The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-04
STATE MANAGERS
TENOR OF THE REPORTS RECEIVED
AT STATE HEADQUARTERS.
Receiving the News mt Gen. HarrisOn's
HOme-GOv. Matthews Was Hope
full Until the Last.

The scenes about the State headquarters
of the two parties last evening naturally
showed a great contrast. At the Republic
an headquarters. in the Journal Building,
nobody was barred, and the rooms were
crowded. Behind the big table in the room
where the returns were received were two
telegraph operators, one taking the West
ern Union bulletins and the other the tel
egrams direct to the committee. Secretary
Mansfield and F. NJ. Millikan kept tabs on
the figures fer Indiana. and about the
table enjoying the good news were Chair
man Gowdy, c. w. Fairbanks, f. IL. Nebe-
ker, A. w. Wishard. Representative Over
street. j. B.. Healing. +. II. Trip and a
number of other Republicans. The news,
cheerful as 1t was, was taken quietly and
as though everybody was happy. The re-
turns from the State outside Of Indianap-
oils were very slow in coming in. but they
were cheerful when they did come. AS
usual, county chairmen whose counties
showed up best were the first to report, and
it looked for a while as though the State
were going Republican by as much as TO-
co.,, but by 10 o'clock the returns a set
tied down to a fairly steady average gain
of twelve to the precinct outside of Indian
apolis.
Chairman Gowdy steadily declined to
make any estimate on the State until 1880
O'Clock, when he wired TO Chairman Hanna
at Cleveland as follows: Republican ma
jority in Indiana will be 10000. Both
branches of the Legislature are Republican
by a coed majority. We have eleven Con-
gressmen, with two in doubt"
A few minutes later Mr.. Fairbanks made
4 q IN.
are that Mckinley will nave $4,000 plurality.
The Legislature is Republican in both
branches and the Republicans have elev-
en- congressman. with two in doubt.
WITH THE POPOCRATS.
One had to tread softly in the rooms of
Chairman Martin. of the Popocratc State
committee. A few men prominent In the
great silver movement like F. ]. Van Vorhis
and Julius Rosenheimer, had gathered there
with the chairman. Allen w. Clark, j. Il.
Tanning, M. ID. Yontz, Leon O.. Bailey and
other silver Democrats to hear the re-
turns. An operator had been engaged and
the first returns he transcribed were not
encouraging. Thew came from New York,
Maryland, Chicago and Kentucky. The
place assumed the atmosphere of a funer-
al. All sorts of excuses were MADE as 10
why things were thus, but Mr.. Tanning
grew weary early and went home, wishing
he had his money back. Inc nrSt returns
from Indiana that they got were the West
ern Union bulletins. showing an average
gain of twelve TO the precinct for the Re
publicans. They consoled themselves with
the thought that these Western Union bull
Ietins indicated a Republican plurality In
1892. and Van Vort is advanced the theory
that these were all city precincts and when
the country was heard from the returns
would have a different complexion.
About 10 O'Clock Chairman Martin began
to receive some private kilograms and they
were of a favorable tenor. This was easy
to accou It for, for whenever a county
chairman could find anything favorable to
report he wired il in; otherwise he went
home and went to bed. Within a couple of
hours they heard from fifty-fiye precincts,
showing an average Popocratic gain of ten
to the precinct over 1892 and they perked
up so much courage that they raised a
purse OF So to take up a proposition made
by a Journal reporter of 0 TO l that the
State had gone Republican. Even then no
takers could be got for another 50 the re-
porter happened 10 have. AT this stage
Chairman Martin declared: Indiana is
Democratic. / have had no time to make
estimates, but we have carried the State"
Mr.. Yontz declared hat If IL were not for
Indianapolis. Fort Wayne and Terre Haute
the State would be Democratic. and some
body suggested that these cities be dropped
into the lake. At a late hour the Popo-
cratic managers still declined to concede
anything until the official count.