Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-01-08
THE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE.

After much delay we have the official
vete of all the States for President, show
ing 7,10l, 401 for Mckinley and 6,470, 656 for
Bryan, giving Mckinley plurality over
Bryan and Sewall and Watson combined
of 6S0,745 and majority of about 900
over all. The following is the vote for
President in 1895 as compared with the
vote of 1892:
Cleveland, D., 5y556,sls; Harrison,
R., 5,175,1Os; Weaver, Pop, 1Io4l, o2s Bid
well, Pro-, 264, 133.
lso6-McKinley. R, 7,l01. 401; Bryan,
D. p, 6,470,656; Palmer, n. D., 1896
Levering, Pre-, 1305e0.
The tables are an interesting study. II
will be seen that Bryan polled nearly one
million more votes than Cleveland did four
years ago, when Cleveland had plurality
of nearly 10000 over Harrison, and when
$4,000 Democrats voted for Palmer and
Buckner, the sound money or gold Demo
ocratic candidates, and Mckinley received
nearly two million more votes than Harri
son received. 1t must be remembered, how
sYGrs a4. .a= pSpgliai vote Of oyel a uglt
/ lon given 20 Weaver four yesrs ago veal
bodily 70 brysn. which gives hiU g. ouCe
his Increase ever Cleveland. and it Is not
co8b.sd tbat scores ~ thousands 81 Silver
Aoaty Republicans ia the West aDc aosts
vuge2 f1f EgFAa, T4iie Usher saares % saaa.
s4ads voted .of Mckinley The yo.s tsl
Mckinley rsAsserts ghs gold standard
thrguga9as vo'a - 70
it connot be assumed that the vote for Bryan
cDme entirely from those voters who favored
the silver standard. Nearly or quite one
half the Democratic voters for Bryan would
have greatly preferred gold standard can
didate. They voted Tor Bryan solely be-
cause he was regarded as the regular Dem.
ocrAtic nominee, and they were unwilling
70 sacrifice their political prejudice TO the
extent Of voting for Mckinley.
Take Pennsylvania as an illustration where
the Democratic State Convention on the
18th Of April declared unanimously in favor
Of Thoroughly Sound Money and the gold
standard" and ye; Bryan received $4,000
votes al the November election, q large
majority OF whom would greatly have pre-
ferred 9 Sound Money candidate and plat
form" The Philadeiphis Times an infiuen
tial Democratic journal, writing on the re
cent Presidential election and the future Of
the Democratic party, says:
"If the Democratic organization shall con.
tinue 10 its present attitude, representing
only cheap money, il must largely lose
sound money Democrats who reluctantly
adhered to the party in the last contest; and
if the issue shall ever be presented again, it
is more than probable that the large major
iiy OF the Democrats 10 the great States OF
the North will desert the party organization
and divide between sound money Democ-
racy and the Republicans
"Sew issues may arise under the new I'D
ministrAiion to shape the sction Of the po-
litical parties In g difsren, direction: bot
to day the only question that seems likely
TO become paramount in the political battles
OF the next four years Is that Of maintaining
public and private credit With such an
issue The American people, true 10 their his I
tory. that presents an unbroken record Of
fidelity 10 national honor, will surely sus.
tain monetary system that is accepted by
the entire civilized world"