I" NIT Kit STATKS nF AMF.IMCA. 



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* Populist vote included. 



A number of interesting facts have been brought 

 to light by a close examination of the State returns 

 of 1896 and a comparison with the returns from 

 previous elections. The simplest method, and at the 

 same time the plainest method, of noting these facts 

 for general information is to devote a brief para- 

 graph to each State. The figures given are the re- 

 sult of a vast number of calculations and computa- 

 tions, embracing the popular vote as recorded by 

 officials of each county at presidential and other 

 elections held in each State during the past quarter 

 of a century. 



Alabama. The decrease in the total vote of 

 . as compared with 1892. was 40.000. The 

 D-P* vote. 1*96. was about 40,000 less than the 

 added D and P votes of 1892. The straight Rf 

 vote. 1896, was 4.1.000 more than in 1892. In that 

 year P and R voters fused. Had not this hap- 

 pened, the R vote would have been between 50,000 

 and 60.000. Blount County. D at the 6 preceding 

 elections, gave McKinley 19? plurality in 1896. 

 Three other D counties voted for McKinley. 



Arkansas. Increased total vote, 1896 over 1892, 

 1.400. The net gain in the Democratic-Populist 

 vote, 1896, over a corresponding vote for Governor 

 two months before the presidential election, 

 was 3.000. Crittenden. Lincoln, and Phillips Coun- 

 Republican from 1872 until last fall, gave near- 

 ly 1.500 in pluralities for Bryan. 



California. The increased total vote. 1896 over 

 1892, was 26.000. The D-P vote of 1896 was about 

 20.000 less than the added D and P vote for Gov- 

 ernor in 1894 : R vote, 35.000 more in 1896 than in 

 1*94. California is a McKinley State by a small 

 plurality. The silver-mining industry, however, is 

 important. There is what may be termed a full 

 Populist vote. Referring again to the election of 

 1*94. it may be noted that the added D and P vote 

 exceeded the R vote on that occasion by more than 

 50.000. Thirty-two counties gave D pluraliti 

 gregating 10.000 in 1896. and 25 counties gav,- R 

 pluralities aggregating 13.000. Four D counties 

 (Del Xorte. San Francisco. Sonoma, and Yuba) gave 

 pluralities for McKinley at the last election. 



Colorado. Increased total vote. 1896 over 1*92. 

 95.< 00. Every county, except Kit Carson and Wash- 

 ington, gave Bryan a plurality. The previous rec- 

 ord is in keeping. In 1892 Populists and Silver 

 Democrats fused and defeated the Republica 

 nearly 15.000. The silver product of the State. 

 was over 25.000. 000 ounces. For statistical purposes, 

 Idaho is classed as a Silver and Populist State. 



Connecticut. Increased total vote, 1896 over 1892, 

 9,000. D-P vote. 1896, 25.000 less than D and P 



* Democratic-Populist. 



Republican. 



in 1*92 : H field and 



:itie<. ha-. 



over twenty yean, voted i; .n 1*91;. New 1. 



County. D'in 189S plu- 



rality exceeding 4.000. Ti,- Sound* plu- 



rality. .1, with Palmer '.000. 



The airirre^ated pluralities "f Bounties voting R in 

 1892 and 18! '.000. 



. As the Kent ( 'minty vote i> in dis- 

 pute, an analysis of the State vote can not U- given. 



Florida. Increased total vote. 1 V 9; over 

 11,000. D-P vote of 1890. 2.000 !,-> than added 1) 

 and P votes in 1*92: K vote, 11,000 more. Every 

 county gave Bryan a plurality. 



Georgia. Decreased total vote. 1896, as compared 

 with 1892, 60,000. D-P vote. 1- than 



added D and P votes in 1892 : R vote, 11.000 more. 

 Of the 20 counties changing sides in 1896. UK-hanged 

 from D to R. Coffee, Douglas, Elbert, Johnson, 

 Lumnkin, Marion, Rockdale. Schley. Tatnall, Tay- 

 lor, Warren, and Washington. Clay, Haralson, 

 Oconee, Polk, and Thomas Counties changed to R in 

 1896, after voting D for twenty years or more : Mor- 

 gan and Taliaferro, after voting D since 1884. The 

 county changing in 1896 from R to D was Lee. The 

 Sound-money- D plurality, 1896, with Palmer vote, 

 exceeded 2.500. The aggregated pluralities of coun- 

 ties voting R in 1892 and 1896 exceeded 2.000. 



Idaho. Increased total vote. 1896 over 1892, 

 7.000. Every county gave Bryan a plurality in 

 1896. The D-P vote 'of 1896 exceeded the P vote 

 of 1892 by 13.000 (no D vote in 1892). The R vote 

 was 2.000 less in 1896 than in 1892, and 4.000 less 

 than the R vote for Congress and for Governor in 

 1*94. The P plurality in 1*92 was nearly 2.000. 

 The silver product exceeded 3.500,000 ounces'in 1893. 

 For statistical purposes Idaho is classed as a silver 

 State. 



Illinois. Increased total vote. 1896 over 

 217.000. Increase in R vote. 1896 over 1892. 208,000 

 votes. Of 15 counties changing sides in 1890. 14 

 were from D to R. Adams, Fulton, Peoria and San- 

 gamon, and St. Clair, voted R in 1896 after voting 

 D for twenty years or more. La Salle and Logan 

 changed to R after holding a D record since 1 SS 4. 

 Cook^ De Witt, Jo Daviess, Lawrence, Madison, and 

 Stephenson Counties, voting D in 1892. voted R in 

 1896. Clay. R in 1892, voted D in 1 896. The Sound- 

 money-D plurality. 1896, with Palmer vote, exceed- 

 ed 83,000. The aggregated pluralities of counties 

 voting R in 1892 and 1896 exceeded 77.000. 



Indiana. Increased total vote. 1896 over 1892, 

 83.000. Increase in R vote, 1896 over IS'-,'. 68.000. 

 Of 22 counties changing sides in 1896. 15 changed 

 from D to R. Bartholomew, Clark. Madison and 

 Starke. Laporte, and Perry voted R in 1896, after 

 voting D for twenty years or more. St. Joseph and 

 Marion had.shorter D records. Huntington, Lake, 

 Montgomery. Noble, Spencer, and Vigo voted D in 

 . and R in 1896. The counties changing from 

 R to D in 1896 included Gibson. Jay. Boone. Clin- 

 ton. Daviess. Fountain, and Pike. The Sound-money- 

 D plurality. 1896, with Palmer vote, exceeded 12.- 

 000. The aggregated pluralities of counties voting 

 R in 1892 and 1896 exceeded 3". 



loica. Increased total vute. 1896 over 1892. 78,- 

 000. Increase in R vote, 1*96 over 1892,69,000. 

 Of 23 counties changing sides in 1896. 1? changed 

 from D to R. Allamakee. Clayton. Clinton. Des 

 Moines. Iowa. Muscatine. Plymouth. Pottawattamie, 

 and S i D in 1*84. 1888, and 1*92. but voted 



R in 1896. Bremer had a shorter record. Audu- 

 bon, Benton. Cedar, Jones. Keokuk. Lyon. andTama 

 voted I) in 1*92 and R in 1896. The counties with 

 previous R records voting D in 1896 were Decatur, 

 Harrison. Motx-na. Union, Monroe. and Wayne. The 

 Sound-money-D plurality. 1896, with Palmer vote 



