People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-11-12
MCKINLEY Is THE WINNER,
Bryan Sends His congratulations to
Major Mckinley.

Major Mckinley.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 5.-"The fight
has just commenced"
Thus spoke William j. Bryan to-
night, when asked if he considered
that the result of the election had
been serio US blow to the cause of
bimetalllsm.
He had just sent amessage to Major
Mckinley, cOnceding his election and
rendering his congratulations.
Mr.. Bryan surrendered at $40
o'clock. He had just received the
signal and responded within the next
ten minutes with a telegram to his
successful rival. This signal was a
brief message from Senator Jones,
chairman of the Democratic national
committee, informing him thai he
did not consider it wise to longer hold
the concession of McKinley's election.
The receipt of the telegram created
no scene whatever, and one unac-
quainted with the facts would never
have suspected from the surface in
dicatiOns the Importance of the
occasion, or that the chief actor 10
the drama had more than a passing
interest in it. He handed tue tele- |
gram TO Mrs. Bryan, who was stand |
ing near him, and without a word, |
except to explain the purpOrt of the
message, sat down to his desk and |
penned the following telegram
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 5.
"TO Hon. Wm. Mckinley, Jr, Canton, O.:
Senator Jones has just Informed
me that the returns indicate your
election, and | hasten to extend my
congratulations. We have submitted
the issue to the people and their will
is law.
lSigned@ "W. J. BRYAN"
While writing the message, and
after it was completed, Mr.. Bryan
chatted pleasantly with the news
paper correspondents who surrounded
him, indicating by his manner that
he felt relieved to have the matter
definitely determined even though
the result was against him. He also
showed very plainly that Senator
Jones message was no surprise to him,
as it Ttieed was not, for, as those
who have been in his confidence knew
he had considered the battle as prac.
tically lost ever since the first night
after the election. He has, however,
felt that it would be both discount
eOuS and unwiSe to give out any in
timation to this effect until the
national committee had spoken.
Mr.. Bryan had announced that he
would later issue an address but he
declined to make any statement TO-
night or submit to any interview,
further than to say that the fight for
silver had jast begun. 1t is known
to be his purpose to devote much of
bis time in the future to educating
the people to the acceptance of his
views on the financial question, and
1t is his intention to sound the key
note ln the paper which he will issue
tomorrow, He will dwell upon the
effects of single gold standard and
will urge the advocates of bimetallIsm
TO maintain their organization and
use the utmost endeavors in behalf of
this cause until it wins at the polls.
Mr.. Bryan also declined to outline
his future plans or to give his opinion
as to the cause which led to his de-
feat. 1t is quite certain, however,
that he will be tempted by none of
the fiattering offers which are coming
to him to leave Lincoln. He will
remain about his home for the next
few weeks recuperating, for, while in
no way exhausted by the duties of
the campaign, he COnfesSes 70 a feel
ing Of langour as result of the
ardHOus labor of the past four
months. 1t is also believed that
Mr.. Bryan thinks that the result of
the election has in it much to en-.
courage independence by this couu-
try on the question of free coinage of
silver.
INDIANA.
Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 5.-Oom-
plete unofficial returns from every
county in Indiana show McKinley's
plurality to be 20,964.
Chairman Parks Martin of the
Democratic state committee, said to-
day that returns that had been re-
cieved at the Democratic headquart-
ers did not include the POpulist vote
in good many parts Of the state.
Asked for his opinion on the result of
Indiana, Mr.. Martin said;
ION the face of the returns the
Republicans have carried the state by
from'l2,O 1000 to 15,OOO.n /,
Allen W. Clark, who has been the I
leader of the free silver movement in
this, state said:
II think we are gone un.u