The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-30
News.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

The population of Alabama in 1900
Is 1928, 697, as against 1913, OH in
1884, representing an increase since
1890 of 315, $50, or 2O.8 per cent.
The population of the State of Cal
ltornia as officially announced, is
1,485, O53, against 1905 100 in 1890.
This is an increase of 276, 923, or 22.9
per cent.
Senator Lindsay, of Kentucky, a
gold Democrat, has pronounced for
Mckinley and says that Mckinley
and the Republican State ticket will
win in Kentucky.
The American Anti-Imperialistic
League issued an address Sunday
night to 'all independent voters in
the United States" asking them to
support VIM. j. Bryan for President.
The New York journal makes an
analysis of the vote in Greater New
York. According to the analysis
Bryan would have 3d. 900 majority
in Brookly and $4,000 in New York.
The population of the State of
Connecticut, as announced by the
census bureau is COS, 355. In 1890
the population was 746, 1858. The
census for this year show an in
crease of 1852, O97, or 21.7 per cent.
The New York Herald figures that
the House will be Republican, giving
them 189. The Worlds figures are
Republicans 172, Democrats, 1877 :;
Silver men, 8; doubtful, 10. The
Mail sand Express gives the Republi-
cans 179.
Lieut.. HObsOn, who is now at his
home in Alabama, was on Friday
presented with a loving cup by the
people of his State. The ceremony
took place at the State fair at Mont
gOmery and Gen. Wheeler made the
presentation speech.
A dispatch from Galveston, Texas,
says that one month and ten days
have elapsed since the storm and
still the number of dead bodies being
recovered daily does not decrease.
FOrty-twO were recovered Thursday.
This makes a record of 1O7 for the
past four days.
Governor Gambler, in his message
to the Georgia Legislature says: I'm
the interest of good government and
in the interest of the negro race I
recommend an amendment to the
constitution providing for a quallf-
cation of the suffrage based on edu-
cational or a property qualification,
or both
The New York Herald's forecast
gives Mckinley 2S2 electoral votes
and Bryan 165. In the Mckinley
column it includes all the doubtful
States-Indiana, California, Della
ware, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland,
Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey,
New York, Ohio, South Dakota,
Washington, West Virginia and
Wyoming. It is a Republican claim.
The States carried by Bryan in
1896 were Alabama, Arkansas, Colo
RADIO, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kan
sas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North
Carolina, South Carolina, South Da-
kOta, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vir-
ginia, Washington, Wyoming, and
one electOr each in California and
Kentucky. If he carries these same
States this year, and gets 48 addi-
tiOnal electoral votes from any of
the States that Mckinley carried in
| 1896, he will be elected.
The two houses of the Kentucky
Legislature have passed the non
partisOn election law agreed upon by
the conference committee, and it has
been signed by Governor Beckham.
The Democrats of the House held a
caucus and endorsed it as a party
measure. Following out the non
partisan spirit of the new law, the
speaker called a vacancy on the
State election committee. The House
adopted a resolution that the Repub-
licans be allowed to name the COM
missioner. They will present the
name of Judge A. M. @. Cochran, of
Maysville, who will be unanimously
elected. The new law does not con-
tain IN emergency clause and will
not go into effect for 80 days.
Senator Hanna and the Republi-