Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-04

cincts in Chicago, Bryan iO,O53. Mckinley
9,73S, McKinley's plurality. 296SO. This
was followed by a bulletin from New Or
| leans that Bryan has carried the city by
| 10000 and brought out loud cheering At
this time the crowd in front of the Reg
lister Office reached from the Title and
Trust CO. building on the south to oppo-
site the Mcclure House on the north. and
numbered close to 5000 people. The next
New York City bulletin was: 900 election
precincts. Bryan 50, 715. Mckinley $3.50.
Palmer 3GlS. This indicated about 5000
| for Mckinley in the city. At $40 a Gin
cinnati bulletin read 81 precincts, Bryan
1926 Mckinley 10, 7O5, n much less lead for
) Mckinley than had been expected. A lit
tie later $50 Chicago precincts showed:
| Bryan Sl,S27 Mckinley 1868. A New
York City bulletin said: $50 election dis
| tricts show: Bryan S5.927, Mckinley 99.433,
Palmer 7e0. This was a lead for McKin-
ley of 1886. At $50 the first town COM
plete in Michigan gives a Mckinley gain
of 90" but did not give the name of the
town. Following this came bad news
from Connecticut, 12l out of 16S districts
showing a Republican gain of over 5000.
NtlitA -'NNtu pitNIA4Nto III i@pN4'N A44S
showed a small Republican gain.
At nine o'clock this bulletin caused
great cheering in front of the Register:
'172 districts in New York outside of the
cities show: Bryan $4,000, Mckinley 32,4OO
This looks better" Two hundred and
fifty districts out of 1892 i'm New York
City. for Governor. showed: Black 22,665
Porter 21,742, indicating the same close
race shown up in the State. At 9:05. GOO
Chicago districts showed: Bryan $3.50,
Mckinley 121, O9O. Scattered returns from
Kentucky showed small Republican gain.
At 9:O7. 1850 election districts out 1892 in
New York City showed Mckinley 1l4.124
Bryan 1864, Palmer 4273; McKinley's plu-
rallty. 1910. moment later 2SS districts
in Brooklyn showed: Bryan 32,027, Nc
Kinley 1893
At 9:l5 ii was bulletined that Mississippi
had gone for Bryan by $1,000. and this was
followed by reports from Lincoln, Neb..
indicate a Republican majority OF 1000.
Then came a gain Of % from Sullivan
county, Ind, to offset the bad news. it
giving Bryan 1872 majority. and then came
Greene county Ind, with Democratic
gains OF 800 over 1899. at which there was
loud cheering At this time the Regis
ters crowd was fully up to the 5000 mark.
Next came New York. lilo districts. Nc
Knley 100 O9l. Bryan 10000. and this was
followed by a telegram from Republican
headquarters. claiming Nebraska by 1900.
II. c. Payne also claimed Massachusetts
by 10000 Then came good news again in
the shape Of 19 precincts in Toledo, o.,
which showed a Bryan gain Of 80 over
1892 Then came Louisville with a net
Republican gain of 80 over 1872. Sixteen
precincts in Michigan showed Mckinley
. Coz. Bryan . G45. which was close enough
10 be interesting. At 9:25 the first drum
corps came along down Market street,
and a picture of Mckinley was wildly
cheered. A claim that Connecticut had
gone for Mckinley by 10000 aroused an
Internal din. in which tin horns bore an
important part At half past nine the
crowd mt the Register was estimated at
from 5000 to 1000, and the racket was ter
rible.
At 9:45 the New York Herald said Nc
Kinley led steadily in Illinois, Iowa, Ken
lucky and Nebraska. A moment later
came 200 precincts in New York city
which showed: Bryan 113.3lS, Mckinley
1872 1863. Palmer 492S. There was great
cheering when it was bullctned that six
towns i'm St Clair county, H.. gave Bryan
1880. Mckinley %. "a Democratic gain Of
1298. The indications AT this time from
Chicago were that McKiuleys plurality
i'm the city would be $1,000 or about half
of what the Republican management
claimed. The racket on the streets in
90 M oil az inn
was simply terrific. Not less than ten or
twelve thousand people were congregated
on Market street between Twelfth and
Fourteenth. and on Fourteenth, between
Main and Market. and the cheering.
shooting of canes and blowing Of horns
was incessant.
At five minutes of ten o'clock a Repub-
Ucan parade of several hundred people.
headed by a drum corps crowded up along
Market street every man yelling at the
top of his voice, while a bulletin was dis
pIaved: Nothing from West Virginia
vet" Next came: 81 300 election districts
i'm New York City: Bryan l2O0n, McKin-
lev. 1880; McKinley's plurality, 1859.
The Office cat was then presented to an
admiring public. She is great beast.
Detroit followed with 70 precincts. which
showed: BRYAN 2375. Mckinley 1859. and
this by reports that Western Maryland
showed slight Republican gains. Ale
ghanv county giving Mckinley 1000. Then
came New York City again, with l.2sO
election districts out of 1892. which show
ed. BRYAN 123.2S1. Mckinley 141.57S, plu-
rality for Mckinley of 1921 Then came
IL precincts of Toledo. O.. which showed:
Bryan BIS. Mckinley 3.6SS. and on top of
this came Franklin county, o., with but
2NS majority for Mckinley. Four hum
dred and seventy-fve districts in Brook
lyn gave Bryan 5i.977 Mckinley O.56O.
At 1905 the first district of Ohio county
reported. 1t was Webster No. 3, and
showed: Bryan &C. Mckinley 4$. Irwin 49,
Richards 40. 1t was greeted with great
cheers
At eleven o'clock three precincts in Ohio
county showed: Bryan 81. Mckinley 2O6'
Watts 27S. Atkinson 2O3 Arnett 2i6. Do
vener 2O5. Irwin 295. Richards 1856. At
this time there We're still five thousand
people in front of the Register office.
At 1915 it was bulletined that Tennessee
would surely give its usual Democratic
majority. and this was followed by p pre-
cincts of Evansville, Ind. with a Demo-
cratic gain Of 1i0. At 1925 It was an
nounced that Breckenridge had been elect
i'm Kentucky. and that Jefferson county,
O.. would give Mckinley 200 plurality,
a Republican gain Of POO. At 1920, 500 pre-
cincts in Chicago showed Bryan 1851
and Mckinley 172, III. a plurality for Nc
Kinlev Of $3.50 Hamilton county. o.,
showed a Republican majority Of 1000.
The Republicans claim 5000 i'm the State.
A bulletin said riots prevented an election
in Snutharn MnrNland. Retnrns from