The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-12
DEDUCTION FROM FIGURES

we print elsewhere an official table of
nearly every city and county showing
Democratic and Republican gains and
losses respectively in the several counties
in Virginia in the late election
1t will he seen that in the white coun-
ties of the State. there were Republican
gains of Sc, $50, while in the black dis
tricts, where the negroes voted almost
to IL man for Mckinley, there were Re.
publican losses of 9, l1G
we make comparison of the vote of
some of these black-belt counties with
the vote of 1888 The figures are still more
startling.
Take a few examples: Nansemond
county, Which gave Il Republican major
lty OF 'oA i'll 1888, gave IL Democratic ma
iority of pig in 1876. northampton
changed from 24l Republican to 250 Dem
ocratic; northumberland from 81 Re-
publican to 40 Democratic; Nottcway,
(Mr. Epes' county, from j05 Republican
to 46i Democratic: Prince George from
35i Republican to l25 Democratic Prince
Anne from Boz Republican to l9S Demo-
cratic: Southampton from 5j1 Republic.
can to 999 Democratic; Brunswick from
22S Republican to 800 Democratic: Din.
widdie from Bio Republican to 249 Dem
ocratc; the little county of Essex from
314 Republican to 100 Democratic: Flu.
wanna from 735 Republican to 210 Dem
ocratic; TIenrico from GOA Republican to
Ill Democratic, and SO on.
There are two conclusions that are in
evitable from these figures: The one is
that many sound money Democrats took
Candidate organs advice and voted
straight for Mckinley; the other that the
Democratic losses in the white counties
were offset by manipulating the ballot
EoX in the black districts.
In the counties of Accomac, Allegheny
Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Botetourt,
bedford, Carroll, Clark, Culpepper, Dick
inson, Fairfax Fauquicr, Floyd, Frank
lin. Frederick, Giles, Grayson,, Greene,
Henry, Highland, Lee, Loudoun, Madi-
son, Montgomery, Nelson, Orange, Page
Patrick, Prince William, Pulaski, Rap
pahannock, Rockbridgc, Roanoke, Rock
inghnm, Smythe, Scott, Shenandoah,
stafford, TaZewcll, Warren, Washington
Wise and Wythe counties, in which the
whites largely predominant, the net Re
publican gain in the late election was
u, SAT.
In the counties of Appomattox, Bruins
wick, Caroline, Charlotte, Chesterfield
Dinwiddie, Elizabeth City, Essex, Glou-
cester, Goochland, Greenville. Halifax,
Hanover, Ilenrico, James City, King
George, King William, King and Queen,
Lancaster Louisa, Lunenburg, Mathews,
Mccklenburg, Nliddlcsex, Nansemond,
New Kent, Norfolk Northampton. North
cumberland, Nottoway, Pittsylvania,
Prince George, Prince Edward, Princess
Anne, Richmond, Southampton, Spottsyl-
vania, Surry, Sussex, Westmoreland and
York counties, in when the colored vote
is large, the Republican gains were 905,
the Democratic gains, 1922, II net Re-
publican loss of 6,02l.
In the counties of Accomac, Augusta,
and Staunton, Bath, Bedford, buchanan,
Clark, Craig, Dickinson, Fairfax, Eau
quicr, Franklin, Frederick, Giles, High
land, Lee, Loudoun, Madison, Prince
William, Rappahannock, Russell, War
rem. Allegheny, Bland, Botetourt, Car
roll, Floyd, Grayson, Greene. Henry,
Montgomery, Page, Patrick, Rockbridge,
Roanoke, Rockingham, Smythe, Scott,
Shenandoah, Stafford, Tazewell, Wash
ington. Wise, Wythe counties, in which
tie colOrcd vote does not excel one. half
OF the white Yotc Bryan received m
jorty OF 2,22G. These same counties in
lS92 gave Cleveland Il majority of 25,2S7
In the valley counties of Augusta,
Staunton, Bath Clarke. Frederick and
Winchester, Iighland, Warren, Allie
ghany, }otetourt, Page. Roanoke county
' ~, IapSNntI'Sc, NocklSnanl anu
Shenandoah, Clevclnnd's majority in
1892 was SIZE; Bryan's minority in 1896
is = so much for Organism, Populism
and free silver
In the Southwest counties of Bedford,
Buchanan, Craig, Dickinson, Giles, Lee,
Russell, Bland Carroll Floyd, Grayson,
Montgomery Pulaski, Roanoke. Smythe,
Scout, Tazeweli Washington, Wise and
Wythc, and the cities of Radford, Roam
oke, and Bristol, CIeveland's majority in
1892 was 1885,; McKinley's majority in
1896 was 2,419. Organism, Populsm
and free silver have wrought the change.
-Richmond Times