Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 4 November 1896 — Page 2

M’KINLEI CHOSEN Returns Received Un to a Late Hour Confirm the Earlier Claims of Republicans. THE SHOWING OF LATER NEWS, It Gives Substantiation to the First Estimates. HOW DOUBFTUL STATES WENT. Kentucky, Marvland and West Virginia Go Republican. INDIANA, ILLINOIS AND OHIO VOTE Various Ceramitteemon and Politicians Claiming Everything In Sight—Return* Vary Incomplete From Some Quarters Early in the Night—Uncertainty as to the Result in Nebraska, With Bryan s Chances Improving — Full and Complete Report of the News as Wired From Various Localities. Chicago, Nov. 4.—The returns received by the Associated Press up to 7 a. m. indicate the probable election of McKinley and Hobart, although returns are so meager from a number of doubtful states that this conclusion can only be reached by an estimate based upon the gains and losses. The best estimates obtainable indicate that Maine and Vermont have given majorities somewhat reduced from the September elections; that New Hampshire gives about 20,000; Massachusetts about 120,000 and Rhode Island and Connecticut proportionate majorities, all for McKinley; New York is estimated at about 250,000 and Pennsylvania is likely to reach the same figure, if not a greater. Maryland has been carried for the Republican candidate for president by a majority exceeding 20,000 and Delaware is confidently claimed, but is apparently In dispute, although the plurality is not likely to exceed 1,000. Returns from West Virginia are not sufficient to justify the claim of either party. Ohio has given a very large Republican plurality and Kentucky is apparently assured to the McKinley column, although later returns may not justify this claim.

Tennessee seems to have been carried for Bryan, notwithstanding the confident assertions to the contrary by the Republican manager's, and the same is probably true of North Carolina. Indiana and Michigan, as well as Minnesota, indicate heavy Republican gains and a strong probability that they have gone fop McKinl> y. Illinois will give McKinley over 100,000 plurality. Nebraska and North and South Dakota are very close and still in doubt, Wyoming eeems to have gone for McKinley. The returns from the Pacific coast states are too meager to justify any daim respecting them. The states of Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri. Colorado, Nevada. Montana and Idaho may safely be placed in the Bryan column. The returns from Kansas and Texas are scattering and indicate nothing, although heavy Republican gains are reported from Dallas, and Galveston. Mr. Bryan’s immediate friends reported at midnight that, he did not consider the cause as definitely lost, but i that on the contrary he considered that i there was still ground for hope of success. He had expected that the first returns, being from the large cities, would be against him. He left orders that the principal bulletins be sent to his rooms and he read them there, manifesting eSpecial interest in the reports from Nebraska. .. Mrs Bryan spent the early part of 1 ♦he evening with her guests. She did , not lose her customary cheerfulness in | „ the face of adverse reports, and she ap- I peared well prepared for the worst, though evidently not devoid of hope for better fortune than the reports appeared to warrant. In ease of the confirmation of the report of his defeat it is understood to be Mr. Bryan's intention to issue an address urging the maintenance of the silver cause as the paramount issue for ’the next campaign. ' d‘l have seen nd unfavorable report from any state that we have ever claimed; except from Kentucky.” said Chairman Jones at 11 p. m. “Reports from that state indicate a larger deflection than we had anticipated, but we do not concede that state bv any means.” We can lose Kentucky and then have enough electoral votes to win.” At 11 p. m. Chairman Jones received a message from State Chairman Martin abating that Indiana was abso]utely certain for Bryan. Private telegrams from Michigan indicated' large Deinocratic gains, and the Democratic committee izrrprra tjx icnjjzxn qB upon the result in these tw® states. The Next ifenate. Washington, Nov. 4.—From present intonations the Republican majority in the house will be about 86, and an annihilation of the free silver majority in the senate. The majority on the hurt test veto was 11. The indioatieas point to the etootton of legislatures which will Meet sound menwr eon-

store to succeed the following free ailver men: Voorhees of Indiana. Blackburn of Kentucky. ■, Hausbrough of North Dakota. Cameron of Penngylygnia. Vest of Missouri. Saen.H In Cunton. Canton, 0., Nov. 4. —At 4 a. m. Major McKinley reviewed the Tippecanoe elub, 1,000 strong, from Cleveland. It was a scene of unbounded enthusiasm. A rough, general estimate, based on private dispatches, gives McKinley 255 electoral votes as certain and 50 more as probable. INDIANA. Stats Claimed bj’ Republican* by a Safe Majority, Indianapoi is, Nov. 4.—The Idiana returns are slow in coming in, but the indications point on early reports to a majority <»f from 20,000 to 30,000 for the McKinley electors. Large gains are reported in this city, as also in Fort Wayne, Evansville, Peru, Muncie and other of the larger towns, and there has not been a noticeable falling off among the agricultural element. Chairman Gowdy for the Republicans and Martin for the Democrats make adverse claims as to the result and it w ill require more explicit figures to silence either in his claims. What will be ths result on the legislative tickets cannot be told at this hour, on account of fusion in many districts, but both sides are claiming a victory. Chairman Gowdy claims 12 congressmen and thinks Tracewell’s election iu the Third district may be shown by latte returns. There seems to be doubt in the Fourth district, but it is believed that Sulzer's majority in his own county may pull him through. The two fusion districts of the Sixth and Ninth, where the Democrats continue to claim the election of Robinson and Cheadle are not for a moment doubted by the Republicans. At midnight Congressman Johnson telegraphed that his majoritv would reach 2,000. Charles B. Laadis suffered by the free silver vote in Boone and several other counties in his district, bat the plurality in Hamilton county is expected to curry him through. Congressman Leighty, in the Twelfth district, made a gain of 4,000 alone in Allen county, which is more thon enough to elect him. Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana sent the following message to Chicago. ‘‘Returns received at midnight indicate that McKiulev has carried Indiana bv a plurality of 35.000. • The Republicans have carried both branches of the legislature, thus insuring the election of a Republican United States senator. They have also elected all of the 13 members of congress. The Republicans have made an aggressive campaign and have been greatly aided by the gold standard Democrats. All the pent-up feeling of thousands of anxious voters who had gone to the polls and quietly stamped the eagle or the rooster, as the case might be, broke loose after supper last night in one mighty roar that subsided not until the early hours of the morning. Arrangements had been made

by all the newspapers, theaters and a number of individual firms to give the election returns as fast as they were received, by telegraph or long-distauoe telephone. NEBRASKA. Indications That It Will Require Official Count to Determine Result. Omaha, Nov. A—Bryan has probably carried Nebraska by 1,000 plurality. Omaha, Nov. 4. —Indications are that the state of Nebraska, on the presidential ticket, will be exceedingly close; Both candidates are making big gains over the vote of 1894. The gains offset one another, however. In the larger towns McKinley leads Bryan and in the smaller villages Bryan slightly leads. On the theory that Bryan will carry the farmer vote the present situation is favorable to him, since no returns of importance have yet been received. Those rural districts which have reported, however, do not bear out the idea that the farmers are voting for Bryan. Two years ago the Populists and Democrats, with fusion, elected a governor by 2.700 plurality. Thirty-one precincts in Nebraska, outside of Omaha, give McKinley 4,966, Bryan 3,957. Two years ago Republicans 4,756, Democrats 3,342. While Chairman Post is still publiclyclaiming the state for McKinley, attaches of his headquarters say that he really regards the state as doubtful and possibly as tost Returns so far received are so meager as to render it impossible to give a very intelligent opinion, but so far as they go they indicate losses sufficient to give the state to Bryan by about 6,0T0 if maintained. The majority will certainly he very small either way. Lincoln/ Neb., Nov. 4.—Chairman Post of the Republican state committee claims the state of Nebraska for McKinley by a majority of from 7,000 to 8,000. McKinley’s majority in Lincoln is 1,018. This is a Democratic gain, as the city has generally been Republican by a considerably larger vote. Bryan’s ward, the Fifth, gave a majority of 208 against him, and bis precinct 97. majority in oppoi on. These are all reductions of former majorities. OHIO,. • Bagublicnnn Claim It Will Break All Records In Presidential Contests. Columbus, Nov. 4. —Comparison of exjro vww i/itvi VX VtiC pirJWlMJimw tial election shows that Ohio made unprecedented gains for McKinley. In 1892 Harrison carried Ohio by an average plurality for Republican electors of 1,072. In that year- one of the Cleveland and Stevenson electors was chosen. In 1898 McKinley had a plurality of over 80,000 for governor. The Republicans carried Ohio in 1894 by 187,000 and last year Bushnell (Rep.) was elected. g >veruor by over 92,01)0. The Republicans have had phenomenally large pluralities in Ohio the post three years, commencing with McKinley's reji election as governor in 1893. The largest plurality ever given a 'Republican presidential ticket in Ohio was 34,000 for Garfield in 1880. While the Democratic state committee makes no claims of the state, the Republicans expect the complete returns to break all former records, E. _aey, fer secretary of state, am about the same vote m MoKinlw tffid lie burl.

KENTUCKY.” Indication* That It Givu* tho Me Kinley Tieket 10,000 Majority. Louisville, Nov. 4.—The returns received indicate tltat Kentucky will give McKinley electors a majority of from 10.000 to 13,000. Republicans are claiming it by 15,000, while Chairman Sommers of the Democratic committee says all returns show Democratic gains. In eight of the 12 ward* of the city and Jefferson county, with the exception of one. precinct, give McKinley a major! 9,258. All returns from easteriwand central Kentucky are favorable to Republicans. Democrats have probablyjcarried but 8 congressional districts. Breckinridge's election is probable. At Republican headquarters 288 precincts have been heard from and show a Republican gain of 9,057 over Bradley’s (Rep.) vote in 1895. The counties to hear from are largely Republican. It is only a question of majority in Kentucky, for tho state’s electoral vote has gone for McKinley by a majority of probably 15,000, although Chairman Roberts of the Republican committee says it will reach 25,000. The city of Louisville and Jefferson county, with all but two precincts, give McKinley a plurality of 11,086, and elected a Repub lican mayor and other Republican officials. In the First, Third, Sixth and Tenth congressional districts the result is iu doubt, with returns favoring the Republicans. Republicans have carried the Fifth, Eight and Eleventh districts, while tho Democrats claim but two victories, Clary in the second and , Settle iu the seventh. DELAWARE. Republican Presidential Electors and a Democratic Governor Probable. Wilmington, Nov. 4.—Returns from this city and all over the state were very slow. Those received from a few precincts in this city show slight Republican loiftes on the presidential vote as compared Vrith the vote for governor | in 1894, when Marvil (Rep.) had 1,000 majoritv. It is believed, however, that the Republicans elect the presidential electors by at least 1,000 majority, but Tunnell (Dem ) will probably be elected governor and Handy, free silver congressman, is also probably elected. VERMONT, Republicans Lose on Their Septembei Vote but Gain Over 1802. Montpelier, Nov. 4.—Returns from the state are being completed slowly. Those in indicate that the Republican j majority will be about 60 per cent more ! than that of 1892, but that it will fall' away from the September plurality. As , near as can be calculated the Republican j plurality will be about 35,000. In the ; towns heard from the gold Democrats | hold about 10 per cent of the total vote,: and this loss to the Democratic party is about equal to that of the Republican party iu this state. NEW HAMPSHIRE. McKinley and Hobart Lead, With 80,000 to the Good. Concord, Nov. 4.—New Hampshire returns come in very slowly on account of the number of names on the ticket, but each precinct reported showed a gain for McKinley and indicate his plurality to be 20,000. The Palmer and Buckner ballot was very light and will not exceed 5,000. Ramsdell for governor ran behind the McKinley electors, but he will *-ave the largest plurality ever given a Republican governor in New Hampshire. The legislature will be overwhelmingly Republican.

WEST VIRGINIA. Incomplete Returns the Biwis For Claim* By Both Sides. Wheeling, Nov. 4.—Figures on whii to base a correct estimate of the result in West Virginia are not yet available. Returns in give a Republican gain ov.ei 1892 of 2,500. This includes the city of XV heeling Chairman Dawson of the Republican state committee claims that-McKinley has carried West Virginia by from 13,006 to 15,000, and that the Republican state ticket and four congressmen are elected. The Deinocratic headquarters make no claims, but express hope. MASSACHUSETTS. It Breaks a Record by Making Every Town and City Repub!loan. Boston, Nov. 4.—McKinley’s majority in Massachusetts is 124,006. The Republican candidates for president and governor earned every city and town for the first time in the history of the state. The. congressional delegation is unchanged—l 2 Republicans and one Democrat, the latter the only one in New England. The gold vote was about 3 per ceut. There is little difference in the vote between Bryan and Williams. The legislature is more strongly Republican than ever. COLORADO. It Is Conceded to Have Rolled Up 100,000 Majority For Bryan. Denver, Nov. 4.—The polls in Colorado closed at 7 p. m. and returns are not in as yet. The vote is reported to be about the same as two years ago—lßo,000. There <s no question of the election of the Bryan and Bewail electors by over 100,000 plurality. Populists and fusionists are both claiming the governorship, while silver Republicans claim choice of Adams. WASHINGTON. ••OrReturns Slow and Claims Made by Both PartiesSeattle, Nov. 4.—The vote was very heavy. Indications point to Republican gains, but the vote will be close. Republicans expect to elect at least one of the two congressmen; The fueiouists continue to Maim everything by large majorities, while the Republican state headquarters are confident of a small plurality. UTAH. Newest State In the Electoral College Pronounces For Bryan. Salt Lake, Nov. 4. —It will be late before the count can be completed. Indications now are that Bryan has carried the state by at least 10,000 majorThe legislature, which .will WitM Pwe< stfnntcff, is still cWtlnrefl byboth parties. »

iuq ■*> •• «e»- — < *" “ *** * ILLINOIS. Roonlt Show* a Surprising Preference For MoKiaiey. Chicago. Nov. 4.—lllinois is claimed by Republican managers iw producing 100,000 majority for McKinley. Chairman Jones admits his disappointment iu the state and practically concedes the claim to be about correct. Sixty thousand of the majority was rolled up in the city of Chicago, and these figures were materially advanced by voters in out districts, notwithstanding predictions had been to the contrary. Tanner, for governor, runs somewhat behind the Republican electoral ticket, but not sufficiently to cause alarm, he loading Altgeld by many thousands. The Democrats will get possibly throe of the congressional delegation and the legislature is so strongly of the same pmitioal faith as to assure the election of a Republican successor to General John M. Palmer as United States senator. At 2:80 o’clock the Republican officials at stale headquarters closed their doors for the night, satisfied that Illinois had gone between 100,000 and 150,000 for McKinley, and about the same for Tanner. The returns on congressmen were coming in slowly,, and but one district hud sent in its complete vote, and this was the Fifteenth, in which Warner (Rep.) was elected. The partial returns from other districts indicated that nearly every one would elect the Republican candidate. TENNESSEE. Republican* Admit That Mr. Bryan** Electors Have Won. Nashville, Nov. 4.—Returns, though only partial, show a large vote by both political parties for president, with the Democrats holding thoir own or increasing their majorities as compared with the vote of 1893. The best information obtainable now is that Bryan has carried the state by a safe majority, without counting the up-river and buck counties, which cannot be heard from. The Republican committee admits that Bryan has carried the state. As between Taylor (Dem.) and Tillman (Rep.) for governor, the vote is close and both parties claim a victory, with chances favoring Taylor. Nashville, Nov. 4.—The Republican state committee furnishes the following statement: “The vote, if counted as cast, will give Tennessee to McKinley and Hobart, as well as to Tillman for governor. But information from large counties in middle and western Tennessee indicates frauds by Democratic election officers on a large scale, and in a number of counties where they have not been heretofore practiced. Further returns show that Bryan has carried this state, that Taylor (Dem.) is elected governor, that eight out of 10 congressmen are Democrats, and that the legislature is Democratic by a good majority. An exceedingly large vote was polled. CONNECTICUT. Every Indication That It Has Gone Republican by 40,000 Majority. New Haven, Nov. 4.—Returns received warrant the belief that Connecticut has gone Republican by at least 40,000. Various Republican papers are unanimous in claiming the state sos McKinley by 30,000. Enormous Republican gains are reported in almost every section of the state. The Republican state tieket is elected by majorities ranging from 30,000 to 40,000. Tho four Republican congressmen are elected by largely increased majorities,and t|ie state legislature will be overwhelmingly Republican.

NEW JERSEY. The State Carried by McKinley and Hobart by a Large Majority. Trenton. Nov. 4.—The latest returns from the several connties of New Jersey, with proportionate estimate for the unreported precincts, indicate that McKinley will carry the state by from 45,000 to 50,000. The Republicans elect six of the eight congressmen, and will have a large majority in both branches of the legislature. NORTH CAROLINA. It Is Probably Safely Democratic, Despite Republican Claims.. Raleigh, Nov. 4.—The election passed off very quietly. Bryan, so far as heard from, was supported by both the Demoorats and Populists and has carried the electoral vote of the state by majorities estimated at between 10,000 and 20,000. Holton, Republican chairman, however, claims the state for McKinley by between 8,000 and 10,000. ' MAINE. Qalat Election and a Falling Off In the Vote—-McKinley Wins. Portland, Nov. 4.—The election in Maine Droved one of the rmmteat_ju th« state’s history, the returns showing a falling off in the Democratic vote and a slight increase in the Republican vote, which accounts in a great measure for a heavv Republican plurality, estimated at 40,000. The votes cast for Palmer and Bucknerjwas not as heavy as anticipated. _____ RHODE ISLAND. Democrats Admit That Republicans Have Won by 15,000. Providence, Nov. 4. —The state has given McKinley an everwhelming majority. The Democrats admit that MeKinley has a plurality of 15,000, while the Republicans claim 25,000, the Highest plurality ever given. The vote for the gold candidates is very small. NEVADA. It Is Probably Democratic by a Less Majority Than Expected. Carson, Nov. 4.—lt will be impossible to give complete returns from N evada for several days, communication being slow, but indications are that Bryan’s plurality will be far from as large as at first estimated, probably not over 2,000. MISSISSIPPI. It Falls Into the Bryan Celutnn With the Usual Majority. Jaokson, Nov. 4.—Mississippi gives Bryan a majority of 60,000. The veto for Watson wifi not exceed 10,000. Ste seven IHuMKjrh*® ssridldaitoe tai SSfffffra arc clftbtMby rdajorltiee ranting from 1,000 te 6,000.

NEW YORK.' n* Empire State EapeoteE to Shaw 230,000 For McKinley. New York, Nov. 4.—What is given as a conservative estimate in this state shows a majority for McKinley and Hobart of about 275,000. The city of New York pronounced emphatically for the candidate receiving the suffrage of the State at huge, the majority iu the oity being something near 20,000. ,| With less than one-fourth of the election districts above the Harlem river to ' hear from and with the vote of New York city and Kings county compter the plurality of McKinley over 1 j i promises to exceed 803,000 in the | The Democratic state chairman a* midnight gave the following signed statement to the Associated Press: “The result shows that a large portion of Democrats have deserted their party and voted for McKinley. The state committee had no financial means with which to make a thorough and complete canvass of the state. It has been our aim to conduct an honorable and manly fight with the limited re-1 sources at our command. Our opponente were confidently claiming a majority in the state of 860,000, so that they, too, 1 must feel a disappointment in the re-! suit. WEST VIRGINIA. Return* Slow, but a Positive Claim Made by Republican*. Wheeling, Nov. 4.—No official returns hud been received from any part of this state at 1 o’clock, as the count is slow, but semi-official reports from | about half the state show Republican gains everywhere and there is now no . longer any doubt that McKinley has I carried West Virginia. At Republican | headquarters the statement is given out ■ that it is only a question of majority. ; Dovener, congressman First district, is 1 certainly re-elected and the Republicans : claim all three of the others, the state ticket and legislature. PENNSYLVANIA. An Apparent Plurality of Over 1806,000 , For the Republicans. Philadelphia, Nov. 4. — Estimates I from every county in the state give Mo- ■ Kinley an apparent plurality of 266,590. The great sise of the ballot made counting necessarily slow and the estimates in many counties are undoubtedly below the actual Republican pluralities. There is every reason to believe that the official : returns will show u plurality for Mo- ‘ Kinley of nearly 280,000. The legislature is almost entirely Republican. VIRGINIA. It Remains Domocratlo by 30,000 —Result on Congressmen. Richmond, Nov. 4. —The returns re-; ceived indicate that the Democrats have carried Virginia by 20,000. They gained I in the black counties, but lost iu the cities and. some white counties. Democratic congressmen are elected as follows: Jones, First district; Lamb, Third; Swanson, Fifth; Otey, Sixth;; Ray, Seventh, and Rixey, Eighth. The I Second. Fourth, Ninth and Tenth are to doubt, with ohauoes favoring the Democrats in the two first named and the Republicans in the two last named. SOUTH DAKOTA. Scattering Return* Indicate That the State I* Safe For McKinley.

Sioux Falls, Nov. A—Very little has yet been heard from the state at large, but nothing to shake Republican confidence in carrying it. In any event, Republicans will have a good working majority in legislature and elect a Republican United States senator. Scattering reports received indicate Republican expectations will be realised and the state be for McKinley by good majority. CALIFORNIA. Late Estimate Gives McKinley a Narrow Lead. San Francisco, Nov. A—The latest estimate on the result in this state, based on incomplete returns, gives the electoral vote to McKinley by a plurality of 4,500. San Francisco, 4. Indications are that the Republicans will hwe a majority in the next legislature, which is to elect a United States senator. MINNESOTA. Majority For McKinley Electors Thought to He Over 80,000. St. Paul, Nov. 4.—As the night advanced the general result in the state became evident. The Pioneer Press, (Rep.), placed the Republican majority for president at 30,000. At 2a. m. the Republican majority on the national tioket seems to be near 40,000. IOWA. The State Claimed by 100,000 Far Kepublicans. Des Moines, Nov. 4.— Fifty precincts in lowa give a net gain over 1895 of 2,076. At this rate the net gain in the state will be 84,000, giving McKinley 111,000 majority. It is thought the country precincts may reduce this to about 100,000. OREGON. MaKialay Has a Majority of Over 4,000 on Latest Figarea. Portland, Nov. 4.—Complete returns from 184 precincts Outside oity of Portland give McKinley 18,254, Bryan 18,154. Complete returns from city of Portland give McKinley 16,171; Bryan 0,480. McKinley’s majority 4,761. LOUISIANA. It la Put Down as Safely Democratic by Present ReptHrt*. New Orleans, Nov. 4.—Returns i to an early hour this morning indicai that the state has been carried for Bryan by a majority of 20,000. The Democrats have elected six congress men, all for free silver. NORTH DAKOTA It Falla Into th* Lina of States In Favor •f McKinleyBismarck, Nov. A—-The Republicans have carried the state by from 5,000. to 8,000. and North tykofe will hajj a senator who favors tue gold BiSbuara.

MICHIGAN. Generally Conceded That It Ba* Gone Largely Republican. Detroit, Nov. 4.—lt is generally conceded that Michigan has gone Republican by from 35.090 to 60,000 plurality. The latter is the figure given out by Chairman Ferry of the Republican state committee. Chairman Baker of the fusion committee declined to make any statement for publication. Secretary 'Alward of the Republican committee claims the election of all 12 congressmen, but the Democrats still hope to save some of their candidates. The Detroit Tribune (free silver), on the basis of scattering returns thus fur received, estimates McKinley’s plurality in tho state outside t>T this county at 39,000, The returns on the governorship from 47 districts in Detroit show that Pingree has received more than two-thirds of the entire vote, and'if that proportion is kept up Pingree’s majority in Wayne county is likely to run over 20,000. Chairman Ferry of the Republican state committee gives the following to the Associated Press: Returns from 24 out of 83 counties give 17,270 majority for McKinley, indicating u Republican majority iu Michigan of upwards of 50,000. TEXAS. i — Bryan and fiewaU Elector# Conceded by a Republican Organ. Galveston, Nov. 4.—The Galveston Nows concedes the election of Bryan and Bewail electors, and also the election of Culberson (Silver Dem.) for governor. For congress, R. B. Hawley (Rep.), in the Tenth, is reasonably sure of election; in the Twelfth, G. H. Noonan (Rep.) and J, L. Slayden (Dem.) are running close. Republicans claim the election of H. Gross in the Eleventh and the Populists claim the election of B. Gibbs in Sixth. Democrats do ifbt concede either Sixth or Eleventh. Austin, Nov. 4. — After a careful count of all election returns at 8 o’clock a. m. it is undoubtedly a fact that the Democrats will win in the state on national tieket and congressional by handsome majorities in all save the Tenth and Twelfth districts. MARYLAND. Bitterness of Defeat Again Tasted by Gorman and His Followers. Baltieore, Nov. 4.—The Democrats of Maryland, under the leadership of Senator Gorman, have again tasted the bitterness of a defeat so crushing as to be almost disheartening. The almost phenomenal majority of 20,000 for Lowndes a year ago has bean duplicated and perhaps exceeded, as with full returns from two-thirds of the state and half of the city the indications are that McKinley loads Bryan by 30,000, 20,000 of which has been contributed by Baltimore city, heretofore a Gibraltar of Democracy. ~ Five Republican congressmen have been elected, the doubtful district at this writing being the First, in which Joshua W. Miles (Dem.) may be realec ted. In the city an almost unanimously Republican council has been elected. KAN3AB. The State In Doubt by Reason of No Returu* Coming lu. Topeka, Nov. 4. —Kansas is in doubt. At midnight there were no returns “ whatever from the state, and it is impossible to make a prediction of any character concerning the result. The officials at the various state headquarters positively refuse to give estimates. Hou. W. H. Rossington of Topeka wires as follows: “Returns come in slowly, owing to large complex ticket. Such scattering returns as have been received verify estimates of safe Republican control and assure the state for McKinley by not less than 5,000 plurality, which may be increased to 10,000.

WISCONSIN. Democratic Committee Concedes Republican Sticcew. Milwaukee, Nov. 4. —E. C. Wall, member of the national Democratic committee, gave as his last estimate before retiring 100,000 Republican plurality. George F. Peck of Milwaukee wires the Associated Press as follows: “McKinley has carried Wisconsin by a comfortable majority. Schofield, for governor, will without doubt pull close to McKinley. Both of them, and every other Republican I ( have hoard from, will have a majority considered safesay 100,000. MISSOURI. Meager Returns Make It Impossible to f Give Correct Figures. St. Louis, Nov. 4. —The official returns for Missouri and St. Louis are so m«agflr that it is. imuossible to civ a.anything like an estimate of the results. Seventy-five precincts in Missouri, outside of St. Louis, out of a total of 2,040, < give Bryan 18,312; McKinley 8,543. St. Louis, Nov. A—Returns from half the precincts in this city, acoordiur The Republic (Silver Democrat) in eate it will be carried by the RepuL cans by 15,000 plurality. GEORGIA. A State Likely to Send a Solid Delage- • tioa ta Coagrett. \ Savannah, Nov. 4.—Everything now points to the re-election to congress from the first Georgia district of Rufus E. Lester (Dorn.) by probably the lowest majority yet received. This would make a solid Democratic delegation. Populists are reported to have cut the Democrats in the country districts for refusal to fuse with them and for alleged 111 treatment of Watson. WYOMING. Raturns Slow and Small Plurality Exported Pot- the Winner. Cheyenne, Nov. 4. —Returns coming in very slow. Indications point to small i; airity for the winning candidates on the electoral and oongrossioual tMbsta. 7” ' IDAHO. CoMerveUve Estimate* Hive It to Bryan by 10,000. Bena, Nov. 4.—OWservntive estimetet Indbswte PW«e WtH gtvo MjlN majority for Bryan. " . \ ‘ ■ j ''i