The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-02

| fell OFF again to 3,174. In the same coun-
| ~ the Democratic vote was as follows
! IL IbSZ 1t was Z, 232; in 1886 it was q 783
ana n 1888 1t was 2,610- In Mcdowell n :
democratic vote in 1892 was 6C7; in 1856
/ II was JS6; in 1898 it was CTS. The Re-
! puplieen vote was: In 1882 it was 1.265;
! IN 1895 1t was 2,632 and in 1898 it hsd
| dropped again TO / 753- In Marshall fhe
democratic vote was 1,S0S in 1892; in 1895
! II was Z,lU1; in 1898 it was f6e5 The Re-
! publican vote in 1892 was 2.5eS: in ia a
! II was 1850, and in 1898 it was 2.6I0 In
| ONO county the Democratic vote in 1902
/ was a'Z20; II 1856 it was 5,o16, and in
/ iASS It was ,633. The Republican vote
| III 1S92 was 5,e6l; In 1886 it was 6 I27
! ard in 1898 it was 5.8sS.
IN Democratic counties only the normal
increase in either the Democratic OF the
! Republfcan vote is noticed The xote of
| ooth parties IS little larger in 1886 than
| III 1S"2 or 1898. bat neither party showed
enormous increases in 1886 in any of the
COUNTIES winch were controlled by the Re-
; puoHcans, 2ad there the abnorna! Increase
was IN every instance in the Repub,ica n
! Fole These figures go fer toward esfah-
llshing il the public mind the truth OF the
charges made at the time of the election
that the republican majority was won by
fraud -
Eliminating this fictitious plurality II
can scarcely be claimed by the most narti-
san republican that the honest plurality Of
mckinley N 1886 was more than 5000, In
ORDER TO get basis On which to work adj
nit that 5000 was an honest plurality in
1896. At the very lowest calculation 1000
doia Democrats voted the Republican tick
ct IN 1896 OF whom at least 10 per cent
VIII vote he Democratic ticket this wear
Ninety per cent of the Popuiists will this
year vote the Democratic ticket. Add tn
these me antl-impe<iaiist Republicans and
the an1-EikIns or antf-ring Republicans
the German voters who will desert McKiu-
ley, and the Republicans who Will vote
with the Democrats on account of the
trusts, and even a repetition OF the frsnde
OF 1896 would not save the Republican tick
ct.
The anti-ring Republicans are going tn
cut much larger figure In Kanawha and
fayette counties than the Republicans
think A poll of the voters in a single
precinct IN kanawha county shows that
out OF total of IT'S voters there are az
hepuplleans who state openly that they
are going TO support the Democratic ticket
TINS year. And 1t is about the same ali
through the country. In Fayette almost
the same condition exists. The Republic
cans ca nave practically given up all hope
OF carrying kanaWha. which gave McKjn-
ley plurality of 2,120 in 1886.
me only chance in the world the Re-
publcans nave to carry the State is tn
buy or steal it. But the Democrats cannot
be outwitted in the same way this year
that they were four years ago ALREADY
they are at work blocking the games cf
the Republicans, and if there is any fraud
IN the election next week it will have IN
be committed while the Democrats are
asleep.
1t is known that in some counties the
Republicans have spent thousands of dol
lars to secure the appointment of certain
Republican officers of election, and in
view OF the frauds now certain TO have
existed IN the returns OF four years ago
it IS reasonable that they have been ap-
pointed to repeat the same performance
this year But the Democrats will be pre-
pared this time and will keep closer
watch on them. Money and fraud may de-
feat the Democrats, but it seems almost
impossible that enough votes could be
purchased or stolen to overcome the ac-
tua1 majority for Bryan in the State