The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-25
Election Results Free Him from the
Charged of Anarchy and Repudia.

| viding line that the farmer would be
| the deciding factor and that he would
| be found beneath the banner of the
white metal. The claim was pressed
| so urgently that a great many of the
| Republicans, even counting some or
the most sagacious among the number,
| feared for the farmer vote. But what
| ever may be said of the farmer and his
| verdancy in Il jesting manner, ii Is the
| real sentiment of the American people
that the American farmer is man of
honor, loyalty, and has his full share of
| hard sense. The election figures clear
| him completely of the accusations of
| training with the silver crowd.
| 1t is interesting to run over the fig
ures. Illinois Is the foremost state in
| the union in the production of farm
| crops. Her annual yield is S1Si, $1,000,
| taking the figures of the last census,
| which are sufficiently accurate to carry
the thread of the story. The Republic
can majority over Bryan in Illinois Is
125,0O0 Next in Importance to Illinois
as a farm state is New York. with
crop of $l6l. .593OOO and a Republican
majority of 100000. Pennsylvania's $ an
nual farm crop is worth $121,32S,OOO.
| Her Republican majority is $4,000.
| Ohio with crop of Sl33,232.OOO gave a
| majority of $4,000. Iowa, good for u
crop of $159 900, rolls up $4,000 Re-
publican majority. Michigans crop Is
$SS 900 900. her majority $4,000: Niscon-
sins crop S10,00O,000 her majority l0O,-
600: Minnesotas crop 81, ,OOO,OOO. her ma
jority $4,000. And so it goes. In every
| state that shows considerable agri-
cultural product. big Republican ma
iorities have been cast over the Dem
Ocratic ticket, or the normal Democrat L
| It. majorites of other years have been
| reduced Texas Is the leading aSricul-
| tural states saved by the Democrats.
| Hsr annual crop amounts to Sl1l,OOO,-
600 Cleveland. four years ago, had
| majority of l5S,0OO over his Republican
opponent, which is this year cut down
TO 10000. The 10000 of Kentucky has
been wiped out or put in slight victory
on the other side. Tennessee Is sun
not absolutely certain, although the
Democrats triumphed there by $4,000 IN
| 1892. California Is redeemed from hav-
ng gone for Cleveland. Missouri, Ne
braska and Kansas are about the only
really agricultural states that have not
done better for the Republican ticket
this year than in 1892.
But that is no: all of the story. 1t
might be said that all the gain came
from the cities. But while the cities,
the homes of the workingmen, re-
sponded nobly, the country also did its
share. A dumb. but effective witness
of this fact was the Post of Thurs lay.
1t printed the majorities of the differ
ent counties In Pennsylvania. and
along with the maiorities the gain Of
each candidate in each county. In
siXty-six counties gains were SHOWN
for Mckinley. The column devoted to
gains for Bryan was bank from top
10 lottom, The startling intelligence
was disclosed by such good authority
that Bryan had not made gain In q
single county of the State. Demo-
cratic strongholds WED with each other
in getting under the banner of right
cousne ss. The workingmen and the
business men of the counties made a
brave rally. But the counties are made
up largely Of farmers, and the farmers
were enrolled on the right side When
| the vote was counted.
In other states 1t was the same.
Baltimore was counted on for an In
creased majority, when II was hoped
would save Maryland for the Republi-
cans. Baltimore gave the Republican
.rcrease. so did the counties of Maiy-
land. Chicago was depended upon to
give a Republican vote sufficient to
save the state from the farmers or the
counties, and particularly of the south
eni. The farmers piled on top OF tina:
Chicago majority another one, ana
either cf them alone are phenomeraliy
large. New York City was looked II
for q big increase in the Republican
vote to make up for farmer defections.
New Yo.i; gave the increase and the
farmers of the state came to the Har-
lem River with votes enough fer the
Republican. ticket to appal the Demo-
cratic candidate If he has any sels'-
tivrress about him. The farmers OF
Iowa, tie farmers of Wisconsin. VII
/ -1e unpl DnnpSv1I- nip col =
dicr for their governor. the farmers of
| Minnesota, who surprised everybody
by their devotion to sound money. tn''
| farmers i'm every State, have cleared
| their skirts of the charges that 1t Is
the farmers vote that threatens the
| stability of the currency and the honor
of the nation.
The big majorities for silver. what
few there are, come either from the
mining states, or else from those hide
bound Democratic states so completely
given up to the Democrats that the eff
forts of the intelligent farmers could
do no better than reduce the majorities
| or give the old party scare. Colorado
turns off a majority over the Repub-
licans of 12J.G00. That is the only real
ly big figure in all of Bryan's list of
states. The mining states of the noun
tains did what they could with their
small handfus of voters, but even
there the farm sense OF the fanchera
manifested Itself. Colorado. with its
comparatively big vote for'silHer, ana
Texas with its normal Democratic ma
jority over the Republican vote more
than cut in two, are the only states
carried by Bryan that gives more than
$4,000 votes for him above that cast for
Mckinley. But Mckinley has II states
that give him more than $1,000 Of a
Pennsylvania give Mckinley almost as