The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-10-31
NONE FOR MKINLEY.
Eleven So-Called Doubtful States and
the City Of Chicago Tell
the Same Story.
Bryan Has Won More Republican Votes
from Mckinley Than He Has Lost
Democratic Votes to Mckinley and
Palmer Communicable Is Not
Possible to Beat Him for
the Presidency.

Chicago, Oct. 26.-[speciaL THE
| Chicago Records postal card ballot
! continues to give daily evidence that
| Bryan will carry the so-called doubtful
states in the central west for president
Some weeks ago The Record sent
| out several hundred thousand postal
| cards to the voters of Chicago and the
| states of Kentucky, Minnesota, South
| Dakota, North Dakota, Kansas, Wis
consin, Michigan Nebraska, Indiana,
| Iowa and Missouri and requested them
to express their choice for pesident,
stating also for whom they had voted
In 1892, and return the card to The
Record.
The returns are not large. But 127,-
600 votes have been received from the
eleven states mentioned. OF this num-
Der $4,000 are for Mckinley and 80, 900
for Bryan. The Bryan vote is larger
than McKinley's in Kentucky and Mis-
souri,, but Mckinley leads in the other
nine states. In Chicago the vote
stands: Mckinley $1,000 and Bryan A.
000 All this was expected. The Rec
ord is goldbug newspaper and this
ballot was begun with the idea that it
would help the Republican cause. Re-
puDllNAllo Ntit uIStu " NOlG. OIl the
other hand, the Democratic leaders,
distrustful of The Record and it's
scheme, urged the friends Of Bryan
and free silver, through every means
by which they could reach them, not to
vote.
Thus, under the circumstances, the
mere number of votes cast signifies
nothing, especially when the total
number received is less than per cent.
of the total vote of the states named,
and scarcely 10 per cent. of the city of
Chicago. The total signify only that,
with all their efforts, the Republicans
have been able to round up but So 900
votes in eleven disputed states and but
$4,000 in the city of Chicago in favor of
their own scheme; while, in spite of
their efforts to prevent it, $4,000 DEM
ocrats have voted in the states and H.
600 in Chicago.
But the Records ballot has one,
though only one, significant feature.
Each postal card received at The
Record office tells not only how the
sender intends to vote at the approach
ing election. but also how he voted
four years ago. Thus the percentage
of change is obtained, and this is where
the Democrats come in.
An analysis shows that in every state
mentioned and in every ward of Chi
cago, without a single exception, the
per cent. Of Republican votes for Bry-
an is much larger then the per cent.
of Democratic for Mckinley. More
than that, 1t shows that Bryan is re-
ceiVing larger per cent. of Republic
can votes than he will lose of Demo-
cratic votes to Mckinley and Palmer
combined. If this were the result of
an analysis of the vote of one or two
wards of the city, or of one or two
states, it would have no special signih-
canoe, but it is true of every ward and
of every states. A result thus obtained
must mean what it shows, and that is
that in the so-called doubtful states
of the central and west the drift is
strongly in favor of Bcyan-so strong
ly in fact that there can be no doubt
of his election. 1t is easy enough now
TO estimate the majorities The per-
centage of gain and loss in each state,
as shown by the Record vote, indicates
majorities for Bryan as follows