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cedinR election. Ohio, of which Mr..
Allen complains as casting $4,000 fraud
ulent excess" of votes, increased her vote
1911 per cent in 1896 over 1892, yet Mr..
Allen contemplates with entire calmness
the fact that Wyoming. u State as ar
IDENTIFY for the free coinage of silver as
was Ohio against il, increased her vote
25.S per cent In the same election. He
also complains bitterly of Minnesota.
which he says cast II, 100 fraudulent
excess" of votes in the election of 1896,
but he omits to call attention TO the fact
that Minnesota's vote in 1896 was actual
ly SO per cent less than her own vote In
the presidential election of 1892. Her
vote in 1892 was 374.S07. and that of 1896
341. $3.50. falling of of $4,000 votes, but
as 107 900 of the votes of 1892 were cast
by the Union Labor party. which after
wards merged with the Populists, Mr..
Allen makes no complaint of the vote of
1892, which was y gain of Al per cent
over that of 1888, while the 1883 vote
was a gain of 1874 per cent over that of
1884. Illinois increased her vote in 1896
$40 per cent over 1892. and Mr.. Allen
charges fraudulent excess" of votes
amounting to 13T,OOO, Yet he offers no
complaint over the fact that Mississippi
increased her vote $40. or that Florida.
the birthplace Of Populism. increased her
vote 3O.5 per cent in 1896, as compared
with 1892. nor does he refer to the fact
that Illinois also gained 25.S per cent in
1876. The highest percentage of gain OF
any State in which Mr.. Allen charges a
fraudulent excess" of votes is Kentucky,
where the gain was 81 per cent, as COM
pared with 1892, and the fraudulent ex-
cess" charged is 1890. Mr.. Allen does
not, however, offer any objection what
ever TO the fact that Idaho, which sup
ported the free coinage of silver as enthu-
siastically as the Kentuckians opposed ii,
increased her vote in 1896 SO per cent,
as compared with 1892. nor does he refer
to the fact that Kentucky herself gained
36.1 per cent in the year 1876 and DAT
in 1888. and also omits to mention that his
own State, Nebraska. gained 5O.7 per cent
in 1888. 1t may be interesting to see some
of these figures side by side. as follows.
Table showing the percentage of gain
in 1896. compared with 1892, in votes
cast in presidential elections:
Republican States Democratic States
gain in 1896 over gain in 1896 over
m
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were recorded FOR the Repuhlicnn presi-

were recorded for the Republican presi-
dental candidates in that year. Not con-
tented with this, the vote was brought
down in many of those States even lower
in 1896 than in 1892. the number of votes
cast being actually less In the recent cleo
ton than in any which had preced-
ed il.
The above statements are verified by the
following figures taken from the official
records of the Government. They indi-
cate the population of those States in 1870
and 1890 as shown by the United States
consuls. and also show the total vote In
each State in the presidential elections OF
1876 and 1896 as shown by official returns.
Table showing the population in 1910
and 1890, and also the vote in 1876 and
1SsNG.
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BUSINESS IMPROVING.
A Stage Of Substantial mprovement
Battered Upon.

During the past week the marked i'm
provement in tone noted two weeks ago
has more than been retained. There has
been an increase in the volume of trans
actions. and further moderate advance
In prices, with little disposition TO realize
upon the higher range of values now es-
tablished. The buying of bonds for in
vestment has been conspicuous feature.
The gradual return toward ease in the Eu-
ropean money markets has induced more
active movement in securities across the
Atlantic. In London this change has de-
veloped a return of speculation in Amer
lean stocks, and during the week the pur-
chases in New York for that market have
been larger than for many months, indi-
eating some restoration of confidence in
our investments. Mr.. Clews thinks the
recovery in the investment market is at
tributable almost entirely to the con-
seriousness that ut last we have entered
upon a stage Of great and substantial i'm
provement in financial conditions DAY.
export Republican.
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3366.462

Totals :. g 1866, 1872 Net loss 195,OO3
Table showing by States the percentage
of gain in population in twenty years and
the percentage of gain or loss in votes in
tho cnrrasnondinv nariod.
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fO-,@oO -ot,oVV
The student of the above table should
bear in mind constantly that it is entirely
proper to add from ten to fifteen per cent
to the figures of the first column lin order
to obtain approximately the number of
male persons of voting age in the States
in question mt the time of the vote about
which Mr.. Allen complains. Nov. 3, 1896
The Vote of 1892 Was Light One.
There is another way of looking at II,
and a way which Senator Allen seems to
have entirely overlooked. He apparently
bases his assumption as to the number of
votes to which each State is entitled upon
the number of votes cast i'm 1892, since he
includes in his table the figures of that
election and compares those of 1896 with
them. Had he taken the trouble to ex-
anime the figures of the presidential cleo
tons during the past twenty years he
would have found that the vote of 1892
was the lightest in proportion to the pop
ulation that has been cast in presidential
election for many years, perhaps the light
est at any time since the close of the war.
Certainly the percentage of gain in the
total vote in 1892 over the preceding presi-
dental election is lighter than has been
the case in any presidential election since
1872. The following table gives the num-
Der of votes cast in each presidential cleo
ton since 1858. the increase in the num-
Der of votes and the percentage of in
crease.
Table showing the total vote cast in
each presidential election since 1868, the
gain in the number of votes in each cleo
ton and the percentage of gain in the
number Of votes cast:
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DEMOCRACY AND PoPULIsM.
They Cannot Co-operate-Remains but
One Course for the Democrats.

One Course for the Democrats.
There Is no possibility Of amalgamation
between Democrats and Populists, as the
principles for which they stand will no
more mix than oil and water. 1t requires
no particular powers Of political prophecy
TO foresee that the result will be the same
as II was in the last national convention
of the Democracy-the Populistic forces
will control II and name the platform
and candidates. Making due allowance
for the many thousands who voted direct
" with the Republicans, the sound money
Democrats can have no reasonable doubt,
after their experience i'm the last cam
paign, that they are In hopeless minor.
ity in their own party, and that the most
they can expect to do, either as individuals
or as an organization, is to defeat the aims
Of their former party associates by sup
porting the Republican candidates anu
platform either directly or through a de-
coy organization contributing TO the same
result. To recapture and dominate the
Democratic organization or to win as
separate organization they have rot n
ghost of show. The most effective and
consistent course, therefore, for them to
pursue Is TO take the advice recently given
to them by Senator Plat, to unite directly
with the Republican party.--Pittsburg
Commercial Gazette.
The truly great are those who con-
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Foundation Population

The above table, 1t will be seen. shows a
large gain in the population in each of the
States in question from the census of 1870
to the last census of 1890. 1t also shows,
however, that in every case except two
the vote of 1896 was much less than that
of 1876. The total population in these
States increased from about FIVE millions
in 1870 10 nearly eight and half millions
in 1890. yet the total vote fell from $780,
600 in 1876 to 791 900 in 1896.
The detail of the vote by States with the
gain in population and loss in votes Is
shown in the tables which follow.
Table showing by States the gain in
population in twenty years and gain or
loss in votes in the corresponding period:
Nj. lna
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Oh IooO IN ANut'
The canvass of the electoral vote for
President and Vice-President in the two
houses of Congress presents some inter
esting figures. The popular and electoral
,ota MARA as fcllows.
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ELECTION FIGURES


The story az the Presidential Canvass
of 1896 In a Nutshell.
The canvass of the electoral vote for
President and Vice-President in the two
houses of Congress presents some inter-
esting figures. The popular and electoral
vote were as follows:
Mckinley. Bryan.
Popular vote 4, 105,959 6,454 ,943
Electoral vote 271 176
states % -
The number of votes cast shows that
the majority of Mckinley over Bryan, and
plurality over all, indicates decisive vic
tory for the Republican party. Old party
lines were obliterated, and high principle
was INDICATED by men who believed in
the honor of the nation above mere party
adherence. The total result Of the can.
vass Is exhibited in the following figures:
Total popular vote. ....... .13,SI0,oo3
Mckinley over Bryan. ....... 651,Ol6
Mckinley over all. .......... 336, zoo
National Democratic vote..... 1880
Prohibition vote ......... 131, $40
Socialist Labor vote. ......... $3.50
Free Silver people. 1873
Popular vote 1892. ....... .12,591 ,35l
Increase in four years. ....... 1,2S4, 2O2
Electoral vote for Watson. ~
Bryan received the total Populist vote
of 1892, in addition to which was the Ro-
publican silver vote. as well as the vote of
those Democrats who "voted first and
read the platform afterwards" This ac-
counts for the large number of votes cast
for him. From Missouri he received the
highest number of electoral votes-seven-
teen. The votes of nine States were Civ
en- him, the highest of which had only
four electors. The canvass indicates a
divergence in the votes of States contrast
ed by the moral lines of wealth and popu-
lation. For Mckinley the votes from the
prosperous, conservative and largely
wealthy and populated States were almost
unanimous. Bryan's strength lay in those
States consisting mainly of territory and
not of people. The figures and facts show
that after all. while the plurality of Mr..
Mckinley was great, yet the comparisons
of territories make II still more signifi-
cant.--St. Joseph Herald.
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In 1857 MSr. Rampolla was created
rqv9fnal and i'm tSSs ne became parai
uflaersccretary Of state a little later sue
s.eedlug Cardinal .jaconsni As the heau %
tt1at department. Ever since ne ASSUME"
his uFrSent office Cardinal kampoiis has
been careful TO attach hiTnSeH 70 no i'a'
tietllar Marty. OF which there are several
-. .be vatican. Ne has been. above every
thing else. the pope's man rather ihau the
man Of any particular faction. his most
RENE rla pie quality being that OF impiieH
obedience. Aad while he has occasionally
With = tact that belongs 80 byEone age
won oveT the holy father. almost wtShoot
tile iafter's knowing II. "a MS OWN way OF
thinking. Ia the eyes Of hiS master as OF
the outer world he has appeared 10 be
oheyine orders without attempting to give
anv color 81 his own 10 TIE acts 81 Leo
XIII.
Thr triple alliance would probably raise
70 objection IL the elevation of Cardinal
Rampoia. and it Is certain that Il would
welcome the choice Of Cardinal sefanao
XsuHutelii, archbishop OF Bologna ana the
member Of fhe sacred college most openly
IN a fun reconciliation between the church
ard the Italian government Cardinal
NaanufeIlt. whe - stin under g., IL a man
Of striking appearance and personality,
tan. stately and handsome. 18th the head
and face Of q thinker. Those VINO know
him cresiit him win extraordinary dip3o-
matte skin and IT, MS ia diploma s.. IN
fact. that re fIrst made his reputation
The other preIates SAID n o- regarded
With favor hy tha cripple alliance are
Cardinal san E'el~o ayea ofSnop 81 >aU4es.
and Cardinal Capece3atro the Eeners bic
head % rte aret5ishnprlc q Capua-
Cardinal San Felice WHO - greatly BE-
Foved l.y his eouneryrlef, s. said - be re
personal choics OF Ksng HumbeTt, whose
friendship and confidence he has ~ jcYed
for macy years past IN fact I; was az
the kings side that in Iss+ he visited the
thousands OF Sufferers from the cholera
outbreak In Naples a8d gave many proofs
OF courage tina; ers1esared htm 20 the
italian people and made him the Idol Of
the Seap04!tans
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ara believed II favor tha choice of ParoceAi
- Cardinal Iangemieux. the archbishop OF
Reims
~ has often happened al the cauclaVe
~ cardinals as iu othcr nominating con-
Vf05icuS. that the faFor1tes. owing TO thsir
popularity. have been put aside because
two-thF}s vote being necessary TO
choice it Was found impossible 10 elect
aut oHe cf Them. should such con-
tinSrn"y arise in tho coming conclaVe.
Cardinal Paroc'hi, whose influence upoa
lis deliberations will iu any event se most
we'EhtE. ~lH urottahiy Support his FELLOW
ciftE"n cardinal Ssrfo Who - largely ~
c"tjed ia him for MS advancement should
IN archbishop - Venice become pope.
5Fiiu1i Fasracrhi wou}d really rule the
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WHO WILL SUCCEED POPE LEO?
Rivalry Exists in the Sacred
College of Cardinals.

faithful son Of the church would ever con.
sent.
Thus II Is very clear that the next pope
will b1 an Italian, and IL making predic-
lions as TO Pop. f.eo's successor only
cardinals OF that nation need be consid-
cred
Nearly fourteen centuries ago Pope Sym
r1achus issued decree forbidding the
princes OF the church 10 discuss his pcs
sible successor while he was yet in the
flesh. This declaration has been repeat
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edly renewed since its author passed
away: hut. as Il 81 only naturally 10 he
supposed. II is not and cannot be observed:
and alth rugh II Is $fill in nominal force TIE
great sge ana somewhat feeble strength
az Leo Xiii. have for several years
past made the personality 81 his probable
follower on the throne oi ~. Peter a sub
iect Tor active and earnest discussion.
Indeed 80 IIt;le has thv symmachus law
bcsn Observed that the IA patVlt--thc papal
vaudidates-arc already known. and tn"
iBge-ggt8nti-- electors or nlaker~-bsNc
for some time past hcen carrying on a
campaign for their respective candidates.
II Is. AZ course Impossible 10 foreteil with
certainty the result os the coming con-
cjave nut me prominent names that vii
come before Il are already known.
Five years ago Cardinal Paroccht waS
looked uNoU IS The coming man, and ~ aife
the Trend OF events has SHIRE ia ryaeas.-
urr. diminished his chlnee~. he Wiit or
occasion. have uufn@TaGS and powerful
supporters t1 IRE SACRED ColfeEc. fIe is
as has already been said Of lowly birth
and ewes his present position anu fame
IN ti}o main 80 his cwr native ahiiity and
tUrre 81 character. iscyn near MsUfsa te
VS. educated TN the seminary Of ghst do
ce~t' ssod is one of Ae fcw cardinals MO
h83 Sn}8U reUSreg tions before becoming
hisAops " bile still! village pri, $; he
tTEe3Uf famous fifH&&HU89 }t#ls fNr mas
ability as an orator one o. his moss cole
hr5tet addresses being thst IN i>es 10
'hinN Nittar Ennan}et tha &assrrrgale
fhe chamber ard tto citizens ~ Italy
ere home of hftNss ana saints" Howexe~
TIE ideas which BE hri3 In those aays
weFr abruptly altered bN ;he policy To-
wnr,t ghe ravar> ~ .Ae ,isu@Sty nhsrh
h~ 3uNes} 8uA ff~ rtr4nre Of the Italian
troops into Rome changed him on M
isStHnt into ore of the most batter e-sls-
u3ies ot reconciliation between the vatican
ant tac outytHa3 Following his appetnF-
meat 80 Ibe h;sho yts ~ Ps,iuA ns Nye!
ou terms - armed neutrality wtin the
clsl 81 e.G.s tNern and b-= surn.sv bad
ErosB &a pronounced when he vas made
aFCahssAoG ~ &a!e1Ea t1aI tba government
refused ~ grant hLn quarter.
Strre BIS creation IS eaxs8gaal F4y0ee7i
hss become hess detnoaStrattre IN hiS }sos-
iijHy. bar n ~ q fareEane conclusion, that
Italy ard tes other m r-eerS ~ eRYe +vsz,ia
Alliance would regard WIFI marked ssfs.
favor ard prevent. X sseSsie,e kfx a}axa-
ftsn 20 the ha9y ere r'yas.a. ~ 4fe s-ssy-
srary. n - said ~ng3}t welcome h.- Sass<.-
tiop Hls friends tecl8Fe :Aat IN event 81
hsS success S-aFT3Sasl Fareerrf would ~
sEeavar 10 ths utn4sSE To AGAsa give ,he
Cagvca thu universal character which :,
enjoyed sw past centuries ard make ,hs
Tsays8cv More 81 a social ss}sn 81 sf{p. arstaet
power. AEsaag ira foreign cardinals WHO
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onIy Three Trains In the Wor,s

Worthy OF comparison with the p,rli,g.
toms 81. Paui-chicago Limited one {,
Europe. TWO east OF Chicago. None wsst
30 beautiful. 50 luxurious. 80 costly a train
naS never nefore neen al the disposal af
the travelling public OF the Sor,bwsn,
Electric lighted Steam heated Wide ,,ea
uouied compartment aieepers. diner. hufya,
smoking car. No extra fares I.@sv.s =.
Paul sos p. m daily-af,sr arrival -
Northern Pacific, Great Northern ana Soc
Pacinc train from the West The aias,.-
sspEi scenic line Tickets at Offices OF all
connecting lines If. r. Benton. p,gnt
sound Agent. corner YesIer way and FRA
avenue.
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Only an Italian Pope Is a
Political Possibility.

Cardinal Capecelatro. who is descended
from one OF the most famous noble fam
lilies of the Two Siciiies. the Duke Of
Castro Pagano. is the father eonfessor OF
the queen of Italy and is generally sup
posed 10 be the candidate OF that amiaole
sovereign. He is perhaps the most erudite
member of the sacred college and the
author of a number OF books. the best
known of which are The Life OF 81.
Catherine OF Sienna and 'Daltrlua Catho-
l!ca." He was born in Marseilles. In the
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course OF a journey his parents were max
ins. I'm France and 10 this accidental cir
curstance is partly attributed his popu-
larity among the French cardinals. His
claims also find warm advocates among
those of his countrymen who still believe
that the pope should be of noble birth.
Ills particular friends among the Italian
prela:ts are said 10 he Cardinals Guar'no
and De Ruggero. The aged Cardinal
Yfanchi who was formerly nuncio in
Spain and is greatly beloved by the Ro-
mans: Cardinal Verga, the authority on
common law, and Cardinal Svampa, the
archbishop OF Bologna. are also mentioned
as possible successors to the present pope.
The selection Of a new occupant for the
throne Of 81. Peter ia an imposing and
solemn process When 1t becomes clear
that the pope must HE. all the cardinals
who are in Rome gather at the bedside
and. kaeeiins, wait for The end. The sac
rfSitan bishop administers the vaiticum
and the extreme JUNCTION: the grand pen
ttent5aFy gives ab6oiuuon, the penlten-
fial psalms are then intone9: the sacris-
tiau bishop pronounces the consecrated
formula: the dying pope. If he has the
strength 10 do So. gives hts henedlction To
the assembly. and the chanting OF hymns
for the dead continues 10 The last Then
the camerngo. 20 make the official record
Of the death. with small silver hammer
strikes three blows on the dead mans
head and calls him by MS Christian name.
" hen. IN ISIS. the dead pope Was Plus X.
Giovanni MaSisi-FerrettD the camerIn-
go Cardinal Pecci. after striking the thre,
blows with the hammer. called Giovanni,
Giovanni, Giovanni" and then turnsng,
20 the assembly, said. THE pope Is re-
ally dead" ThereBpon, while the assem-
bly, remains kneeiiug she camerlingo in
tones the DE- Profandis. Then the mas
ter OF the chambers. removing from the
dead popes finger the fisherman's ring.
hands Il 10 the cameFiingo. in token of
the temporary transfer Of the authority
OF the holy see. and az the frs, plenary
meeting OF the sacred college this ring
the zeal and other insignia Of the Office OF
the late pope are broken up and de-
stroyed The temporary sovereignty has
passed into the hands Of the sacred coli
lexe.
After the body Of the dead pope has
been prepared for burial and masses have
been said over n IN ths presence OF stsa
cardinals n Is removed 70 81 Peters
where for nine days II ies in state Fol-
lawsrE the public funeral which takes
place en- the ninth day and is pageant
% solemn and tF1pelHng grandeur. flsa
body Is deposited n receiving vault
where Il rests until the next pope dies
when il Is given final interment In the
egypt Of St Peters. Daring the nine days
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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-26
AMONG OUR COTTON MEN

Generally clear and dry weather
throughout the cotton belt Frost in
Meridian. Miss.
future contract market in Liverpoo,
declined partially one point. CLOSING
Guiet. Spot market declined 1-32d
Sales 10000 bales.
tar silver in London 27d. per ounce.
aEainst-ao 1-lGd. last year.
Receipts at United States ports YES
terday were 69,5IS bales. against 739os
last year and 1892 in 1894.
New Orleans estimated receints for
today are $4,000 to $4,000 bales, against
34.i50 last year.
future contract market in New York
advanced one to two points, closing
steady. October, 5.97 to 5. 90: December
n.sI to BPS; January. 600: March, 6. OF
10 sos. Sales. $4,000 bales. spot mar.
ding "''u
Local market declined 1-1Gc-5 11-1Gc.
for middling. Sales. 444 bales; re-
ceipts, 4S20.