The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18
FACTS AND FIGURES BOTH.
Republicans Shotc That Mckinley Will
Surely Be Elected.

Surely Be Elected.
CHICAGO, ILL, Oct. 17.-The Republi-
can National Com mmittee to-day issued an
elaborate statement, taxing as a basis
the table given out this week by the
Democratic Congressional Committee,
which showed the mum ber of Representa-
tives they expect to elect, and deducting
from that table the claim that the Demo
Gratis thus admit the election of McKin-
ley. The statement is made:
at goes without saying that party
which admits that it cannot elect more
than one-third to one-sixth of the men,
bers of Congress from any given State mas
no expectation OF carrying that State for
the Presidential nominee. Usually candi-
dates for Congress poll a larger number of
votes than the Presidential candidate,
since every man has his personal friends
to whom be can appeal for the certain
support which they would not give for
party reasons"
The Republican committee then goes
on to give lis; of the States in which the
Democratic Congressional Com mittee
claims only part of the Representatives,
and shows that those States give total
mum Der of 210 Presidential electors, four
teen short of the number necessary to
elect. The Republican managers follow
with list of tne States not included as
mentioned, which "they are absolutely
confident of carrying" as follows: Cali
fornia, Indiana, Kentucky, Kansas, Mary
land, Minnesota, Nebraska, the Dakotas,
Washington. West Virginia and Iowa,
giving ninety-two additional electoral
votes for Mckinley, or 302 altogether.
Chairman Hanna and his colleagues also
give The following States, which they be-
lieve they stand more than even
chance" of carrying: Idaho, Louisiana,
Missouri, Montana North Carolina, Ten
nessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia, total
OF eighty-four electoral votes. The re-
naming sixty-one electoral votes are
classed as probably Democratic"
Colonel J. II. Bingham, master of the
National Grange and president of the
Ohio Prison Board under Governor Nc
Kinley, arrived at National headquarters
from an extensive tour among the farmers
OF Iowa. He said he had taken particular
pains to discover the extent of the silver
sentiment among Republicans while on
the stump and had not discovered any
more than among the Republican wage
earners in the cities, which was incon-
siderable.
Three Ohio State officers-F. S. Monett,
Attorney General: w. j. Gilbert, Auditor,
and s. J. Campbell, Treasurer-called on
the com mittee on their way to the Dakotas,
where they will speak for the next two
weeks.
Committeeman Payne said he had re-
ceiYed reports from the State committee
of California and Washington and from
other sources this week which place those
States in the sure Mckinley column.
w. @. Beer, who had charge OF the Union
generals train through Indiana and else
where, was at headquarters giving an
enthusiastic report of the effective work
done by the distinguished soldiers. He
said the demonstrations in their bonol at
every stopping place in Indiana and Ken
lucky have been surprise to the speakers.
The Alger special train will leave Canton
next Monday morning and run to Cleve-
land, maxim nine stops en- route and
arriving in CT veland in time for meet
ing that night.