The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05

CHICAGO, Nov. 5.-The returns from
the entire country although incomplete
in some states, are of nature to insure
the election of Mckinley. A sufficient
number of states has declared for the
Republican party to make certain 1858
votes in the electoral college for its
leader. The states whose votes are
sure for him are as follows: Electoral
votes, California 8, Connecticut 9, Della
ware 3, Illinois "a, Indiana 10, Iowa 10,
Maine @, Maryland 3, Massachusetts, 10,
Michigan IA, Minnesota 8, New Hamp-
shire 4. New Jersey 10, New York 30,
North Dakota 8, Ohio 90, Oregon 3,
Pennsylvania 32. Rhode Island4, South
Dakota 4, Vermont 4, West Virginia 6,
Wisconsin IL. Total 1858.
The returns show some interesting
features, and in some respects have
been surprise to the leaders of both
political parties. The New England
states have. as was expected, given
heavy pluralities for Mckinley, without
exceptions. The Republican ticket was
successful in Massachusetts, beyond
what was claimed for it by the most
enthusiastic prophet of Republican sue
cess.
New York and Pennsylvania vie with
each other for the largest plurality, and
the figures at hand do not indicate
which one of them has surpassed the
other. Each state has given the Re.
publican candidate of between 275,000
and 2S0,000.
To these states Illinois is good third
in its plurality for the winning candi-
date. If the percentage of gain over
the presidential election of 1892 that has
so far been shown continues to the end,
it will giveea plurality of not far from
175,000. In the gubernatorial race Alt
geld has been badly defeated, but is not
buried so deep, and is probably about
10000 ahead of the Democratic national
ticket. There has been evidently a
large vote cast throughout the state for
Mckinley and Altgeld.
In Indiana, if any of the rules for
estimating the vote Of state, which
previous to the present election held
good, are still to be relied upon, there is
no justification for the Democratic
claims of having curried the state. II
the ratio of Republican gain continues
to the end of the count cKinley will
have approximately 10000 plurality in
the state.
In Iowa, as far as can be seen from
the returns at present, the Republican
plurality has been very large-not iaI
either way from $4,000.
Ohio which has all along been claimed
by Chairman Jones as a state in which
Bryan would push Mckinley very close.
has given the Republican candidate an
overwhelming plurality, $4,000.
In Michigan the election has resulted
in very heavily reduced vote for the
PntNu Inly hn fRnn civ
papers of Detroit concede the state tC
Mckinley by $4,000. The last previous
vote in the state was in 1895, when
Moore, the Republican candidate fol-
justice of the supreme court, had plu,
rality of II, ,4S7 over McGrath, his Dem
ocratic rival.
West Virginia is confidently claimed
by the Republicans, and the chairman
of the Democratic state central commit
tee conceded the state to Mckinley. II
is about $4,000 Republican.
Tennessee presents some of the in
teresting features of the campaign
Patterson, the gold Democratic candi
date for congress in the city Of
Memphis, is running neck and mech
with his opponent, and the offlcia
count will be necessary to decide be
tween them. The state at large il
claimed by both parties, and because OF
the length of the ticket the returns are
roming in so slow that neither side fee
justified in claiming the electoral vote
with any confidence.
North Carolina is claimed by botl
parties, but, as in Tennessee, the re
turns are very slow and no definite con
clusion is possible at present. Soutl
Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Ala
bama and Louisiana are all for Bryan
by about the normal Democratic major
tiles. The Virginia electors will, with
out question, be for Bryan, but they
have been elected by heavily reduced
Democratic vote. The Republican,
have abandoned all hope of Texas anC
the state is conceded to Bryan. Tht
fusion between the Populists and tn,
Republicans in this state did not prove
q success. Nebraska has gone for Bryan
Notwithstanding the Republican,
claims, but Kansas has as yet said prac
tically nothing. The returns show Dem
ocratic gains in some districts, and thest
are offset by Republican gains in othel