St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-01-02
HOW isl.klNLEY GAINED.
Evidences of Some Secret Work by nj
Hanna

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/ 4 thorough canvass of the vote of the
late election would be useful not only in
4 Iowa, but in several other states. The
| silver committees could very well ar,
i ford to malxean exact census of some Oh
those precincts in which an abnormal
vote has been polled, because it ap.
pears that more votes have been counted
i than there are male persons of voting
nge. Let us consider some of the figures
and see what they tell:
The latest returns from Iowa give Nc.
Kinley 2so,57s and Bryan 223, ,266, with
4 about 5000 votes for Palmer and $500
for the prohibition candidate. The to.
/ tai is about $40, 900.
Ia 1892 the vote of Iowa was: Cleve.
land, 196.367; Harrison, i219. res; Weav.
er, &c, sos, and prohibitionist, 6 ,4o2 The
| total vote was 443,159 In 1883 the vote
was: Cleveland, 49, ,s87; Harrison, 211,.
sos; prohibition, 1850; union labor
5.105. The total vote was 4o4,13o. In
1895 the vote for governor was: Dem
ocrat, 149, ,433; republican, 2os, $50; pop
ulist, 81, ,11s; prohibitionist, II ,o52. To-
tai, 4e1, 1892 Mr.. Bryan this year polled
nearly $4,000 votes more than Mr.. Cleye-
| land did in 1892 and nearly "A 900 votes
more than Cleveland did in 1888. He
polled more votes than any republican
candidate for the presidency ever polled
before this year. Yet 10000 heretofore
unknown republicans came out of the
brush and cast their votes for Mr.. Me-
Kinley. The total vote shows an in
crease of 77,000 over 1892.
The best figures obtainable about T1li-
nois for this year give Bryan 459, ,76o:
Mckinley, 603.s17; Palmer, $500, and
about 1000 for the two prohibition can
didates. The total is about 1910, 900.
In 1892 the vote for president was:
Cleveland. 426,2S1; Harrison. 3e9, ,28s;
Weaver, %, ,2o7; prohibition, 25, $40. The
total was S73,646. In 1888 the vote for
president was: Cleveland, 54s, ,27s; Har.
rison, $40, ,473; prohibition, 81 ,695; union
labor, 1000; united labor, 40. The to-
tai was 747, ,6s6. In the republican land
slide of 1894 the vote for state treas
'lrer was: Democrat, 322, ,459; republic
an, 445,s86; prohibition, 1o,475; popu-
list, 9,793. The vote for the republican
candidate in 1894 was the largest ever
given to candidate of any party in
Illinois until this year, and Mr.. Bryan
polled nearly $4,000 more votes than
We're given to that candidate. Mr.. Bry-
m polted $4,000 more votes than Mr..
Cleveland carried the state with in 1892,
when Cleveland had plurality of e.
900 over Harrison, but again that mys-
terious vote comes out of the brush for
Mr.. Mckinley and gives him nearly
100000 votes more than ever before
were polled for any candidate.
In Oregon the vote was. Bryan, 46,-
! 533; Mckinley, 4s,679; Palrger, 633: pro-
hibition, sf7 In 1892 it was: Cleveland,
14,243: Harrison, $4,000; Weaver, &c.
955; prehibition, 2,2a1. The democrats
and populists were fused on one elector
that year and he was elected. This year
Mr.. Bryan po1led over 5, 600 more votes
than were ever before polIed for the
candidate of any party. yet the Nc
Kinley vote makes a tremendous leap,
being nearly 40 per cent. greater than
the vote cast for Harrison in 1892.
The complete unofficial figures for
Indiana this year give Mckinley $685.
91g; Bryan, 300, ,s54; Palmer, 3,579;
Levering, 3,65s; Bentley, 1889; social
ist labor, 145. Total, 63e,544.
In 1892 Cleveland carried Indiana by
7,125, the vote being: Cleveland, 262,-
74o; Harrison, ,615; Weaver, 2a, ,2os;
prohibition, 13,050. Total vote was 554,-
o13. In 1883 the vote was. Cleveland,
261.o13; Harrison, 263,361; prohibition,
1881; union labor, 1904. Total vote,
536,949. In 1894 the highest vote until
this year that was ever given to any
candidate was given to the republican
candidate for secretary OF state. Tt.
was 283, ,405. His democratic opponent
polled only. 23s,7s2 votes, the prohibi-
tionists, 11,157, and the populist, 90 ,38s
The total vote was 562,6S2 This year
of grace. 1896, Mr.. Bryan received eo,-
400 more votes than were ever before
given to any candidate. He poIled A.
600 votes more than Mr.. Cleveland re-
ceived in 1892, which would be nc-
counted for by the addition of the popu-
list vote aud a reasonable gain. But
behold, the Mckinley vote 1eaped for
ward 10000 through the appearance of
an army that never before cast a bal
lot, and that disappeared Immediately
and has not since been seen.
The vote in Ohio was approximately
475,ooo for Mr.. Bryan and $4,000 for
Mckinley. Mr.. Bryan polled $4,000
votes more than were ever given to any
republican candidate in Ohio before
this year, the vote for Bushnell for
governor in 1895 being 427 ,141. Mr..
Bryan had 10000 votes more than Mr..
Harrison received when he carried the
state in 1892. The vote that year was
Harrison, 4o5,1S7;. Cleveland, 404,115;
Weaver, 14.s5o; prohibition, 2s,012. We
may be sure that Mr.. Bryan did not
have any votes counted for him that he
eiidn't get. Yet in spite of his gains
there were 10000 individuals who
never voted before, yet came out Of the |
woods long enough TO vote the repub-
lican ticket and defeat him by $4,000.
The Kentucky vote is as follows: Nc
Kinley, 21s,055; Bryan, 217, ,797; Pal
mer, 5,018; Levering, 3.374. Mr.. Bryan
received over AZ, 1000 votes more than Mr..
Cleveland received in 1892 when Mr..
Cleveland had over 900 plurality over
Mr.. Harrison. Mr.. Bryan received s4,
600 votes more than were ever before
given to any candidate. Yet there /
were votes enough for Mckinley some
where to overtoJ, Bryan. Us {
In recent interview Mr.. Hanna said t