The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08
CARRIED ny THE SMALLEST ELEC-
TORAL MAJORITY IN IT'S HIS
TORY.
LESS THAN SEVEN HUNDRED.
REPUBLICAN TOTAL SLIGHTLY IN
CREASED BY THE OFFICIAL
COUNT.
MIR. BRYAN NAY GET AN ELECToR.
Vote of One Democrat Increased
by Those Who Marked Only the
Head of the Ticket.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. To
night brings no material change in the
political situation in Kentucky. The
Democratic headquarters give out no
detailed figures to substantiate it's
claims of carrying the state for Bryan
while the Republican managers bolster
their assertions of success with tables
enfbodying the majority of each cam
didate in all of the several counties
and districts. A call at Democratic
headquarters tonight found a sign
reading: These headquarters closed
The following is from Republican
Chairman Roberts:
Kentucky has gone Republican for the first
time in its history in a presidential year.
Complete official returns from Ill counties
and reliable unofficial returns from the other
eight counties give Mckinley ass plurality.
-Four years ago the state gave Cleveland
10000 plurality over Harrison, and gave
Weaver, the Popuiist candidate. q, 500 votes.
The fusion Of Democrats and Populists this
year was complete and the victory for Nc
Kinley means, therefore, a reversal of "a 600
votes, based on the figures of 1892
Our silver friends made a great ado over
1900 Republican gain in the Eleventh dis
trict, but see nothing remarkable in a gain
OF COO Democratic plurality in a single
county in the First district. They also affect
surprise that the Republican state committee
mas Deen sucking 10 It's claim or AUG TO GU
plurality for Mckinley, in spite Of the dis
coyery of great errors against Bryan in Har-
din, Fayette, Galloway and other counties,
and say that whenever Bryan made gain
in this way, l sent cipher dispatch to the
Eleventh district for a corresponding addi-
ton to the Mckinley plurality. These errors,
which the newspapers made great ado over,
in each succeeding issue, were their own and
not ours, and explain how some of the news
papers gave Mckinley anywhere from 2, 900
to 1000 plurality, when the committee figures,
open to the world, stood between 400 and 600
for three days.
At O'Clock on the morning after the cleo
ton we realized that the result would be very
close. and wired every county chairman who
could be reached to rush complete unofficial
returns and to closely watch the official count.
On the strength OF the answers to these mes
sages, issued a bulletin Wednesday evening,
which was published in all the Louisville
papers, saying, among other things: 1.-The
Democrats Will go to the Eleventh district
with 1860 in their favor. Returns from
one-half the counties of the Eleventh dis
trict already in assure considerably over
1900 Republican plurality"
This bulletin was based upon actual I'M
official figures from every county but five,
and has stood the test from Wednesday until
today in spite of the errors of newspaper
correspondents and the surprising claims of
free silver leaders evidently based upon be-
fore-the- election estimates rather than after
the-election returns. This committee has had
nothing to do with the conflicting reports of
newspapers and the big gains and losses
they have been finding in unofficial returns for
several days have not changed our tables at
any time.
The official count has resulted in occasional
changes from our unofficial figures but they
have about balanced each other, and my fig
ures of Wednesday are practically confirmed
by the official count. At this writing. our
almost complete returns show that the Demo-
Gratis go to the Eleventh district with 13 800
plurality in their favor, and are met there by
1928 Republican plurality. giving a net
plurality of 456 for Mckinley.
Samuel ]. Roberts. Chairman.