id not find it difficult to leave another
for the same reason. In the West large numbers of former Populists
undoubtedly went over completely to the Democracy, even when they had
the opportunity of voting for the same Bryan electors under a Populist
label. In the South many members of the party, disgusted at the
predicament in which they found themselves, threw in their lot with the
Republicans. The capture of the Democracy by the forces of free silver
gave the death blow to Populism.

* Of the 6,509,000 votes which Bryan received, about
4,669,000 were cast for the fusion electoral tickets. In
only seven of the fusion States is it possible to
distinguish between Democrat and Populist votes; the totals
here are 1,499,000 and 93,000 respectively. The fusion
Populist vote of 45,000 was essential for the success of the
Bryan electors in Kansas; and in California the similar vote
of 22,000, added to that of the Democrats, gave Bryan one of
the electors. In no other State in this group did the
Populist vote have any effect upon the result. The part
played by the People's party in the other twenty-two of the
fusio-States is difficult to determine; in some cases,
however, the situation is revealed in the results of state
elections. The best example of this is North Carolina, where
the Democrat-Populist electors had a majority of 19,000,
while at the same election Fusion between Republicans and
Populists for all state officers except governor and
lieutenant governor was victorious. The Populist candidate
for governor received about 31,000 votes and the Republican
was elected. It is evident that the third party held the
balance of power in North Carolina. The Populist votes were
probably essential for the fusion victories in Idaho,
Montana, Nebraska, and Washington; but, as there was fusion
on state tickets also, it is impossible to estimate the part
played by the respective parties. The total Populist vote in
the ten States in which there were independent Democratic
and Populist electoral tickets was 122,000 (of which 80,000
were cast in Texas and 24,000 in Alabama) and as none of the
ten were close States the failure to agree on electoral
tickets had no effect on the result. The "middle-of-the-
road" Populist votes, in States where there were also fusion
tickets amoun