Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-27
THE HOPES OF BRYAN1sa1.
New York Sun.

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New York SUM-
Organism enters upon this canvass
with the absolute assurance of winning
], the liz electoral votes of the eleven
states of the old secession confederacy
| besides IL more from Missouri. or l29
I4in all. To these may be added the liz
| of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada
| and Utah and probably the s of Ne
/ braska. or 153 in the aggregate.
i The whole number of electoral votes
under the present apportionment is 447,
land PA are accordingly essential 10 an
| election. Where. then. does Organism
I.expett to get the Il additional votes 1t
/ needs?
First. u, rlies on carrying Delaware,
Il3: Kentucky, IL. and Maryland 3, or ~
| in all. Kentucky is in condition of
| political turmoil, which may give the
ista,e TO Bryan. Republicanism in Del
aware is rent by waring factions, which
! may make President Mckinley's
| chances somewhat doubtful, yet they
are far better than Bryan's. The atti-
i,ude of the gold democrats of Maryland
since the Kansas City convention
i!nakes that state az least reasonably
sure for Mckinley But even If the
electoral votes Of all these states are
given 10 Bryan. they make UP his ag-
gregate 10 only flor ii less than is
necessary toan election.
In 1896 Bryan carried Kansas, with 10
Electoral votes, and he assumes that he
4 will have 1T again in 1900: but in 1898
! Kansas Went for the republican gov
Eernnr by l5,l3i AS against Bryan's l2.-
ts26g in 1896, and its present condition of
/ prosperity may be set down as assure
ing IL 10 Mckinley this Year. In 1896
/ South Dakota. With ! electoral votes,
Was carried by Organism, but only by
1 the bare plurality Of. lS3, and subse-
iBquent elections seem TO Indicate that
lit is nov safely republican.
! All of the Pacific states-California.
tOregpn. Washington and Wyoming
( ars sure TO go for gold and expansion
i next November. In 1876 President Nc
4lStnley carried California by less than
/ 5000 plurality. but in 1895 the republi-
iGan governor was elected hya plurality
iof 1909. McISinley's plurality in Ore
gon in 1896 was only little over 1000
\ butSin 1893 that of the republican gov
jerner was slO.55l. Eryan carried Wash
# ington in 1896 by l2,493. but IT went re-
A publican in 1895 by S,ll3 In 1896
Bryan carried Wyoming by 5sS. but Y,
went for tbs republican governor by
3s4 In 1898. All these Pacific states
\ may be set down assuredly for Mckin-
LEY next November.
4 Giving Bryan the III electoral votes
We have named where Is he going to
get the Al more necessary to his cleo
ton? He has no hope in the east His
] only hope is in getting them from the
middle west--from Illinois "a: Indiana
sE15. Michigan IA: Minnesota. 3; Ohio
4 49, and Wisconsin. u. The Bryanite
theory is that the humbug Of imperial.
ism wiil draw off enough GerInar
votes from Mckinley to enable him tc
get from those states the additional
votes he needs In 1896 he had no less
hope. and fear of the result in thes.
states prevailed generally. But how
8 did the election turn out? Mckinles
and gold carried them all by these
q great pluralitles:
81 Illinois .......... ....l42.49S
Indiana .... 1000. 80. 49,. ..... 1878
Il Miehigan... ~. 80. So
Mlnnesota.... ..... 53,S7;
Il ONO ~. ~, 40
4 Wisconsin. ...... ....1O2.6l:
Those returns certainly do not offel
3 any comfort for Bryan. Nor was there
any announcement In the elections o
1893 when the republicans carried Hi
slnois by 43,45o; Indiana by 1858, Mich
Ilpan by 7,5.js7. Ohio nv 40 O.s and wis
4 cnnsi,, 10 a-s7s. n1;nyasr,,a 1, IL 80,
4 was carried by Lind, the Scandinavia
4 fusion candidate for governor, BY a. 1s4