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323- J ®ht Icratd and ^dwrtisq. HARRISON ELECTED ! Newnan. Ga., Friday, November 9, 1888. WEEKLY CIRCULATION, 1,750. JAS. E. BROWN, Editor. The Result, and How it Was Brought About. CAUSE. Republican boodle. The tariff. The Sackville letter. Hill’s treachery. Mugwumpery. Hewitt and the County Democracy. Grant and Tammany Hall. Democratic rascality in X. Y. City, generally. Universal Republican cus- r sedness. Opposition to the Solid South. Democratic defection in Brooklyn. Republican hankering af ter the surplus in the Treasury. EVKKUT. Harrison. Sectional jealousy. v> N Bloody shirt. Money devils and monopo lists. Brice’s inexperience Our office cat takes a cheerful view of the situation, though, and looks hopefully forward to 1892. THE WHOLE COUNTRY GONE TO THE BOW-WOWS! REPUBLICAN BOODLE AND DEMOCRA TIC TREACHERY DID IT! Large Republican Gains and Heavy Dem ocratic Losses Everywhere! IN ALU THE STATES. New York, Nov. 6.—Every State will vote for Presidential electors to day. Every State except Maine, Ore gon and Vermont will elect members of Congress, and each organized Territory will elect delegates. State officers and Legislatures will be chosen by Colora do, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kan sas, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin. California will elect a Legislature, Chief Justice and Associate Judge of the Supreme Court. Iowa and Ohio will elect minor State officers. Nevada will elect a Su preme Jud e, regents of the University and a Legislature. New' Hampshire and Tennessee will elect a Governor and Legislature. New Jersey will elect a Legislature. New York will elect a Governor, Judge of the Court of Ap peals and a Legislature. Pennsylvania will elect a Supreme Court Auditor and Legislature. Proposed amendments to their Constitutions or general laws will be voted upon by Illinois, Kansas, Ne vada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Virginia and West Vir ginia. NEW YORK. New York, Nov. 7.—New York gives Cleveland 55,000 majority, and Brook lyn adds 12,000, which, with Queens and Kings counties’ majorities, gives Cleveland not more than 70,000 south of the Harlem. Blaine came to the Har- vote of the two Democratic leaders— State and National. Why was it? In the first place, some say that Hill’s lead is due to the united support he received from the.liquor element without respect to party, and the Republicans of which went to Harrison. “In the second place, others say that the tariff did the work for the Demo cratic Presidential ticket. This is the general belief in New York this morn ing. To-night at 12 o’clock I talked with Senator Arthur Gorman, when everything was smiles for the Democ racy; the Republicans were depressed and the Democrats joyful. The distin guished Marylander has had more to do with the direction of the Democratic canvass than .ny one else, with the ex exception of Mr. Brice, of whom he was the mainstay. He has worked nobly and has at all times proved himself a gallant champion of his party. He said to me to-night, while feeling confident of Democratic success: ‘We lost 20.000 votes in New York city on account of the tariff question, and lost heavily through out the State from the same cause. We would have had no.serious contest with out such an issue, and as it is we have had to fight our way inch by inch. If half of the 20,000 votes had remained true to the Democracy the result would not have been in doubt for the Democ racy.’ “Hill’s majority will probably exceed 20,500, an 2 his heavy lead is a sad com mentary on mugwump influence. He runs 14,000 ahead of Cleveland in the city, and herein lies the cause of all the trouble, if trouble there be. The local Democratic contest had a bad effect on the national ticket, as is shown in the vote, and while there was no trading by either Tammany or the County Democ racy as an organization, there is no doubt that there was considerable trad ing among their candidates. Tammany swept the field and scores one of the most signal victories of its history, elect ing Hugh Grant mayor and its full city and county ticket. The city sends a full Democratic delegation to Congress. “At 3 o’clock this morning it looks as if Harrison will overcome Cleveland’s majority south of Harlem.” New York, Nov. 7.— Cleveland runs lem with 62,000 majority. Garfield had | ahead of Harrison nearly 12,000 votes 74,000. If Harrison does not do better } u Kings county, against nearly 15,000 But the South, which is an empire in itself, is yet solidand unterrified ! than Blaine, lie loses; if he does as well as Garfield he wins. He has made strong and unexpected gains in some portions of the State, but in others he has fallen behind, and for this reason it is hard to estimate the result in the counties not yet heard from. It will take a close count to decide the ques tion, and the Republicans will struggle to the end. The Republican committee is openly claiming the State. The plurality for Cleveland below the Harlem river, instead of the SO,000 or 85,000 confidently expected by Demo crats, appears to be only about 70,000. Outside of New York and Kings coun ties the Republican gains have thus far been steadily increasing with each ad ditional report from election districts. The proportion of these gains at the hour of writing is such that if contin ued throughout the State they would insure the victory for Harrison and Morton electors by a handsome plural ity. In NewYork and Kings counties the plurality for Cleveland, with Kings complete and New York nearly com plete, appears to be not more than 67.- S00, and four years ago the plurality against Mr. Blaine in those counties was 58,793. The Democratic gains in these counties is, therefore, only about 9,000, but Republican gains of 5,482 have been reported at the hour of writing, in precincts embracing about one-fifth of the remaining vote of the State. It is not necessary, in order to give the State to General Harrison, that the gain out side should continue in the same ratio with similar gains throughout. The majority for Harrison in the State would exceed 17,000, but if the gains on four-fifths yet unreported of the vote outside of N-w.York and Kings should be only double the gain on the one-fifth reported, Harrison would still have a safe plurality. I At the two headquarters scenes of great excitement prevail at 3 o’clock this morning. Quay is telegraphing all over the country that Harrison has car ried the State and his fellow compan ions are dishing enthusiasm to all who apply. Chairman Brice says that sev eral Democratic strongholds have not been heard from yet, and that their re turns will have a tendency to down the Republicans. Those around him are still confident and say that Cleveland will carry the State. The Democrats have not lowered the pitch of their en thusiasm of the midnight hour and are parading the street and shouting as haul as ever. The Republicans are doing the same thing, and the scene is one of un terrorized bedlam. Mr. Clark Howell, of the Atlanta Which should remind us that life hath its surprises as well as its realities, for we can never know what an elec tion or a bad egg will bring forth. I'hk foul weather which followed the announcement of Harrison’s election yesterday was no more than we expect ed. -The methods employed by the Re publican campaigners in New York and Indiana were cvicked enough to make the very heavens weep. Harrison wears a No. 6j shoe, a 74 hat, a 16* collar, and a bowel as big as an opera box. Add to these physical con- gruities a form 5 feet 7 inches in height, and imagine how it will look iu the Presidential chair! ’ over Blaine four years ago. The Dem ocrats claimed Kings by 23,000 this time, and the Republicans conceded it by Cleveland’s majority of four years ago. Consequently, everybody is astonished at the Democratic loss. But there is no probability that there will be any material change in the result. As it takes two or three days to canvass the returns the official result will not be known until then. All sorts of rumors are constantly afloat, but back of them is the stern reality that the tide is run ning their way. The Democrats have sustained heavy losses throughout the Middle and Eastern States, and even Connecticut and New Jersey are car ried by greatly decreased .majorities, the former remaining Democratic by only a scratch. The Republican have made decided Congressional gains, the most astonishing of which is in St. Lou is, which goes Republican- by 10,000 ma jority. The World puts the Democrat ic- majority in the next Congress at less than ten, while the Mail and Express of this afternoon claims a Republican majority of forty. The latter is no doubt exaggerated, as best indications go to show that the Democrats will re tain a majority. New York. Nov, 7, 4 r. m.—New ! York State is 10,000 plurality for Harri-1 son. Connecticut is 600 for Cleveland, j New Jersey is 8,000 for Cleveland. In diana is doubtful. Chairman Brice still refuses to concede the election. lie has not yet even conceded New York. He looks with a fond eye to Illinois. But there is little reasonable doubt that Benjamin Harrison will be the next President of the United States. The Democrats have been claiming Illinois as a forlorn hope. Illinois, with its 22 votes, would probably elect Cleveland, despite the loss of New York. The early figures received seem to justify this claim. Cleveland made big gains in Chicago and the northern counties, but this gain has been in a measure off set by losses in the southern counties. There remains only a possibility that the Democrats may still carry the State. Missouri has had a peculiar elec tion, St. Louis going Republican. The Democratic State and national tickets, however, are elected. New Jersey is solid for Cleveland. California is claim ed for Cleveland. New York, Nov. 7.—The full vote of all counties in the State, including New York and Kings counties, shows pluralities for Cleveland of 7S,957, Har rison 90,147, making Harrison’s plurali ty in the State 11,191. INDIANA. Indianapolis, Nov. 7, 10 p. :u.— Eight hundred and sixty precincts Constitution, who was in New York on . XT . , 0 „ . ....... give Harrison 136,203, Cleveland 128,648. the day of election and for several day prior there to, sums up the result in a special to his paper, as follows: “Harrison has carried New York. He did it after most of the city bulletin boards were deserted and the thousands of eager spectators had gTone home, sat isfied of Cleveland’s election. The late returns from the interior of the State settle the result and gives the electoral vote of the State to Harrison over a man who, a few years ago, received in the State the largest majority ever given a candidate for Governor in any State. “At the same time, Hill is re-elected Governor by a round majority, showing that there must have been some mater ial cause for such a difference in the The same precincts in 1SS4 gave Blaine 123,700, Cleveland 122,711. NEW JERSEY. Trenton, N. J., Nov. 7.—The Demo cratic plurality in New Jersey is now j put down at 5,000. The Democrats j elect to Congress Geisenhainer in the Third district, Fowler in the Fourth and McAdoo in the Seventh. The Re- j publicans elect Bergen in the First, ! Buchanan in the Second, Beckwith in ! the Fifth and Dehlbach in the Sixth. The Legislature will be Democratic by a close vote. The Senate stands, Dem ocrat, 11; Republicans, 10. This is the first time in ten years that the Demo crats have had the House. The Lower House is claimed by the Republicans to be a tie, but the Democrats say they have a majority. The closeness of the Legislature will make the contest for United States Senator next winter un usually exciting. OHIO. Cincinnati, Nov. S.—Returns from Ohio continue to show nearly the same ratio of Democratic gain over Foraker’s last year, when he had a plurality of something over 23,000. Indications point to a reduced plurality for Harri son. Some experts estimate it at 15,- 000. CALIFORNIA. San Francisco, Nov. 7.—Returns throughout California are coming in very slowly, and as there are no com plete returns, nothing of a comparison with the vote of 1884 is possible. Re publican and Democratic State central committees both claim the State, the former by 7,000 to 9,000, while the lat ter claim a majority of 2,000 to 3,000. The city of San Francisco has been car ried by the Democrats. The Evening Post, Republican, says Cleveland’s ma jority in the city will be 4,600, while the Democrats claim 8,000 to 9,000, and that the Republicans wdll not come to the city with a sufficient vote to over come this. The entire Democratic city ticket is elected in San Francisco. San Francisco, Nov. 7.—The Chron icle (Republican) claims the election of four Republican Congressmen in the interior districts. Thompson and Beggs, Democrats and present incumbents, have been defeated by DeKoven and Eagan, Republicans. McKenna and Vandeveer, Republicans, have been re elected in the Third and Fourth dis tricts. Returns from the Fourth dis trict are meagre, and no indication is given as to whether or not Morrow, Re publican, lias been elected. Returns from the Fifth d strict are also mea gre, and no conclusions can be based on them. CONNECTICUT. Hartford, Nov. 6.—The returns are not all in, but Connecticut probably for Cleveland by a small plurality. The Republicans gain one Congressman in the State and both Houses of the Leg islature. The Republicans gain four in the Senate, also gain in the House over last year. One hundred and thirty-six towns in Connecticut give Harrison 880 gain. The twenty-seven tow T ns to be heard from gave a plurality of 602 in 1884. If the same plurality is given this year, Harrison wili carry the State by 198 plurality. NORTH CAROLINA. Raleigh, Nov. 6, 10 r. m.— Scatter ing returns from various parts of the State.indieate that the State is Demo cratic by about the same majority as in 1S84—17,000. Indications are that the Democrats are elected in all the dis tricts except the first, second and fifth, from which sufficient returns have not been received to indicate the result. Raleigh, Nov. 7.—Returns come in slowly and indicate an increased Demo cratic majority in the State and a large Democratic majority in the Legislature, which elects a successor to Senator Ransom. The returns also indicate the • dection of eight Democratic Congress men, with the returns from Second dis trict so meagre that result there is not indicated. VIRGINIA. Lynchburg, Va., Nov. 6.—Lynch burg polled an enormous vote, and gave a Democratic majority of 26S •against 166 in 1884. Hopkins, indepen dent candidate for Congress, got less than a dozen votes in his own home. Harrisonburg, Nov. 6.—Thirteen precincts in this county show 1,500gain for O’Ferrell for Congress over the vote of 1886. The same precincts show a Republican gain of 200 over 1884. Nor folk city goes Republican by 583, a Re publican gain of 181. Portsmouth gives a Democratic majority of 349, a Demo cratic gain of 381. Norfolk county gives 1,900 Republi can majority, a Republican gain of 405. George F. Bowden, Republican, is re elected to Congress by a large major ity. Richmond, Nov. 6. — The city gives about 1,600 majority for the Dem ocrats. The estimated vote in eight counties and cities indicates a loss ot from 1,200 to 1,500. Lynchburg, Nov. 7.—Official and es timated returns of the sixty counties in the State give Cleveland a slight gain over the vote of 1S84. On the same ba sis the Democrats have elected Con gressmen in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth districts. The Democrats and Repub licans both claim the first district, which will be less than five hundred either waj 7 . Richmond, Nov. 7.—Great excite ment prevails, in striking contrast with the quiet situation of yesterday. Cleve land has carried the State by a reduc ed majority. The Democrats elect six Congressmen, the Republicans one, and three doubtf 1. WEST VIRGINIA. Wheeling, W. Va., Nov. 6.—The chairmen of both State committees claim the State. The vote in this city will not be counted before 11 a. m., Wednesday. The result in the State will probably not be known before Thursday. Wheeling, Nov. S.—The latest re turns show increasing Republican gains and it looks as if the Republicans had carded the State. They claim the elec tion of three out of four Congressmen, viz: Atkinson of this district, Flick in the Second and Smith in the Fourth, and a majority on joint ballot m the Legislature. The Democrats do not admit loss of the State, but are feeling very anxious over the news. Later. Dispatch just been received announc ing the election of McGinnis, Republi can, in the Third Congressional district. Republicans now claim all four districts and Legislature. ILLINOIS. Chicago, Nov. 7.—The vote of eighty- four counties in Illinois, including Cook, shows majorities for Harrison of 38,942, Cleveland 19,373, The remaining eigh teen counties in 18S4 gave Blaine 5,881 and Cleveland 6,542. Assuming that these eighteen counties not yet fully re ported give the same results as in 1S84, the State will now give a plurality for Harrison of IS,912. It is safe to say therefore that Harrison’s plurality will be about 19,000. Unofficial reports, ex cept six, show a plurality for Harrison of 20,331. Six counties not reported gave Oglesby, Republican, for Governor in 1S87, a plurality of 436. PENNSYLVANIA. Philadelphia, Nov. 7. —Returns from every county in the State show a plurality for Harrison of 72,048, a Dem ocratic gain of 807, as compared with the vote for President in 1884. The new Congressional delegation is composed of twenty-one Republicans and seven Democrats—a Republican gain of one. KENTUCKY. Louisville, Nov. 7.—The latest re turns show 7 that the Democrats have carried the first niue Congressional dis tricts, with a prospect in the Tenth. The Eleventh has re-elected Finley, Republican. This is a certain gain of one Democratic Congressman, and probably two. Cleveland’s majority is near 40,000. ALABAMA. Montgomery, Nov. 7.—The returns to-day show Democratic majorities, and the State is safe for 50,000 majority for Cleveland. All the Democratic Con gressmen are elected. MISSOURI. St. Louis, Nov. 7.—The official re turns of the vote of this city show 7 most extraordinary and altogether surprising results. Harrison’s majority is over 6,000. Kimball, Republican, for Gov ernor, has 10,000 majority, and the Re publican city ticket will range from 3,- 500 majority for Sheriff, to 8,000 for the other candidates. The Republicans gain three Congressmen in the State. MICHIGAN. Detroit, Nov. 7.—The election of Wheeler, Republican, in tiie Tenth dis trict, over Fisher, present incumbent, is conceded. This leaves but one district, (the Seventh) in doubt, and is a Re publican gain of five. Should Whitney, Democrat, be re-elected in the Sev enth, which now 7 seems probable, the delegation will stand nine Republicans and two Democrats. Additional re turns received up to noon do not mate rially change the vote for Governor. Luce’s plurality will exceed 10,000. OREGON. Portland, Nov. 8.—More than three-fourths of the full returns have been received from Oregon. The vote has increased nearly ten per cent over that of last June, and the Republican majority has increased in just about the same proportion. The vote of the State is nearly 60,000, and the Republican majority fully 8,000. In Washington territory, Allen, Re publican, is elected to Congress by not less than 5,000 majority. This is a Re publican gain of over 7,000 since 1886. The Legislature in both branches is Republican. KANSAS. Topeka, Nov. 7.—Returns have been received from every county in Kansas. An estimate by chairman Booth from the reports received gives Harrison 70,- 000 majority over Cleveland, and 65.000 for the entire Republican State ticket. The Legislature is almost solidly Re publican. NEW 7 HAMPSHIRE. Concord, N. IT., November 8.— Returns from all but twenty-four towns and wards in the State give Har rison 43,169; Cleveland 40,421; Fisk 1,552; Goodell, Republican, for Governor, 42,- 19S; Amsden, Democrat, 41,040; Carr, Prohibitionist. 1,524. Harrison’s plural ity will be about 2,250; Goodell’s about 750, leaving no choice, a majority being required. As the Legislature is Repub lican, (rondeii will be elected. The vote is the largest ever cast in the State, ag gregating nearly 90,000. WISCONSIN. Milwaukee, Nov. 7.—The Republi can Central Committee claims the State by 20,000. IOWA. Des Moines, Nov. 7.—Harrison’s plu rality in Iowa will probably exceed 30,- 000. Weaver, in the Sixth district, and Anderson in the Eighth,are both defeat ed, giving the Republicans every Con gressman in the State but one. MINNESOTA. St. Paul, Nov. 7, 1 a. m.—The Repub lican State Committee claims State for Harrison by 2,500. MISSISSIPPI. Jackson, Nov. 7.—Morgan will de feat Chalmers, Republican. Catchings, Democrat, for Congress, is believed to be re-elected. A solid Democratic del egation is probable. MASSACHUSETTS. Boston, Nov. 7.—All but two towns 1 in the State have been heard from, and ! give Harrison 183,447; Cleveland 151,990; ; Fisk 8,641. The gubernatorial vote is: Ames 180,439; Russell 152,S46; Earle 9,- [ 170; Republican plurality 27,593. Two the Republican pluiain* j VOteS - MARYLAND. Vnv 7 —Full returns rswesrss-i 832; Cleveland’s plurality, agains 11,118 in 1884. NEBRASKA. Lincoln, Nov. 7-The latest esti- mates from returns already received y the State Journal give the State to^ - rison by between 30,000 and So,000. Baier, Republican, for Governor, will have 25,000 majority. ARKANSAS. Little Rock, Nov, 8.-Returns re ceived late last night assure the elec tion of a straight Democratic delega tion to Congress. Breckenridge’s major ity in the Second district is estimated at from 1,000 to 1,500. Cleveland car ries the State by over 20,000. DELAWARE. Wilmington, Nov. 7.—Advices re ceived by the Morning Mews show that Kent and Sussex counties have both given safe Republican majorities on the legislative and county tickets for the first time in the history of the party. This insures a Republican majority of two votes in the next Legislature on joint ballot, which will elect a Republi can United States Senator to succeed Senator Saulsbury, Democrat. In New Castle county the Democratic ticket is elected, and the electoral vote of the State will be for Cleveland. Congress man Pennington, Democrat, is returned by 2,000 majority. MICHIGAN. Detroit, Nov. S.—Harrison’s plural ity in Michigan will reach 22,000 against 13,308 for Blaine in 1S84. This surpris ingly large gain is undoubtedly due to the return of Greenbackers to the old party lines. Four years ago the fusion vote of the State w 7 as 189,361, the straight Democratic vote being 142,835, and the Greenback vote 41,490. COLORADO. Denver, Nov. 8.—Returns from the outside are coming in exceedingly slow. The Republicans to-day claim the State by 13,875 majority, which, if correct, is a Republican gain over Blaine’s major ity in 18S4 of 5,000. The Republicans also claim every member in the lower House and twenty out of twenty-six members of the Senate. FLORIDA. Jacksonville, Nov. 8—-Florida has gone Democratic by over 13,000 major ity and elects both Democratic Con gressmen. TENNESSEE. Chattanooga, Nov. 8.—Evans, Re publican, has been elected to Congress by nearly 300 majority. The State goes Democratic by a large majority. Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Nov. 8.—The State has gone for Harrison by at least 18,000 ma jority, and probably 21,000. the next congress. NewYork, Nov. 7.—The Fifty-first Congress, according to the latest re turns, will consist of 163 Republicans and 162 Democrats. This Republican majority of one may be wiped out and it may be increased by later corrections of the list. Indiana has gained three Democrats and Missouri uas lost three. The Maryland delegation is equally di vided—three and three. New .Jersey gains a Democratic member. Virginia appears to have chosen an almost solid delegation of Democrats, Bowden, Re publican, from the Second district, be ing'the only remaining representative of his party from the State. Massachu setts sends but one Democrat to the next House. California loses Morrow, the ablest member of the present dele gation. Michigan loses Forbes, member from the Grand Rapids district, and two other Democrats. STILL IN DOUBT. NewYork, Nov. 8.— It is a possibili ty that the Republicans may have con trol of the Fifty-first Congress. The Democratic majority of eighteen is dwindling away. Several estimates made by the Democrats in this city bring the margin down to two votes. The Republican's are claiming that the full returns will give them the House. This is very improbable, but a distinct possibility. There have been some sur prising Republican gains. Democratic St, Louis has elected three Republican Congressmen. The Republicans make apparently well- based claims to three gains in Michigan. But the Democrats have gained in Vir ginia. New York’s delegation is un changed as to parties. The fact of the situation is that there are enough dis tricts yet uncertain to turn the House majority either way. Chairman Brice, of the Democratic National Committee, concedes Harri son’s election. The Republicans carry California from 5,000 to 10,000, Indiana by 3,000 to 4,000; V est Virginia is still in doubt. It will require an official count to decide the results. Virginia is Democratic. Full unofficial returns from New York State place Harrison’s plurality at 12,000; Hill’s, Democratic Governor plurality will exceed this. Toe Evening Post makes the electo ral votes stand: Harrison 233, Cleveland 168, giving West Virginia to the Demo crats. The indications are that the Re publicans have majorities in the Lecis- lature of West Virginia and Delaware which S'Ye the party two additional United States Senators. / n f V W- a ■ ¥■