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6W if to imu nnmtntt VOL. XXI. AHIDST DOCTnilTE3 The Greatest Political Landslide Ever Known in the History of this Republic Has Just Been Witnessed by its Citizens. WITH NEARLY 300 "ELECTORAL VOTES William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, The Plumed Knights, Harch Down the Line to the White House in a Blaze of Glory to Preside over the Destinies of the q People, and to Give us Four Years flore of Good Cheer. Ah was reported mea'oily last week tho country went anche. Kveli Nebraska, Hrvan's homo state, voted for prosperity and gave its electoral n fitiw lint went 1.100 fnr Hrviin. Kohtiif-kv. with its III j -j , which will give the Republican standard bearers .'505 votes now repudiate him by a In other columns will result in each state where BRYAN TO M'KINLEY. "Lincoln. N l, Nov. 8. lion. William McKinley, lTHllnt ol' (he t'nlt-l Mute: At I lie -Ioh of mi other ltt'llfitt liil iini a Ik n It in my lot to ron Krutulute you upon ii -ontl victory. V. .1. Hit VAN. Ni:ilASIvA. Almost complete returns icivi Mc Kinley a plurality of over ll,(HHl, w hilr the Repuhlii an Mtiid' ticket elected by 2,000. Republican elect 2 and Fusion siotiiHts 4 ('iiiiw'r-H-iinti. I.t't'ii-lnlurc Will Ktllllll, Kl'plllilil'illlN, 111; 1 U-iclUMlH, 11 ; va unt, I. IIoiikc, Kcpulilii-an, il ; rilhioniHtK, 4il. K KXTt'CKV, l'.otli partii-H claim tlic tUiU'. Clnir'cH of (nnidoii every hand. (MDcial count now in progrcNH. KcpulilicaiiH claiui YcrkeH fairly cUm-IimI (iovi-mor and t ho state for M.-Kinloy. Troulilu i'XKTted. KANSAS. Ui'pulilicaiiH carry tlio itati by -5 IHKI for McKinley and L'O.Ootl for Mtato ticket, and elect every ('oiitfrcHMinan but one; Kepublicans claim the I - inhi t il ro by Hafu majority on joint ballot. MONTANA. ItemocratH carry Montana by onie flit iik over 1(1,(HK), and epublicaniclaini tbo elei tion of 1'oUoin for Governor, but it 1m probable ho is defeated. INDIANA. IvepublicaiiK carry tho Mtntu by over ;W,(XH) and eUn t 1 1 of tho 111 CoiigicH men. I'ninluluro nafely Kupublican. MAssAciusirrrs. Tho vote in tho ntuto comploto gives McKinley 2.i!t, l!i.r) j Hryan, 15,.rH)7. 'rano (KepublicaiH for Governor has M.771 majority over Payno, I)einocrat. HepublicaiiH maku heavy tiuiim in tho LegiHlatiire. Senate Uepulilican by -'3 ; lloiiso Uepublicau by 117. MINNESOTA. Minnesota gives McKinley and Roose velt 75,000 plurality. Hoth parties claim (iovernor, but undoubtedly Vun Sant (Republican) is elected by 10,000. All Republican Congressmen, a largo majority of tbo Representatives in tho Legislature and all state candidates are electod. WASHINGTON. The state gives tho national Repub lican ticket 4,000 plurality, and prob ably elects a Democratic (iovernor by a small plurality. IDAHO. State goes Democratic by email plurality, LAKEVIKW, LAKE A SHOWER OF BALLOTS REPUBLICANS majority of 22 o for McKinley bo found tables of comparrison the contest waged the hottest: fONXIICTKlT. Republican plurality, 2H, 415 ; Mclean j (Republican) elected Governor liy 15,- : McKinley 14,140 plurality. All Uepub jOOO; all Republican Congressmen elect- I liran Congressmen are elected. CI. tanate w ill stand 22 Republicans i ; uikI 2 Democrats; House Republican by j COLOK A 1M. 02 to SI Republican gain ol 21. Ml IIKJAN. tvi.itiitdii'AiiN rnrrv tb.. iitHt.. til' filnrul itv of 8,017. They elect ili,s (Kp.) (iovernor by 10,4:t0 plurality. Iibla- tun ovcrwholu.'int:!)' Kepublican. OHIO. McKinlev has a plurality of KO.onO- an incrcHHo t .(U,(hk over iwm. Mate f :!0,1MK over IWMl. Mate ! ticket Ifcpcbli 'aii by came plurality. Ilepublicuns elect 17 t'oinircsHincn, lem I o-rats II. ni:v YOIIK, Kepublicans carry the Htate by 14tl, (HHJ; iK'ioocrntH carry ireater New York by U7,tKX). lU'publicaus exected to carry tho state by lens than litO.OtH) and conceded Greater New York to liryauby at leact 5(l.(HH. Croker says "No ' 1 iHiWur ,,ti mi r! I imtt Ii i in. litil ita.fi I Ii iu ti I ' Kim 11. F. untiunal leader of tho people. IVl'llll IF- li .1 lican gains in both Houses of the lxgis lature. m:ada. State iU-mocratic bv 1.5(H) iiluralit v. I Newlands (lem.; elected to Conuress by i 2,(KX). MISSOURI. Democratic by reduced majority. ILLINOIS. The Republicans carry the national ticket by about 100,000 and elect Yates for Governor by 80,000. nkw .ii:ksi:v. Republicans gain as the count pro gresses and tho Republican electors will have over 5,000 plurality; Republicans elect (1 of the 8 Congressmen. NORTH DAKOTA. Republican plurality of over 10,000; Republican state ticket elected and it is almost sure that White (Rep.) is elected (iovernor. AGAINST THE WARNER SETTLERS. Commissioner Blnger Hermann Reverses the Decision of the Register and Re ceiver of the Lakevlew Land Office in the Warner Land Cases. Tho ofllclals of the local land ofllee received yesterday a copy of the decision of Commissioner Hermann of the Gen eral Land Oftlce In the case of The State of Oregon ana Warner Valley Stock Company vs. J. L. Morrow, et al., in volving lauds in Warner valley. The decision Is on appeal from tho Lakoviow Laud Otllce, and, after going into tho testimony of tho case at length, tho Commissioner renders his decision against the settler in the following- language; "After a curoful consideration of all tho testimony submitted in this case, I must hold and decide that the lauds In volved were not, in 1800, covered by tho waters of a portuanout lake, and your decision is, therefore, revorsed and the appeal submitted." BlNOEK HERMANN. , In this connection Col. C. A. Cogswell, la a private letter to F, M. Millor of Lakevlew, says that the Commissioner of tho (ioneral Land Olllce at Washington has reversed the opinion of tho local land oflloo and decided against the settlors. In tho course of his letter Col. Cogswell says: "I almost wish Commissioner Hermann had decided the oth er way, I would rather buy out tho settlers than to take the land from them. Hut, of course, they know when they settled there that they were liable to lose U, liut, for all that, I am sorry for them." COUNTY, OIIEGON, to McKinley with a gigantic plcctorul vol oh. is still doubtful, but will nrobnhlv bo flpolarorl for MoICinlov' finnllv. in the Electoral College. and Roosevelt. of the result in 1890 and tho .MARYLAND. ' "Maryland; My Maryland," gives rusion J e mocratsMIver Kepul.licans and 1'upuliHta make a clean sweep in Colorado, and give Bryan 35,000 plural itv. Walcott w ill Uf defeated for U. S. "nator, as the liHlaturc is lott to the iK'l"'l"--""- UTAH. Tho State of I.' tali (fives tho Kepub- , ,i,'"n" 8,M",t 4-lKw ! rul i ty . national, Hl!,u "n" 'oiijtresnonai. iiepuoiican lA-ktihlature. CALIFORNIA. I California (rives about 40,lHXl plurality l for tho Republicans anil all Republican CongresMiien are elected. IOWA. Tho state aain goes Republican by HH),0tl0 plurality. Solid deleft ion of 1 1 ,'l"1'''','an Conk resh men elected. The enttre tieititilicau state ticket is elected In I It. I l'iri.Mkt t.liirulilv Itu.l "V fc--- 1 v.,. in ton a. i KANSAS. Kansas gives McKinley and tho Re publican legislative ticket i5,(KX) plural ity. All Republican Congressmen are t'ltMu,,, MAINU. Republican by 40,000 plurality, and ivll Republican Congressmen elected. NEW HAMPSHIRE. State gives McKinley 20,000 plurality, both Republican Congressmen elected, and Legislature overwhelmingly Repub lican. PENNSYLVANIA. Pennsylvania gives McKinley the greatest majority of any state in the Union, something like 300,000. Quay will probably be elected to the senate. RHODE ISLAND. The state gives a Republican plurality of 20,000. This is a loss of alout 3,000 to the Republicans since 1800. THURSDAY, NOV. 15, ARE VICTORIOUS land-slide and buried Bryan votes to McKinley. Nevada , I' " J J T J J J Lake couuty, Oregon, gave Bryan 32 majority in 1896 and official vote of Lake county. OREGON. Rep-iblioan by 14,000 plurality. SOUTH DAKOTA. State gives McKinley 12,000 plurality, and Senator Pettigrew will be replaced by a Republican. VERMONT. McKinley has 30,000 plurality and all state and congressional tickets are elect ed by the Republicans. WEST VIRGINIA. McKinley gets a majority of 17,000. All 4 Republican Congressmen are elect ed and a majority of 20 on joint ballot in the legislature insures the re-election of Senator Klkius. WISCONSIN. Wisconsin conies to the front with a plurality of 105,0:) Republican. Re publican (Governor elected. DKLAWARK. Republicans get the electoral votes of IVlaware and both branches of Legis lature, insuring the election of two Ke publican United States Senators. WYOMINO. State gives 4,000 Republican plurality. TEXAS. The state gives Bryan 175,000 plural ity. Bailey (Deui.) will succeed Horace Chilton (Rep.) in the U. S. Senate. Tho Solid South, of course, is in the Democratic column, giving Bryan 142 electoral votes, outside of Kentucky, doubtful. There will be 204 Republic ans in the next House a majority over all of 51. OREQON'S VOTE. Complete returns from 19 counties and incomplete returns from the others show Oregon's vote to be as follows : Baker county, plurality 30 Dem (This county went 2 to 1 for Bryan in '(. Benton county, plurality 188 Rep viacKama8 county, " Clatsop county, " Columbia county, " Coos county, " Curry county, " Douglas county, " .000 .038 .480 .509 . 80 .275 NO. 45. TIIE T?AJXVirr OF1 deep beneath the great aval was considered doubtful for Followingin, brief, is the M'KINLEY TO BRYAN. "Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C, Nov. U Hon. William J. Dry- an, Lincoln, Neb.: I ac knowledge with cordial thanks your message of congratulation and extend you my best wishes. WM. M'KINLEY." HXX). Gilliam county, " 7H " irsnt county, " " 116 " Harney county, " 32 " Jackson county, " 4(i " Josephine county " 176 ' Klamath county . " 104 " Lake county, " 225 ' I.ane county, " 5:54 " Lincoln county, " 200 " Linn county, " 20 Dem Malheur county, " 5 Rep Marion county! " . .. 788 " Morrow county, 11 3!H) " Multnomah county, " 5518 " Polk county, ' 175 " Sherman county " 131 " Tillomot.k county, " 321 ' Umatilla county, " 376 ' Union county, " lODem Wallowa ceuuty, " 05 Rep Wasco county " 632 " Washington county, " 530 " Wheeler county, " 155 Yamhill county, " 359 " ELECTORAL VOTE 1 896-1 900. Following ia a tabulated, statement of the electoral vote of 1806 and 1900, which gives McKinley 21 more electoral votes in the electoral college (not count ing Kentucky, which is still doubtful) than he received in his first contest w ith Brvan : 1 896. STATES. Alabama Arkansas California Colorailu Cotinwticut lVlawart) Florida lioorgia Maho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Ki-ntiH'ky Ixmisiana Maine Maryland , Mansai'liusutts Mii'hiKalt M iniH'hOia MisxiKKippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire... New Jersey New Vork Nortli Carolina. .. . Norlli Dakota Ohio OreKoti t'eunsylvauia khode Island Sou ill Carolina. . . . Mouth Dakota Teuneiaeo Texas t'lall Vermont ... Virginia WasliliiKton West Virginia W iseotisiu Wyoming -1-W 11 11 Totals 271 i7 m xu
