The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07

LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 6.-At o'clock
the people gathered at the Bryan household
to express the opinion that New York was
lost to the Democratic ticket and that the
general outlook on the meager returns
ceived was not favorable Mr.. Bryan ex-
pressed no opinions.
Precinct A, of the Fifth ward Organs
precinct) gave Mckinley, 2os; Bryan, 105
Mr.. Bryan received election returns at
his residence in this city. His house was
fairly overrun by newspaper men and tele-
graph operators. Not only was the first
floor of the house largely given up to them
but two of the rooms in the second story
where four telegraph wires were run into
the house. Mr.. Bryan had with him his
brother. Charles Bryan, and his former
law partner ex-State Senator Talbot,
Committeeman Dahlman and Attorney
Schmidt. Mrs. Bryan had as companion
a cousin, Mrs. Rogers, and Mrs Dahl
man.
Mr.. Bryan took his dinner at little
after o'clock. and after partaking of the
meal spent few minutes in conversation
with the newspaper men, referring to the
bulletins received and asking some ques-
tons, but without venturing any opinion
upon the figures. The first bulletin was
the one announcing that Poughkeepsie,
Y, had given Mr.. Mckinley a majority
of 1887, and this was quickly followed
by another bulletin to the effect that Ell
mira had gone for Bryan by LIZ majority
When shown this message he simply re-
marked that it was encouraging. The
other bulletins from New York came IN
It'll NJ
Bryan made no comment there was feel
ing among those present that he was dis
appointed in the returns from New York
city and Brooklyn. His reports concern
ing those cities had been encouraging
and his own observation had led him to
believe that there would be large in
crease i'm his vote rather than loss. On
the other hand there was considerable ell
enlargement from the interior of New
York State and especially gratifying was a
message from National Committeeman
Mack. saying that Buffalo had given Me-
Kinley a majority of only about 5000,
against 1900 four years ago. Coming
| closely upon the heels of the Buffalo dis
patch was one from friend in Boston
announcing that city to have gone for
Bryan by a majority of 1000. as against
1900 for Mckinley four years ago.
The early dispatches indicated the loss
| of Maryland and this also a disap-
pointment, for it had been believed that
that State was fairly safe for the Demo
cratic ticket.
National Committeeman Dahlman, OF
Nebraska, who is very close to Mr.. Bryan,
says that while apparently New York and
Illinois are lost. he does not by any means
concede McKinley's election. He thinks
other States may come to the rescue.
Mr.. Bryan said he would make no state
ment until the result is definitely known.
At $50 o'clock, when the newspaper men
a.. Mr.. Bryans house sought to secure a
statement from Mr.. Bryan they were told
| that he had just gone to sleep and could
not be disturbed. When he retired to his
| own room he glanced over the returns with
arnarent interest and then expressing a de-
sire to make up some OF the rest he had lost
| I'm the past few weeks, lay down and was
| asleep In less than five minutes. He had
slept an hour in the afternoon, after which
| he went for a horseback ride to his farm.
| He did not, however, feel fully recuperated,
! and therefore sought additional rest. thus
| ma nifesting probably less concern than
hundreds of thousands of his followers.
| According to the Journals returns, four
| teen precincts out of twenty in Lincoln
| give Mckinley a gain of 562 over 1885,