The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-05
CARRIED BY BRYAN
WICHITA CITY VOTES STRONG FOR
THE BOY ORATOR.
It Gees Democratic In National Issues for
the Ffrst Time In Its Bistory-N Gives
Its Vote to Leedy, Too-The Republican,
County Ticket Showed Under With the
Exception Of Irwin for Representative
morrill, Will Lose the County by 1000
Chairman Downing Comedies
Defeat From 500 to 500 Votes

There is no further doubt about the
result in Sedgwick county, except as &c
the majority that will be given the fu-
sion ticket. Every Republican from Nc
kinney to county commissioner is defeat
ed, with the exception OF Charles N. II
win foz representative.
Chairman Ben Downing Of the county
central committee said last night: i
concede the defeat Of the entire Repubh-
can ticket with the exception OF irwin
/ think the majorities viii range from
500 10 SEQ for the Populist county ticket,
1000 majority for Leedy and from that
to 1880 majority for Bryan Boyies'
majority over Dawes will be heavier. ]
think, than Leedy's majority over Nor
riu''
sTowhat do you attribute the defeat Of
the ticket?"
ITO the landslide and the queerest vot-
ing have ever heard tell Of"
The fusionists are not claiming the
county by any more than Chairman
Downing Of the Republican committee
has conceded.
There are returns in from only twenty
five precincts in the county and they are
very incomplete. Most Of them were sent
in by friends Of the candidates and in
many cases gave only the results Of a
few candidates.
Nothing ike accurate or complete plu-
ralities can be ascer.ained until the vote
is canvassed Friday. All interest in the
a ticket has vanished and at head
- tiers last night Republicans were
anxious only about the national and
state ticket, with a pronounced inclina-
ton that the latter was doomed 70 de-
feat.
The townships cast very heavy vote.
In some precincts the vote cast for Jerry
Simpson was larger than the combined
vote cast for him and his opponent two
years ago.
The Republican county ticket develop
ed more than its party strength every
where II il WIS an off year all of them
would be elected.
John Davis was cut and slashed in the
Second ward and yet in the first precinct
he received 80 more votes tran Irwin. in
the second precinct eight more votes and
in the third precinct 25 more votes, and
in the Third ward he received 81 more
votes than Irwin. If Il had not been for
the fact that hundreds of Democrats vot-
ed for Mr.. Davis his defeat would have
been greater
Republicans in the First ward and yet
he was AZ votes ahead OF the candidate
Tor chief justice on the ticket, and 30
ahead Of Senator Harry Gordon. Mr..
Grimes, candidate for commissioner. was
badly scratched by Republicans also, but
oy the aid or Democrats ne ran ahead Of
everything on the ticket IN the third pre-
cinct Of the First ward and ran way
ahead Of the national ticket in all the
precincts.
The candidate from outside the coun-
ty who received a large increased vote
was Chester l. Long. He made splen-
did race but he was caught on the rough
edge of the landslide and carried with II
TO defeat
The Republicans Of Sedgwick county
must get together
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN CITY
The following is the vote on president
by wards aud precincts: