The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-18
IT WAS A CLOSE SHAVE.
BRYAN MISSED ELECTION BY
ONLY TWENTY-SIX THOU
SAND VOTES.
Silver Question to Continue Liye
Issue-WatsOn's Partner Elect.
cd to Congress.
Peoples Party Bureau,

| Peoples Party Bureau,
st. Louis. Mo-. Nov. II.
| When the first election returns came
in it looked like Republican landslide; :;
but later developments show it to be
quite the contrary. Like the wise man
of God who said In his wrath that all
men were fools, and forgot to correct
the statement later, they claimed at
first an overwhelming victory and have
neglected to give facts and figures
since. The truth is that about $4,000
| more votes would have put Bryan in the
White house.
| If the following states had given tho
additional number of votes opposite
their names it would have assured Bry-
an 60 electoral votes. These, added to
! the 167 already safe, would have given
him 227 votes, in the electoral college;
| three more than is needed to elect. Had
| California given 2,510, Delaware 1885,
Indiana, II, 100; Kentucky 251; North
Dakota 2,51O; Oregon SOLO, South Da-
kota 151, West Virginia 6,010; Wyoming
| 101, in addition to the Bryan vote cast,
| the rOosters would have been on the
| other fence.
Let no believer in silver be discour-
| aged. These figures speak in eloquent
words of the mighty hold this question
has taken on the minds of the people,
| and they are safe prophesy of victory
in the future.
1t is generally conceded that an extra
session of congress will be called by
President Mckinley.
w. J. Bryan has been inundated with
business offers, all of which have hand
| some incomes attached. None of them
have been accepted as yet. In his ad-
| dress to his supporters Mr.. Bryan ex
presses himself in dignified manner
in regard to the result of the election,
but urges that the campaign of education
be kept up. ~'' "s'''
c. D. Lane, wealthy gold mine owner
of California, offers to support Bryan
and his family for the next four years,
SO that he may be free to give his en-
tire time to the great work for which he
has shown himself SO we'll fitted. zs.
Secretary Morton and Henri Waiter
son, ct al, are out urging the Democratic
party to get lesson out or it's recent de-
feat and rally to the support of the In
| dianapolis platform"
The Kansas legislature stands: Pop
ulists 90, Democrats 9, Free Silver Re-
| publicans, 2. A Populist senator will,
of course, be elected. Lewellyn, Pfeffer
| and Briedenthal are candidates.
Hon. Thomas Watson received 81
| votes in the electoral college. Gen.
Weaver received % in 1892.
Late returns show that that good and
able man, Cyclone Davis" is defeated
in the congressional race.
National Chairman Marion Butler is
sued an address to his party Nov. 7th.
He speaks in the highest terms of Bryan
and ascribes his defeat to the failure of
the Silver Republicans to support him In
such numbers as had been expected.
Prof Suesz, the greatest European
authority on currency and finance, does
not agree with leading gold bugs of the
United States, who are again assuring
one another that the "silver craze" is
dead. He says: at is foolish to con-
slider that the election has settled the
silver question either for America or
the rest of the world. Recent events, on
the contrary, prove the existence of
general feeling that the injustice by
which creditors are benefited, proceeds
from existing conditions of the coinage.
The bimetallic movement in Europe is
extending. Gold coin has twice brought
us in recent years to the verge of a
universal crisis. The London Times
warns it's readers not to expect the silver
question to be dropped: For" it adds,
lit is obviously to the advantage of
American interests to do something for
silver"
The first strike since McKinley's elec-
tion is reported from Ohio. Several
,,,;p CT; ho
Accent rate, saying they can hardly
live on the 61-cent rate.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, who is an
ardent advocate for the ownership of
the railroads by the federal govern
ment, states that he has plan to which
he intends to devote his entire time,
during the coming session. This plan
includes government ownership of the
roads acquired by purchase and fore
closure of mortgages and Indebtedness
overdue, and the throwing open of the
roads to the public as in the case of toll
roads; these tolls to be so low as to pro-
duce just enough revenue to defray the
expenses of keeping roads, tracks, etc..
in perfect order. The train service
would be entirely in the hands of the
people, who would have to arrange for
running time with proper authorities,
who would be subject to laws laid down
by the government. He sees in such an
arrangement a cure for the high freight
rates, and the attainment of tremendous
benefits to the farmer and manufacturer.
A woman presidential elector is re-
turned from Wyoming.
Only one county in Washington gave
Mckinley majority.
A Populist United States Senator, to
succeed Lucian Baker, is possibility
of the future in Kansas, as the legisla-
ture will "Gerrymander" the state in
eight instead of seven districts.
Senator Butler estimates the number
of Mckinley Democrats at 100000.
Two Bryan electors are returned from
Kentucky.
The Republicans, seeing their power
| in the Kentucky legislature, have broken
! faith with the gold Democrats.
Secretary Carlisle will back w. c. p.
Breckenridge lor the United States SEN
ate.
Virginias fusion ticket was carried