The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1896-09-11
"A STRAW BALLOT
Ballots Taken on Railway Trains Show a
Strong Indication Of Strength
Against Bryan for Mckinley.
A Mitchell Citizen Tells Of the G. A. R.
Special Train Trip frcm Mitchell
to st. Paul Last Week.
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PREACHER REGIMENT
]. B. YolgemutL Enjoys a Reunion With
a Methodist Preacher Regiment at
the st. Paul yneampment.
RESULT OF STRAW VOTES.
1t is Peculiar but They All Show a Great
Strength for Mckinley,

1t is Peculiar but They All Show a Great
Strength for Mckinley.
The west is presumed to be the home
of the free silverite and the hope has
been strong that Bryan would have but
little difficulty in carrying large por-
tion Of the western states. The excur-
sion trains to ST. Paul and Minneapolis
have been great harvest for the straw
vote enthusiast and nearly every train
into the Twin Cities have been subjected
to a vote on Mckinley and Bryan. The
people who travel on these trains are
from all classes and give a pretty clear
and direct expression of the western
people. The Aberdeen News complied
list of the straw votes as produced in
the Twin City papers which show the
relative strength of free silver in the
west:
The special train which left Aberdeen
over the Milwaukee road on Monday
morning was polled as it neared the
Twin Cities and cast 237 votes for Nc.
Kinley, 1l2 for Bryan with 36 not caring
to express a choice. The headquarters
train on the Northwestern gave McKin-
ley 267, Bryan los and 10 in doubt.
The Twin City papers report that a
Milwaukee special west from Mason
City, Iowa, was polled on Monday, with
the result that Mckinley had 24l votes
and Bryan S. The vote on an Iowa
Central train, all the voters being
Iowans, stood: Mckinley 247, Bryan 4.
Mckinley reached a vote of 42S to
Bryan's 56 on train of Wisconsin men
on the river division of the G. M. & St.
P. A train of fourteen coaches on the
same road from east of Mason City gave
the republican presidential candidate
over 50 per cent. of l 1000 votes. A Min
neapolis & ST. Louis train from South
Dakota gave Mckinley 1873 and Bryan
1872.
On Burlington train in Iowa, run.
ming in two sections, the poll stood: Nc
Kinley 456, Bryan Sc. Senator Henry
Keller polled Great Northern trair
into Minneapolis and found 232 votes
for Mckinley, l03 for Bryan, with 2;
non committal. A Great Northern trair
from North Dakota gave Mckinley 49,
votes and Bryan u, 10 of the passengers
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the Iowa & Minnesota division of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul gave
Mckinley 345 and Bryan Al. Two carr
on a Minneapolis & St. Louis train were
canvassed. One car gave Mckinley 2;
votes and Bryan 4, and the other 2!
straight votes for Mckinley. Out o
PA voters from Grundy Center, Iowa
and vicinity, Maj. Mckinley had II!
supporters, Bryan %, lowering, th,
prohibition candidate, 8, and were OF
the fence. The dea. ladies also insisted
on voting, and their 95 ballots wer'
divided as follows: Mckinley Sc, Bryal
10, prohibition 4, Indifferent only one
B. W. Shaw Of Minneapolis polled
car that was on its way to Minneapoli
from st. Louis, filled with delegates t,
the G.. A. r. and K. P. meets. OF tn
men, 1853 were for Mckinley, % TO
Bryan, with not voting:of the women
62 were for Mckinley, 12 for Bryan
with ~ not voting. A purely ioca
Minnesota train gave Mckinley 372
Bryan Is, Clough BIG, Lind 63.