The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-11-19
ELECTION RETURNS.
Late Figures on the Great Political
Victory.

The latest returns from the election snow
that Mckinley will have at least 212 votes In
the Electoral College Bryan will have az
least 16S.
Kentucky having been heard from officially
gives IL of her votes to Mckinley and one to
BRYAN. Wyoming and South Dakota are the
only States of which there is any doubt. Fun
returns from Big Horn County. Wyo., have not
been received, and until they come IN 1t VIII De
impossible TO say how the States vote VIII be
cast. The contest is so close in South DAKOTA
that the official count will be needed to decide
1t.
Gov Watson issued proclamation declaring
that all of the votes cast in Delaware at the
recent election for James g. Shaw aud james y.
Shaw sr., for Presidential electors, shall count
for James G. Shaw, as his name was on the
ballots in two ways. This VIII send three
Mckinley men to the Electoral College from
this State.
The electoral votes of the States, not lnclud-
ing Kentucky, Wyoming and South Dakota,
are as follows:
For Mckinley California Connecticut, Della
ware illinois, Indiana Iowa, Maine, Mary iano
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New
Hamnshire. New Jersey. New York. North
Dakota. Ohio. Oregon Pennsylvania. Rhode
Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
For Bryan-Alabama, Arkansas Colorado
Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas. Louisiana,
Mississippi, Missouri Montana Nebraska, Ne
vada, North Carolina, South Carolina, lennes-
see Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington.
The can7assing of the vote cast for Presi-
Dental electors in Georgia was concluded last
week and show the following totals: Bryan,
1882: Palmer, 2,70S; Mckinley, 60,i9o,
Bryan's plurality is "a. l42.
The official vote of Ohio shows that Mckin-
ley's plurality was 81, lo9 and his majority over
all 81, 662 The vote stands: Republican, 5So,-
es4; Democrat, 474Ss0; Populist, 2,6l5; Pro-
hibitionist, 5067; Nationalist. 2,716; Socialist
Labor, 1,167; National Democrat, l,so1. lotai
vote, l.0l42S6.
Official returns by Counties in Indiana show
that Mckinley received 3239l9 votes; Bryan
303, $50 lowering, 1858; Palmer, 1879 Bent
ley, National Prohibition.) 4,3S9; Socialist,
las. McKinley's plurality is 20,065.
According to the official count in st. Louis Nc
Kinley's majority over Bryan was 4277. The
total vote cast in the city was 124 4S9 the larg
est ever cast at an election here. The total
registration was 1872, 644.
The official Republican plurality in Ohio is
81, $780, The total vote was l,003,95
Returns from ali but four Counties, with
estimates from these places, show the plurality
in Kansas for Bryan to be 1882. Leedy,
Popuiist, for Governor, has 7.102 plurality.
Estimates place the Free Silver Republican
vote at 1000.
The majorities in Wyoming, as near as can be
estimated, are as follows: Martin and Quesly,
Democratic electors, 400: Van Meter. Populist
seetor, 225; Osborne, Fusion, for Congress, 42o.
Ellsworth, the last polling place in New
Hampshire to be heard from. has made its cleo
ton returns. The figures complete the State
VOTE which gives Mckinley 55,671; Bryan, 81
O96: plurality for Mckinley 34575. For Gov
ernor, Ramsdell. r., 1902; Kent D., 2S,090;
Ramsdell's plurality, 81 .002.
Ninety out Of 100 Counties and all the cities
have officially reported election returns to the
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The totals are as follows: Bryan, 144, 100 !:
Mckinley, I24, 233; Palmer, 1883, and Lever
ing, 1922. Bryan's plurality, 1887.
Full returns received by the Secretary of
State of Arkansas give Bryan 100 $50; McKin-
ley, Sc .297; Bryan's plurality. 1862 In 1892
Cleveland received 1854; Harrison, 46,sS !;
Weaver, Ii, 631.
Complete official returns of Kentucky have
been tabulated by Counties. showing that Smith.
one of the Bryan electors, ran 1900 ahead of
the lowest Mckinley elector, and is elected.
The other IL Bryan electors ran from 300 to 700
behind IL of the Mckinley electors. The total
vote of the State was 444.243. as follows: Nc
Kinley. 21s, 055; Bryan, 217.797; Palmer, 5,01s;
lowering. 3. 374; McKinley's average plurality,
<56 on the vote for electors.
Official returns from the various Counties
throughout California show the following pop
ular vote: Mckinley, 1927; Bryan, l42, 926.
Official returns have been received at the
State Department from every County in Penn
sylvania. They give Mckinley and Hobart
726.996 votes; Bryan and Sewall, 422054; Re-
publican plurality. 30s,9 The Prohibition
electors polled 1894; Peoples Party, 6.l03;
Free Silver, SOB. Jeffersonian, 1900; Nc
Kiniey Citizens. 1902; Socialist Labor. ,6s3
National, go The actual gain in the Repub-
iican electoral vote over that of four years ago
is about 215,ooo. The Department has consol-
idated the vote for the Republican and McKin-
ley Citizens electors. This increases the vote
for Mckinley and Hobart to 72S 300. The votes
cast for the Free Silver electors, which are
identical with those in the Democratic column,
are added to the vote for Bryan and Sewall,
giving them a total of 427, l27. By this ar
raDgement the Republican plurality is cut down
10 3ol.173. The Republicans elected 30 Con.
gressmen, the Popocrats2 and the Sound Money
Democrats 1.