The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-08-10
State Iaiorities i'm Past Campaigns


Majorities in presidential years pre-
ceding, shows that this state is more
mercurial than one would suppose.
Perhaps the very "substantiar' quail
ity of the people explains this yeer-
ing of majorities. on the theory that
when an idea gets into their heads they
hang to it and vote together.
In 1898 Scofield, Republican, had b.,
7S4 plurality over Sawyer, Democrat,
for governor. The plurality for other
officers was about $4,000, a falling off
from 1896: but on a diminished vote
cast-327 900.
In 1896 McKinley's plurality over
Bryan was 1O2.612: total vote cast for
PRESIDENT about Al 400.
In 1894 Governor Upham's plurality
was 1866; total vote cast for gov
ernor 376,210.
In 1892 the Democrats carried the
state, Peck's plurality being 1907; to-
tai vote cast 81 900. In 1890 the Dem
Ocrats carried the state; Peck's plural
ity 2S,320.
Before that time the Republican plu-
ralities were fairly even. In 1888,
Hoard 2O273; in 1885, Rusk. 1878; in
1884 Rusk. 1920, and in 1881, Rusk,
Ii .Jol. IL Will U0 ISLu0l1lUet0ti lIldI llle
Democrats carried the state in 1873,
Taylor's majority being 1915. Follow
ing this the Republicans recovered
footing gradually. In 1875 LudingtOn
was elected over Taylor (the only Dem
ocrat on the ticket defeated by only
S41 majority; and in 1877 Smiths plu-
rality was S,273. The Greenbacks
threw over 10000 votes For his second
III
the greenback vote shrinking One-half.
RuSk. for first term, received II ,957
plurality, Kanouse, Prohibition. cast
ing 1925 votes and Allis, Greenback,
1902.
Going back to Republican governors
before the Taylor Democratic incident
of 1880, in the period of the war
and soon after. Randall was first elect
ed in 1857 by 454 and in 1859 by 7,46O
majority. In the fall of 1861 Harvey
had 1921 majority. and in 1863. when
it was necessary to Save the Union"
Lewis received 23.6C4 majority. Fair
childS successive majOritieS We're TO-
0O2, t. 764 and S.263: and then came the
single administration of the splendid
Cadwallader Washburn, who received
1891 majority, but was vanquished in
didate." Taylor at a time when hos
tility to railroads and the Potter law
We're the dominant themes.
Something About Wisconsin Banks.
In looking over the recent statement
of condition of state banks one is i'm
pressed by the vast amount of bust
ness done, and yet a great part of it
is distributed in the smaller cities.
81 no bon lar nj fol
.zation. The biggest in this respect is
the Marshall q Ilsley bank. Milwau-
kee, capital $500 900. and the German
bank of Sheboygan, with $25O,OO0. Yet
not much can be told from this, loans
and discounts of the latter aggregating
S44S.OOO. while Marshall & Ilsley re-
-ort S1,724,G0O; and a number of
banks. as the one in Whitewater, with
$50 900 capital, reporting considerably
larger loans and discounts than the
Sheboygan bank The Bank of She
boygan, with $4,000 capital reports
$4,000 loans and discounts. Mil
waukee has two state banks on $780,
900 capital basis, and one on 100000
capital
Of our Madison banks. all but the
First National are state banks, and
capitalized at 100000, except the Ger
man-American at 5000.
Wisconsin banks ARE proverbially
conducted in cautid IS manner. From
Jan. 2 to July . the increase in deposits
in the 1871 state banks was $4S2.271 30
and in loans and discounts $50, 00921.
The increase of deposits in the 1877
Wisconsin private banks from Jan. 2
to July was 1923, O23.72 and in loans
and discounts $466, 451.74. During the
same period. The single savings bank
of the state, that at Beloit, reported an
increase in deposits of nearly 100000.
ORLANDO BURNETT.