Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1897-02-04
Debate Begun IN Congress On
the Presidential Vote of
Ohio.
Figures Given to Prove a
Great Fraudulent Excess
in Illinois.
Aliens Senate Figures for
Other States-A Grave
Inquiry Provoked.

known as prophet IN regard 10 Wnat
the Ohio vote would be before the elec-
ton, made wild attack on ex-Gov. Alt.
geld of Illinois. In q recent address in
Chicago, the Illinois ex-governor had
analysed the late presidential vote in the
states that were considered close. He
declared, IN substance, that the result
showed that Bryan had been really
elected. He showed by figures from the
electit of 1892, that Ohio was then very
close, Cleveland and Weaver having
together about $4,000 more votes than
Harrison, or total of 4lS,967. Last
year Byran, in Ohio, got 475.547 votes, or
over $1,000 more than Cleveland and
Weaver, yet on the face of the returns,
lost the state by nearly $4,000.
Gov. Altgeld showed that there we're
100000 more votes counted in 1896 than
we're cast and counted in 1892; that this
would indicate an increase of population
during the four years equal to million
people. From this and other facts shown,
it was clear that ID Ohio close to 100000
fraudulent votes were counted; and as
Mckinley had majority of under $4,000
in the state, Bryan in reality carried the
state by over 10000.
Ohio is an old state, and the natural
increase of her vote 10 four years would
have been nothing like that indicated by
the returns. The governor insisted that
ballots representing nobody, not even
workingmen, must have been counted by
the thousand and that it must be PLAIN
to any man not blinded by partissnship
that the state IN which Mckinley lives
was carried by fraud.
With regard to Illinois, Altgeld showed
that 245,OOO more votes we're cast and
counted last November than in 1892; that
the population of Illinois had not yet
reached four millions; that the greatest
rate of increase was from 1880 to 1890,
when it was 10000 for the ten years, or
an average Of $1,000 year, whereas,
according to the vote cast, the increase
from 1892 to 1896 would be million.
two hundred thousand. or 10000 year.
This, he declared, was simply monstrous.
Congressman Grosvener attempted to
reply by becoming very personal in his
sllusions to Altgeld, laying at bis door
much grave responsibility for the result
of the election. He declared that an
appeal on the stump against Altgeidism
never failed to arouse the populaoe where
all else failed. He then snslyze the
Ohio vote and explained the causes of
its increase, calling attention to the fact
that tho democratic vote IN the state had
increased proportionately much more
than the republicans.
This matter 10 exciting great interest
in congress aud promises to develop
many sensational features. The same
subject is already pending an lnvestiga-
ton in the senate called up by Senator
Aliens resolution.
The Nebraska senator presented to
the senate q compilation OF the results
of the campaign Of 1896. 1t has been
ordered printed a. a senate document.
1t shows tho vote cast in twenty-four
states of the Union at the election, TO-
getber with comparison Of the vote
cast for Harrison, Cleveland and Weaver
at tho presidential election of 1892, and
gives the following compilation Of the
vote in the twelve states which we're
regarded as doubtful that were carried
for Mckinley:
Maximum Fraudu- Mckin-
Vote legitimate lent ley'S ma
returned. vote. excess. jority.
Maryland -. 24O,s66 2s2152 $500 32,231
vTo.. V;.r;,,j. 100 100 0Qnn as7