In Arkansas

Previous to the Vermoat and Maine ileetions the free silver forces predicted a reduotion of the Republican majorities below those of former years and some of the more sanguine of them expected a fusión majority in the latter stat. It was generally said thatif the Republican plurality went above 25,D00 in Vei-mont or above 18,000 in Maine it wou ld furnish a pretty strong indication of Republican sueeess in the ountry at large in November. The Republican pluralitv actually exceeded 40,000 in Vermont and approached 50,000 in Maine, being in both cases the larsest ever obtained since the organzation of the party. Then the silver men said that they had expected nothing from New England, which was tied to the gold Standard, but that the south and west would offset that by tremendous Demjci'atic and fusión majorities. The slection in Arkansas was pointed to as & demonstration of this. But the full returns from the September election in that state are now in and they show the following comparative results: 189:3 1894 1898 Demoerat 90.115 74,89 71.645 Republiek 33.644 26,085 2ö,U0 Populist 31,117 24.541 11.280 Prohibitioa 1,310 1,551 1,643 Total 156.186 126.986 110.978 Democratie plurality 56,471 48,824 45,235 It appeara from these figures that more than half of the Populist vote of 1894 either stayeJ at home or else was ibsorbed by the Democrats, and even then the plurality of the latter was J,589 less than it was two years ago, md that was a year of sweeping Republican sueeess. So far as these figures mean anything they convey the same lesson as the Vermont and Maine electioas did. The Demoerats are staving at home and the Kepublicans ai-e eomiugoutand voting. It' the same thing holds true in Mi .'hipan there will be no limit to her plurality for McKinley. The insult offered Secretary Carlisie in Covington, Ky., a few niglits since. will not help the populistic combine in Kentucky. On the contrary that dirty act of hoodlums will arouse the pride and spirit oí all true Kentuckians, and rally thousands to the support of the sound money cause. The "Cnlon Savlngs Bank, at Manchester has on deposit $61,011.43 of the money of lts thrifty citizens. Not one -will want to be paid back in ïree ?i1ver vu".'.n vlus, or 50 sent ilolara