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The morning times., 1896-11-01
SOUTH DAKOTA.

Yankton, S. d, oct. 31.-The campaign
in South Dakota closed tonight The
Republican managers claim a majority of
10000 for Mckinley. The fusionists
Democrats and PopuiiStS, declare they viii
have u majority, but do not give any fig
ureS.
The Republican campaign has been aided
by eminent speakers, among whom were
Congressman Brosius, Of Pennsylvania; Ben
ButIerwurth, of ONO: Judge +. L. DilIrn-
baGgn, ur ohio; Senator Nelson, of Mime
sofa; Senator Perkins, of Iowa; Congress
man Rankin, of PennSylvania; W. S.
Thomas, of Maine, cX-rniniSter to Sweden,
and Senator Thurston, of Nebraska. The
populists have been helped by their PreSI-
Dental candidate, W. j. Bryan, Senators
Teller, Peffcr. Allen; Congressman Towne,
Mary Ellen Lease, W. H. Harvey, and
others, and have conducted a vigorous
campaign
Chairman Elliott, of the Republican State
central committee, and National Commi t.
teeman kittredge, estimate he election
of ninety-three out OF l26 members OF the
State Legislature and thereby claim the
election of sound money" Republican
To the United States Senate to succeed
Senator Kyle, Populist.
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MICHIGAN.

Detroit. Mich, Oct 31-The Republican
and Democratic central committees in this
State make contradictory claims. The
Republican committee claims that McKin-
ley will carry the State by 10000, Of
which 10000 is expected from the upper
peninsular. Ten Congressman are also
claimed, TWO being conceded TO the DcnIu-
Gratis. The committee declines to state
which districts it expects to lose.
The Democratic committee says that lis
Information shows a Bryan ma jority of
1000 in the State. On Congressman il.
expects TO carry the First, Second, Third,
Fourth. Fifth. Sixth. Seventh, Eighth ana
Tenth districts. with n fighting chahce
In the Ninth and Eleventh
On The State ticket. Pingree. Republican,
for governor. is expected to run behind
Mckinley by 10th parties. and Sigh
fusion. 10 run ahead of Bryan Sigh wall
receive many Republican and gold Demo
cratic votes which will not go for Pingree
The railroad and business interests which,
Pingree has been antagonizing while Mayor
of Detroit, are expected to cut into his
vote. Sprague. gold Democrat, for gov.
ernor. viii get part of this vote. Little
attention is being paid TO the Palmer ticket
in Michigan
Betting on Michigan in Detroit is at even
money on Bryan and Mckinley. Fusion be-
tween the Democrats, Prohibjtionists, Pe0
pies and Silver Republican parties has re
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MINNESOTA.

St Paul, Mimi, Oct. 81. The campaign in
Minnesota practically closed tonight in a
big snowStorm. The leading address to-
night was by Roswell p. Flower, i'll St
Paul, in the interest of Palmer and Buckner
No contest ever brought So many speakers
to Minnesota. The Republicans alone
secured the delivery of 2,114 speeches. or
the great party leaders who have come to
Minnesota there have been William ] ennings
Bryan, Gen. John NJ. Palmer, Gen. Simon
Bolivar Buckner, Senator Allison, Bourkc
Cochran, and Gems. Alger Howard, Siegel
and Sickles.
Both the Republicans and the fusionists
profess to be very confident of success.
Tams BXby, chairman of the Republican
executive committee, q this evening that
Mckinley would carry Minnesota by 35,
900; ClouEh. for governor, by 10000, and
that his party would certainly secure SIX
of the seven Congressman, with fair
chance for the seventh. Mr. BiXby ad-
mitted that the Seventh district. now
represented by Frank NJ. Eddy, would be
close, not more than few hundred either
way.
Over at Democratic headquarters every
body was serene and confident. Chairman
Rosing said:
Just say that Minnesota is going for
Bryan. His majority will not be less than
5000. Mr. Lind will be elected gov
Third Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh
Congressional districts and the legislature
There has been complete fusion on the
part of the Democrats, Populists, and free
silver Republicans on electoral, State
ticket, and legislature. The electors are
four Democrats. four Populists, and one
silver Republican.
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MISSOURI.

ST. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 31.-With the parade
of the Republican clubs this afternoon,
like demonstration by the Clubs TONIGHT
and the speech of Gen. Palmer, Of the
National Democratic party this evening,
the political campaign nr SO Is prac,rs.i,
ended in Missouri.
There has been q dearth Of prominent
orators in the interi or, nearly all the
speakers being local men. A few distin-
guished speakers, such as Vice President
Stevenson, Pourke Cochran, Speaker Reed,
and Governor Altgeld. were restricted TO
the prominent cities. Nominee Bryan
made a tour across the northern boundary
Of the State several weeks ago and de-
livered few speeches from railroad
car.
Chairman Cook, OF the Democratic State
committee. declares that Bryan will carry
Missouri by $4,000 majority, and that
the Congressional delegation will be
about equally divided. Lon V. Stephens,
Democratic nominee for governor, will
probably he elected by 10000 plurality
over r. Z. lie ewis, Republican.
This is assured by the recent withdrawal
OF Jones, the Populist nominee for governor
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SOUTH CAROLINA.

Columbia, S. C., Oct. 81 South Carolina
is alone in the galaxy OF States in the coiu-
ing general election In this state 1T IS
possible 10 give almost as accurately the
votes cast for each electoral ticket before
the ballots have been counted as after
ward. The State is free silver to the core
SO far as results are concerned.
The electoral ticket of the regular
Democracy, which is solid for free silver,
will be chosen by an overwhelming md
jority- There are two Republican electoral
tickets in the field, put up by the two
factions, and there are only II GOO regis
tered Republican voters In the State.
A Palmer Buckner ticket is in the field,
but it VIII get only few thousand votes.
The State chairman estimates that not more
than 81 GOO or TO- COO votes viii be cast
out of the total of 102 900 shown by the
registration books.
so far as State tickets are concerned
there are three in the field-one the :cgular
Democratic, headed by Ellerbe, which will
be elected by even d larger majority than
the electoral ticket, and the Pope and
Wallace Republican tickets. The latter are
III the field simply to settle the Republican
factiOnal fight in this State, deciding which
has the greatest strength and can therefore
claim recognition from the National Re-
publican party.
In the Congressional districts the Demo-
cratic candidates will be certainly elected.
Only one of them is an anti-silver man. In
one district the Republicans have agreed
to support one candidate only against the
Democratic nominee. This is to lay the
foundation for a fight in Congress, and in
the courts against the state registration
law and the suffrage clause of TIE new
constitution.
The legislature to be elected will be
entirely Democratic with one exception.
A colored Republican Will come from one
county To the lower house. All counties
Will elect Democratic county officials save
one, i'll Which half the officials Will be
Republicans.
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CALIFORNIA.

San Francisco Oct. 81 Compared with
previous campaigns in California. the one
now approaching its close has been uu-
usually quiet. Ii has been more u cam
paign of education than OF display and
demonstration. Among the prominent Re-
publican speakers who have been heard are
Hon. Thomas b. Reed of Maine. Congress
men Butterworth of Ohio, Apsley OF Mas
sachusetts and Buutelle of Maine, United
States Senator Perkins, Hon. H. NJ. Estee
George A. knight of California, and Hon.
F. Y. Shoemaker of New Jersey.
For the Democrats, Cows. Smith of
Montana and Budd of California, NJ. +.
Taylor Of Colorado, and United States Scna-
tor White Of California, have spoken, while
Thomas V. Carter has been the nading
speaker i'll behalf of the Peoples party.
Through the mediation of the BiInetallic
League, fusion was effected early in the
campaign on the electors by the Democrats
and Popuist party, five Democrats and four
Populists being chosen, the two parties
also fuslng on i've OF the seven COngresmen:
The Republican State central committee
claims the State for the Mckinley electors.
arguing that Southern California. where
Eastern men are i'll the majority, and San
Francisco Will roll up such maJorities for Nc
Kinley as to overcome the silver vote else
where.
The Democratic and Populist party com
mttees claim that the State will go for
Bryan by 80 900 majority, even after al
lowing 10000 votes for the gold Demo
Gratis.
Even il the fusionists succeed in ANAL
gamating the votes as they havethetickets,
there will probably be five fusionists and
two Republican Congressmen. The legis-
lature is claimed by both sides, but it is
generally believed that the result will be
close -
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FLORIDA.

jacksonville, Fla, Oct. 31.-Thc indica-
tions are that Florida will give her four
electoral votes to Bryan and Sewall next
TUESDAY, though the gold Democrats and
RepublicanSeXprcss themselves as not with
out nope, They claim tllau there is Il large
silent vote which will be cast against
bryan and mdya COS. him the State. They
are also hopeful that tne railroad vote,
which is large, will be cast against Bryan,
though heretofore Democratic.
There has been No fusion between silver
Democrats and Populists, overturcs of the
latter having been refused. 1t is asserted
that many ef the Eopullsts, angered 10y the
failure of fusion, will support Mckinley.
WnIie there is no open fusion between
Republicans and gold Democrats, it is as
serted InaI lEe later VIII generally vote
for Mckinley, not caring to waste votes
on Palmer.
M Test political judges think the State
will go for Bryan by from 5000 to 10000
ma iority over the combined opposition.
In the First Congressional district it is
conceded that Hon. S. n Sparkman. silver
Democrat, will be returned. In the Sec
ond district, the gold Democrats and Re-
publicanS have made Il hard fight uu
Robert W. Davis, silver Democrat, but
the chances favor Davis election.
State officers and members of the legis.
lature have already been chosen, the Demo
Gratis carrying the election on October 6,
by about 1900 majority, n reduction of
11,0oU as compared with the Democratic
ma iority in the State election four years
ago. The legislature, which is over
whelmingly Democratic, will elect a Sue
ceSsOr to United States Senator Call.
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NORTH CAROLINA.

Raleigh, N. c., Oct. 31.-The Populsts
absolutely hold the balance of power in
North Carolina. They have fused with
tie Democrats on the electoral ticket, and
upon their adherence to that contract de-
pends Bryan's success i'll the State. They
have fused with the Republicans on the
State ticket, save for Governor and lieu
tenant governor, and on the Congressional,
Legislative, and county tickets, the Re-
puDlicans are TO an almost equal degree de-
pendent upon them.
None of the chaIrmen, Republican, Demo-
cratic, or Populist, Will venture an ac-
curate prediction of the result, State or
national, and all admit that tie mystery
is in the silent, rural vote.
The efforts oi boIn hepuDiicans and Dem
ucrats are TO secure PopuliSJ support. W
"A. Guthrie, the PupulIsL nominee for Gov
ernUr, antagonlzed his State committee
by arguing in all his speeches that the
PUpulsts stultified themselves by voting
for gold Republicans. Matters came to IA
Crisis this week when he isstsed an address
tu Tie fopusts, calling ON them 10 stand
TO their principles and not support Repub-
licanS.
EIs committee responded in an address
Which was intended to virtually read Guth-
rle out OF tie party, and dec C.ired the Pop
uilsts We're under no obligations to vote
for him and that his vote must by no
strength The Republicans have shared with
the iopuhsts III sending OUT these attacks
unGutlirie. The PopulisI leaders claim Guth.
rie will not now get over i2,OUO votes.
The question is whether rlie leaders con.
troll the rank and file, and the State chair
man admits that he is not positive as to
this. He says he is reasonably sure that
Daniel R. Russell, the Republican nominee
for Governor, will carry the state, that
the fusion party OF the State ticket will
be elected by u very heavy majority; that
five Populists and four Republican Con-
gressmen will be elected in accordance
"iuI me asrcehen,, mat the legislature
will be anti-Dcmocratic, the larger num-
ber of its members being POpulists, and
wat the latter VIII see that Il silver
Senator Is elected to succeed Pritchard.
The chairman also expresses the belief
that ali the Bryan electors VIII be elected.
HI declines to estimate the majority.
The Republican State committee estimates
that Russell VIII receive thirty thousand
plurality; that the Democrats cannot pos
sibly elect a Congressman and that the
Democrats will not elect over thirty-siX
of the l70 members of the legislature.
They decline In make an estimate Oh Nc
Kinley's figures. but declare that he win
carry the State, and offer odds.
The Democratic State chairman says
tonight that if the untramneiled vote OF
those who favor Bryan is cast his plurality
Will exceed thirty Thousand, He admits
that the gubernatOral vote Will be very
close, but expresses the confident belief
that Cyrus B. Watson Will win. and also
that the Democrats VIII elect at least two
Congressman.
The situation is so strange that the oldest
politicians dare not attempt accurate pre-
IicliouS.
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CONNECTICUT.

Hartford. Conn, Oct 31.-In the politica!
campaign just closing in this State thcr,.
has been almost an entire absence of the
usual accessories. no parades of marching
clubs, torchlight professions, etc, or any
of the usual picturesque features. The Re
publicans call it campaign of edCoatio
and there have been $50 900 documents
sent cut from headquarters in this city
Chairman Tyler, of the Mckinley forces,
an old campaigner, claims that the state
will give a plurality for Mckinley Of
nearly 10000. anu 5000 to 10000 for
the state ticket, headed by lieutenant
governor Cooke. He also claims n solid
senate, twenty-four members, and 200
III the 252 members of the house of repre-
sentatives. The four Republican Con-
gressmen, he is confident, will be elected
by ma jorities ranging from 900 to 2 600
Chairman TToup. OF the Bryan io.cc>-
says that it is impossible to make /. car
vass, but claims that the vorking,ncn
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NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Concord, N. H., Oct 31-The political
campaign i'll this State has been the quietest
ever known in Presidential year. The
disaffection among the Democratic leaders
over the f.nancialplank Of the Chicago plat
form disheartened the rank and file.
The Republicans placed speakers in all
sections of the State, including Senators
Chandler and Gallnger: Congressman Baker
and Sulloway; Congressman Walker and
Barrett of Massachusetts, and Curtis Guild,
ir., of Boston. The Democrats had as their
principal speakers, Col. Henry o. Kent
of Lancaster, candidate for Governor; Hon
John B. Nash of Conway, candidate for
Congress in the First district Hon. Samuel
B. Page of Woodsville, Hon. John p
Bartlett of Manchester, Hon. Frank X
Hobbs of 0ssipee, and Col. C. w. Nickcr-
son of oston. s-....
The democratic managers will not con-
cede Mckinley n majority Of more than
, 1000. Substantial gains will be made, they
say, in both branches of the legislature
The utmost confidence is felt at Repuh!i-
can headquarters McKinley's plurality
is fixed at 10000, with probability of
these figures The election of Rcmsdell, their
candidate for Governor. is looked for by a
plurality somewhat below that for Nc
Kinley. The legislature will show Re
publican gains and they expect a two
thirds ma iority in each branch.
The Democratic managers say that TIL"
gold Democratic vote will not exceed ,5G9
10 = 900 while the Republicans place the
figures at nearly 3 900.
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The Problem of Drudgery.

IL is Il curious fact that. As society goes
on, the very things that once stood for
luxury, come to be laid aside. and people
revert to what is simpler. Feather beds.
FOR instance, We're the former symbol OF
M'ealIh and grandeur; The luxurious aristo-
Gratis OF a former age We're addressed as,
Now all you on down beds sporting
and the like. Yet IL is only the most
rustic tavern that now offers one OF these
rather than a mattress, and only the newly
arrived Irish woman who counts among her
chief treasures her bulky feather bed.
So was white bread another S ymbol of social
Superiority; and yet now it is discovered
nI' tne >noYvicr the bread the less its
nouriShUient, and W. resort to all sorts of
admiXtures in order not to lose the best
parts of the wheat, In time We shall
doubtless learn that complete Incidence
or self-iuuulgence Is Not the most satisfy
form of success, but that we must have some
drudsery TO make it com pletc.
i he most Thoroughly ieisured classes
a.ive To invent some iornI OF hard Work
ur themselves in the shape Of field sports
a yachting "r .uilu-. ind aside from this,
the mere social duties, when taken at
l"ir highest, have t.ru,lscry enough to
jrighten any innocent rustic, and often to
,iS,ourage the votaIies themselves. Where
Is social pleasure carried to a higher
point than at Newport. Yet one of the
,cry ladies occupied in il said to n:e some
ears ago. 1T takes my four daughters
and myself every atom of our time and
strength, from day To day, simply to keep
Ip with our social obligations; this lasts
all summer, and then we return to the city
and recommence precisely the same life
there, and il will last all winter, with only
a slight mitigation in Lent 1t is safe
to say that no farmers or miners
daughter would be able To tolerate such
an existence for Il month, and yet al,
.bese ladies Were cultivated, independent,
and full of ungratified tastes for litera-
ture. art and nature. .-Harrer's Bazaar.
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VIRGINIA.,

Richmond, Va, Oct. 31.-Vrginia votes
Tuesday for Presidential electors and
Congressman only, and the prospect is
that a very large vote will be brought out.
The canvas has been one ofthemostheatcd
in years, and personal feeling has entered
very largely into il, especially betwe the
regular and the National Democrats.
Both the Republican and the Democratic
parties claim the State on the national
ticket but Will give no figures. There
is hardly reason for doubt, however, that
it will go Democratic.
Both sides tonight are watchingeac ch other
like hawks fearing some advantage may
be taken in closing up the arrangements
for the conduct OF the election. The most
interesting phase of the contest now is as
to what part the Parker ballot law
will play in the results.
This is II new law enacted at the last
| session of, the legislature as substitute
for the Walton plan. The Democrats con-
troll all of the machinery under this law
and their opponents think this fact gives
them very considerable advantage in the
battle.
The Democrats claim that they will Sc
cure the electoral vote by majority which
they estimate at from $4,000 up.
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MAINE.

Portland, Me, Oct 31.-since the Septem-
ber election nothing has been done i'll poll
tics in Maine. Previous TO that event it
is estimated that 1CO speakers, led by
Speaker Reed, made SEQ speeches. The
result was Republican plurality Of 4S,-
81, ,agaiusta Republican plurality for Gov
ernor in 1892 Of IL .503.
The result of the Presidential vote will
be simply smaller total vote and an in
creased plurality, both parties stacking
their eXcrtions, but the defeated party most.
Thus the vote in 1883 fell off from IA TO ,3S4
in September to 1888 in November.
while the plurality gained from is, ,053
to 23,25S for President.
In 1892 the vote fell off from 130 ,2G2
to 16 ,3ST but the plurality for Governor.
IL, 500, went to IA, S27. This gain of two
to five thousand will make Maine give so,
600 or over for Mckinley.
The four Congressman being already
elected by an aggregate plurality of ~,
53S, no other element than choice Of PreSI-
dental electors comes into the struggle
and the election will be quiet and orderly
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STATE CAMPAIGNS CLOSED
Continued from First Page.

was not known how many there were, but
as the campaign proceeded it became
evident that their strength was not as
great as at first claimed. Still 1T VIII
probably reach as high as 10000, half of
which will go 10 Mckinley and half TO
Palmer.
The Democratic plurality in 1892 was
10000 Ten thousand should be taken
from This for bolting Democrats. This
will be made up by the accession of 600
Pupulis,s' votes There were $4,000
PGpulis,s in 1892 1t is estimated that
they VIII he about evenly divided between
The Bryan and Sewall ticket and the Bryan
and Watson ticket Democrats will gain
about 1000 silver Republicans.
This will make hard lead for the Re-
puhlicanS TO overcome and they VIII nave
to get an unprecedented vote in order 10
doiC. This they claim they are gong TOGO.
They are claiming, with great deal OF
confidence, the election of their candidate
for Governor, 6 n. Tillman, over X. l..
Taylor, Democrat. They admit that Bryan
viii lead Taylor several thousand votes,
bur now claim that while the race VIII DC
close if the tide is running neht, Mchilies
will easily turn the trick i'll Tennessee
On the other hand, the Democratic com
mittee appears sereneiy yconiidentand claims
the State by upward of 30 600. AstoCon-
gressmen, there are two sure Republican
districts and six sure Democratic Inc only
TWO in doubt are claimed by each side.
one oi tie hottest races IA the State is
In the Tenth district betwt.n e w. car
mack. silver Democrat, and Josiah Patter-
son, gold Democrat. Patterson is being
supported by Republicans rs well as Il
large contingent of gold Democrats. The
race will he close.
Apart from the visit of W. J. Bryan, the
Democrats have not been aided to any eN-
tent hy out side speakers. They have Kept
their own speakers very busy. Both Sena-
tors Harris and Bate have been quite Ill
and have not been able to do much speak
ing. The Republicans have had Senator
FRYE Of Maine ard II numEcr ol lesser i'Slts
to help the State Republican speakers.
The gold Democra;ic committee has had
quite u number Of celebrities, including their
candidates. Palmer and Buckner; John k.
Fellows and others.
From an impartial standpoint IL would
appear that Bryan is reasonably certain OF
carrying the State by 10000 or over.
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MASSACHUSETTS.

Boston, Oct 81 Never before in its po-
itical history has the Democratic party Of
this State found itself in such a lamenta-
ole condition upon the eve of an election Ifs
now.
Divided against itself upon the currency
question. and again divided upon matters
concernng the State party organization,
il is in such a condition that no reliable
estimate of its strength in the coming elc,.-
tion can he obtained. Except upon Ollie
question of biennial elections. which i, to
he voted on, very little mention of STATE
issues has been made during the canvass
upon either side. the financial question,
overshadowing all others.
/ No Democrat inagines for a moment
that Williams Will be elected Governor,
and there are those who say that he
will rot even carry Boston; but when
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asked for figures, the reply is: I'VE are
not making figures, and are making no
claim.''
In the Congressional fights the Ninth
district tFitzgerald'si is the only one of
which the Democrats feel sure.
The Republicans predict u very largely
increased plurality for their tickets, both
national and State.
By ulc 1t Is estimated that Wolcott's
plrTaitty VIII reach nearly 100, 900 as
compared with 64,Gu. plurality for Green
halGe last year, aud that Boston will
surely give wolcott plurality in place of
a Democratic plurality uf 2,4o2 for WI
liams.
A> 10 congressman, the Republicans claim
eleven Of the thirteen districts as a fore
gene conclusion. WIZ :. Lighting chance iy
the other two.