Page Seventy Nine John Braden's Diary

November the first

November the 6 1900
election day

Wednesday the 7
mc kinley carries New york 146---- New Braska by 6000 ohio 80,000 Bryan carries Kentucky by 11,000 montana 10,000 washington mc kinley 3,745 Bryan 2,594 colorado Bryan by 35,000 Arkansas 55,000 Bryan mc kinleys Plurity in chicago 6,685 In illinois the entire Republican state ticket was swept to victory Yates Plurality is 52,875 Mc Kinley 90,000 as a result of an election bet i let my beard gro for one year vote the Republicin ticket 4 years lost 8 gallon cogg of Beer