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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1900
Page
5
In Defiance Ohio the postoffice edition notes heavy turnout and orderly returns. It highlights Bryan and Bryan supporters amid Democratic derision and Republican jubilation with crowds on the streets and no incidents.
A colored citizen lists his belongings for a required schedule: one wife and two cotton fields, one mule with an injured eye, the plowing boy, a two room shingle house with a mortgage, a gleaming dog with a cut tail, a small eating table, two seven legged chairs, a brass watch bought on installment, and other scant goods. The piece also includes a joke about a man seeking courage as a product line, mocked as a rope of sand by a cockney.
A Washington Star excerpt recalls a young man at Crim son Gulch who exited a poker game unscathed by playing conservatively. He avoided risks and kept his hands off the money while exclaiming that the outcome was good.
The article reports landslide results with Bryan and McKinley in contested states, noting Republican gains in multiple counties and counties that shifted from Democratic to Republican. It cites county-by-county tallies, allegations of dishonest campaigning, and remarks by figures like Hay and Yeagley alongside statewide outcomes in states such as New York Maryland and New Jersey.
Republican electors Hay for Congress Yeagley for Commissioner Lybarger for Infirmary Director face off with Jerry McCarty as Democratic sheriff candidate, with McCarty the only Democrat carried in the ward.
A 19th century policy note urges banning alum baking powders in Western states and England. Physicians warn of rising danger from adulterated powders sold cheaply misrepresented as cream of tartar. Health boards list unsafe brands. cheap powders often contain goapstone to add weight, profiting producers and careless grocers.
James Mumford administrator will sell at the residence of W E Cooper 23 miles southeast of Ayersville on Wednesday November 21 1900 at 10 oclock a m driving mare one buggy one 1 horse wagon one stack of hay forty chickens one new cook stove one heating stove household goods and other articles Terms cash for amounts five dollars and under and a nine month credit with approved security for larger sums
An executors sale will be held on the William Phillips farm four miles south of Defiance along the Auglaize river on Tuesday November 18. The auction will offer four head of horses eight head of cattle eighty eight head of sheep eighty two head of hogs a large quantity of hay and various farm utensils.
In New Haven on November 7, results from 100 cities and towns out of 168 show Bryan at 11,419 and McKinley at 21,965, a Republican net loss of 8 percent and Democratic net gain of 37 percent. McKinley’s Connecticut plurality is estimated at 23,285. Governor returns list McLean (Rep.) at 21,200 and Bronson (Dem.) at 12,673, yielding McLean’s estimated plurality about 15,000.
Fargo report shows McKinley leading in 37 of 120 precincts with 2950 votes to Bryans 1459 and 2638 to 1836 in 1896. Republican committee predicts McKinleys statewide majority around 10000 with potential exception of the attorney general race.
Early estimates show McKinley ahead in over half of Pennsylvania counties with a plurality surpassing 200 000. The state delegation is projected at 24 Republicans to 6 Democrats, unchanged from the current congress where Republicans hold 20 seats to 10 for Democrats.
New York November 7. The telegram from Richard Croker to Mr Bryan notes a state voting pattern with Kinley losing badly in one county in 1896 and Bryan gaining about 33,000 in the current results, a swing of 56,000, and that they were defeated but undismayed.
Reports from Cleveland Detroit Atlanta Topeka Des Moines Carson City Zanesville Lexington detail McKinley and Bryan outcomes across states and districts. Hanna notes McKinley re election motive Americanism while Kansas Iowa Nevada Georgia Michigan vote trends show Republican gains and varying majorities.
Fire at Kreischer's large candy factory in Albany spread to the Press Knickerbocker building. Loss is estimated at $130,000 with extensive property damage reported.
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