Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-29
Chicago Records Ballot Contin-
ues to Give Him the Largest
Per Cent. of Gains.
PROVED BY FIGURES.
A Steady Stream of Ballots with q
Uniform Result in Favor of
Mr.. Bryan.
A Postal Card Ballot That from the First
Has shown That There Are More Re-
publicans Who win Vote for
Bryan Than There Are Dem
ocrats Who VIII Vote
for Mckinley.

The Chicago Records postal card bal
| lot continues to show the largest per-
centage of gains for Bryan. A larger
number of republicans are voting, to be
sure; but that was entirely natural and
to be expected. Republicans are urged
to vote. Democrats and others intend
ing to vote for Bryan and free silver,
on the other hand, have been urged
not to vote; but enough of them have
voted in every ward of Chicago and
in each of the doubtful states to show
that there is a much larger drift of
republicans to Bryan than of demo-
Gratis to Mckinley. This is the most
significant thing-indeed, it is the only
significant thing-about the Records
ballot. Mr.. ID. NJ. Link, of Auburn,
Ind, makes the following impartial
analysis of the vote:
81 believe the true estimate of the
November vote can only be based upon
the change of votes as shown by the
Record. For instance, to-day's Record
shows that the Mckinley vote in Cook
county is composed of 80 per cent. re-
publicans and Is 2-3 per cent. demo-
Gratis; the Bryan vote of 70 per cent.
democrats and % per cent. republic
ans. In Nebraska the Mckinley vote
is composed of % per cent. republic
ans and per cent. democrats, while
the Bryan vote is 20 per cent. demo-
cratic and 30 per cent. republican. In
Michigan McKin1ey's vote is 90 per
cent. republican and 10 per cent.
democratic; Bryan's, "A per cent. dem
ocratic and &c per cent republican.
In Iowa McKinley's vote is 92b per
cent republican and ia per cent.
democratic; Bryan's is II per cent.
democratic and % per cent. republic
an. In Indiana McKinley's vote is
composed of o4h per cent. republic
an and 51s per cent. democratic; Bry-
ans, 7S 1-3 per cent. democratic and
21 2-3 per cent. republican. In Illinois,
outside of Cook county, McKin1ey's vote
is composed of 90 2-3 per cent. republic-
an and 1-3 per cent. democratic;
Bryan's, s2Ia per cent. democratic aud
17h per cent. republican. In Missouri
McKinley's vote is composed of "a 1-3
per cent. republicans and 2-3 per
cent. former democrats, while Bryan's
vote is composed of ss 1-3 per cent.
democrats and IL 2-3 per cent. former
republicans. From these figures it can
be seen that Bryan has made a clear
gain in Chicago of 9 1-3 per cent; in
Nebraska, % per cent; Michigan, 10;
Iowa, 1919; Indiana, 16 1-6; Illinois, out
side of Cook county, 10 1-6 per cent,
and in Missouri of per cent. This, to
me, is the most certain Indication of
the change of sentiment, the percentage
of change and who is gaining by the
change"
The per centage of gains here shown
for Bryan does not apply merely to
one ward or two wards in the city of
Chicago, or to any particular one of
the doubtful states. 1t shows that al
most the same identical percentage of
gain is shown in all the wards of
Chicago and in each of the doubtful
states. This makes it safe and en-
tirely reliable basis for calculation, and
a veritable landslide for Bryan in every
state which appears in the Records
ballot. This analysis is strictly in line
with, and is confirmed by, information
received at both state and national
democratic headquarters in this city
from entirely reliable sources in these
states.
Mr.. Bryap's election is assured. md
each day from now until the election
will only emphasize his victory and
add to the size of his majority.