Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-03
HOW M.kINLEY GAINED.
Evidences OF Some Secret Work by Mr.

silver committees could very we'll af-
ford to make an exact census of some of
those precincts in which an abnormal
vote has been pol1ed. because it APP
pears that more votes have been counted
than there are male persons of voting
age. Let us consider some of the figures
and see what they tell:
The latest returns from Iowa give Nc
Kinley 289,57s and Bryan 223. 266, with
about 5000 votes for Palmer and 1850
for the prohibition candidate. The to-
tai is about $40, 900.
In 1892 the vote of Iowa was: CIeve-
land, 196, 367; Harrison, 219, 795; Weav-
er, 20, sos, and prohibitionist, 1902. The
total vote was 443,159. In 1888 the vote
was: Cleveland. ITO, ss7; Harrison, 211,-
sos; prohibition, $3.50; union labor,
5,105. The total vote was 4o4, 100. In
1895 the vote for governor was: Dem
pcrat, 149, 433; republican, POS, $3.50; pop
ulist, 32.11s; prohibitionist, 1,O52. To-
tai, 4O1 ,292. Mr.. Bryan this year polled
nearly $1,000 votes more than Mr.. Cleve-
land did in 1892 and nearly $4,000 votes
more than Cleveland did in 1883. He
polled more votes than any republican
candidate for the presidency ever polled
before this year. Yet 10000 heretofore
unknown republicans came out of the
brush and cast their votes for Mr.. Nc
Kinley. The total vote shows an in
crease of 1900 over 1892.
The best figures obtainable about Illi-
nois for this year give Bryan ass, 760;
Mckinley, $685. SIT; Palmer, $500, and
about 5000 for the two prohibition can
didates. The total is about 1,O7O, 900.
In 1892 the vote for president was:
Cleveland. 426.2s1; Harrison, 399, 2sS;
Weaver, %, 207; prohibition, 25 $50. The
total was S73,646. In 1855 the vote for
president was: Cleveland, 4S,27S; Har-
rison, 7O.473; prohibition, 81 sos; union
labor, 1000; united labor, 40. The to-
tai was TAT $50. In the republican land
slide of 1894 the vote for state treas
urer was: Democrat. 322, 459; republic
an, 445,SS6; prohibition, 19,475: popu-
list, sc, 793. The vote for the republican
candidate in 1894 was the largest ever
given to a candidate of any party in
Illinois until this year, and Mr.. Bryan
polled nearly $4,000 more votes than
were given to that candidate. Mr.. Bry-
an polled $4,000 more votes than Mr..
Cleveland carried the state with in 1892,
when Cleveland had a plurality of a.
300 over Harrison, but again that mys-
terious vote comes out of the brush for
Mr.. Mckinley and gives him nearly
100000 votes more than ever before
were polled for any candidate.
In Oregon the vote was: Bryan, 49,
533; Mckinley, 4s, 679; Palmer, S33; pro-
hibition, SIT. In 1892 it was: Cleveland,
T. ,243; Harrison, $4,000; Weaver, &c.
9G5; prohibition, 2,2s1. The democrats
and populists were fused on one elector
that year and he was elected. This year
Mr.. Bryan polled over 5000 more votes
than were ever before poIled for the
candidate of any party, yet the Nc
Kinley vote makes a tremendous leap,
being nearly 40 per cent. greater than
the vote cast for Harrison in 1892.
The complete unofficial figures for
Indiana this year give Mckinley $685.
DO; Bryan, 3O3,s54; Palmer, 1879;
lowering, 3,65s; Bentley, 1850; social
list labor, las. Total, go, 544.
In 1892 Cleveland carried Indiana by
1925, the vote being: Cleveland, 262.-
T40: Harrison, 255,615; Weaver, %, POS;
prohibition, 13,O5O. Total vote was 554,-
o13. In 1883 the vote was: Cleveland,
61,o13; Harrison, 263,361; prohibition,
S,OO1s ldDOT, S,Ooi. OIdl vote,
1868 In 1894 the highest vote until
this year that was ever given to any
candidate was given to the republican
candidate for secretary of state. It
was S3,405. His democratic opponent
polled only 23S,732 votes, the prohibit
Lionists, 11,157, and the populist, 9,3Ss.
The total vote was 562,6S2. This year
Of grace, 1896, Mr.. Bryan received 90
400 more votes than were ever before
given to any candidate. He polled A.
300 votes more than Mr.. Cleveland re-
ceived in 1892, which would be ac-
counted for by the addition of the popu-
list vote and a reasonable gain. But
behold, the Mckinley vote leaped for
ward 10000 through the appearance of
an army that never before cast a bal
lot, and that disappeared Immediately
an has not since been seen.
The vote in Ohio was approximately
$4,000 for Mr.. Bryan and $4,000 for
Mckinley. Mr.. Bryan polled 4T,OO0
votes more than were ever given TO any
republican candidate in Ohio before
this year, the vote for Bushnell for
governor in 1895 being 427,141 Mr..
Bryan had 10000 votes more than Mr.
Harrison received when he carried the
state in 1892. The vote that year was
Harrison, 4O5,1S7; Cleveland, 4O41I5: