The Butler weekly times., 1896-11-05
FOR BRYAN.
Missouri's Electoral Vote VIII Be
Cast for the Nebraskao.
THE DEMOCRATS CLAIM 10000.
Lon '. stephens Runs Behind. but Will
Likely Defeat Lewis-Democrats
Claim i Congressmen-Re-
turns Coming Slow.

~ i-oti- NV T. -NilSSGGrI Is de m
ocratc ami the entire state ticket is
elected according to the returns re-
ceived up to midnight by at least 3D.
O0o. The returns have been very slow
and very meager, but in every county
precinct there have been democratic
gains and this will offset auy rains
that may have been made by the re-
publlcans In the towns. Chairman
LOOK, OF the democratic state central
coInmlttee, said at II o'c.ocll: Il cannot
give any figures, but | know that
every man on the state ticket has been
elected, and that Bartholdt, in the
Tenth district. is the only republic
congressman elected Brvau has run
ahea1 OF the state ticket in almost all
he counties, and his majority is sew
eral thousand more than that OF the
men on the state ticket. 1t seems that
stephens has run somewhat behind
the others upon the state ticket
Democrats claim the election of
Richard Giles for congress in the First
district by 1000
In the Second district Bodiue, the
democratic candidate is undoubtedly
elected to congress.
In the Third district Mr.. Dockerv
easily succeeds himself Returns from
Clinton, Clay, Ray, DeKalb, Daviess
and Caldwell counties and scattering
precincts in other counties in the dis
trict indicate increased democratic
gains.
In the Fourth district Cochran (dem.)
defeats Congressman Crowther. The
returns are somewhat meager, but
seem to indicate that Cochran carried
the rural counties. Crowther carried
ST. Joseph by about 900.
In the Fifth district William 5. Cow
herd tdem.) is elected over Neff trep
by pro- ably $500 majority. Repu Bile
ans carried Kansas City by a small plu-
rality, but Neff ran behind the ticket
In Kansas City Robert f. Lewis ran
ahead of Mckinley
SlNty-eight precincts in Missouri
outside Of the city of St. Louis give
Bryan 12,l5a; Mckinley, 1928. Fifty
precincts give Stephens ohio; Lewis,
$3.50 Capital removal, yes. 1893; no,
5,27'. Fourteen wards complete in
city of St. Louis gives Bryan, 1908
plurality over Mckinley 1t was
claimed by the local democratic lead.
ers that the official count of the city
will show that the repu blican
majority in the city will not be more
than 10000 If this is the case it
will increase the democratic majoritv
to mora than the estimate given. The
republican managers, like the demo-
Gratis. say that they have no figures |
upon which to base an estimate of the |
state. They acknowledge, however,
that the state is Democratic and al |
though they claim to have faint hopes |
of Lewis. offers of odds on Stephens !
go without takers.
Indications are that BRYAN has |
carried Jasper county by 1000, gain |
OF 3, 200; DavIess county by 500, "a gain |
over 1891: Cole county by about 100, |
democratic gain; Lafayette county by |
l, 900 a democratic gain: Carroll county |
by 800, democratic gain of 400: John
son county by 500: Nodaway county by |
500. a democratic gain; Pettis county |
by 800. including city of Seda liza, a dem
ocratic gain: Vernon county by 2,2OO, |
a fusion gain of 800; Barton county by
500, democratic gain; Dade by 300;
Andrain by l,500: Bates by
about i.5O0, big democratic
gain: Atcnison by a small plurality;
Greene and city OF Springfc Rails
by 1000, Il III democratic gain: Macon
by small majority: Clay BY 3. SEQ, a
big democratic gain; Cooper by a small
ajority. Ray by 2,0C0, i democratic
gain.
Mo IA in lFArah hiy- iaI |
county by 1900, a slight gain over 1892:
Adair county by 100; Holt county by
Coo; Benton bv 400
In 4 great mum Ter Of counties Lewis
(repl, for Covernor. is ahead of Ne
kinley. The vote on cipital removal
is very incon pietc, and may not be
known until Thursday. So far as
heard. the vo-inr IS against Sedalia
The vote on other amendments is not
known.
IL St Louis the voting was very
slow. After the polls had been closed
"a hours but one precinct out of 4o6
in the city had been heard from. 1t
was the third precinct Of the Sixth
ward and the judges had row over
counting the ballots which re-
SaitSu III SSdAiH- up the DdliulS ana
taking them to the election commits
sioners' office. l was said Gov Stone
was dissatisfied with the work of
democratic police commissioners in St.
Louis and had threatened to remove
them. Crooked work was charged in
a nun Der of precincts
In the Eleventh district Jor is de.
ieated for congres s.
In Kansas City =. out OF $ city pre-
cincts give Mckinley 1876 and Bryan
4,15l. At the same ratio Mckinley
would carry The city by 800 najority
Returns from i. ont of the - pre-.
cincts of Jackson county outside
of Kansas City give Bryan 1874 and
Mckinley 632. The same ratio main
tanned throughout the country pre-
cincts would give Bryan al
ma jority outside OF Kansas
City Of about 3, 600. The vote on coun-
ty candidates varies considera big frou