The herald., 1896-11-05
Only $4,000 Votes Are Ac-
counted For
THREE THOUSAND ARE LOST
Have Not Been Tailed by the Election
Officers
They Are for Bryan and They Must Be
Counted
James McLachlan Admits His Defeat
and Can Now Arrange to Retire to
the Walks of Private Life.
The Returns.

The Returns.
Los Angeles city complete gives Will
lam ]. Bryan a majority of SAT, lacking
six Democratic precincts. These are
Republican figures.
This Is a grand victory and when one
considers the tremendous forces at work
to bring about majority in this city
and county for the Mckinley electoral
ticket the triumph may be considered
phenomenal.
In the county, taken as a whole, the
result is at present in doubt, with the
almost absolute certainty that the Of
fetal count will disclose majority for
Bryan.
The Republicans claim the county,
but have given up the city.
They started out early in the day by
claiming both the city and county.
The Republican committee at II a. m.
claimed the city by 1000 and the county
by 1900.
The chairman also claimed that the
county had gone for McLachlan by 1000.
Later in the day he admitted that the
city had gone for Bryan by about 200.
but denied that Bryan had carried the
county.
The Republicans were also compelled
30 weaken on McLachlan and to admit
that he had not carried the county at all.
At 5 a. m the committee admitted Mr..
McLachlan's defeat and at p. IN. he ad-
mitted it himself.
But the deal the voters are getting in
obtaining information as to the result
of the vote cast in this county is abso-
lutely without precedent.
Never before has there been such de-
lay experienced in finding out how the
various precincts have voted on presi-
Dental electors in this county.
Why this outrage has been perpetrat-
ed upon the public is easily to be dis
cerned.
1t is quite apparent that there will be.
if it is necessary, an effort made to Jug
gle with the returns.
The election of William J. Bryan may
depend on the vote of California.
This being the case, the great import
ance of securing fair play, an honest
count, devoid of jugglery or endeavors
to override the apparent intention of the
voter will be realized at a glance.
But to do this everybody must be on
guard The courthouse ring are alert at
defeating the will of the people. There
is nothing they would not do to accom-
plish their point. They are in control Of
the returns and the trust is one which
must be kept inviolate or there is going
to be trouble.
Right here let it be mentioned that all
the way through this memorable con-
test the courthouse ring has been work.
ing hand and glove with the Republican
county committee to bring about Re
publican victory in this county In the
language of Mark Hanna-"if not one
way, then another"
The Republican committee from the
opening of the campaign to the close
has had everything it's own way when it
comes to the securing of special favors
from county officials-of character
both official and unofficial.
For instance, in the Seventh and
Eighth wards the Republican ward heel
ers and workers wore deputy sheriffs'
badges and claimed and were given spe-
cial privileges as officers of the law to
bulldoze, impede. threaten and intim-
idate Bryan voters.
This was the rankest piece Of work
ever contemplated and put into practice
in this county, but it was only in line
with what has been done right through
this whole campaign in this city and
county.
Anything and everything was done to
subvert the will, intention and desire of
the voter by scheme or job that could be
put into effect.
In this work the Republican commit
tee has had the help and aid of the
courthouse ring to man. They have
given ready and willing assistance and
now job is on foot to fix the returns so
that they will show majority for Nc
kinley.
The Republican state central commit
tee sent out confidential circular di-
rectng the Republican election officers
to under no circumstances consent to
the totalizing of the votes cast for the
Democratic and Populist tickets, al
though they were both 1dentlcaily ne
same individuals This has, to the GER
tain knowledge of gentlemen, been done
in a number of precincts in the county.
But just how many cannot be aScer-
tanned. But it is plainly evident that it
has been done in number of precincts.
This is shown by the fact that the to-
tai vote cast as it now appears is 33, 467
This is something like 10000 votes short
of the registered number.
The registration was Shamefully
stuffed by Mr.. Newlin's deputies.
But, admit this, there are something
like 5000 votes cast that do not appear
credited to anybody on the face Of the
returns as they are now given out.
Who got those 5000 votes and to whom
are they credited?
Here is where some fine Italian work
has been and is being done.
The county is credated with 13,SUO
votes, approximately, while the city
shows up with 1S,S00 votes cast.
From the city, In round numbers, a.
900 votes We're registered, and 1880 of
them showed up. This leaves 5000 votes
in the city not cast and suffers.
But in the country precincts 1890
votes have been cast in an approximate
registration " 10000. The stuff1ing of
the register was done in the city and not
in the country. Therefore it is safe to
estimate that 5000 country voters in the
county have either failed to vote or
their votes have not been tailed as
cast.
In other words, 1t is plain to be seen
that the popular vote, in the country
particularly, has not been tailed and
added to the vote cast for the Demo-
cratic electors.
According to the showing made by the
Republican committee there have been
but 100 Populist votes cast in the city,
out of a total of 18, 800 votes.
Now. two years ago. out of a total
of 12.716 votes cast. the Populist strength
in the city was 1888. The fact thatswith