Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-12
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Totals. .1,Hl Zt,oIo
The Progress Of the Voting.


The Progress Of the Voting.
The correspondent of the New York
Herald at Chicago has the following to say
in today's issue about the progress of the
balloting:
1.-The total vote so far counted in the
Chicago Records postal card election now
reaches nearly $1,000, and the mails are
larger every day. With only the Chicago
votes returning the election has been
great undertaking, but when the votes
from twelve states begin to flood the mails,
then, indeed, 1T will become an enormous
task
1.-The Bryan vote is now about q per cent
Of the total vote so far cast, which Is vir-
tually the same position it showed at the
close of the first and second days count
ing. Since that time 1t has fiuctuated to n
per cent and DIN per cent.
Mailing of ballots throughout the county
continues rapidly, and before the end Of
this week every voter whose name is on
the poll list of April. 1896, will have a bat
lot which he may vote for the candidate
Of his choice
THE ballot for the twelve states which are
to be included in the postal card election
are being sent out gradually, and already
there is an indication that the vote of ILL
nois the first begun in the mailing, will be
prompt and large. Missouri ballots were
the next started through the mails, and
from now on the others will follow rapidly.
The commissioners are hard at work
every day, and the same certificate of the
secrecy and the accuracy Of the count
gives daily guarantee Of the care which
they are taking.
A Criticism of Comparisons.
Mr.. Thomas Crusor, in a communication
| to The Star, takes issue with the manner
| in which the comparisons in the postal
| card ballot are made by those having 1T in
| charge. In his letter Mr.. Crusor says:
AN analysis Of the results of the postal
card poll Of Chicago. as given in The Star
| Of Saturday, would seem to show that the
| democratic suspicion of manipulation IN
the count is we'll founded
| Il refer more particularly to the table
| Of comparative changes between the vote
| Of 1892 and the postal card poll Of 1896. In
| this table the charges from Cleveland 10
| Mckinley in poll of y, 407 republican
| votes are set down ABB. and the
changes from Harrison to Bryan in poll
| of 6.672 democratic votes are set down as
1.S4S. From this 1t Is shown by the table
| that Mckinley gains 2.514. OF course 1t is
| unfair to make comparison on that ba.
! sis. The correct method is to give the per.
| centage of changes from Harrison to Bry-
| an and from Cleveland to Mckinley. Thus
| Bryan's gain of 1,S4S in G,672 votes is found
| to be - per cent. and McKinley's gain OF
4.343 in 22.407 votes Is 10 per cent-a clear
| loss for Mckinley of per cent. You will
| agree with me, l am sure. that this analy-
| sis is correct. and that instead of making
| a comparison between a disparity of mum.
bers. the Chicago counting committee
! should give the proportionate gains of the
| two candidates This would show gain Of
Fer cent for Bryan, instead of an appar
ent gain of more than % per cent for Nc
| kinley.
THE republican press is figuring out al
| immense majority for Mckinley in Chi
cago on the strength of the tables show
! ms the results of the postal card poll
whereas. in truth, the tables indicate tina
Bryan will carry the city by pluralit,
far in excess OF Cleveland'S-!esS Palmer
vote. In every thousand postal card vote
cast for Bryan 30 which were cas-
for Harrison, and in every thousand cas-
for Mckinley are 1870 which were cast TO
| Cleyeland--a gain for Bryan, on pro
portionate comparison of changes. of 8
in every 1900 postal card votes This per
centage has been almost constant from
day to day since the poll began.