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By JOHN BATTEHLUND.
.WASHBURN, NORTH DAKOTA.
It !s reported that President Krueger
to growing deaf. But be can still SM
a thing or two.
The Powers are biting their thumbs
at Turkey again, and Turkey is mildly
wondering how much more mastica
tion those useful digits can stand.
A bookkeeper who smokes cigarettes
can be depended upon to have his
books muddled if he smokes and keeps
books long enough.
The British parliament will reassem
ble on Jan. 25. But we will have
troubles of our own before that time.
Congress will meet in December.
A wise man of Gotham hitched him
self to a kite. If the kite had been
stronger this paragraph would have
been longer.
The earl of Winch else
a has gone into
the butter business, which shows that
the earl possesses common sense as
well as a title.
The man who jumped from a pier
at Milwaukee into Lake Michigan, de
claring that he was going to swim to
Germany, was probably several seas
over before he started.
The government having bought 75,
000 pounds of dried apples for the In
dian schools, these institutions may
be expected to turn out some swell
graduates.
The Vermont legislators are talking
about taxing the bicycles, but we
guess it will all end in talk. The bicy
cle vote is something that isn't ignored,
•ven by the Vermont legislator.
All accounts agree that the helpless
Inhabitants of the Philippine islands
are rapidly being Weylerized by
Spain's most relentless methods. It is
the same old story of a tax-burdened
race revolting against tyranny and
misrule only to fall victims to Spanish
massacre.
Undoubtedly the Koreans hate the
Japs, as the cable says, but what are
the Koreans going to do about it? The
Japs are there, and if they have any
intention to retire they have given no
notice of it.
Lord Downshire, a young nobleman
with a strong taste for mechanics, has
had a complete railway, a mile and a
half in length, laid down in his
grounds at Hillsborough, County
Down, Ireland.
The English always have had plenty
to say about the severities and ex
tremes of American climate, but with
delightful weather prevailing on this
side of the Atlantic and heavy snow
storms reported in Scotland and north
ern England, it would seem as if the
handle were on the other side of the
Jug this season.
General Blanco is said to be so ill
that he cannot assume personal com
mand of the Spanish troops who are
suppressing the rebellion in the Phi
lippine Islands, and Gen. Weyler's
health is such that it will not permit
him to leave Havana. A change of
climate seems to have a peculiar ef
fect on Spanish warriors.
The Khedive has finished his little
trip to Paris, and it is safe to say thai
he enjoyed himself more than the czar
did. He went where he pleased, ate
what he wanted, did not have to pass
under any triumphal arches, and was
spared the trouble of having to talk
politics with the minister of foreign
affairs. Paris is a good place to visit
when you are left alone.
Claude M. Johnson, director of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, iu
his annual report says that during the
year postage stamps were delivered
to postmasters in the United States in
the following amounts: Ordinary
stamps, 3,025,481,467 special delivery,
4,400,270 postage due stamps, 19,348,
714 newspaper, etc., 5,502,672 total
number 3,054,802,123.
Mr. Gladstone goes on pitching into
the Turks in general and the sultan in
particular. Whether, by his impetu
osity, lie is strengthened or weakening
the hands of Lord Salisbury remains
an open question/ The world is de
lighted to receive an intimation from
the English premier that there is now
prospects that the Turks can be sup
pressed without plunging Europe into
war.
Twenty years ago, when the British
formally annexed the Transvaal, they
found in the Republic's treasury ex
actly 30 cents. This year President
Kreuger has asked his Boer legislature
to appropriate from the surplus of the
country £850,000 for the purchase of
arms, with which to suppress any in
clination the taxpaying English resi
dents may show toward interfering
with local oolitlcs.
McKINLEY IT IS
Republican Candidates for
President and Vice Pres
ident Are Elected.
Latest Returns From the
Entire Country Give Him
1265 Electoral Votes.
Illinois Gives a Republican
Majority of Over
100,000.
The Republican Majority in
New York Will Reach
300,000.
Several of the States Are
Still in Doubt, the Re
turns Being Slow.
The return# from the entire country. al
though Incomplete in some startes, ere of
a nature to lustre th*' election of McKin
ley. A sufficient number of Mates have
deolared for the Republican party to make
certain 205 vote* In the electoral college for
Its loader. The states where rotes are sure
for bim are as follows:
California 9
Ooimotlout 5
Delaware
Illinois
Indiana 13
Iowa 13
Maine
6
Maryland
Massachusetts I"
Michigan 14
Minnesota
New Hampshire 4
New Jersey 10
New York 3(1
North Dakota 3
Ohio 543
Oregon
ARKANSAS.
The State Goes for Bryan by Abont
23,000.
The latest returns from all parts of the
state lnd'oate the success the Democratic
ticket by a majority of about 25,000.
The Democrats claim the election of the
entire congressional ticket.
ALABAMA.
Chairman of State Democratic Com
mittee Claims 49,000 Majority.
The following was given to the Associated
Press by Chairman Vaugban: "There Is
strong evidence of a repetition of frauds lu
this state, but of a more aggravating nature
than ever known before. Returns are being
held back and no Information can be ob
tained from Democratic election managers.
The state is unquestionably very close, but
1 should not ue surprised if the Democrats
brought up the usual fraudulent majority.
We bare elected at least Ave congressmen
on the fusion ticket.
Hlgned.) "—William Vaughan,
"Chairman Republican State Committee."
lien. Shelly, ohalrman of the state Demo
cratic committee, declined to give a state
ment over his signature, but dictated the
following:
"Indications now are that the state will
give a majority for Bryan and Sewall of
40,000 it may go to 00,000. I believe we
will send a solid Democratic delegation to
congress."
CONNECTICUT.
Incomplete Returns Indicate That
McKinley Carries State by 4W.OUW.
The latest returns received Indicate that
the state has gene Republican by at least
40,000. Large Republican gains are reported
from all parts of the state. The city of
Hartford went Republican for the ilrst
time.
COLORADO.
Free Silver Prevails and Senator
Teller la Assnreal of Re-election.
Free silver prevails and Senator Teller Is
assured of re-eleotion.
The result on state officers is still In
doubt. Bryan's plurality will reach 110,000
William McKinley.
in the state, and Congressman Sliafrotli,
Silver Republican, and Bell, Populist, are
re-elected by 50,000 to 60,000 each. The
re-election of Senator Teller is assured in
any event, all parties except the McKinley
Republicans having endorsed him.
CALIFORNIA.
Republicans Claim the State by a
Small Marvn.
With 225,575 rotes counted MoKinley and
Hobart hare about 7,200 majority in Cali
fornia While (be figures yet to be heard
from may reduce these slightly, the Repub
lican majority will not be less than 6,000,
firing the Bryan ticket the benefit of the
doobt wherever It seems reasonable.
DELAWARE.
n* Plurality la Estimate* at St,4JOV
for MoKinley.
McKInley's ettfmated plurality in Dela­
ware Is 2,600.' Tunnell (Dem.) for governor
has 2,800 plurality, and Handy (Deni for
congress about the sjiie. Tbe legislature
is In doubt. J. I'M ward Addlcks carried
Kent county, but both parties claim the
Sussex legislative ticket. If Addlcks bas
Sussex he will control tbe legislature and
be elected to the IJn'ted States seuute. Tbe
constitutional convention will be Repub
lican by a small majority.
FLORIDA.
Democrats Carry the State by Aboat
lO.OOO.
The returns from all parts of the state
•re very slow in coming in. From tbe in
complete returns already received it is safe
to say that Bryan will receive a plurality
of about 10,000. Compared with tbe state
election In October this shows slight
Democratic loss.
GEORGIA.
The Democrats Carry the State by a
Good Majority.
A. E. Buck, chairman of the state cen
tral committee of Georgia, wires to the
Associated Press from Atlanta as follows:
"Fraud and violence prevail In portions of
the state. Returns slowly coming In. Dem
ocratic majority in Georgia largely reduced.
May not exceed 10,000.'
Returns from various district* Indicate
election of solid Democratic congressional
delegation, with possible exception of First
district.
Late returns on national tifltot place
Bryan's majority at 35,000.
IDAHO.
V'h Hk
3
Pennsylvania 3
Itbode Island 4
South Dakota 4
Vermont 4
West Virginia ..... 8
Wisconsin 12
263
The returns show some Interesting fea
tures and In some respects have been a sur
prise to thJbeaders of both political par
ties.
a Ratio of
Claimed for Bryan at
Five to One.
Bryan's majority in the state will prob
ably reach 13,000. Gunn (fusion) is elected
to congress over Borah (silver Rep.). It
looks as though the entire Democratic-Pop
ulist state ticket is elected. The legisla
ture is overwhelmingly Democratic-l'opu
11st.
ILLINOIS.
McKinley Receives a Plurality of
138,718.
Returns from over the State of Illinois
Indicate that McKinley has made big gains
In proportion throughout the counties and
Garret A. Hobart
towns as he has in Chicago, seeming to
justify tbe claim of the central committee
that the state has gone 100,000 Republican.
If tbe gains which are already reported
hold up in the districts yet to be beard
from the majority, it is said, will exceed
that figure. In the dispatches comparing
the votes of Tanner and McKinley the
former has In most Instances run slightly
behind the latter. The figures, however,
plainly show that Tanner's loss was no
gain for Aitgeld. Forman was the gainer.
Comparisons made with the vote cast for
Harrison in 1S92 show very heavy gains In
nearly every Instance over the Republican
rote cast that year. At headquarters con
siderable surprise was occasioned over Mc
KInley's vote in a number of counties
which were expected to give Bryan majori
ties, but which Instead have gone for tbe
Republican candidate.
Complete unofficial returns give McKinley
a plurality in Cook county of 67,530 out
side of Cook county, 71,180, making his
total plurality In tbe state 138,718. Tan
ner's plurality over Aitgeld Is estimated at
112.S4S.
INDIANA.
(Inofficial Returns Give McKinley a
Small Plurality.
Indiana's fifteen electoral rotes will go to
McKinley and Hobart by a plurality close
to 20,000. Unofficial returns received from
all the counties by the Republican state
committee place the plurality at 20,123. The
official figures will not 'materially change
this footing. The Republicans elected con
gressmen in the First, Fifth, Sixth, Sev
enth, Eighth, Tenth, Eleventh and Thir
teenth districts. The Democrats elected in
the Second, Third, Fourth and Twelfth.
Unless the official figures change the fig
ures at hand the legislature will be Repub
lican on joint ballot.
Chairman Parks Martin, of the Demo
crat state committee, said: "On the face
of the returns the Republicans have car
ried the state by from 12,000 to 15,000."
IOWA.
Over 00,000 Plurality Stacked Up
for McKinley.
The returns by counties In Iowa have
been completed. The total vote In the
state Is In excess of 510,000 rotes, esti
mating the Prohibition and Palmer votes
together at only 5.000. Of these 286,751
were cast for William McKinley and 219,
118 for Wlllium J. Bryan, giving McKinley
a plurality of 07,638. This is not only the
largest rote ever cast In the state, but is
also the largest Republican majority In
Iowa, Garlield's majority, haring been
45,000.
KENTUCKY.
Both Republicans and Democrats
Claim the State.
The result In Kentucky is still in doubt.
The revision of figures In some districts has
brought the majority for either side down
to a rery small margin. The Democrats
claim the state for Bryan by 1,500 to 2,000,
while the Republicans claim it for McKin
ley by 500. The vote is so close that the
official count will be necessary to deter
mine the result.
KANSAS.
Indications Are That Bryan Has
Carried the State.
Sufficient returns are In to show that
Kansas cannot toe counted for McKinley.
The state's hardest fought political battle
has resulted In fusion victory for presi
dent and so close a vote for state candi
dates that only an official count can de
termine whteber the Republican or fusion
candidates for state officers are elected.
Leaders In both parties are now claiming
but small majorities, and tbe majority
either way will be within a thousand votes.
Tbe Republicans claim 2,000 and tbe Popu
lists 4,000. The Bryan electors have car
ried tbe state by approximately 4,000 ma
jority.
LOUISIANA.
The Democrats Make a Clean Sweep
af the State.
Returns coming in slowly, bat the Indica
tions are that the Democrats have made a
clean sweep, electing tki cengreiilonal del­
egation and that Bryan has carried tbe
state by not less than 30,000 majority.
MAINE.
Republican Plurality Estimated at
40,000.
The election In Maine proved one of tbe
quietest In the state's history. Generally
the returns showed a falling off in tbe
Democratic vote and a slight increase in
the Republican rote, which accounts. In
a great measure, for a heavy Republican
plurality, estimated at 46,000. Tbe vote
cast for Palmer and Buckner was not as
heavy as anticipated.
McKinley led Sewall by 101 votes In the
latter's own ward and 752 In the city.
Candidate Sewall was Interviewed by an
Associated Press representative and said:
"We will be under government controlled
by syndicates for the next four years, as
well as by injunction. Mr. Bryan received
140 electoral votes, which shows that there
are 6ome honest men In the country."
MARYLAND.
Unofficia Returns Give McKinley
SU.ttOl Plurality.
Chairman Talbot, of the Democratic( stats
centra! committee, concedes Maryland to
the ltopubiieans, but would give no figures.
Senator Gorrtun L. Wellington, chairman
of the state central committee of Maryland,
wired to the Associated Press as follows:
"McKinley carries Baltimore by at least
20,000 majority the Democrats concede 15,
000 the state will give 29,750."
About five Republican congressmen hare
been surely elected.
Maryland complete, unofficial, glres Mc
Kinley 32,291 plurality. In 1892 Cleveland's
plurality was 21,130, showing a Republican
gain of 53,421.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Republicans Carry Every City and
Tcwn in the State.
Complete returns from Massachusetts
pive McKInley's plurality at 108,7A ol
eott's plurality for governor is 150,760. The
vote upon the question of biennial elections
shows a majority aganst the proposed
change. The Republican candidates for
president and governor have carried every
city and town for the first time in the his
tory of the state.
The Republicans elected eleven congress
men, the Democrats one and one is still in
doubt.
MICHIGAN.
PiDKree Makes a Remarkable Ran
for Governor.
With fairly complete returns Plngree's
plurality estimated at about 70,000, and
McKinley's about 15,000 less. The congres
sional delegation stands ten Republicans
and two fusionlsts.
MONTANA.
The Boy Orator of the Platte Car
ries the State by 15,000.
Returns from this state will be neces
sarily slow in coming In at the present
writing. Returns have been received from
Helena and Butte which indicate Bryan's
majority to be at least 15,000.
Seventy-seven precincts give McKinley,
2,491 Bryan, 13,449. Six to one In favor of
Bryan. Fusion state ticket and Hartmnn
man for congress practically even. Hart
man, stiver Republican, is elected to con
gress by 8,000 to 10,000 over Goddard, reg
ular Republican. Nearly the entire Demo
cratic-Populist fusion state ticket is elected.
MISSOURI.
The Republicans Concede the State
to Bryan.
Secretary Thomas B. Love, of the Demo
cratic state central committee, says: "Bry
an's majority In Missouri will be 00,000.
Tbe entire Democratic state ticket is elect
ed by an average plurality of 40,000. We
have elected twelve out of fifteen congress
men and both branches of the legislature
by good majorities."
The complete presidential vote In St.
Louis Is: Bryan, 50,276 McKinley, 65,845
Levering, 200 Palmer, 127 Bcntlejr, 24.
McKinley's plurality, 15,569.
Complete returns as to tha state have not
yet been received, but the Republicans con.
cede tbe state to Bryan.
MISSISSIPPI.
The Democrats Carry the State by
50,000.
Mississippi gives Bryan a majority of
50,000. The vote for Watson will not ex
ceed 10,000. The seven Democratic candi
dates for congress are elected by majorities
ranging from 1,000 to 5,000.
NEVADA.
Complete Returns Will Not Be Re
ceived for Several Days.
It will be Impossible to give complete re
turns from Nevada for sereral days, but
Indications are that Bryan's plurality will
re§ch 2,000.
NEBRASKA.
Nebraska Gives Bryan a Plurality,
but It Is Small.
Complete returns from forty-four out of
the- nli.ety-three counties of the state re
celred at Populist state Headquarters give
Bryan 7,036 majority and Holcomb (fusion)
for gorornor 10,645. It Is estimated from
these figures that Bryan's majority in the
state will be about 13,000 and Holcomb's
about 18,000. Republican Chairman Post
claims that Bryan's majority in the state
will not exceed 5,000.
Four silver congressmen have been elect
ed and two Republicans.
NEW HAMPSHIRE,...
Returns Are Slow, but Indicate a
Republican Plurality.
New Hampshire returns came in very
slowly on account of the number of names
on the ticket, but each precinct reported
showed a gain for McKinley and Indicated
McKinley's plurality to be 36,000. The
Palmer and Buckner ballot was very light.
Kamsdell, for governor, will have the larg
est plurality ever given a Republican gov
ernor In New*Hampshire.
NEW JERSEY.
Democrats Concede the State to Abe
Republicans.
Complete returns give McKinley and Ho
bart 85,000 plurality in New Jersey. The
next legislature will stand: Senate—Re
publicans, 18 Democrats, 3. House—Re
publicans, 56 Democrats, 4.
Seven of tbe eight Republican candidates
for congress appear to be elected.
NEW YORK.
Latest Returns Place McKinley's
Plurality at 2t54,87tf.
Never In the history of national elections
has there been such a quiet and orderly
election as that which marked the close of
a heated and remarkable campaign con
ducted In this state. -In many districts the
registered vote was polled by 1 o'clock and
clerks and watchers sat idly by. Hardly
had the polls closed when the results from
small districts began to come In.
McKinley and Hobart carried New York
city. When results were ao far known as
to announce that Black (Sep.). candidate
for governor, bad run behind his electoral
ticket about 9,000, which Indicates bis hav
ing about one-half the plurality given Mc
Klnley, expressions of surprise could be
heard. But such a result was naturally to
be expected on account of the many Demo
crats voting the Republican national ticket
and refusing to vote the atate ticket. Still
more comment was made on the vote for
Woodruff, for lieutenant governor, wblcA
pointed to his having about 8,000 plurality
In general results to tbe city waa known
•arte.
McKinley's plurality over Bryan In New
York city Is 16,580.
A complete complexion of the vote of
New York State shows that McKinley's plu
rality Is 259,879 and something like 25,000
greater than of Black for governor. In the
congressional delegation the Republicans,
counting J. J. Belden, who ran as an inde
pendent, number 529 to 5 Democrats, against
28 Republicans and 6 Democrats In the
Fifty-fourth congress. The Republican ma
jority In both branches of the legislature
is Increased.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Bryan Carries the State by a Good
Majority.
The presidential ticket in this state has
been electcd for Bryan by a majority of
from 5,000 to 15,000. The returns from
counties now In Show a close vote, with
Bryan electors leading by safe majorities.
Many counties are still missing, but It Is
not believed the votes will change materi
ally the estimate given above, as claimed
by the Democrats. It Is reported that Re
publican State Chairman Holton concedes
North Carolina to Bryan by 8,000. Russell
(Rpp.) Is elected governor by not less than
12,000 majority. The other Republican
Populist fusion state officers are elected
by 40,000, except lieutenant governor, who
has a reduced figure.
NORTH DAKOTA.
McKinley Carrion the State by a
Good Plurality.
Late returns Indicate that McKinley has
carried the state by at least 5,000, and the
entire Republican staite ticket Is elected
by about the same majority. This Is one
of the surprises of the election as Indica
tions were that the state ticket would
run 2,000 behind McKinley.
Chairman Klelnogel, of the Democratic
state committee, concedes the state to Mc
Kinley by. 5,000 and the election of the
entire Republican state ticket.
Returns on legislative contests are slow
In arriving, but indications are that the
Republicans will have a large majority on
joint ballot, which insures the election of
a Republican to succeed Hansbrough In the
United States senate.
Burleigh county gives McKinley 400 ma
jority and elects the entire Republican leg
islative and county ticket.
OHIO.
McKinley Carries His Own State by
a Large Majority.
Returns from every county in Ohio give
McKinley a. plurality of 52,297. The official
count will not materially change these fig
ures.
McKinley carried his own ward by the
following precinct pluralities: A, 110 B,
51 C, 115 D, 75. Total, 291. This ward
gave Cleveland 103.
OREGON.
The State Goes Republican by
Small Majority.
Practically complete returns from all but
five remote counties In Oregon glre Mc
Kinley 391,148 Bryan, 35,992. McKinley's
majority, 3,156. Returns from the five re
gaining counties cannot materially change
these figures.
The Republicans hare a majority of
thirty-six on joint ballot in the legislature.
PENNSYLVANIA.
It Is Not Believed the Official Count
Will Change the
Figures.
Pennsylvania gives McKinley a plurality
of over 300,000, Including the two congress
men at large. Pennsylvania elected thirty
three congressmen. According to the lat
est returns received by the Associated Press
the delegation will be divided politically
as follows: Republicans, 28 Democrats, 2.
The same as In the last congress.
Complete returns from all but a few
of the sixty-seven joanties In Pennsylvania
give McKinley a plurality of 295,550. It Is
not believed that the official count will show
much variation from these figures.
RHODE ISLAND.
McKinley's Plurality Will Be Over
20,000.
The state has given McKinley an over
whelming majority. The Democrats them
selves admit McKinley bas a plurality of
20,000. The entire Kepubllcnn congression
al ticket is elected by good majorities.
The complete returns of the state unof
ficially tabulated show McKinley's plural
ity to be 23,750.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
li May Take Official Count to De
termine the Result.
Returns are still Incomplete and are com
ing in very slowly. Apparently South Da
kota is for McKinley by 600 or 700. The
Populists have conceded the state to Mc
Kinley by a slight majority. The Populists
have 71 of the 126 members of tbe legisla
ture
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Indications Are That the Democrats
Have Been Successful.
Reports from all parts of South Carolina
show that the eDuiocratlc presidential, con
gressional, state and county tickets hara
been successful by orerwhelmlng majorities.
Later returns place the Democratic plu
rality at between 45,000 and 50,000.
TENNESSEE.
The State Is Claimed for Bryan by
220,000.
Samuel B. Williamson, secretary of the
atate Democratic committee, says: "From
all reports recelred I 'eel certain that this
state is safely Democratic. Bryan will re
ceive not less than 25,000 majority. Taylor,
for governor. Is °ui'e. Eight out of ten
congressmen are Democratic.
Full returns from sixty out of ninety-six
counties show that Bryan has carried the
state by about 20,000 also a Democratic
gain in the gubernatorial rote of 8,500."
Many of tbe counties to be beard from are
Republican and Taylor, Democrat, for gor
ernor, will hare a reduced majority, per
haps not exceeding 5,000, and may run
down lower. The legislature, which Is
Democratic, has one negro member.- Tho
Democrats claim seren congressmen. Re
publicans claim the official count will. be
required to decide between Taylor and Till
man, candidates for gorernor.
TEXAS.
The Republicans Arc Claiming tbe
State.
Bryan's majority in Texas will be 75,
000 Democratic state ticket will run 50,000
behind Bryan.
The Galreston News concedes the elec
tion of Bryan and Sewall electors also the
election of Culberson, sliver Democrat, for
gorernor.
Chairman Green, of the Republican com
mittee, says: "We will carry Texas sure
by 20,000. We are making big gains erery
wberc. Our returns are reliable."
UTAH.
The Mormons Are Slow In Hiking
Returns.
It will be late to-morrow before tbe count
can be completed. Indications now are that
Bryan has carried the state by at least
10,000 majority. Tbe legislature, which will
elect a United States senator, la atlll
claimed by both parties.
The chairman of the Democratic state
eemmtttee claims King (Dem.) for congresa
la electcd by 3,000 najorlty.
VERMONT.
Returns Indicate a Safe Republican
Plurality.
Batumi from tha state are being com*
fletad varj alewljr, ii uir aa caa b« cal-
eolsted Republican plurality will be about
15,000.
VIRGINIA.
Bryan Carries the State by JiO.OUtt
Plurality.
From the full returns of the rote of the
state It appears that the Democrats bare
nearly 20,000 plurality in Virginia on the
electoral ticket.
The Democrats will probably bare eight
out of ten congressmen. Culpepper county,
in which Mr. Bryan's father was born and
where the Democratic candidate often vis
ited, was carried by the Democrats by 400
majority, a big gain.
WASHINGTON.
Bryan Takes the State by a Good
Purality.
Partial returns from all but four comi
ties In the state show that Bryan electors
have carried the state by a plurality close
to 10,000, and the entire fusion ticket is
electcd. The fuslonists will control the leg
islature.
WEST VIRGINIA.
McKinley Will Have a Fair Major
ity.
From official conservative estimates re
ceived from this state McKinley's majority
In the state will sot fall short of 13,000, and
all four Republican candidates for congress
are elected by from 2,000 to 4,000 plurality
each. Both branches of the legislature are
Republican and the IiepuMtwui state ticket
has been elected. Atkinson for governor
ran about 1,000 ahead of McKinley in tbe
8t&t£«
W'lllam M. O. Daivson, chairman of the
Republican state committee of West Vir
ginia, wires as follows:
"McKinley's plurality In West Virginia
about 15,000."
Andrew Edmnston, chairman of the Dem
ocratic state central committee, says:
"West Virginia is conceded to McKinley by
from 5,000 to 10,000."
WISCONSIN.
Fuller Returns Incrense the Repub
lican Plurality.
Returns recelred indicate that McKinley
has carried the state by the largest plural
ity ever known. The vote on the state ticket
falls below that for the presidential, for the
reason that the gold Democrats hare no
state ticket In the field to offset the fusion
of the Populists and silver Democrats. Rel
atively. however, the plurality for the Re
publican state ticket is the largest in the
history of the state.
George W. Peck of Milwaukee wired the
Associated Tress as follows:
"McKinley bas carried Wisconsin by a
comfortable majority. S.:ofield for governor
will no doubt pull through very close to
McKinley. both of them and every other
Republican I have heard of will have ma
jority enough to be considered safe, say
100,000, or along there somewhere, in oth
er respects we are quite well, thank you.
When you are going to havo any more elec
tions you should send us an Invitation."
The chonges made by fuller returns from
nearly all the counties of the state and'
closer estimates on the remaining countlea
show an Increased majority for the Repub
lican presidential ticket in Wisconsin. Al
most every county shows Increased plurali
ties on complete returns. The most
striktng reduction Is that In Douglas coun
ty, where the estimates of 1,200 are re
duced below 700. The Republican gains In
the old Democratic counties of the Eastern
part of the state are Increased by tbe later
returns. The Indications are now that tbe
present plurality for the Republican presi
dential ticket, 95,935, will be Increased by
the returns yet to come In.
WYOMING.
Bryanites Claim the State by a Plu
rality of 1,300.
Thirty-nine Wyoming precincts give Mo*
Klnley 1,400, Bryan 1,462 democratic gain
of 284. Incomplete returns from two pre
cincts In Bvanston and eight in Laramie
giro Democratic gain of 623 rotes In 1,871
polled. This ratio of gain in entire state
will give Bryan 1,300 plurality. Coragrce
stonal and state tickets run pretty nearly
the same as the electoral.
THE NEXT CONGRES9
The Republican* Have a. Workinff
Majority.
A table prepared by the Associated Presa
from the latest returns shows the election
of 201 Republicans to the next house, 124
Democrats, 19 Populists, fusionlsts and in
dependents (a number which pertiaps
should he slightly Increased-, as a few of
those classified as Democrats hare inde
pendent leanings). Some districts are in
doubt, and no attempt bas been made to
include Washington and South Dakota and
three districts in Texas in the list, owing
to the meager and conflicting returns.
Washington has probably gone Democratic
or independent on congressmen. list
by states Is as follows:
Ikmbt-
Reps. Dems. Fusion, fid.
Alabama .. 7 1 1
Arkacsas 0
California 3 2 SS
Colorado .. 2
Connecticut 4
Deluwure I ..
Florida 2 ..
Georgia 11
Idaho .. 1
Illinois 10 5 .. 1
Indiana 8 4
Iowa 11
Kansas 2 1 &
Kentucky 4 7
Louisiana ... 1 S
Maine 4
Maryland 6
Massachusetts 12 1
Michigan 10 2
Minnesota 7
Mississippi .. 7 .. ...
Missouri 3 lir
Montana .. 1
Nebraska 2 4
Nevada .. 1
New Mexico 1
New Hampshire 2 .. ..
New Jersey 8
New Yoik 20 5
North Carolina 2 2 0
North Dakota 1
Pennsylvania 27 8
Ohio 14 5 .. 2
Oregon 2
Pennsylvania 27 2
Rhode Island 2
South Carolina .. 6 ...
Tennessee 3 6' .. 1
Texas 10 .. 3
Utah .. 1
Wyoming 1
Vermont..,.. 2
Virginia 2 8
West Virginia 4 ..
Wisconsin ...10 ...
South Dakota, returns incomplete. Washington,
unreported.
Gen. Lee Returns Home.
New York, Nov. 7. Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee arrived from Havana late last
night, on the Ward line steamer Vig
ilancia. Gen. Lee said his health had
been excellent from the time he left
this country last June. In spite of re
ports to the contrary, he had been
treated with military courtesy by Gen.
Weyler, whom he described as a gen
tleman with pleasant manners, but a
strict disciplinarian. Gen. Lee de
clined to tal|c about the Cuban ques
tion, even in general terms.
London, Nov. 7.—A meeting of mem
bers of tbe Bimetallic league bas been
In session to-day engaged In the work
of drawing up a manifesto. Members:
from Birmingham, Manchester and
elsewhere are in attei.dance. The doc
ument is signed by Messrs. A. L. Den-,
ham, H. B. Greenfall, Robert Barclay,
H. C. Giblis and H. MacNeil. It claims
that McKinley's election is a victory
for International bimetallism.