES. Characterization precinct: Nc,
Kinley. a52 Bryan. 30 Cannot get amp
moro tonight.
DAWSON Lexing,on-Four out Of TWEEN.
-y-two precincts N Dawson county. Mcf
Klnley. s74 Bryan, 40; MacColl, $50; HolI
DIXON Ponca-Tvo out OF sixteen pre-.
-iucts In Dixon county give. Mckinley. II
Bryan s.: MacColl. 70. HolConb. 70; Ham.
mond. =; Maxwell, 50. Counting slow; no
more tonight
FILLMORE: Geneva: Five gu, OF sixteen
precincts n Fillmore county give. McKin-
ley COZ Bryan 6l5.
GAGE. Bealrice-Thir;een out Of thirty-
two precincts In Gage county give. AcKiu-
ley 1853 Bryan. 1851 This does not IN.
c!ude the city Of Beatrice. which gives Mci
KiuIey 5ol majority. No figures on state
ticket yet reported.
HALL. Grand Island-Seven out Of nine-
,aan precincts in Hall county give. Nc
Kluiey l,072; BRYAN So. Four city pre-
cincts give. MacC0ll So; Holcomb. AL.
Two precincts give. Andrews, 800; Souther'
land. l73.
HOLT. o'NenI-slx out Of thirty-four pre-
a4L-HaS III NUT ANAAANs @AfNr -AAAN-AAlNgr --Sl
BRYAN. 3g2
LANCASTER. Lincoln Nov. s.-Tweu;y-
nine OF; o. 6tty-tour precincts IN Lancaster
county give McK.nley. 4.565, Bryan 35sl.
Thirty-Jhrse precincts out Of the county give
Mckinley a majority n $50. So far as heard
from McKiuleys plurality iu Bryans own
ward Is 200. Bryan lost his own precinct
by - votes.
LINCOLN. North Pla',e-Five out Of
torty-nine precincts in Lincoln county, IN
.Frr aHH.ras Ga
Kinley 2s5. Bryan, lJ5. Two precincts out
side North Platte. MaCC0ll s., Holcomb.
3; Cady. So; Greene. :. Very close in North
Platte.
MADISON: Norfolk-Intense interest was
manifested in toiays election. Both sides
were eager and very much in earnest. Vot-
ing began early. and by noon two-thir1s
OF the vote pOllei. Total vote Of Norfolk
precinct including the city Of Norfolk, 1884,
out Of which The republicans Till have az
least 200 majority Democrats concede $50
In the precinct The chairman Of the re-
publican central committee says Madison
county will give 30 majority. Aside from
Intense excitement there vas no disturbing
feature In Norfolk.
MERRICK Central City-Sine precincts
out OF eleven give Mckinley 81 Bryan. 50.
ROCK Basgett-Bassett and Newport
precincts IN Rock county give Mckinley
l2l Bryan - storm Is raging. No re-
turns from county precincts will be In TO-
100 plurality In this county.
SARPY PspilliOH-FIye out d eight pre-
cinc,s In sarpy county give Mckinley 347;
Bryan, 50 Papiilion precinct gives Mac
Coll 10. H0lcumb. lSi. Two precincts give
Mercer pa. Dutic $50
Grcrnz - Forest City preciagt polied 354
votes the largest ever poled here: McKln-
ley. 70, Bryan. Ztj; Holcomb, 2so hacColl,
II Mercer. rs, Dune 245; RiChland pre-
cinct pOlled 250 votes Mckinley. s. Bryan,
ls2. Mercer, 81. Dune. l62; Holcomb, los;
MacCon. 81.
STANTON. Stantou--slE out OF ten pre-
ciuC,s 10 stanton county give Mckinley,
ts5; Bryan 6lT The state ticket 50 FAR as
counted Is running the same.
VALLEY Ord-Four out q sixteen pre-
c.ucrs .u valley county give Mckinley. 3Zt;
Bryan IA; czdy ftwO prec!nclEl. 20g;
Greene ltwO prsciucisl 20
WASHINGTON Blair-Clty Of Blair
gives 2-finley aluety-siT majority with
elsTeu other precincts 10 hear from.
! YORK; fJTk-E!ght OUT Of twenty pre-