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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1894 THE MAGON TELEGRAPH PUBLISHED EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR AND WEEKLY.- - - Office 569 Mulberry Street. (TUB DAILY TEUCO RATH—Delivered by carrier! Is the car, or melted, poeta*o free. CO cents e month; ILtl for three months; 83.SO for six months; 17 for one peer; every day except Sunday. tt. {TUB TELEORAPH—Trl-W eekly, Mon- days, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays. three months. It; six months, 53; one year; H. [THE SUNDAY TELEORAFH-By mall, one year, IX (THE WEEKLY TELEORAPH-By mall, ms year, It. EUBSCniPTIONS—Payable in advance. Remit by pomal order, check or resls- tered tetter. Currency by mall at risk of sender. , COMMUNICATIONS should bs addresstd and all orders, checks, drafts, sic., made payable to TUB TELEORAPH, Macon, Oa. YESTERDAY'S ELECTIONS. At this hour tbe reiuroK Indicate Hint Uic tidal wave which rolled across tbe country In 1800 has rolled across*It again In tbo contrary direction. The Republicans have made o. sweep ■>£ the North and have probably gained con trol of the lower honse of congress. The South, however, has stood stead fast la Its Democracy, losing hardly more than half a dozea votes la con- ffrest. In New York the Republicans tuive won n victory astonishing iu it* com- plctouess. Morton's great -majority probably makes ii.m a rand.date for the Republican nomination for-presi dent—and a formidable candidate at that. There is much In tbe results of yes terday's voting for Democrats to regret, but there Is nothing to make tbeiu de spair of the future of their party. IN THIS DISTRICT. Our returns Indicate that Charles L. Bartlett -a elected congressman from this district by; a majority slightly In excess of six thousand. Wo are Dee to say that we are surprised it the largeness of this majority. We liad expected his elcct.on, but by it ma jority not In excess of twenty-live hun dred or three thousand. The result is probably due to the alarm excited In Democrats by the result of the state' election, causing them to exert ilium- aeivea to brftig out tho.r full vote, pud also to the fact that the 1’opuhsts seem to uave made no cuerger.c attempt to carry the election, iu aifmn of the districts of this couoty they hud not taken the trouble to prov'do tbdr vot ers with tickets, and It Who manifest In. other ways test they ues pa .rod of success. The Dill returns are not at hand, but we th.nk mey will show uol ouiy a very considerable Increase of the DomocraUo vote, but a decrease of tuo l’opulist vote. As tho queat.ons of publ.o policy -n which the Populists arc .nicrvated arc minimal In charac ter, It la somewhat surprising that In a uai.onnl election they apparently felt lens interest than iu n am to election, in wmcb succtua oould have dona nettl ing to insure the ijuccm* of tlio’.r 1>e- cuilur economici nliuis. J’udge Bartlett la V mbn of untiring energy, of high character and great iu- tell.geucc, and will' uni go A toasreta- man of exceeding haefuiuess to tlio lllstrlet. Of aggressive disposition and an untiring worker, ne ,s l.kvly to take n prominent placo lu tuo house, even though ho should bo ouo of the minor ity .u teat body. Tho peculiar Inter eats of his dlstisct will lio admirably served by Congresamao Bartlett, wc ara sure. He Is a man who never toigets an obligation nor falls to perform a duty. Ho M young, and begins bla ca rver In national politics under tho hap piest auspices. BALLOT REFORM? Tbo Atlanta Commercial has a load- tug ahlclo In which It urges ou tho Icgjdature tho Importance of a reform iu our ballot laws. It recognises, as the Telegraph does, tho change In tho political situation—and a profound change it Is—brought, about by tbo di vision la tho ranks of tho whits peo ple. "It Is no longer a solid phalanx of whites.against this negro clement,'* says the Commercial, "but It la two fac tions of whites contending one wttb the other for teo control of this igno rant mass,'' This is a true ayt.-ment of tea situation, and n statement which ought to moke an lmpresstcu on the minds of legislators, roaponstble for the failure, if there Is a failure, to provide against the evils which must ucceeea- rily grow out of such a aicuMlon. I he Commercial says cut "there are but two ways to* control tee negro. One Is by evincing -an- nmmural litter,*t in him and giving him a false notion at his political rights. The other, by elim inating him.” By eUmhmlon la meant teat tee eleeuon laws should bo so changed as to set np a standard of 10- toll fence and education which will ex clude from the franchise the most ig norant doss of people—and we take n teat tee Commercial means tee m^t Ignorant white people a* well as tee m, st ignorant negroes. W« are glad to bare tho assistance of the Commercial la urg.ng on the' attention of Ute legislature a matter which aeems to os of prime import- once. It U not of prune Importance that our election laws be changed so that elections may no fairer. There Is cause for complaint, wo know, but :h9 worst thing In the situation Is not the luxncss of the law which allows cheat ing or bribpry at elections,’or any other business of that kind, but‘t is tbo fail ure of our election la.va to require, as tee title to tbe right to vote, anything more than that tee i-erson who offers tbe vote shall bo a man twenty-ouo years old. The requirements should be something more teau this. When men ure too ignorant to read their .ballots, when it Is certain teat they can have no intelligent idea of the public ques tions they aro passing upon, when they vote either blindly or at tho direction of men who control thorn through tbvlr prejudices, their passions or their ava rice, then they should not lure tbe right to vote at all. We do not think test tbe right to vote 1* Inherent—that It is born with a men. It is a privi lege which Is conceded to him by so ciety in ihu interests of Society -tself, and if any man Is unable, through Ig norance, to serve society In this ca pacity, then the privilege ought to be withdrawn from him. It is especially necessary that this reform should be made In Ueorgla, be cause, with the white people divided, a struggle will immediately nrgin be tween the factions of wh-to people to control Hit- uegro, vote. -\Vo liavo al ready seen the begluulug of this strag gle. Tbe consequences'of It ara easy to Imagine. The white man wlio comes to tbo negro, pleading for b,s vote, must do one of two things; he must buy that vote with rnouey, or he mutt make concessions of a social kind to the negro. DO YOUR DUTY TODAY. Tho gentlemen wlio undertook to manage the Dlxlo Interstate Fa,r did so without tee slightest hope of gain- lug for themselves any prollt which woo not shared by teo commua.ty at large. They expected to do a great deal of bard work without reward, except the consciousness of having helped Ma con recover from a per.od of depres sion wh.ch was sapping tbo energies of her people and clouding her future. It cannot bo denied that these gentlemen have worked faithfully and intelligent ly. The fair which they created ,s uni versally conceded to bo the best ever seen in th.s city, and perhaps the best over seen in the state. In many of its departments It was Undoubtedly tbe best. In every respect where intelli gent and energetic mauugemeut could affect results, tbo fair Is a success. Tho manugen have not failed In any re spect In thelt- duty. They have served their olty wed, and this means, of ooursc, that they deserve well of tho city. Id yesterday's Issue of tea Telegraph there appeared so appeal to the peo ple of Macon, signed by theso gentle men. In this our citizens were begged to come to teo aid of the exposit.on, Which Is threatened with u large flmtn- Dial Uedo-t uniess the attendance dur ing tee last two days of tho fair is un usually large. They ask teat every person In Macon, in his own Interest gijtl in the Interest of tee city, attend tho fa,r'today,, which is Macon's day. The amount of money Invested by each olt.zen in this way will be very small. There will bo a lull return tor It In tee msghitlcent displays submitted for bis .nspuouon. But iu the aggregate, If Macon people do their Dill duty, ,t they ndm.t their obligation to the gen tlemen who have created this fair in Macon's interest and fulfill It, tee re turns from the collect,ons at tee gates today will be sufilo.cnt to Insure tbo financial shocess of the fair aud relieve the managers from tho nuxioty teat now oppresses them. The Telegraph urges our peoplo to nuiko Macon's day a demonsirat-on of their grudiudo to the gentlemen who have worked so unaelUshly and Intelligently In tho pub l.o Interest. They aro entitled to that sort of recognition. If ihsy fall to ro- celvo It, what shall other men say when It Is suggested to teem that they, in their turn, do someth-ng unaided for the publlo good? They will havo no reason to suenfleo themselves for they may face tho probability that they will be teo victims of au embarrassing failure, aud that they w.H bare In tho.r failure no help from the peoplo whom they havo endeavored to serve. Let all of our clttious today go to the park. It la a duty to do so. OHINA HAS ENOUGH. Wants the Powers to Intercede For Peace. London. Nov. 0.—A dispatch to tbo Time* from Tlen-Tslu says the wpre- sonutjvcs of all toe power* wore as sembled on Saturday otsc by the Tsung b> Yarncu to bear the Chinese government's statement respecting tbe critical situation of affalis. Prince Kuug, president of the Tsung LI Yantcn, the dl-patcn adds, calmly avowed tee Impotence of Ch.ua to withstand tee Japanese attack, and ap pealed to the power* to tuterveuc, say- lug that China was willing to abandon her sovereignty oyer Coro* aud ro pay a war Indemnity. The min sters ap plauded tee frankness of this confes sion and promised to report China'* appeal to the'.c re»peadve governments w.th a view to tee restoration of peacu In enter to avert the dtugi-r* threaten ing all Interests. Tbe Trench minister believed tu tak ing a leading part in tbe proposed In- '-rvenUoo. FIRE INALABAMA. Montgomery, Nov, «L—A special to the Advertiser from Evergreen, Ala., says: A lire broke out In tee Forlners hotel this afternoon, wb.ch soon srread to tee entire block. A high wind car ried tbo names across the street rod before tho tire was stopped property to the value of $40,000 was destroyed. Tbe Insurance was light, WEATHER INDICATIONS. Washington, Nor. d—For Georgia: Fa .r. and Wanner; variable winds. LANDSLIDE. (Continued from page 1.) doubt. Oh-lirman Irby declines to make any edtlireMea ou it tonlg-.ih. if it Is carried tt will be by a close margin. Mr. Irby says that the returns In tee congressional races are very meagt'e and not sufficient to make toy d^Qjute statements, but he has every reason to expect 'that stvea Democratic congress men will br elected. The vote for El liott In Charleston has given Elliott a fine start aud will possibly insure his •lection. The only chance of hb de ft J- Is for a very large vote In tee eoki-ed districts. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U.S. Gov't Report AB&OUimY PURE the badance. The constitutional con vention will be carried by a RimII ms- , Jerky, mot over IV,000. All at tbe I Democratic nominees for congress are 1 elected. WEST VIRGINIA. | Wheeling, Nov. 0.—Fragmentary re- t turns from tee First. Second and Fourth West Virginia district* ludlcate i that the Republicans have carried all i three of them and Wilson ts probably beaten, but complete returns may be ! required to - settle the result. Howard (Democrat! is beaten by 800 iu tlioj First district. Tlio probnluhtlcs are* that West Virginia will bo represent'd by a solid Republican delegation ,u the next house. At 1130 p. in. Chairman IJelaplnln of the Democratic committee concedes the Democrats are buatca In this con gressional district by (MO. Reports from the Third district Indicate that Al- dersou (Democrat) is beaten for re- election by Haling (Republican) by over 1,0On. The Democrats may pos- s.bly save Hervoy from the wreck lu tbe Fourth district, but even this Is not probable. Chairman Dawson of the stale Re publican committee claims a small ma jority in the legislature, and three and possibly four congressmen. Charketon.—Dayton (Republican) Is elected, defeating William L. Wilsar.. Miller lux also defeated Hurvey In the Fourth district, and the Republicans claim all four congressmen. The Indi cations are that a Republican legisla ture Is elected. This will give the Re publicans a United States senotor In the place of Camden (Democrat). (I.Ufton, W. Va„ NOv. 6.—At .0:30 o’clock there Is scarcely a ray of hope for the escjpe of William L. Wilson from the Republican deluge. Dayton ba« mado gains In every county ao far heard from. This county gives him 450. a gain r«f 100; Preston 1,900, a gain of 22o; Darkeley 223, a gain of 75; Mineral 200. a gain of 125. Marion Is in doubt. ! Wilson carried the county by 90 two 1 yett.ro ego. The agricultural counties in the Interior may change the aspect, but ft is not probable. DaFollcftte, the Re publican chair main, claims Dayton's by 1,000. — ' OHIO. Cincinnati, O., Nov. -L-E.-ory indica tion la that this city end Hamilton couuty have gone Republican by u ma jority equalling that reoutvol by Gov ernor McKinley last year. The ohiy possible exception Is In roe First con gressional district (Bellamy storrer's district), where Judge Peck (Demo crat) opposes Charles P. Taft (Republi can). It Is believed that the Catholics have scratched Taft <n revease for tee defeat of Storrer, who It Is claimed was Bhclved through A. P. A. influ ence, bis wife being a Catholic. This will put tee election tn Unnbt. Columbus, O., Nov. it.-one burdred and titty-s'.y prOoinots la Ohio shOtY a net Republican gain over last year, when McKinley had a plurality <il"80,- 005, of -»7), and thirty preoiucts out side of Cincinnati show a net Repub lican gain of this. Columbus. O.. Nov. C.—Democratic State Chairman Taylor has Just tele- gr.iphcd -the Cincinnati Eu-utter, con ceding the utsite ilo the Republicans by 90,000 plurality. Columbus. O.. Nov., JU 9 p. m., Ch.ilrman Allen \V. Thurman said: "The whole country seems to have gone Re publican. There ta but one bright spot apparent South Carolina mill otnhda Democratic. We havo heard from only 165 'precincts In Ohio, but that • Is enough. If tt keeps up the Republicans noil carry the state by 150.000. It means that there will not be a Democratic con gressman elcoted In Ohio. I think Outh- watte ts defeated tnr at least 2.000." • Columbus—At 10 p. m. Chairman Dick of tbo Republican state commit tee sent a messagn to Governor Me- K.nley stating that returns rece.ved up to teat hour indicated that tho Repub licans had carried the state by tbo largest plurality In the history of tho state, not excepting the famous plu rality of John B Rough over Vallan- d.gham In IS03, which was 101,000. Columbus, O., Nov. 0.—In spite of the overwhelming odds against them In the state, tho Democrats have elected at least three congressmen and two d.stricts are In doubt. The Dem ocrats elected are: Paul J. Sorg, Third district; E. C. Clayton, Fourth, aud J. A. U. Richards lu tho Seventoeute. The Fifth and Thirteenth districts are in doubt. tSevetand—Congressman Thomas L. Johnson concedes U!» defeat by be tween 4,000 and 5,000, Eleven votlug prectnots heard from at 1)30 o'clock give Burton 1,756, Johnson 1.187. Johnsou*a*loss from his vote two year* ago averages S3 to the precinct. ■ Cincinnati, NOv. 5.—In the otty of Cincinnati forty-live precincts give Taylor, Republican, 7.SS9; Turner. Detn- oerri:. 3.994. in IS9S they gave McKin ley 7,093; Newel, 6,031. ILLINOIS. Chicago. Nov. t.—The Republican etxte central committee claims Illinois Is Republican by >70.000 plurality. Six teen Congressmen, at leant, and both brooches of * the General Assembly- which Insures the return of Untied States Senator Cgllom Chicago, 1 a. m.—The returns are oomtng in slowly owing to the hrav> vote polled and no owe can give abso lutely correct estimates on the remi.ts of tee election In imuois just yen, but everything point* ho <s complete vic tory for tee Republican forces and a largely increased vote for the Popu lists. It to now reasonably certain teat the Republican suite ticket will be elected by a big majority; that the Re publican* have elected a majority of the Cedi county commissioners and will haw a majority in the ditto as sembly. They haw also elected a num- b;V of iiiiiiinunfli If not most > of’ them. Even the Democrats concede Uuk. The r.epubUcana. with a few exceptions, aiy they have woo signal victories everywhere by tncreaeed ma jorities. Wulff. Republican, candidate for 'measurer, tt Is claimed, will wti by at least 20,000 majority. The Popu- ll»U polled a vote In Cook .eouny ot 25000, and It la <to this teat many Dem- o Lau are Inclined to attribute their defeat. It Is certain teat nearly all this vote was gotten from tee Democratic party. At 11:15 p. m. the Democrats con- '«3ed tee election of all the ongrea- tlenal ticker in IUInotst frith the ex ception ot the fallowing) Lee Mc Ginn, Chicago: J. J. Hannahan. Ch eago; James R. Williams. George Fl- 'hi-n. Edward Laoe.'O. O. Birnro and F. E. Downlnr. Of these (hey at* by to mesas certain ot MuGann and Han attain. This would leave tee Demo 'rus but erven congressmen out of te, twttfty-two which tec state latuttu. The Democratic state central cocnml- tee gave up all hope of electing ans* of the county Ucket at a. lato hour and concede it, as well a* the sate ticket, to ten Republicans. Washington, D. C., Nov. 5.—A dis patch received at Republican headquar ters from John R. Tanner, »he chair man of the Illinois state central com mittee, says the Republicans twive ear- r.ed Cook oounty, Iillnola, by 12,000 ml- pority. LOUI8IANA. New Orleans. Nov. 6.—Returos indl- catea the eleotton of live and possibly six Democrjtlo congressmen In this state. New Orleans.—Drier.—The following, all Demo-:uira. etootei to congress to day: Louisiana dlstrlota. First, Meyer; Second. Buck, to succeed Davey; Third. Price; Fourth, Ogden: Fifth, Boetner; Sixth. Robertson. iMh»ladpp>l districts: First. Allen; Sec ond, Kyle; Third, Caitohlngs; Foutrh, Money: Fifth, William Denny to suc ceed Stockdule; Seventh, J. G. Spencer, to succeed Hooker. All elected by goad majorities. New Orleans, Nov.'S.—The following letter, Issued late tonight, ts self-ex planatory: Headquarters National Republican State Central Committee, New Orleans, Nov. 0, 1894.—To Associated Press: Kernochan, Coleman and Bpattle have been honestly elected In. this state. Wholesale violence, intimidation and fraud have been perpetrated and tho conspiracy by state and city -.uHclals against Republican success will no doubt be consummated by tho giving of certificates to their opponents.- Wo will contest and show to the American people tho most appalling frauds. (Signed) W. J, Behan, Cha.rman Republican state Central Committee. ’! Attest: Davis S. Ferris, Secretary. PENNSYLVANIA. Philadelphia, Nov. 0.—Incomplete re turns recelvcd'up to 1230 o’clock show a net Republican gain of 80,021 over the vote of 1S02. The same ratio of gain carried through the state would g.ve Hastings (Republican) for gover nor 200,000 majority. The Democratic dlssentlon tn the Third congressional district uuw repre sented by William McAleer (Democrat) and for so many years represented by the late Sjmuel J. Randall, was shown today to have been even greater teau the most hopeful Republican had an ticipated. ■ Rumors Indicate the election to con gress of Joseph J. Hart from the Eighth district, of J. S. Erdmon from the Ninth and Charles R. Buckalew. from the Seventeenth, nil Democrats, and that the rest of the twenty-four representatives will be Republicans. TENNESSEE. Memphis. Tenn.. Nov. 6.—In west Tennessee the vote was extremely light, and as the strong Democratic vote ot the en&to lain this section, there Is anx iety us -t > -the success of Turney Sor. governor, i /.-.nvocimls congressmen have tyten chosen In the Eighth, Ninth and Tenitlh districts. Chofttanooga.—Evans (Republican) claims his eleotton as governor of this etite. but declines to give any figures. Fbster V. Brown (Republican), who defeats Snodgraeu (Democrat) for re- election. carries ithla district- -by over 1,000. Ohoittaoogx gives a Republican gain, compared to 1893. of 992. and tele county gives a Republican gain of 1.700. Knoxville.—Indications' In this (the Second) Tennessee oongreastonal district point ito the election of Henry R. Gibson over John C. Houk by 5,000 majority. . In -the First district, W. C. Anderson (Republican) Is «looted over Thad A. Cox (Democrat. The voting waa light. In Best Ten nessee. Eva us (Republican), for govern or. runs ahead -of Governor Turney by 20.000. ' WISCONSIN. Milwaukee. Wl»« Nov. 6.—The Repub licans of Wisconsin have carried the state by over 16.000 plurality for Gov ernor Upham and their state tloket. D. C. Wall., chairman of the Democratic state central committee, has just admit ted this, and has given up all tioptc- The Republicans have made gains in almost every precinct, while tee Demccrts have lost votes so that they are down to the Populistic votes in the cities. The coun ty of Milwaukee (including the city) will give a Republican plurality of from 7.000 to. 8.000. and Otjen (Republican), for congress In tho Fourth dlatriot, claims his election. Thirty-three pre- cJncta give him 2.000,plurality over Rose (Democrat). The Republicans claim the eleotton of eight, and poL-elbly nine eongretomen. These are: Theobald Ocjen, Fourth dis trict: Ed. Sauerhlng. Second: iH. A Coo per. First: G. W. Baboock. Third: Gen. Michael Grllfin. Seventh: G. J. Jenkins, Tenth; Alexander Stewart. Ninth, and S. Barney, Fifth. The Populists have made great gains In Milwaukee and in (he state, but will elect no candidates. Thirty-two , preclDcts In Milwaukee give Upham (Republican) 4,191: Peck (Democrat)' 3.677. MARYLAND. Baltimore. Nov. 6.—Maryland's solid Democratic front tu been broken, and tec Republicans have unprecedented gains la every dtreotlon. It Is certain at tel* 5»ur (midnight) that thtrtu Republican Oongroesmen have been elected—Baker In the Second district, Coffin In *he Fifth and Wellington In the Sixth. The Democrat! carried the Third and Fourth district* with Rusk and Owen, but by very largely re duced pluralities. The Flrat district 4a atilt In doubt*. The Republicans gained ten city councllmen. and will control the first branch. John J. Dobter (R*- pubtlc-iii) defeated Charles G. Kerr (Democrat) .for supreme bench Judge. Baltimore. Nov. Maryland Join'd theRspubhcan procession and will, for the first time ta the history ot the state, send more Republicans chan Democrat* to represent her in (he halls of congress. Four of tee six congressmen elected to day are Republloans. a no: gain of four. Unprecedented sains -vre.-e also made by tee Republicans In other uirettens, and tee flrat branch cf tee Baltimore city ooamcl! wltl. for tho first (fine be controlled by the Republican*. VIRGINIA. Richmond. New. 51—At midnight Dem ocratic State Chairman Taylar gave out tee following: "The returns oit this hour aeoralo tadlcate teal we have carried tee First and Elihth dtotrtet* The news from the Ninth and Tenth dis tricts Is not definite enough to warrant %n fronton to the results of tha elections 1a Cham districts, though we have strong hope* of carrying teem both." loser.—Tucker (Demacrat). ta tee Tenth district for congress, is elected by about 1.800. The modi (ltd Australian ballot system tried for the first time In Virginia, give entire satisfaction today as a rule, al though here and there video: opposi tion was made to tt by whites and blacks. The constitutional amendment providing for (he enlargement of the juried! ns of magistrates wss adopted oveewbetmlnrly. . FLORIDA. jiteMc*)villa. Nov. I—Moette* dhsr Id Floras was fair and pleasant. An extremely light vote was cast; probably about one-half ofthat cast In die state election In October. The only office* to be lilted were those of the two con gressmen. In the Firm district tee vote u h-eavld: thin In the second. Spark man, Democrat, will proibably be elect ed over McKinnon, Populist, by nbout 10.090 majority. In rhe Second district Gooper, Democrat, will defeat: Atkin- son. Populist, by about 6.000. It Is not likely that the Populists will carry more than four counties tn the state, and the vote Is close In these. The en tire Populist vote In the rotate will not b* likely to reach 4,000'. Duval county (Jacksonville) gives Cooper a majority of 1,000. NEBRASKA. Lincoln; Neb.. Nov. Under-the most favorable conditions anythin? like defi nite results In this state will not be known before noon tomorrow. The vote polled Is eaual to that of presidential years. Up -t 10 v. m. only 7(1 ot (he 170 voting precincts hays bean heard from. These show a alight Republican gain. If the presenk ratio o? gain la main tained. In the First congressional dis trict (Bnyan’s district) Strode (Republi can) Js elected over Weir (Fusion) by 1,300 majority. Return* from over tee state Indicate a aulet election and heavy vote. ARKANSAS. ■Little Rock. Ark.. Nov. 6.—The elec- 4.8m in tel* stage today resulted in the selection of tee following congressional delegation: First district. P. D. McCul loch. Second. John S. Little; Third Thomas -MoRae: Fourth. WilHatn L. Tery: Fifth dlstrlot. Hugh A. Dinsmore; Sixth district. Robcut Neill—all Demo crats. John S. Little, who succeeds Clif ton R. Breckinridge, .ts iche only change In -the delegation. Later.—The return* from all portions of tee state show that all the six Dem ocratic congressmen are elected. 31c- Culloch in tee First district: Lritle In the Second; McRae in the Third; Terry lu tee Founth: Dinsmore In the Fifth: Neill in the Sixitn. NORTH CAROLINA. Raleigh, Nov. 6.—Democratic state and Judicial .tickets ta North Carolina are no doubt elected by reduced major- Wes. The legislature -will be Demo cratic by good majorities. The Demo- orata will carry seven dtotrlots certain, probably nine. Wilmington. N. C.. Nov. 6.—The Star estimates teat ithe Democrats have eleoted state and Judicial tickets, seven i of the nine congressmen, with one dls- (rlctrin doubt, and that the Democrats will have a small majority in tee legla- I ! at ure on Joint billot.. ; Raleigh, Nov. 0.-The Fifth district. Indicates that Settle la elected. Other, districts are probably Democratic, But ■ news Is very meagre. The legislature ’ Is Democratic by a greatly reduced majority, and the Democratic state ju dicial ticket Is elected by reduced ma jorities. KENTUCKY. . Lexington, Nov. 6.—Report* from the Afhhmd d(strict Indicate a heavy vote. The Breckinridge and ex-Oemfederate ,elemenit Is vdting large with the Re publicans for Judge Denny for con gress. Owen’s friends are discouraged over the outward Indications, but do not concede defeat. The collected vote Is larger than usual. Lexington, Ky., Nov. 6.—From returns received ud to 10 o'clock, tee Republi cans claim tee election of three con gressmen from Kentucky. The Inaica- tautens are teat they have carried tee Fifth (Breckinridge's). Seventh and Eleventh districts. The Democrats elect three, and perhaps four of the teecourt of appeals. In this district tee bitterness caused by the Brecklnrldge-Owen campaign told heav- »y against Owens, the Democratic can didate lbr congress. MICHIGAN. Detroit, Oct. C.—Careful compilations of reports received by both state cont- mlttees indicate the election of John T. Rich (Republican) for governor over Fisher (Democrat) by from 80.000 to 50.909. Tho whole Republican state ticket is elected; a solid Republican delegation to congress and Wayne county. In which Detroit Is located. Is Republican on all offices except treas urer. Detroit, Mioh.. Nov 3.—Nearly 900 la borers employed by -the Brirolt Gas Company on tho streets were forbidden to vote by their employers. The Buper- ln-tendent claims tee reuson iwas solely because the lateness of tee season de manded that (ho work be pushed. TEXAS. Galveston, Tex., Nov. 'I.-Tho weath er throughout the state 1* fino and a heavy vote has been polled. Tho Gal veston News predicts tea usual Dem ocratic majority for state officer* and the legislature; also tha election ot Democratic congressm-’n In all the dis tricts, with the possible exception of the Niuth and Tenth districts. Dallas.—The ticket la ever so long and a yard wide. I t will take three days to oount It. All known nbw 5s that Ab- 5*8 (Democrat), for congress, ha* oeen badly scratched. Culberson, for govern or, received the eolld Democratic vote. MINNESOTA. St. Paul, Nov, 0.—Scattering returns from forty of tho eighty 'counties Indi cate that Governor Nelson ts re-elected, but It appears that his plurality will he a small one, probably less than 5,000. The returns so far received show a remarkable slump of the vote to Owen, the Populist candidate for gov ernor. Two-thirds of this has come from the Democratic party. Figures on congressmen indicate pretty clearly the election of four Republican con gressmen, with three in doubt There is a Republican majority on Joint bal lot. NORTH DAKOTA. Fargo, N. D., Nov. 6.-Meagre dis patches only have been received from over the state. The proposition to re submit tbe prohibition law to tho peo ple at the next general election has cut quite a fleure. Tho Democrats Ig nored It In their platform, while the Republicans and Independents Indorse tee prohibited law. A dispatch from Oassellton, Cass county, says R. M. Pollock, who framed the law. ha* been defeated for attorney-general In that cjty. He has lost Fargo and Is prob- au!jr defeated. IOWA. Dei Moines. Nov. 6.—A small vote wo* polled In Iowa, and enough re turn* are at band te indicate tee .elec tion of the entire Republican state ticket by 50.000 majority, with tbe ex ception of Judge Granger and R. I. Satllnger for (he supreme court, whose opponents were endorsed by the Pop- ultxu. The Republicans elect ten Con gressmen. and tbe Second district 5* In doubt, with the chances In favor of Walton 3. Hayes (Democrat) by a smill plurality. SOUTH DAKOTA. ' Pierre, S. D., Nov. 6.—Retard* from all portion* of the state, though mea gre. Indicate Cse Republican ticket, in- (QontlcueA on page 5.' Among; the Number of those who have made tha world hotter and wiser by having lived In It none can ralsa higher claims on our consideration than that American of whom his successor a* # plenipotentiary at tha French court. Thomas Jefferson, said: “I succeed him—none can replace him." 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