The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-04
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lowing dispatch from Indianapolis signed
G. " Fairbanks:
you have carried Indiana by 35.00c-'
At ii o'clock Major Mckinley received the
following from Governor Morton, OF New
AT O'Clock, from returns already re-
ceived, / feel. warranted in extending my
heartiest congratulations on your triumph
ant election to the presidency of the United
States. My State ratifes the verdict by
giving you a plurality of at least quarter
OF million"
State Chairman Kuntz sent the following:
mo more Joyous demonstration was ever
witnessed than that which followed the
announcement OF your certain election.
The demonstration in Park Rink for thir-
~ minutes has been such as to preclude
receipt of further news. The streets are
filled with vast throng of cheering and
demonstratiye people, such as never We're
committee / congratulate you on the an
swer which the country has given to the
principles Of which you are the dis
tinguished Representatives.
The election victory spread through
Canton early in the evening. 1t found ex-
preston in a surging crowd in courthouse
other Instruments of discord. Orators held
forth on every side and the praises or the
Canton candidate were on every lip. Large
stereopticon bulletins in front of the Repos-
itory office gave the details Of the swelling
Mckinley tide to the eager multitude.
There was comparative quiet in front OF
the 11Chlulcy nOlIt, dS Tic tIOWO 2CAioAhSu
down town.
The ladies Who heard the returns in the
Mckinley parlor included Mrs: Mckinley,
mother Mckinley. Mrs. Duncan, the
Majors sister: Miss Helen Mckinley Miss
Mabel Mckinley. Mrs. Maria Saxton. Mrs.
Marshal Barber, sister of Mrs Mckinley.
At IL 30 Mr.. Mckinley received tremen-
dous ovation from his Canton townspeople.
He took a position on the open porch OF his
residence and waived his salutations TO the
enthusiastic concourse. The midnight was
made light as day by hundreds of FAM
beaux and blazing fires of red and green.
Major Mckinley made no address. For an
hour the remarka BILE spectacle proceeded.
The whistles of all the factories Joined In
one long continued schreech. which echoed
throughout the town. Mingled with this
was the booming of cannon, the firing of
guns and pistols and the shouts from ten
thousand threats. The crowd was massed
soiidly for three squares down Market
street
Chairman Babcock. of the Republican
con gressional committee. teleGraphs Major
Mckinley that the next House of Repre-.
sertatives will have majority of 100 fol-
sound money.
The din about the Mckinley cottage is as
deafening as ever at go a. m. The interior
of the house looks as though an army had
marched through it. being Uttered witt
debris. The crowd has gone. but a few OF
Major McKinley's close associates remained
with him in the DINING room. where coffee
was served over the late returns.
Major Mckinley expects to make a night
of it. At o'clock word comes that the
IippCdnOe CluD, OF Cleveland. Is on the
way and he will stay up to receive them
about a. m.
A dispatch to Major Mckinley from
Raleigh. N. c., states that he has carried
that State by $1,000 Another states tina
Representative Towne. of Duluth, Sixth
district of Minnesota, is defeated.
At Mr.. Bryan's Home.
LINCOLN, Neb.. Nov. 3.-The bulletins
relating to the State and congressional
ticket in Nebraska were unsatisfactory
and it was nearly impossible to form an
estimate from them. Results from scatter
ing precincts were received and the little
group gathered in the library of the home
of the nominee compared them as best il
could with the results of four years ago
The members OF the party figured it out
that Bryan would In all likelihood carry
the State. The returns on the congress
sional vote as made to Mr.. Bryan were OF
no value. and nothing could be learned
from them. State Chairman Bahlman, OF
the Democratic committee, telephoneC
from Omaha that the Mckinley majority
would be only about COO or 800, and thai