The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-12-11
HOW M'kINLEY GAINED.
avtds.css II some secret Work ~ M
Hanna.

Iowa, but IN SeNerni otheh se"'e
silver committees could very well At
sord 10 make an exact census OF some OF
those precincts In which an obnormai
vote has been polled, because IL aP-
pearsthat more votes have been counted
than there are male persons OF voting
ope. Let us consider some OF the figures
and see what they tell;
The latest returns from Iowa give Nc
Einley 2so.57s and Bryan 1926 with
about 5000 votes for Palmer and 2,5oo
for the prohibition candidate. The To-
tai is about 100000.
In 1892 the vote Of Iowa was: Cleve-
land. 196,367; Harrison. 2l9,7o5; Weav-
er. 2O.5o5, and prohibitionist, 6,4o2. The
total vote was 443. 15o. In 1858 the vote
was: Cleveland, 179.ss7; Harrison, 2l1,-
sos; prohibition, $3.50; union labor
e.1O5. The total vote was 4O4,13o. In
1895 the vote for governor was: Dem
ocrat 14o,433; republican. 2os,6so; pop
ulist, 32.11s; prohibitionist, HOSP. TO
tai. 4O1, 2o2. Mr.. Bryan this year polled
nearly $1,000 votes more than Mr.. Cieve-
innd did in 1892 and nearly $4,000 votes
more than Cleveland did in 1sss. lie
polled more votes than any republican
candidate for the presidency ever poneu
before this year. Yet 10000 heretofore
unknown republicans came u OF the
brush and cast their votes for Mr.. Nc
Kinley. The total vote shows an IN
crease of II. o over 1892.
The best figures obtainable abo III
,ois for this year give Bryan 459'70o;
Mckinley, 603.s17; Palmer. 3,s02, and
about 1900 for the two prohibition can
didates. The total is about 100000.
In 1892 the vote for president was
Cleveland. 426, 2s1: Harrison, 39o'2ss;
Weaver, 90, 207; prohibition. 25.s70. The
total was s73,646. In 1sss the vote for
president was: Cleveland. 34s.27s; Har'
rison, 37o.473; prohibition, 81 1895; union
labor. 1890: united labor, 140. The to-
tai! was 747.6 S In the republican land
slide Of 1894 the vote for state treas
urer was: Democrat. 322.45o; republic
an, 445,ss6; prohibition, 19,475; popu-
list. 59,793. 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 hat candidate. Mr.. Bry-
On polled $4,000 more votes than MI
Cleveland carried the state with IN le92'
when Cleveland had q plurality OF 81
BOO over Harrison. but again that mys-
terious vote comes out of the brush FOL
Mr.. Mckinley and gives him nearly
100000 votes more than ever before
were polled for any candidate.
In Oregon the vote was: Bryan, 46,
533; Mckinley. 4s.67o; Palmer, s33; pro
hibition. SIT. In 1892 it was: Cleveland
L. ,243; Harrison. $4,000: Weaver. 26,
eos; prohibition, 2,2s1. The democrat
and populists were fused on one electo'
that year and he was elected. This yea
MIR. BRYAN polled over 5000 more vote
than were ever before polled for tn
candidate of any party, yet the Nc
Kinley vote makes a tremendous Leaf
being nearly 40 per cent. greater tina
the vote cast for Harrison in 1892.
The complete unofficial figures 70
Indiana this year give Mckinley 1923
bio; Bryan. 3o3,s54; Palmer. S,579
Lcvering, 1858; Bentley. 1889; socia
list labor, las. Total, 639.544.
In 1892 Cleveland carried Indiana b
1925, the vote being: Cleveland, 262
740; Harrison, 255,6l5; Weaver, 22,20s
prohibition, 13,O50. Total vote was 554
, O13. In 1883 the vote was: Clevelan'
/, e61,013; Harrison, 263,361; prohibition
p.ss1; union labor, 2,694. Total vot
: 536,949. In 1894 the highest vote unit
0 this year hat was ever given to al
h candidate was given to the republica
candidate for secretary Of state.
was 2s3, 405. His democratic opponel
polled only 23s.732 votes, the prohit
tionists, 11,157. and the populist, 2o,3s
% The total vote was 562.6S2. This We
% Of grace, 1896, Mr.. Bryan received 2
400 more votes than were ever befo
= given TO any candidate. He polled !
600 votes more than Mr.. Cleveland
: ceived in 1892, which would be
> counted for by the addition of the por
= list vote and a reasonable gain. II
= behold, the Mckinley vote leaped IL
a. ward 10000 through the appearance
!, On army that never before cast a b
$50 lot, and that disappeared immediate
loo and has not since been seen.
az The vote in Ohio vas approximate
~ 475,000 for Mr.. Bryan and $4,000
u Mckinley. Mr.. Bryan polled Az
votes more than were ever given to q
republican candidate in Ohio beft
this year, the vote for Bushnell
h. governor in 1895 being 427, 141. ]
"a Bryan had 10000 votes more than
ar Harrison received when he carried
state in 1892. The vote that year '
he Harrison, 405,1s7; Cleveland, 404,1
he Weaver, 1850; prohibition, 26,O12.
$50 may be sure that Mr.. Bryan did
IS. have any votes counted for him that
Of didn't get. Yet in spite OF his ga
"a, there were 10000 individuals '
10 never voted before, yet came out OF
i37 woods long enough to vote the rep
tbs lican ticket and defeat him by 10000
The Kentucky vote is rs follows:
to Kinley, 21s,055; Bryan, 217,797; ]
H. mer, s,01s; lowering, 1874. Mr.. Br
Jus -~~:-nl nvo~ 40 0oo votoo morn thnu