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VOLUME XVI. DALLAS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1898. NUMBER f>2. Roosevelt Wins In New York. DEMOCRATS SUCCEED IN Relegation for Georgia. r — • lit of the Buttle of Bnllots (Other States—No Serious 'rouble Reported From Ar.y Section. |ie voters of all except three of the itates—Maine, Vermont and Ore- j— went to the polls Tuesday. Tho (states elected congressmen. In /•nma, Arkansas, Georgia, Ken- isy, Louisiana, Maryland, Massa- /setts, North Carolina, Bhode '.and, Virginia and West Virginia, ly congressmen were chosen, jwenly-thrce states elected legisla te which will l-uno United States '*ors. These are California, Con lent, Delaware, Florida. Indiann achusetts, Michigan, Minnesota Imri, Montana, Nebraska, Ne . New Jersey, New York, Nortl J) ta, Pennsylvania, Tonnessce |s, Utah, Washington, Wyoming |onsin and West Virginia, i following states elected n gov |and state officers: California do, Connecticut, Idaho, Kansas •fim, Minnesota, Nebraska, New •jNew York, Nevada, New Hamp *»j\fnseachusetts, North Dakota tbAauia, South Carolina, South ■ J^jTennosseo, Texas, Wisconsin tho3p>“g’ 'hewers—Illinois, Iowa, Florida, ^Missouri, Montana, Ohio, „ ar „J»na and Washington—voted one off’er, auditor or other miuor village^. the » tka * °*‘ c ^ e1 ^ great- deacon. \crest were those of New foralife-%1 Carolina, sinking and gel ___ teen hundrlpv York. bottom. AWess dispatches state village wkeK ‘ earth, eaterloosevelt, republican, P Ag5n: P I ref First Unit ° l1 St “tes ■•proved la L has been elected au'idlyuM, y *° rk Btnto by “ Pl»- om 18,000 to 20,- formation. NolB osove ^’ 8 assot4- laborntories an eophlo apparati Information. Ku JJJJS state ticket are hood, not after Bti* . years, but for tbo* him. (hi u 0 n?v n e? 8 d e, the ^ tl ‘0-“»-'New that world must | < - n,lnt i03 outside eyesight farther ■ ore incomplete, trlth powqr of cj5u received to iu- all human mathT„«.. _ . . analysis surpassr . 10 thewote itp atory, with spee#t in the city was Whs’ * ■— between and the emallesthiven above, cannotboa grodHty 0 f New Yo rk Do you'not Eu <;ratic majority was James tfimpsouj Wyck’s vote being tals of Edinbuibr than that of the more than ever Tbl. i„*,„,. that Joseph Hef e ‘ Ibis latter re- Bmitbsonian 1/ some measure in awoke into hlgfokiyu (Kings coun- Black - repub- itrootlS of th3 f 32,832, t ut Tiles- John Milton tq^cratic plurality of actual presen<Brooklyn is the home «lnt. en d te™$ k ’ the defeated can- studied only lurs y , !;<V>te will not he counted lRt ’ 1>Ut il is not like, y society, r 8 ^ rora tb e camps will exqublte t el tbo result. There should trjo be (he grenter nroba- hsvelnf 0 m “i° ri, y for Roosevelt souls ths ftsetk you notJoitTH Carolina. oloty? f You t/atic victory is reported for Sfth4 lina in Tuesday’s election. alHh« ° U8e ’ * 8 sta,e< t, wi 'l be Sve d b y 60 majority and the goneTlO majority. The democrats lagesjeir entire judiciary ticket mutJcongressmen ccrrtain, with the altwo close. lion majority of 40,000 two igo has been replaced by a jratic majority of not less than na •4a riot has beeu reported. All yek belt counties send word that cltftion passed off quietly without fajsent. The preparations which they made to meet trouble diverted it. In a number of the black belt counties along the coast the negroes either did not go to the polls or voted the white ticket. This was notable ill New Han over, Richmond, Robeson, Eilgocomb and Halifax connties, whore largo re publican majorities were reversed. • Tlio rod Bhirt demonstration of tho past week indicated that a collision between tho races at tho polls would result i- the extermination of one side or tho other. In spme counties, Gran ville for instance, the ne^reos voted solidly but quietly. In Craven and other negro counties the fusion maj ority was greatly roduced. Craven, the county seat in which is the qunintr and picturesque and old city.Nowburn, gave a republican majority of 400. Two years ago the republicans enrriod Craven by 14 majority. GEORGIA. The next congressional delegation from the stato of Georgia will be sol idly democratio. The congressmen elected aro as follows: First district, Hon. RnfnsE. Lester; second district, Hon. James M. Griggs; third dis trict, Hon. E. B. Lewis; fourth dis trict, Hon. W. C. Adamson; fifth district, Hon. L. F. Livingston; Sixth dist., Hon. Charles L. Bart lett; Soventh <list., Hon. Jno. W. Mad dox; Eighth dist., Hon. W. M. How ard; Ninth dist., Hon. F. C. Tate; Tenth dist., Hon. Wm. H. Fleming; Eleventh dist., Hon. W. G. Brantloy. OTHER STATES. Pennsylvania. Incomplete returns from the stato of Pennsylvania give Stone, republi can, a plurality of nearly 150,000 for governor. The democratic and fu- sionists’ net gain on joint ballot in the legislature is probably between twenty and thirty, but the body which elects a successor to United State Sena tor Quay remains strongly rtpubli- can. Snath Carolina. The vote polled in South Carolina was exceedingly light. There were no surprises. The democrats won throughout the state, and only one republican, a can didate for the general assembly in one of the black counties, has been elected to office. He had no democratic op position. Tho democrats even carridft that county with their oouuty ticket. The democratic state ticket, having no opposition whatever, was, of course, elected. In tho congressional districts there was a lighter vote polled than was ex pected. It will not reach the vote of 1890. Every democratic candidate for congress was elected. Alabama. A solid democratic congressional delegation is elected from Alabnma. Tho only two districts in which there wero contests were the fourth and seventh, now represented by Aldrich, republican, and Howard, popnlist, the latter uoted as the author of “If Christ Came to Congress.” Robbins, demo crat, defeated Aldrich and is elected by 9,000 majority. Burnett, demo crat, carried the seventh district by 1,800 majority. General Joseph Wheeler woo unanimously re-elected in the eigth, not a vote boiug cast against him. Florhln. The vote in Floridn was from 10 to 20 per cent lighter for both parties than in 1890. The whole democratic ticket is elected. The light vote is due to tho foeble resistance offered. The constitutional amendment requir ing that bonds of state officers be in sound snrety and guarauly companies was carried overwhelmingly. It is conceded that the republicans and popnlists will not elect altogether over five members of the legislature. The legislature elected will choose a suc cessor to Senator Pasco. The congressional election in Ai- knnsas was the quietest held in many years. In Little Rock, out of a voting population of about 7,000, only 300 votes were polled, and that is about the ratio throughout the state. All of the old congressmen were re-elected. California. At fusion headquarters it was con ceded that Gage, republican, bad won the fight for the governorship of Cali fornia. Colorado. Meager returns show that the triple fusion of democrats, populists aud silver republicans in Colorodo has won. They claim 05,000 plurality in the state for Thomas for governor. In 1896 Bryan’s majority was 135,0O0. Delaware. Partial returns indicate that the re publicans hnve elected their state,con gressional and legislative tickets in Delaware. Illinois. In Illinois the entire republican state ticket is elected by about 30,000 majority. The next congressional del egation from this state is likely to be evenly divided—eleven democrats and eleven republicans. Indiana. The Indianapolis Journal, republi can, claims the election of Hunt, for secretary of state, by about 15,000. Iowa. The returns on the Iowa state ticket show a republican majority of 60,000’ Kansas. Chairman Albangh, of the republi can stnte committee of Kansas, claime the state for Stanley, republican, for governor, by 5,000, aud Chairmau Riddle, of the fusion committee, claims the stato for Leedv, fusion, bv 11,000. . Kentucky. Tho democrats of Kentucky, accord ing to tho Louisvillo dispatch, carried nine, and possibly ton, out of the eleven congressional districts in the state, a gain of two, or perhaps three, ovor their last delegation. Tho re publicans carried only one district,the eleventh, solidly, but this was always conceded by their opponents. The vote throughout the stnte was the lightest known in years. Lmtlulnnn. Tho democrats in Louisiana made n clean sweep, electing six congressmen, three railroad commissioners and three judgoH in the purish of Orlcnns. Maryland. Full aud semi-official returns from tho city of Baltimore aud partial re turns from the balance of the state make it reasonably cortain that Mary land bns returned four republienus and two democratic congressmen. The democrats succeeded in obtaining a majority of the popular vote in Balti more city for the first time in six years. MasAai'liuiMdti. While Governor Wolcott was re- elected governor of Massachusetts by an increased plurality over last year, the democrats mado surprisjng gains in nearly every congressional district, apd suocceded in increasing its rep resentation from ouo to throe. Michigan. Governor Pingree held his own in Thursday's eleetion. His election is claimed by from 50,000 to 60,000 ma jority. The democratic state commit tee does not yet concede defeat. The balance of the republican atate ticket is elected. The legislature will have a republican majority. Minnesota. The election of Lind, fusion, is practically conceded. The republi cans have elected congressmen in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and seventh' districts, with the sixth in doubt. Mliiiinlpiil. The election throughout Mississippi was a very quiet affair. Democratio cnndidfttoH were elected in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh districts. Ouly about 60 per cent of the registered vote of 1890 was polled. Miftnmirl. Chairman Ham B. Cook, democratio state chairman, iB confident Unit the stato. ticket will receive about the same majority ns in 1896; that the party will hold all congressional districts carried two years ago. MniAann. Late returns make litre the election of A. J. Campbell, democrat, to con gress, by a plurality of several thous and. The stnte legislature will be democratio. North Dakota. Reports indicate flight republican gains over 1896. An estimate on tbo state gives the republican ticket 4,500 majority. New Jersey. Indications show the electiou of Rollius for governor, and (bat the re publicans will have from eighteen to twenty of the twenty-four state sena tors, and nearly the same majority in the house as two yesrs ago. Both republican congressmen are elected. Nevada. In Nevada,.McMillen, republican, is elected governor; Newlaude, eilvcr, for congress; Flannignn, republican, sepnte. Nebraska. Following is The Omaha World’s estimate on governor and congressmen: Poyuton, fusion, governor, 5,100 maj ority; fusion gets four of six congress men; republicans two, same as two years ago. Ohio. Chairman Blacker, of tho Ohio dem ocratic state committee, conceded tho stnte to the republicans by over 40,006 plurality. Ithode Inland. Tho voting was light throughout Bhode Island, as the election of both republican candidates for congress was a foregone conclusion. • Mouth Dakota. Republican gains in South Dakota were uniform, but small. Tennessee. Benton McMillin waB elected gov ernor of Tennessee by n plurality in the neighborhood of 18,000. N. W. Baptist, ,T. N. McKenzie and Thomas L. Williams were electod railroad commissioners by a similar vote. Eight democrats and two republican congressmen were returned, the only difference in the personnel of the present delegation being that C. C. Snodgrass succeeds Benton McMillin. Tho democrats gain several mem bers in the legislature, and that body will in January re-elect Senator Wil liam B. Bate, who has no opposition. Virginia. The election in Virginia was tho quietest'that has taken place in many years. The result is that the state returns a solidly democratic delegation of ten members. Wisconsin. Returns from Wisconsin show the republicans have carried their state ticket by 30,000 to 35,000. They have elected nine congressmen, the Becond district going democratic. Ill’S FINANCES SHORT. STATE TREASURY WILL BE EJETTY BY JULY FIRST. ACTION MUST BE TAKEN AT ONCE. A Necessity For The l.nffUlature to I'lsrs A (taint on Mound I! tininess Basis. Roth branches of tho Georgia legis lature have joined in a demand for an exact statement as to the state’s finan cial condition. Within the past few days it has become known among the members aud all others interested that tho state treasury is depleted, and that, instead of having a balance to its credit, Georgia is in the hole to a con siderable oxtent. The disposition on the part of tho legislature is plainly to get nt tho cxaot facts. The senate lias al ready acted and Friday tho honso adopted unanimously, under n sus pension of the rules, tho following significant resolution: “Resolved by the house of represen tatives, the senate concurring, That the stato treasurer and comptroller general furnish to the general assem bly as early as possible statements showing tho precise condition of tlio state treasury as evidenced by tho re cords in their respective departments on the 1st of November, 1898, basod on the amounts heretofore appropri ated for particular and all purposes, including all funds paid to the state treasury from whatever source received, with the amount now in the state treas ury to the credit of eaoh of said several appropriations, and that the state treasurer furnish with the statement to }io made by him, a report showing the umonnt nt said date, due to the state by each of the several depositories.” Governor Candler will in a fow days send a special message conveying tho information Hint the state tronsury will 1» out of fundB by the first of next July if something if not dono to pro vide for the accumulating deficit. The discovery iuvolves no wrong doing on anybody’s part, but it is n most important ono, in that it forcibly reminds tbo legislature Hint heforo any money is appropriated during tbo present session sumo means must bo found to get money to appropriate. It calls to the attention of tliut body also the fact Hint for the past three or four years the state’s expenditures lmvo exceeded her income. t The undrawn balances of appropria tions for this year were on October 1, 81,695,020. The cash on hand at that time was 8-320,000, and the estimated receipts for the remainder of the year were 8120,000. This leaves only 8140, 000 to pay 81,695,020. To this must be added 8900,000 borrowed to pay the July installment of the school fund. This makos 81,395,020 to pay with $440,000 to pay it. The state’s revenue is therefore $1,455,020 behind the expenditures. It is true this does not include in this year’s revenue any of tho taxes which fall due on December 20th, but theso taxes and other miscellaneous receipts constitute the revenue for 1899, ngeinst which the appropriations of 1899 will be made. The legislature has been each year counting on the money coining in lato in the year to pay the amounts carried over from tho spring and summer, jus tifying that policy by saying that the stato would even up in the winter. Cause of the Trouble. The trouble is that appropriations continued to increuse, and tbo stnte did not even up the matter, but grad ually increased the deficit which was carried ahead of the revenue liko a stone rolled up hill. This deficit has now grown to such proportions thnt oven anticipating the revenue of 1900, thore will not be money enongh to carry tho stato through the summer of 1899. Tho inevitable consequence of the kiting system, which tlio legislatures have continued from year to year, is nn empty treasury, which the treasu rer calculates on by tlio first of next July. If the July installment of interest on the public debt is paid, as it must be, then some department or institu; tion will have to wait for the $60,- 979.50. Caufte of Increase. The big increase in the deficit with in the past two years is due to the fact that when the school appropriation was increased $400,000 two years ago the tax levy was not increased to cover it. Tho legislators thought they had provided for the increase, but under the construction of the act by the at torney general the increase in the tax levy did not apply until this year. This increased the deficit $400,000. Now that the evil has reached its inevitable result, an empty treasury, which will be seen by July 1 if no change is made, the legislature will be compelled to take cognizance of the matter and put the bndgot on a sound business basis. EXPLOSION IX CAPITOL. Vnllctt Slat.. Supreme Court Room Hadlj Wrecked. A Washington special ssya: An ex plosion and fire at 5:13 o’clock Sunday afternoou wreoked tho supreme oourt room and the rooms immediately ad joining it on the mniu floor of the cap ital. The damage is euormous. The eutiro central eastern part of tho great marble pile, from tho main floor to the subtorraneau basement, is practi cally a mass of ruins. Tho force of tho explosion was so heavy that the coping stones on tlio outer walls just post of the point whero tho explosion occurred wore bulged out nearly two inches, win dows in all parts of tho building woro blown out aud locked doors wero forced from their hinges quite 150 feet from the scene of it. Fire followed the explosion so quickly ns to l>o practically simultane ous with it. The explosion shook the immense structure to its foundations anil was heard several squares from the cnpitol. It occurred in a small room tightly iuclosod by heavy stone walls in the subterranean basement immediately below tlio itinin ontrnneo to (lie old cnpitol building. In this room was a 500-light gas meter, which was fed by a four-inch maid; Vory little gns is used iu that part of the building, but nt tbo time of the explo sion tho gns had not been turned ce nt the motor. Tho meter itself was wrecked nnd tlic gas pouring from tho main cnuglit tiro. The flnmes originated’ from tlio ex plosion durted up the shaft of the ele vator, which hail been completely de stroyed by the force of tho explosion, and oommunioated with the record room of the supremo court, the offloe of the marshal of the court and .tho supreme court library. Before the flames could be subdued the priceless documents in the record room had hoen almost totally destroyed and se rious damage hail been done in the marshal's offico and some minor rooms in tbo immediate vicinity. The library of the supreme court, located immediately belajv the supreme courtroom, was badly damaged by tiro, smokq nud water, water praotioaliy de stroying the great collection of law reference books. The library contains about 20,000 volumes, and . was used not only by tho justieoH of the supromo court, but by members of congress nml lawyers practicing boforo the su premo court. Mr. Justice Hnrlan said that the library was vory valuable.. Many of tho works it contained would, he thought, be difficult to roplaoe. STRONG POINT FOR SPAIN. Answer to American. Rennritflil a Eln. la-Cnl Uomilli.nt. A Washington special says; The re ports tho stato department lias re ceived from tlie peace commissioners in Paris indicate that that body has procoedod in exnctly the line nntioi- pnted, consequently the action of Fri day was not a disappointment. ItwaB fully eipected that the Spanish com missioners would endeavor to make bettor terms than tlioso offered by the Americau commissioners. It is freely admitted in Washington that the presentation of the Spanish objections to the last American propo sal was admirable in many respects, and evidenced the possession of keen legul talent by tho Spanish side. Yet the objections and points made were not new. The strongest point made by the Spanish side relates to tbo taking of Manila two days after the signipg of the protocol in Washington, on which they base tboir assumption that the United States was not in possum of ntiy part of tbo Philippines outside of the insignificant station nt Cavite at the time hostilities ceased and were estopped legally from extending our possession. But against this contention it can be shown by tbo Americans that ro- gardless of the exact date of the sur render of Manila Admiral Dewey, afloat, lay for two months beforo tlio city, while for most of the time United States troops were ashore near the Spanish positions, and that the town might have been taken at any moment during that period. Tlio only restraining influence was a desire to make sure before taking possession that the lives and property of the inhabitants of the city should be safe-guarded to tlie utmost, and in reality the American forces were as much in possession of the plaoe then as now. MAY APPEAL TO POWERS, Premier Sagnsla Intimate. That a Spanish Vote M»y lie Yet Ment Out. Advices of Monday from Madrid state that the premier, Henor Hagasta, was questioned as to whether it was a fact that the Spanish government had addressed a note to the powers asking the latter if they would support Spain in protesting against “the intentions of the United States toward the Phil ippine islands.” He replied that sacli a note had not yet been dispatched. Members of the cabinet assert that there will be three or four more sittings of the peace confer ence at Paris. Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the bod against alum* baking powders ax the greatest ers to health of the present day. Akim «ow SWUM, wwsss oo., taw mm. ACTRESS A BANKRUPT. Mr.. Carter'. Llabllllle. are ana,OOO, anil H«r Annetii nr« 9*400. A New Y’orU dispatch says: Mrs. Leslie Carter, the actress under the name of Caroline D. Carter, tiled It petition in bankruptcy Monday showing liabilities of $63,778, and no. asnots except wearing apparel, valued at 8200. - v Some of the claims extend back jfor several years, and among them tre’iiio- oounts for gowns nnd costumes from l’nris mnkors, several claims fur onBh loans and n hotel hill. The largest item is for $20,704, al leged to have been advanced on • cash Iona by tho Wirt Dexter estate of Chioago. BRYAN HOES HOME. Colonel Leave. Savannah for Llnooln, Ne. brnska, to Iteonpereto. Colouel .William ,T. Bryan left Sa vannah, Gn., Saturday for hin home at Lincoln, Neb. He went by way of Montgomery. 'Ho has not entirely reoovered from his recent sovero attack, amounting al most to typhoid fover, nud showed signs of ills long sickness. He ox- peets, however, to fully rcoupovate within a short time, nud return to re join his regiment. P ATRONIZE homo industry. Sub scribe for your homo paper, nud prorail upon yotir neighbor to follow your lend, , DAHLONEGA, GA. 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