The Afro-American advance., 1900-11-10


against this the democrats claim that
Bryan carried the state. though by .
narfuw margin of perhaps not over
/ a thousand that fusion has a safe
wor king ms joFtty In the legislature; that
fas.on state officers are elected BY 8,oo9
to 5 OOa and eonesdinE reelection Of Aer-
Ger and Burket. that fusion has pulled
through Robinson. stark. Shallenbergef
and Neville. The latter IL the only con-
Kfesspan conceded by the republicans.
The World. Herald tdem.J says The leg
| lslature OF Nebraska - fusion by y votes
out OF II on joint ballot In the senate
there will be II republicans and ID fusi0n-
lists In the house there Will be Il repub-
iloans and s. fusionists.
Lincoln, Eeb., Nov. s.-With the ex-
ception Of short drive in the early even
Ing w. J. Bryan remained In his study
during the day. rising late In the morn
ing and retiring early at night. He said
he had no statement Of any kind 20 make
Mt present. Mr.. Bryan receiyed hundreds
OF teleRrams during the day and evening
from personal and political friends. but
their nature was not disclosed. IL IL
Mr., Bryan's Intention to remain In Lin
coin at least until he is thoroughly rest
ed To newspaper correspondents he
asked TO be excused from outlining hts
future action.
Louisville, Ky. Nov. Sat 1:9o a. M
with returns from all but GO out Of !. 81 pre-
cIncts In Kentucky. the CGurier-Jourrsat
puts Bryan's ajority at 7.T8 and Beck
hams 4O6s. The missing precincts are
about evenly divided between democrats
and republicans Gov. Beekham. at dem
ocratIe Headquarters said II arm absolute
ly certain that have been elected governor
by a ma aIOrity Of between 5000 and 1000
votes" Leslie Combs. chairman OF the
republican state campaign committee.
said: I'VE still believe that Mr.. Yerkes
has been elected by = majority Of 5000
votes. Our figures show that Mckinley has
run 300 votes behind Yerkes."
IIIinots.
Chicago. Nov. s.--The republican state
central committee received kilograms from
the ehalrmen of all the republican county
committees except Adams county giving
pinraiiiies on the national and state tick
etc. The tabulati0n OF these pluralities
showed that Mckinley received plurality
Of a.sls and Yates ts36.
conBreHsman HoJenberR 0f the Twenty
first district. telegraphed Chairman Fred
H Rowe. Of the republican state commit
tee, that he had been defeated by Kern, his
democratic opponent. This. with william
Borimsr's defeat In the Second district,
gave the democrats two more members Of
the Illinois delegation The republicans
grsAsmen In the Illinois delegation on the
face Of the unofficial returns the repub-
ticanA will have " and the democrats ten
Illinois congressman IN the next congress.
Reports Indicate that the fspublieans
have elected II and the democrats 70 mem
bers to the lower house. and that the repub-
iicans have elected 20 and the democrats
have elected p senators. on this showing
the republicans have on q joint ballot i06
votes. or three more than a majority
Wisconsin,.
Milwaukee. Nov. s-Everythng took on
ita normal condition Wednesday, and there
were no signs that an election had been
held. a complete figure Of the republican
victory In Wisconsin will not be known
for perhaps several days. AS many OF the
precincts are far distant from railway sta
lions. and will be sent IN by mail Gen. Bry-
ant, C. irmhn ofthe republican state central
committee. reduced his claims OF plurality
slightly from those given out Tuesday
night. placing his latest estimates at iO6.-
900 for both national and state tickets.
Chairman Warden. OF the democratic state
committee was at his once attending TO
the winding up OF the affairs Of the COM
mittee preparatory 20 closing headquar-
ters, which he expects 20 do before the end
OF the week. Speaking OF the result In the
state. he said the stupendouH maJorltiss
were surprise TO everybody. republicans
no less than democrats. The republican
state headquarters will probably remain
open until the complete returns have been
received. Interest now csniers In the ap-
pointmenss which viii be made by Gov
elect Robert NJ LaFollette. But few
changes are likely to be made by the new
governor, and no changes are talked OF In
the Offices Of the other state officers.
Indiana
Indianapolis Ind. Nov s--A plurality
Of anywhere from "A, 900 to 1900 for tho
republican national ticket. the election
ef Col, w. r. pgrbln (rep1 to the gov
ernorship; the election OF the entire state
ana Marion county republican ticket;
nine and perhaps ten out OF Is congress-
men. and tho election OF a legislature
that will have a republican majority Of
40 ON toint ballot, IL a summary In brief
OF Tuesdays battle at the polls In In
diana. An unexpected development II the
fact that the republicans made their
strongest gains IN democratic strOngholda.
In seven heretofore strongly democratic
counties Mckinley and the state ticket
showed a greater ratio OF gain than
was shown by the figures from several
strong republican counties.
with the exception OF the Fourth dis
triet. which up to this time In In doubt.
Indiana'H contingent In congress win be
a. follows,