The herald., 1897-01-12
MAJOR A'kINLEY ELECTED
Though the Returns Are Not
Yet All in
BALLOTS FOR PRESIDENT
Cast by the Electors Chosen in Novem.
Der Last
Electoral Colleges of Many States Meet
and Cast the Formal Vote for
the Various Candidates
Associated Press Special Wire

SALEM, Ore, Jan. 1.-THE four elect
| ors met today and cast the electoral vote
of the state for Mckinley. n. r. Geer
was chosen to carry the vote to Wash
ington.
SALT LAKE, Jan. 11.-Utah cast its
first vote today for president and vice
president of the United States. The votes
for president and vice president were
| taken separately. For president three
votes were cast for Bryan. For vice
president Sewall received two and Wat
son one. Hadley ID. Johnson was chosen
to carry the vote to Washington
| DENVER, Jan. 1.-THE Colorado
electoral college today cast their four
votes for Bryan for president and Sewall
for vice president. George w. Thatcher
was appointed messenger to CARRY the
vote to Washington.
| HELENA, Jan. 1.-THE Montana
presidential electors voted three for
| Bryan, two for Sewall and one for Wat
| son.
| TACOMA, Wash, Jan. 1.-THE pres
| idential electors met at Olympia today
| to cast their votes for the national can
| didates. The result was four votes for
| Bryan for president and two each for
| DeWdll ana WdlSOI lOI VICE pitslutlit'
| HARTFORD, Jan. 11.--Connecticuts
| six presidential electors met today and
cast the states vote for Mckinley and
| Hobart.
TRENTON, Jan. 1.-THE ten men,
bers forming the New Jersey electoral
college today cast solid vote for Nc
| Kinley and Hobart.
! TALLAHASSEE, Jan. 1.-THE four
| electoral votes of Florida were cast to-
| lav for RrVan and SpWall.
| SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 1.-THE Illinois
| electoral college met today and cast
solid vote for Mckinley and Hobart.
| BISMARCK, Jan. 1.-THE president
| ial electors today cast the solid vote of
| North Dakota for Mckinley and Ho-
| bart.
CONCORD, N. H, jap. 1.-THE pres
| idential electors today cast the vote of
| the state for Mckinley and Hobart.
AUGUSTA, Jan. 1.-THE six votes of
Maine were today formally cast for Nc
| Kinley and Hobart.
| PROVIDENCE, r. T., Jan. 1.-THE
| four presidential electors met today at
| Bristol and cast their votes for Mckin-
ley and Hobart.
| AUSTIN, Tex, Jan. 1.-THE presi-
| Dental electors at noon cast the fifteen
votes of Texas for Bryan and Sewall.
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 1.-THE pres
| idential electors met here at noon to-
| day and cast their ballots for Bryan
| and Sewall.
JEFFERSON CITY, Jan. 1.-THE
Democratic- fusion electors for Missouri
| today cast seventeen votes for w. j.
Bryan for president thirteen votes for
| Sewall for vice president and four votes
for Thomas +. Watson for vice presi-
/ dent. w. C. Cox, publisher of the Kan
sas City Times. was selected to carry
| the returns to Washington.
BOSTON, Jan. 1.-THE Massachu-
setts electoral college today cast fif-
| teen votes for Mckinley and Hobart.
NASHVILLE, jan 11.-Today at
| noon the twelve electoral votes OF Tenn
essee were cast for Bryan and Sewall.
MONTPELIER, Jan. 11.-Vermonts
presidential votes were today cast for
, Mckinley and Hobart.
RALEIGH, N. c., Jan. 1.-THE states
| electoral votes were cast for Bryan for
| president today Six were cast for Sew
| all and five for Watson.
LITTLE ROCK, Jan. 1.-THE eight
presidential electors of Arkansas met
| here today Eight votes were cast for
| Bryan for president; five for Sewall and
| three for Watson for vice president.
DIES MONIES, Jan. 1.-THE thirteen
| presidential electors met here today and
| cast the vote of Iowa for Mckinley and
| Hobart
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 1.-THE Bryan
preSldentlal electors lOuay cast lnelr
| vote and elected Fred Metz, sr, of
! Omaha as delegate to carry the vote to
| Washington.
FRANKFORT, Jan. 1.-THE first Re
| publican electoral college in Kentucky
| today cast thirteen votes for Mckinley
| and Hobart and one for Bryan and Sew
! ALL
ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 11.-For the first
| time in thirty-two years the electoral
70 of Mar nd aCt for the Re-
publican nominees for the offices of
president and vice president today.
TOPEKA, Kas., Jan. 1.-THE state
electoral college today cast the ten
electoral votes for Bryan and Sewall.
ATLANTA, Jan. 11.-Today at noon
the vote of Georgia was cast for William
J. Bryan for president and Arthur Sew
all for vice president.
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 1.-THE three
electoral votes of Idaho were cast for
Bryan and Sewall today.