UNITED STATES <>!' AMERICA. 



773 



: >!rf. Decreased total vote. 1896 

 compared with is<i2. 5.1 MKI. I 



compared with added I) and P vnt-s in 

 . 1896 over that of 

 11,000. Two counties, Coos and Carroll, changed 



ih from D to R. The Sound-in* 

 D plurality. 1896. with Palmer vote, exceeded 3,500. 

 The aggregated pluralities of counties voting R in 

 ad 1896 exceeded :J2.000. 



**y. Increased total vote, 1896 over '-. 

 33,000. The D-P vote of 1896 was 39,000 less than 

 the added D and P votes in 1892 ; the R vote, 65,000 

 more. Ten counties changed sides in 1896, all from 

 D to R. Bergen, Hudson, Monmouth and Sussex, 

 Middlesex, and Union, voting D for twenty years or 

 over, give R pluralities in 1896. Somerset voted D 

 in 1884, 1888, and 1892, but R in 1896. K- 

 Morris, and Salem voted D in 1892 and R in 1896. 

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

 vote, exceeded 52,000. The aggregated pluralities 

 of counties voting R in 1892 and 1896 exceeded 

 39,000. 



^c York. Increased total vote, 1896 over 1892, 

 57,000. The D-P vote, 1896, was 120,000 less than 

 the added D and P votea of 1S92 : the R vote. 1896, 

 was 210,000 more than in 1892. Fourteen counties 

 changed sides in 1896, all from D to R. Kings, 

 New York, Rockland and Westchester, Albany, 

 Queens, Richmond and Seneca, voting D for twenty 

 years or over, gave R pluralities in 1896. Columbia, 

 Erie, Niagara, Rensselaer, Schenectady. and Ulster 

 voted in favor of Cleveland in 1892, but gave 

 pluralities for McKinley in 1896. The Sound-money- 

 D plurality. 1890. with' Palmer vote, exceeded ll'i.- 

 000. The aggregated pluralities of counties voting 

 R in 1892 and 1896 exceeded 162,000. 



North Carolina. Increased total vote, 1896 over 

 .. 49.000. The D-P vote of 1896 was 3,000 less 

 than the added D and P votes in 1892 : the R vote, 

 55.000 more. Of 20 counties changing sides in 1896, 

 15 changed from D to R. Buncombe, voting D for 

 over twenty years, voted R in 1896. Alamance, 

 Bertie, and Surry had shorter records. Davidson, 

 Edgecombe, Poreyth, Halifax, Montgomery, New 

 Hanover, Northampton, Randolph. Richmond, 

 Transylvania, and Watauga voted D in 1892. but 

 R in 1895. The counties changing from R in 

 to D in 1896 were Pender, Granville, Person, Rock- 

 ingham. and Sampson. The Sound-money-D 

 plurality. 1896. with Palmer vote, exceeded 8.000. 

 The aggregated pluralities of counties voting R in 

 is! 12 ;tnd 18 -d 10.000. 



Xorth Dakota. Increased total vote, 1896 over 

 1892, 11.000. Increased R vote, 1896 over 1SJ2. 

 9.000. Seven counties changed sides, from D in 

 to R in 1896, i. e., Barnes. Dickey. La Moure, 

 Mercer. Oliver. Richland, and Williams. Out of 39 

 counties in the State. 31 gave pluralities for Mc- 

 Kinley, aggregating nearly 7.000, the aggregated 

 pluralities of the 8 Bryan counties 1.000. 



In 1892 the Populists had a plurality. In 1894, for 

 Governor, the total D and P vote was over 17,000. 



Ohio. Increased total vote, 1896 over 1892. 158,- 

 000. Increased R vote, 1896 over 1892. 120.000. 

 Out of 13 counties changing sides in 1896. 11 

 changed from D to R. Franklin, Pike and Vinton. 

 and Erie, voting D for twenty years or over, gave 

 R pluralities in 1896. Montgomery and Stark voted 

 D in 1888 and 1892. but R in 1896. Cuyahoga, 

 Hancock, Mahoning. Muskingum, and Summit 

 voted in favor of Cleveland in 1892, but for Mc- 

 Kinley last November. The counties changing 

 from "R to D in 1896 were Morrow and Williams. 

 The Sound-money-D plurality. 1896. with Palmer 

 vote, exceeded 15,000. The aggregated pluralities 

 of counties voting R in 1892 and 1896 exceeded 

 75,000. 



Oregon. Inerea>ed total vote, l^in; over 

 19,000. Increased R vote, . - 

 of 16 counties changing .-ides in is 1 ."!. 2 cha 

 from D to U. i an d 



l-!'2. and Gillium. voting I) in 1!>2, both -. 



The counties 'Imaging from R to I) in 

 were Douglas and Polk, Coos, .lark-on. .Jo.-i-phine. 

 Klamath, Lake. Umatilla, I'nion. Lane, Baker. 

 Grant, Linn, ami \Vall\va. Tin.- aggregate of plu- 

 ralities given !>y counties voting i; in iMrJ and 

 exceeded 8,000. The Populistic tendency in Oregon 

 is strong. In 1892 and in 1894, f- r, it 



represented 33 per cent, of the entire B 



1'tnngijlcania. Increased total vote. 1S!G over 



190,000. The D-P vote. 1896, was 2T.u(n 

 than the added D and P votes in l^'.i-> ; t; 

 vote, 212,000 more in 1896 than in 1892. Of 19 

 counties changing sides in 1896, 18 changed from 

 D to R. Clearfield, Elk and Lehigh. Adams, Bucks, 

 Cambria, Carbon, Center, Clinton, Cumberland, 

 .Tuniata, Lycoming. and Wayne, voting D for twenty 

 years or over, gave R pluralities in 1896. Schuyl- 

 kill had a shorter record. Fayette, Luzerne, Mont- 

 gomery, and Northumberland voted in favor of 

 Cleveland in 1892, but for McKinley in 1896. Craw- 

 ford County, with a R record, voted D in 1896. The 

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

 exceeded 31,000. The aggregated pluralities of 

 counties voting R in 1892 and 1896 exceeded 278,- 

 000. 



Rhode Island. Increased total vote, 1896 over 

 1892, 1,500. The D-P vote, 1896, was 10,000 less 

 than the added D and P votes in 1892; the R vote, 

 10,000 more in 1896 than in 1^92. No counties 

 changed sides in 1896. The aggregated pluralities 

 of counties voting R in 1892 and 1896 exceeded 

 22,000. 



South Carolina. Decreased total vote, 1896 com- 

 pared with 1892, 1,400. Increased D-P vote of 1896 

 over D and P votes of 1892, 1,700. Every county 

 voted for Bryan in 1896, including Berkeley, which 

 i R in 1892. Only the one county just men- 

 tioned, out of 36 counties voting, changed sides. 



South Dakota. Increased total vote, 1896 over 

 1892, 12,000. Increased R vote, 1896 over ls!i2. 

 6.000. The strength of D counties was large in 

 1896, but not unusual. In 1890, the added P and D 

 eded the R vote by 9,000. In 1892 also 

 the added D and P votes exceeded the R vote by 

 nearly 1.000. The Populistic tendency of the State 

 is strong, representing, in 1892, nearly three sevenths 

 of the whole vote. In 1894. for. Governor, the P 

 vote .'i.OOO out of a total vote of less than 



>. In ISiij. 30 counties gave 4,500 in D plurali- 

 ties : 23 counties gave 4,300 in R pluralities. South 

 Dakota is a silver State, the product in 1893 exceed- 

 ing 140,000 oui: 



Tennessee. Increased total vote. 1896 over " - 

 52,000. Increased R vote, 1896 over 1892, 48,000. 

 Of 4 counties changing sides in 1896, 3 changed 

 from D to R. DeKalb and Montgomery voted D 

 for twenty years or over, but R in 1896; Hamilton 

 voted in "favor of Cleveland in 1892. but for Mc- 

 Kinley in 1896. McNairy County changed from R 

 to D. The Sound-mone'y-D plurality. 1896, with 

 Palmer vote, exceeded *1,000. The aggregated 

 plurality of counties voting R in 1892 and 1896 

 exceeded 32.000. 



Texas. Increased total vote. 1896 over 1 

 122.000. Increased R vote, 1890 over 1892. 90.000. 

 Eighteen counties changed from D to R in 1896. 5 

 of these. Guadalupe, Travis. Duval, Lee. and Webb, 

 after voting D for twenty years or over. The others 

 were Fay.-ti.'. Galveston. Austin, Colorado. Comal, 

 Gillespie', Gregg, Washington. Brazos, Hansford, 

 Kin: !!e, and Victoria. Of 225 counties 



voting" in 1896, 195 gave over 14,000 in D pluralities, 



