The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-16
BY A THOUSAND
Dietrich's Election Is Claimed by
That Figure.
REPUBLICAN, STATE TIektI IS fIf(TtD
COUNTER Claim stadesBy F~usionists. But
Figures Fail TO Hear Them Comfort
-RcsuIt Close In Third and sixth
Congregational Districts.

dictate that McKinley's p~ajoritv In
Nebraska will reach the seven thou.
sand mark. Returns for seventy-six
counties have been received and Tn bu-
lated, and these figures bear out this
assertion. Taking the vots In the
missing counties four years ago, with
the figures so far received, the majority
for Mckinley electors Is 0,ss5.
The returns on governor come in
slowly. This vote was much lighter
than on presidential electors and the
republican candidates on the state
ticket will not receive nearly 30 large
q majority as the presidential electors.
Returns from sixty-three counties on
govesnor show a majority for Diet.
rich of $3.50. Taking the vote on Hay.
ward and Poynter in 1898 for the
twenty-seven missing counties and
s~ubtracting Poynter's majority from
Dietrich's apparent majority, it still
leaves him 500 votes TO the good. Are
publican gain will be shown by the
twenty-seven missing counties, and
this should bring D%ietrich's majority
above one thousand.
The vote on state officers has NOT
been received fully enough to deter
mine the result, but it is believed that
the remainder Of the state ticket viii
make even a better showing than that
made by Dietrich.
A difference exists in return received
on h state ticket sufficient to make
a considerable change. Until all fig
ures are verified and the result is def
nitely known, interest in the receipt
Of additional returns will be taken.
The vote on congressman seems TO
be very close in the Third and Sixth
districts, and it would not be surpris.
ing IL q republican congressman would
be added to republican gains.
The personnel of the legislature has
not yet been fully determined, but the
list printed yesterday morning IL be.
lievcd to be approximately correct.
F~o.,on,sts See Hope.
The populist state central committee
claims that the figures published by
the newspapers are not wholly reliable
~ some are said to be estimates while
others carry errors that have crept in
during copying, t~elegraphing and
printing. At 1 o'clock this morning,
Private Secretary Jew ell said that it
would require the official figures to do
termine the result. The populist COM
mittee has stopped taking informal
retu rms, he said, and now depends up.
on the returns coming from the official
count. His claim is that forty-t wo
counties ave been heard from in this
way, showing a majority Of 2,456 for
PGynter.
In the forty-eight counties not heard
from by the committee Hayward re.
ceived a majority Of TIA. III Pointer
received a larger majority in the first
forty-two counties heard from" said
Mr.. Jewell 'he ought also to get q
larger majority than he did two a
ago in the forty.eight that are to come.
But assuming that It will be the same.
Governor Poynter is elected by 1000
votes"
Mr.. Jewell believes that Governor
Poynter's majority viii run slightly
above that of the other men on the
state ticket. That being the case the
Official count alone will settle the state
ticket In the minds of tee fusion man.
ayers.
Congressional.
Returns from the Third and Sixth
congressional districts indicate close
contests. In the Third indications are
that Congressman Robinson Is elected
by a closer majority than he cares to
think about at this time. Antelope
and Burt counties are yet to be heard
from. Two years ago the two counties
gave Norris a majority of 1870. De-
Quoting his from the majority for
Robinson shown by the returns, leaves
him with a majority OF $40. 1t is not
believed the republicans Of the two
countie have rolled up n sufficient
number OF votes to elect HAYS.
Figures so for received from the
sixth district give Kinkaid 9,4Ol and
Neville 1000. Twelve counties are vet
TO be car from in this district, which
is comprised of thirty-three counties.
II Neville is reelected it is by n
scratch. Greene's majority over Brown
In 1896 was 3,Ol4. g
AS indicated yesterday, Burkett and
Mercer are reelected in the First and
Second districts and Stark and Shall.
enberger win probably pull through.
Stark claims his election by 900 votes,
while Shallenberger's majority prob.
ably will be less.
A Great Northern south bound pass
enger was wrecked near Pipestone by
the spreading Of the rails. One woman.
name unknown, was fatally injured
n several passengers were seriously
nurt' five coaches were badly wrecked
Mr.. Bryan acknowledged his defeat
Thursday and forwarded a short dis
patch to President Mckinley. He also
made . statement for the press IN
which he said he was o a candidate
for senator. He said he would take a
long rest and that he had no plans for
the immediate future Va .o.;.