Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1896 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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lu a carefully compiled estimate, under the heading ‘‘Astonishing Figures,” the Evansville Courier forces to the surface some startling facts concerning the recent election returns. For instance that Chicago cast abou' 30,000 more votes than were cast by the city of Nork, though the vote i'- New York whs much larger than at any pie« vious election, and in Philadelphia the vote was increase d about 66,000 over the vote of any previous election. The Courier declares that: Not even the most sanguine Chicagoan wil 1 seriously claim that there are legitimately more votes in his city than in New York and even if he should there <*ra no offcial figures by which the claim could be substantiated,Neither will any one pretend that that the growth of Philadelphia during the Irst four years has been such as tr acc unt sot such n inoraase in its vote The cu ternary wav ot estimating the vote of any : city or state is to place it at one ' fifth ot the population. Atone vote for evt ry five inhabitants the incnase.in the vote of Philadeie phia would thow an incaease of 33C,000 in the population during the 1 last four years, which would be considerably more than twentyfive. percent But the moot significant figures are those shown by the state ot < Ohio whicn gave Bryan 4ff5,000' votes which is 70,000 more than it gava Cleveland in ’92 ann is the ! largest vote ever befofe given a presidential candidate by that state, democratic or republican. 1 It is 170,000 more than Campbell , received for governor last year and 48,000 more than Bushnell received, who was fleeted. Yet McKinley received 50.000 more votes tLan Bryan. This shows an