Candidates' party affiliations obtained from the 1899 Blue Book. The Blue Book misstates Chafin's total as 8,088 and credits him with 122 votes in Vernon County. https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AHDVCDGNVR7BOT8Z/pages/AMGOCN6E35ILTQ8S
Source for Popular Vote data: Wisconsin Board of State Canvassers, "Governor," Official Canvass of Votes given for State Officers at an Election held Nov. 8th, 1898 (Madison, 1898)