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THE GAZETTE. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. JAKES H. YOTTJTG,.... Editor and Proprietor. I: : Bg1 Geal TraTeling SUBSCRIPTION rates: One year, - $1.5 Six months, - - - - 75 Three months - - 50 Entered at the Post-office for transmission through the United States mails as matter coming under second-class rates. 127" All communications intended for pub lication must reach the office by Tuesday morning. Anonymous letters will receive no attention. ty Address all communications to The Gazette, Raleigh, N. C. RALEIGH, N. C., DECEMBER 12, 1896. THE SEXATORSIIIP. Democrats continue to h we much to say about the election of a United States Senator to succeed Senator Pritcbard just as though they bad anything to do with it, and just as though anything they say can have any influence. They tio not seem to be able to realize that their opinions are not indispensable, but thy would save itik and piper if they would conclude at once that the matter can be managed without their advice ; and if they really want to be cf any account in the matter, the sensible thing for them to do is to shut up and keep quiet until their advice and assistance are asked for. They need not expect, to be pleased, for what would please them would not rep resent the wishes of a majority of the voters of the State. . We can make a statement here, how ever, which if noted by them can have the effect of quitting their wild imagin ings and prevent them from starting any further false rumors and reports which rapidly develop into able-bodied lies. That statement is this : The agreement for co-operation was entered into by the Populists and Republicans in the recent election without any reference whatever to the Senatorsbip beyond the under standing that it should be let alone dur ing the campaign. It was distinctly un derstood that this matter should not be a factor in determining the course of either party in the recent election. This agree ment was entered into by both parties with all eyes wide open and with under standing on the alert. It is difficult in these times to forecast political results for conditions can quickly change"; anJ a change of conditions can quickly work a change in sentiment or policy; but it is stated here that so far as the terms of the co-operative arrange ment in the last election are concerned, there is nothing that can permit the Re publicans to bring the pressure of obliga tion to bear on Populists in the matter of supporting a Senatorial candidate, nor can the Populists claim any obligation from the Republicans. Each party is free and untrammeled, and this fact is what makes us all believe that the right thing can and will be done in the election of a Senator. The Caucasian. JUDGE RUSSELL INTERVIEWED. The reporter asked : What do you think will be the outcome of the Sectorial con4eW L " I hope Pritchard will be electe i." What will be the chances for Guthrie and Dockery ? "Neither of them will have any show ing because neither of them can ever get anything but Democratic votes. The Democratic members might swallow D ckery, but he will be an awful dose even for them." But Dockery says he was conscien tiously for silver, and would have re fused the Republican nomination after the St. Louis convention declared against silver. "Yes. And he was fool enough to think that somebody would believe him ! Before the Republican convention he was pretending to be for Allison, an anti-free silver man, for President. But after the Republican convention turned him down then he was so strong for sil ver that he could not support McKinley ! Nobody ever heard of his being for sil ver till Butler picked him up and chunk ed him at the Republican party. Butler thought that he was great politics. By it be was going to disintegrate the Re publican party, give Russell a 'shakin' ague' and 'skeer' him so bad that he would come down in favsr of the Popu list candidate for Governor. So out went old Dockery, 4 a snortin" through the woods, dishing out exploded unveracities about Russell's buying the Republican convention and about his knifing the Re publican ticket in 1833, and appealing to Republicans to vote for Bryan and Guth rie and free silver. (I hear that he voted for Watson, and I believe it.) Every time Dockery opened his bead he rallied the Republicans to Russell. He was about the cheapest help anybody ever had. He coutd not have done better for me if I had had him on a salary and be had honestly tried to earn it. Butler's smart management resulted in forcing upon his party a worthless hulk that they were and are ashamed of, and in solidi fying the Republicans so that in all the S ate there was scarcely one vote, not even his own, which left us to follow Dockery. Butler thought he was load ed I And he fired. He 'busted' his gun but didn't even 'flush' the game. How ever, But'er's case is not hopeless. He is young jet. Besides, his follies have not sprung from treachery, but from a laudable purpose to advance his own party. I believe that those Republicans are in error who think that Butler is a general who wants to betray his army by leading them back to the enemy's camp for capture, condemnation and execu tion. I believe that be is sincere in say ing, as he does say, that North Carolina must not be turned backwards to be run over by the Democratic machine." Why was it that you did not reply to Dockery 's attacks on you during the campaign ? " Have I already not told you that I wanted to keep him gting? Besides it consumed too much time in a speech to take up in detail his stupid falsehoods. For example: he said that my brother Thomas B. Russell went to his house in 1683 t get bim to support me for Gov ernor. In this there was not one word of truth. It was well known that I would not accept the nomination for Governor or anything else in 1888, be cause I wanted to head off the Demo crats by refusing to run a State ticket in that year. The result showed that I was right. He said that I bolted the ticked and caus d his defeat for Gov ernor. The truth is that I supported him and the whole ticket. I quit my private business and lest several weeks in that campaign, p.aying my own ex penses, as I alwajs have. Time was worth something to me. My persjnal earnings have not been confined to beat ing confiding friends by borrowing their mon-y and paying them in bankrupt notices or despeiate compromise?. I have not followed the profession of office-seeking for a living. Indeed, I have never held an office iht did not involve a pecuniary loss. Yes, in 1888 I bowed to the decision of the party because of my devotion to its princi ple s." They say you changed your ground on the sdver question after the St. Louis Convention? " I do not claim absolute consistency on that. 'However, I said time and time again in the campaign that I did not agnewith the St. Louis declaration in favor of the gold standard." It is thought by some and denied by others that the McKinley administration will adopt strong measures to compel Europe to accept bimetallism. What do you think about it? 4 "The Republican party declare! for this in une quivocal words. The money kings of the world do not want silver as standard money even on a parity with gold. They want a rising dollar eo that their securities, bonds, bills, uotes and all forms cf debts due to thtm shall ap preciate in value as time rolls on. The people of this country expect the Repub lican party to redeem its pledges and to show that it is earnest on this question. If our return to the protective policy does not bring prosperity, and the gold unit continues to advance while property and labor decline, this country will go to the silver standard. But this may come without unlimited c linage at sixteen to one." Wilmington Messenger. THE DISTRESSING CONDITION OP OUU PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MATTER. The people of North Carolina do not real ze how distressing is the condition of their public schools. The facilities' for teaching the children of the citizens of this State to read and write are meagre in every respect, poor in the extreme, ut terly inadequate, distressing to contem plate, and alarming to every one who knows v? bat their condition is. We de sire to bring this condition honestly be fore the people, to tell them the facts, to get them to recognize that our school system is the foundation of our civiliza tion and our government and, in truth, the very hope of happiness in our homes, and to realize how sorrily this founda tion is laid. The matter is more import ant than any other public question; it concerns every father and mother, every citizen, more vitally than any question cf tariff, or finance, or temperance. It concerns our State as a commonwealth more than all the ether matters, all the institutions, put together. The men who lead North Carolina to a better public school system will do her a greater ser vice than those who fought for her free dom from England or defended ber in the late war, or who have served her in any way. The public schools are vital to every home. Whoever makes them bet ter does a service to every home in the State. Moreover, the improvement of our public schools is a necessity, an essential to our welfare, individually and as a commonwealth, which if neglected will surely bear fruitage in a withering igno rance or a whirlwind of mad prejudice and passion and probably both. These statements have been written calmly and deliberately. If they are true, who will faee them and remain in the present in difference? They are only too true. THE FACTS IN THE CASE. By the courtesy of Hon. J. C. Scarbor ough, Superintendent of Public Instruc tion, we are able to give facts and fig ures of his report on our public schools for the present year, in advance of the publication of the report. There are 635, 455 children of school 8ge (between six and twenty -one years) in North Carolina. Ninety-five per cent, of these, which is 603,673, -are dependent on the public schools to te -ch thern to read and write. Such is the great reHponsibility of North Carolina. If she des not provide schools, 603,673 of the children in her borders have no hope, no opportunity but to grow up illiterate, ignorant utterly. If she pro vides poor schools, sorry teachers, and keeps them only a few weeks in each year, the chances for these 603,673 chil dren are but slightly improved. And it is no reflection on the teachers to say that this is the condition of the average public echool ; the reflection is upon the State. It is a shame upon the General As semblies, which have met without mak ing better provision ; it is a shame upon the people who are intelligent enough to recognize these conditions and to deplore them, but who bave indifferently toler ated them. No patriot can stand by and see 603.673 children, out of the total of 635,445 in the State, coming to manhood in ignorance because they have no schools, or because such as tbey have are so meagerly supported that tbey are not even kept optn long enough to teach a pupil to read or write or figure. Do you question? Let the facts bear us out: There are 7,171 public schools in North Carolina. Theamount expended upon them for teachers is $690,161 54, which is an average of $95 for each school a year. , Can any one expect; to get a fit teacher for this pitiful sum? Will any one blame ' the teachers for not keeping the schools but twelve weeks at this rate? The teachers must live. If they have been at. all prepared to teach they cannot afford to take such pay, even for three months. Most likely all competent teach ers, all competent educated men and wo men, have the opportunity of working ' steadily, year in and year out, at a better salary per month. This pitiful pay is the root of the evil. The public school sys tem will never improve until the salaries offered are such as to employ competent and well educated teachers. The public school system will never improve until it has larger, much larger financial re sources. Bear this in mind. We must begin here to improve the schools. In this connection let us append two facts of interest while we have thorn at hand. The total number of school dis tricts in North Carolina is 7,80,7, that is to say (bearing in mind that the nnmber of schools reported is 7,191), that in 616 districts there were no schools at all. The total amount of money expended on the public schools for theyear is $835,265, that is to say (bearing in mind the amount paid teachers), that $145,104 was expended for school-houses, sites, ex penses of county boards, furniture, fuel, etc. THE CONSTITUTION DISREGARDED. Thirty-five of every hundred people more than ten years old in North Caro lina cannot read or write. Just to think of this is enough to shame one 'who loves his State. Ninety-five of every hundred people, more thjn six years old and less than twenty-one, in North Carolina are this day wholly depet dent upon the poorly-provided for public schools to learn to read or write. These are no new condi tions. The percentage probably shows better than ever before. And yet for twenty-eeven years we have been living under a Constitution which expressly commands that the schools shall be kept and maintained four months in every year. The General Assemblies have uni formly disobeyed the Constitution ; and they have done so without adequate rea son, notwithstanding each member is oath-bound to Bupport it. 'The reason as signed is that the limit of taxation (60 cents on the hundred dollars worth of property and $2 on the poll) is reached before the schools are provided for as the Constitution require. Now it seems to us that the General Assembly might first provide for taxation for the schools to the necessary amount, and then begin mak ing appropriations to other interests of the State for which the Constitution does cot demand support. Does it not seem plain that the mandatory articlt s of the Constitution ought to bave precedence over the merely permissive ones, and also over Iawa providing for support of vari ous enterprises, departments and institu tions? The Constitution must be upheld by all means. THE REMEDY. Let the General Assembly fix the taxes sufficient at once to provide for four months public schools, and thus carry out the Constitution. The school tax levy is now only e;ghteen cents on the hundred dollars and fifty-four cents on every poll in addition to the taxes in the revenue Jaw. Then if there is not suffi cient funds left for other objects let the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Railroad Commission, the State Penitentiary, the Agricultural Societies, the State Normal and Industrial School, the State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, the State, University, the Oxford Orphan Asylums, the State Geological Survey, the State Agricultural Department, and others like them, either go without the State's taxes or do with less than they now do. Let the General ' Assem bly practice economy in its own man agement, and in the public printing, clerkships, etc., all to the end that the children of North Carolina may not come to manhood in ignorance. Is it worth the effort? Which will the people pre fer, State aid to a University for a few young men, or better schools for thou sands Of her children? State aid to a normal and Industrial School for a few young women, or schools in which thou sands of ber children may learn to read and write? Taxes for Orphan Asylums, Geological Surveys, Agricultural De partments, Railroad Commission, Bureau of Labor Statistics, or more schools, bet ter schools, better teactters and longer terms? What is the State for, to benefit a few or to serve the whole people? What are these institutions compared with the public schools ? What are a few young men and women with education complete, compared to 600,000 who cannot begin in a dt cent elementary school ? We said last week t hat it was an honor toNorth Carolina that she provides so well for her helpless insane and blind or deaf and dumb. It is a shame to North Carolina that she does not provide decent schools for her helpless ignorant. Biblical Re corder. SENATOR PRITCHARD. The Carolinian has no doubt of the re election of Senator Pritchard. 1st, because he ought to be; 2nd, because every Re publican will support him, and 3rd, be cause every Populist should vote for him. As a member of the highest branch of Congress he has not only rt fleeted honor on his State, but has already made a na tional reputation as an able, safe and broad-guaged statesman. The Republi cans of North Carolina are proud of him. As for the Populists, in view of the fact that but for the support of Republicans and the advice and influence of Senator Pritchard during the late campaign, very few of them would have been elected nearly all of them would have been de feated we believe that, appreciating this support, they fel it to be the right thing to vote for the Republican caucus nom inee for Senator. Of course it will be Jeter C. Pritchard. E. City Carolinian. Negro Recognition. Now that the smoke of battle has all cleared away and a prosperous victory has been won, it is time to ask : What is the Negro to receive? The incoming administration owes much to the Negro. It is no more than just and right that he who fought in the front rank of a polit ical contest should be the first to be con sidered. The Negro has fought man fully. That day has passed when the Negro must vote simply as it is his duty to vote. He must vote because it is his duty to vote, but he mut also reap some benefit from it. The success of the Re publican party in the last election was very largely due to the loyalty of the colored man to it. He did not stop to discuss whys and wherefores, but stood firmly to her c dors. For these, and count less numbers of other reasons, he should be given a just share of the spoils. Wilmington Sentinel. KORTII CAROLINA'S OFFICI4L VOTE FOR PRESIDENT, GOVERNOR AND OTHER STATE OFFICERS. COUNTIES. Alamance. Alexander , Alleghany Anson Ashe Beaufort Bet tie . a a a Bladen Brunswick Buncombe . Burke Cabarrus Caldwell ... Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba , Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland . Columbus Craven Cumberland . Currituck Dare Davidson Davie ...... Duplin Durham Edgecombe . Forsyth Franklin Gaston . Gates Graham . Granville Greene (lull ford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hyde Iredell Jackson . Johnston Jones Lenoir Lincoln .... Macon Madison ... Martin McDowell Mecklenburg . Mitcneu Montgomery Moore .... Nah New Hanover . Northampton UI1SIOW O ranee Pamlico Pasquotank . Pender Perquimans . Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham . riowan Rutherford . Martinson Stanley Htokes Surry Swain Transylvania Tyrrell Union Vance , . Wake Warren Washington Watauga Wayne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey Total. 2,302 1,119 737 2,822 1.517 2,513 7.711 . i.eaa 1.0U8 2,i50i 654 1,808 1,3:2 2.649 2.8H2 77 791 47(5 2,64 1,998 1,810 2,509 922 408 2,074 894 2,409 2,0 2 8,778 3.217 2,009 l.OSti 303 2.2U9 1,22-4 3,4 2.2.V)) l.ertji l,90li 1,022 1,240 1.019 2.958 1,145 8,343 814 1.349 1,7 1.(581 1.204 4.714 630 1.129 2.207 2,916 2.100 lJOOl 1JX)9 1,700 861 1.037 1.276 793 1.713 8,181 469 2.482 2,172. 3.457 2.882 8,09 2,146 2.78H 1 4 M i7 2,019 80S 695 411 2,747 1,-165 6.31W l,2i3i 7. S.21 1.801 2.7151 1,093 1,956 174,488 o 2.814 62ffl 605 10H0 1.701 2,207 2,155 1,256 8T8 4,611 1,3851 996j 967 688 913 1.701 1.004 1,490 997 1,146 299 1,216 1,161 2.921 HZ 471 2,375 1,306 1,147 1924 2,958 8.888 1,834 1,625 7otf 807 2.175 1,0.;- 8,455 4 003 1,042 1.C39 1,459 1,426 817! 2,003 873l 1,8241 686 1,410 1010 891 2,270 1,374 95W 3.921 1.861 1,206 1,918 1,699 3.183 2,310 6X9 1,264 642 1,519 1,164 1.016 1,402 2,390 731 2,743 2,529 2,429 2,669 1,271 611 2.0 2,5901 531 637 491 1.009 1,745 4,675 2.175 1.2K9' 1.166: 2.248; 2,835! 1,436 1,643 982 3 2.166J 881 744 1,681 1.665! 2.073) 1,37a 1.361 82W 4,169 1.488 1.49W 1,290 Oil 1.147 l,31ffl 1,768 1,698 759 7221 4221 2 017 1,4201 l,656j 1,955 778 409 1,881 747 1,551 2,092 1.807 2,685) 2,204 1.891 877 359 1,896 1,005 8,417 1.997 1.2641 1,878 1,005 879 861 2.524 1,002 3,074 1,598 1.125I 1,009 1.309 1.479 1,07 4,429 618 984 1,7391 1,678 2,218 1,660 1.151 1.245 5031 V3s 1,089 684 1.681 2,538 477 2,263 1,819 2.176 2,5031 2,4S)5j 2,0191 1.270J 1.10-4 J. 407 2,183 739 COW 305 1.781 4,491 22 691 1.041 2,719 1,778 1,552 1.017 l,03(fl s O 2.212 6201 601 1,158 1,736 2,165 2,250 1,203 900 4.652 1.401 94$ 964 684; 979 1.609 1,024 1.4H9 986 1.134 802 1,200 1,014 2,867 2,261 475 463 2,872 l.i 1.145 1,858 2,73l 8,780 1,898 1,659 767! 844 2,196 1.U21 8,393 3,979 1.024 1.039 1.452 1.437 810 2,008 872 1,834 7UI 1,601 1,034 889 2,275 1,382 949 8,748 1,856 1.204 1,910 1,571 3.145 2,312 671 1,238 649 1,510 1,159 1,006 1.C99 2,462 715 2,711 2,462 2,282 2,428 1,428 1,945 1,258 494 2.052 2,540 611 649 489 997 1.815 4,801 2,171 1,270 1,172 2,316 2,828 1,443 1.611 977 2 244 5 626 19 613 846 288 410 23 852 138 45 107 49 869 1,211 17 92 64 752 731 228 625 121 1 176 158 868 870 410 226 913 263 243 1 363 221 154 272 - 43l 331 41 869 205 478 148 424 145 269 221 '132 48 211 121 627 15 165 66 1.897 75 218 siol 498 843 123 186 127 20 621 1 251 882 1.294 2001 147 1,581 351 40 8 69 8 109 9SK 270 774 809 159 33 881 96 1,052 79 28 a o 0 155.222 145.216 154,052.' 80.932! 2.134 884 731 1.683 1,5631 2,088 1,87a 1.8H9 820 4,152 1.489 1 475 1,295 oil 1,317 1,753 1,693 766 714 422 2.061 1.414 1.65H 1,927 775 408 1,857 741 1,650 2.135 1,810 2,670 2.229 1,890 870 359 1.904 1,005 8.421 2.0(0 1.267 1,879 I.004 880 863 2.524 1.004 8.037i 661 1.583 1,116 1.010 1,465 1,098 4,434 616 976 1.73 1.670 2.237 1.6j8 1,160) 1,2I 604 92W 1,088 6851 1,613 2.523 477 2,251 1,815 2.143 2,495 2,489 2,018 1,259 1.097 1.399 2.068 744 699 3051 1,78 1 1,091 4.531 869 6901 l.Off 2,728 1,755 1,563 999 1,030, 2,204 621 603 1.159 1.764 2.10-J 2.227 4.569 1,394 959 684 95a 1,702 990 1,430 98i 1.129 802 1,197 1,014 2,856 2,168 471 461 2,880 1,302 1.145 1.818 2,715 8,7n8 1,714 1,665 70W 441 1 844 2,189 1,019 8.409 8,97 1.029! 1,040; 1,453 1,425 814 2,007 874 1.84 tWHI 1,440 1.004 89W 2,276 1.37W 967 8,718 1,859 1,198 1,918 1.571 8.127 2.802 67 1,245 629 1,515 1,166 1.003 1.401 2.4181 715 2.714 2,476 2,293 2,432 1,428 1,948 1.2&4 497 2.067 2,648 641 640 489 992 1,733 4,601 2,16V 1.273 1,169 2.253 2,812 1,437 1.643 977 144 930152,9151 258 24. 6 .223 14 492 872 282 454 2i 98 861 155 45 129 83 925 1.261 17 91 63 711 744 221 656 151 1 226 - 191 877 839 411 220 987 255 265 1 479 220 156 286 445 82 41 889 200 478 146 881 164 403 272 131 49 224 110 672 15 166 605 1,810 90 396 437 46 868 137 190 129 97 763 2 246 419 1,298 204 654 244 1.648 a 7! 46 lis 1,007 879 1,021 863 154 88 490 106 1,015 V7 27 o 32,911 2.168 882 731 i.e 1.661 2.087 1.864 1,363 820 4.148 1.487 1.467 1.291 616 1.149 1,322 1.750 1,683 766 714 4221 226 1.416 1.662 770 407 1,860 737 1,545 2,106 1,656 2,686 2,221 1,874 870 859 1.887 1.005 8.382 l,97t 1 269 1,8791 1,003 8& 855 2,515 1.002 8,042 657 1,599 1,1 IS 1.010 1,306 1,465 1,099 4,417 60TH 997 1.710 1.55. 2.240 1,6601 1.15. 1,246 603 910 1,069 683 1.582 2,506 477 2.244 1.830 2,147 2.4901 2,491 2,047 1.233 1,097 1,399 2.067 733 698 805 1.781 1,067 4,484 819 604 l,040j 2,706 1,761 1,658 991 1,031 2,486 839 007 1,747 1,771 2,634 2,580 1,518 1,354 4,692 1.473 1,821 1,129 621 1,078 1,759 1.925 2,638 1,007 1,209 315 1,934 1.777 8,08,1 2.811 607 465 2,6(0 1,460 2,039 2.245 2,934 4.019 2,850 1,830 1,013 815 1.661 1,240 8,612 4,276 1.479 1.072 1,493 812 1.022 2,460 1,010 2,263 8i0 1,761 1.284 1,006 2,319 1,600 1053 4,2:46 1,879 1,297 2,444 2,740 8,209 2.645 1.014 1,658 993 1.662 3,168 1.132 1.532 8,075 717 2,985 2,872 8.590 2,640 2,08 2.080 2,771 818 2,101 2,658 697 642 694 2,001 2.133 6.685 2,584 1,449 1,203 2,731 2,876 2,498 1,728 995 144.666 ,184.948 The scattering vote for President is as follows; Palmer (Gold Standard), 578; Levering (Prohibitionist). 6:56; and Brinkley (Prohibitionist), 249. Bryan's plurality over McKinley is 19,266; over the whole vote polled against him, 17,804. Thompson's vote for Secretary of State is 184.084; Cooke's 144,909; Ayer for Aud itor 183 252; Furmarr 145,087; Mbane for Superintendent of Public Instruction 184,677: Scarborough's 14i,840; Walser, for Attorney-General, received 182,845; Os borne. 145.874. Th 8Cdterin; State vote is a3 follows: For Governor. 799; Lieutenant-Governor, 770; Secretary of State, 660; Auditor, 754; Treasurer, 686; Superintendent of Public Instruction, 774; Attorney-General, 187. The scattering vote was for the two Prohibition candid-ttes. The total vote cast is 331.199, this being the vote for Governor, and the largest polled by anv set of candidates. This id an increase of 50,534 over the vote of 1892, and of 45,637 over the to al vote of 1883. Russell's plurality over Watson is 8.836; Reynold's plurality over Mison, 7,985. Majorities for the rest of the ticket are as follows: For Secretary of Srate, Thompson over Cooke, 39,175; over the whole vote polled against him. 38.316. ' . . r ill 11 li For Auditor,, Ay plover jtfVaan, 38,163;' over Ihe whole vote, 37,411. For Treasurer, Worth over Aycock, 40,282; over the whole vote, 89,596. For Superintendent of Public Instruction, Mebane over Scarborough, 39,887; over the whole vote. 39.053. - . For Attorney-General, Waleer over Osborne, 36,471; over the whole vote, 36.284. OFFICAL C03GRESSI0ML VOTE. The vote for Congressmen, by districts, is as follows: FIRST DISTRICT. Counties. Skinner. Lucas. Bfaufort 2,647 1,99 Camdtn 616 45 Carteret 1 094 1,137 Chowan 1 211 723 Currituck 620 749 Dare 473 404 Gates 1,046 853 Hertford 1,827 850 Hyde 92 871 Martin.. 1,608 1,426 Pamlico 990 501 Pa quotank 1,688 860 Perquimans 1,007 609 Pitt 3,084 2,460 Tyrrell 480 308 Washington 1,461 531 Total 20,875 ' 14,831 SECOND DISTRICT. White. Woodard. Bertie 2,199 1,440 Edgecombe..'... 2.7M) 1,766 Greene 995 1,020 Halifax - 3,955 2,056 ' Lenoir 1,401 1 652 N rthampton ... 2,302 1,757 Warren 2.155 . 1,120 Wilson 1.422 1.746 Wayne 2,159 2,811 Total... 19,338 15,368 THIRD DISTRICT. Martin. Lockhart. Anson 1,547 1,657 Brunswick...... 1,323 - 818 Columbus 1752 1,417 M-cklenburg.... 4,378 4,322 New Hanover... 8,217 2,210 Perdr 1,363 1,073 Richmond 2.859 1,815 Robeson 8,622 2,155 . Union . 1,990 . . 1,763 Total 22,051 17,235 FOURTH DISTRICT. Strowd. Pou. Chatham 2 525 1,696 Franklin 2,750 2,252 Johnston 2.172 3,112 Nash 2 908 1,567 Randolph 2 939 2,276 Wake 5,620 4,456 Vance 2.033 1,046 Total 20,947 16,405 FIFTH DISTRICT. ' ' Settle. Kitchin. Alamance ji, 2,291 2.237 Caswell 1,694 1,365 Durham 1 890 2,423 Granville 2,194 2,098 Guilford 3,447 8.467 Orange 1,254 1,658 Perso 1,381 1.735 Rockingham.... 2.410 2.655 Stokes 2,068 1.444 Total 18,639 19,082 SIXTH DISTRICT. Fowler. Thompson. Bladen 1,523 1,356 Cumberland 2,834 1.883 Craven 3,078 1,722 Duplin 2,043 1.538 Harnett 1,840 1,258 Jones 849 663 More 2,454 1,705 Onslow 1.011 1.167 Sampson 2,718 1,244 Total ....... 17,989 12,536 SEVENTH DISTRICT. SttUford. Cabarrus...."... 1,867 Catawba 1.949 Davidion 2,611 Davie 1,491 Iredell 2,430 Lincoln 1,293 Montgomery 1,453 Rowan 2.0S9 Stanly 855 Yadkin 1.632 Pemberton. 1,373 1.693 . 1,821 599 2,459 1,106 860 2,430 937 958 14,291 Total 17,669 EIGHTH DISTRICT. Linney. Doughton. Alexander 854 Alleghany ..... 455 Athe 1,705 Burke 1,414 Caldwell 1,063 Cleveland 1,780 Forsyth........ 3,888 Gaston 1,714 Surry 2,533 Watauga 1,179 Wilkes .i 2,835 Total.... 19,419 NINTH DISTRICT. Pearson. Buncombe . 4,529 Cherokee. Clay .... Graham. Haywood 986 810 345 1,046 Ilende-son 1,455 Jtcksou : "MrlCOQ .... Madison McDowell . 909 901 2,275 989 Mitchell 1,844 Polk 727 Rutherford 2,027 Swain Transylvania.. Yancty 543 641 963 votes were polled, F. B. Ingold got 100 of them; 8.M.Finger 3. and C. H Hunt 1. In the Eighth district W. M. Whi'ere ceived 64 votes, W. H. Cloyd 1 and John Tull 1. The scattering vote was very small in the Ninth district, aggregating only 25. J. P. Herren got 20 of these, and Miss Helen Lewis, of Aebeville, received 5 votes in Buncombe. This is the first in stance of a woman being voted for for Congress in North Carolina. OFFICIAL VOTE FOR JUDGES. The vote in the State for Associate Jus tices of Ihe Supreme Court is as follows: Walter A. Montgomery 184.007 Robert M. Douglas 179.126 Alfonso C. Avery 147.192 George H. Brown, Jr 143,950 The following additional votes were cast for Associate Justices of the Su preme Court: James S. Manning 826 Spencer B. Adams 75 John H. Brown 50 Francis S. Blair 5 James M. Templeton 5 W. J. Peele 1 These scattering votes for Associate Justices were cast in the following coun ties : Manning received his votes in Burk 1, Franklin 8, Martin 170, Mont gomery 7, Moore 2, New Hanover 143. Fifty votes were cast m Chatham county for John H. Brown for Supreme Court Judge, and New Hanover gave Spencer B. Adams 75 votes for the same position. Randolph gave Frances S. Blair 5, and James M. Temple ton 5, and Wake cast 1 vote for W. J. Peele for the Supreme bench. For Judge of the Superior Court of the Filth District: Spencer B. Adams 180.954 James S. Manning 147,740 The following scattering votes were also cast for Superior Court Judge: Afonso C. Avery ....315 Georire H. Brown......... .......161 Walter A. Mnttromery ..............ICS Robert M. Douglas.. 73 Spencer D. Allen..... ...lou Joseph S Adams... William M. White The additional votes for Superior Court Judge were polled as fullowa: Avery re ceived 170 in Martin, 143 in New Han over, and 2 in Pasquotank. George H. Brown received 13 in Currituck and 143 in New Hanover. New Hanover also gave Robert M. Douglas 73 votes for Su perior Court Judve and Walter A. M nt gomery 70. Mecklenburg polled 179 votes for Spencer I). Alien for the same post tion, while Rutherf rd gave one vote to Joseph S. Adams, and Alexander one for William M. White. 885 875 1,634 1,525 1,343 2,121 2,709 1.944 2,096 1,061 1,813 18,003 Adams. 4,202 . 779 469 359 1,902 1.035 1,094 1.129 1,359 1,153 645 481 2,101 806 602 1 008 Total 20,495 19,189 In the first district there were 55 scat tering votes cast. Of these T. W. C. Moore received 137, and Jas. S. Manning 18. In the Second district the scattering votas aggregated 2,742. Dr. S Mos got 2.733 of these, James M. Newborne 3, and Macon Daft, 1. Only 11 scattering votes were polled in ' the Third district, divided a follows: W. W Clark 7, C. H. Mebane 3, Mildred M. Hall 1. There were four regular candidates in the Fourth : Strowd (Pop,), Pou (Dem.), Banks (Ind. Rep.), and Alford (Gold Dem.) Banks received 290 votes, 257 of them being cast for Thomas L. Binks, and S3 of them for T. J. Bank. Alford got 26 votes, 22 of them in Wake, 2 in Randolph and one each in Nash and Johnston. These are the only counties Mr. Alford canvassed. In addition to ihis L. R. Waddell received one vote in Johnston. Altogether the scatteriug vote in the district aggregated 317. Dr. Dalby, the Populist candidate, made a great fuss and got few feathers in the Fifth district. His total vote in the district is only 507, not a vote being cast for him in Person county, and only 155 in Granville, his home county. The only other scattering vote in this district was one vote in Alamance for Ben. S. Robertson. ' There were only 43 scattering votes in the Sixth district, divided up between five candidates, viz.: Robert M. D mglas, 35; D. W. C. Benbow, 8; Edwin Shaver, 3; W. M. Moss, 1; George H. White, 1. In the Seventh district 103 scattering THE VOTE IN 1892. - Harrison (ttp.) 5 176.108 Cleveland (D-ui.) 5 556 918 Weaver (Pop.) 1,041,028 BidwelHPro.) 264,133 Wing (Socialis ) .' 21,164 Popular vote, Cleveland over Harrison 880.810 E'ectoral vote, Cleveland over Harrison 132 Electoral vote, Cleveland over Hatruou and Weaver 110 Total popular vote. 1892, in- eluding scattering 12,110,636 NORTH CAROLINA'S YOTI, 1892. Below will be found some figures which will prove of interest in com par ison with the teturns of the election this yeai : Elias Cair (Dam.) 135,519 D. M. Furctes (ttep ) 94 684 Jas. M. Templnon (Pro ) 2 457 W. P. Exum (Pop.) 47 840 Uarr'a plurality 40,835 STATE LEGISLATURE, 1894. Canafo Us... Joillt 9u0. uuuoc Ballot. Democrats....... 8 46 54 Republicans ....18 88 56 Populists 21 86 57 VOTE FOR REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS, 1894. F.rst District W. A. Brarcb, Dem., 13 456; H. Skinner. Pop., 16,510. Skin ner's majority, 3 054. Second District H. P. Cheat! am, Rep., 9 413; F. A. Woodward, Dem., UljJ.BVeeman, Pop., 5,314. Wood ward's plurality, 5 808. Third District O. J. Spears, Rep., 6.966; J. P. Shaw, Dem., 10,699; Cyrus Thompson, Pop., 9,705. Shaw's plu rality, 994. Fourth D strict Charles M. Cooke, Dem., 14,835; W. F. Stroud, Pop., 18, 667. Stroud's ma j rity, 4,332. Fifth District Thomas Settle, Rep., 16 934; A. W. Graham, Dem., 14,046. Settle's msj irity, 2 888 Sixth D.btrict-J A. Lockhart, Dem., 13 996;Chas. H. Martin, Pop., 18,552. Locxnart's majority, 444. Seventh District A. C. Sbu'ord, Rep. and Pop., 15.883; John S. Hender son, Dem., 13 124. Bauford's majority, 2,259 Eighth District R Z Linney, Rep. acd Pop., 18 775; W. H. Bower, Dem., 15,491. Linney 'a majority, 3 284. Ninth District R Pearson, Rep , 16 869; W. T. Crawford, Dem., 16,734 Pearson's majority, 135, THE LEGISLATURE. On Joint Ballot the Republicans Hare 63 Members, the Populists 68, the llemocra's 44, with Two In Doubt. The next Legislature will stand as follows : THE STATE SENATE, First District (Currituck, Camden, Pat quotank, Hertford, Gates, Chowan and Cutri nck counties) J. L. Whld ley, Repobiican, acd J. F. Newsom, Pi. pa list. Second District (Tyrrell, Washington, Martin, Dare, Beaufort, Hyde and Pam liro) McCuskie, Populist, and Yeager, Repabl'cin. Third District (Bertie and Noithamp ton) J. M Early. Populist. Fourth District (Halifax) E T.Clark, PoDulist. Fifth Dis.rict (Edgecombe) Lee Per sjn, Republican. Sixth District (Pitt) Moye, Populiit Seventh District (Wilson. Nash and Franklii) J. F. Mitchell, Populist, J. T. Sharp, Republican. Eightn District (Craven, Jones, Car teret, Lenoir, Greene and Onslow G. L. Haidison, Populist and McCarthy, Republican. Ninth D strict (Duplin, Wayne and Pender) H. L Grant, Republican, and R.G Maxwell, Populist. Tenth D .strict (STew Hanover and Brunswick) George H. Cannon, Popu list. Eleventh District (Vance and War ren) W. B Hendersen, Repnblicah. Twelfth District (Wake) C. H. fit ley. Populist. Thirteenth District (Johnston) E 8. Abel, Democrat. Fourteenth District (Sampson, Har nett and Bladeo) Geo. Butler, Popu list, and E N. Roberson, Populist. Fifteenth District (Columbus and Roberson) Angus Shaw, Populist, aid J. D. Maultsbv, Republican. Sixteenth District (Cumberland) Geddy, Populist. Seventeenth District (Granville and i Person)- Dr. Wm. Merritt, Populist. . Eighteenth District (Oaawtll, Ala mance. Orange and Durban ) Cant. E. S. Parker, Democrat, and J. E. Lyon, Populitt. Nineteenth Disirict (Chatham) Jno. W. Atwaler, Populist. Twentieth District (Kockingham) J. A. Walker, Populist. Twenty-firs District (Uaiiroid) Air. Scales, Democrat. Twenty-second District (itandoipn and Moore-) D. Reid Parker, Populist. Twenty third District (Richmond, Montgomery. Anson and Union) W. H. O dbam, Populist, and uaniei ratter son. Republican. Twenty fourth Distiict (Cabarrus and Stanly) C D Barrioger, Democrat. Twenty fifth District (Mecklenburg) Dr. J. B. Alexander, Populist. Twenty sixth District (Rowan, David son and Forsyth) S., Earnhardt, Pt pu list, and Juo. A Ramsey, Republican. Twenty-seventh District (Iredell, Da vie and Yadkin) -S. F. Shore and A. C. Sharp, Republxans. Twenty eighth District Stokes and Suirv)-J. A. Afihburn, Republican. Twei tv-ninth District (Catawba, Lin coln, Wilkes and' Alexander) R. H. W. Barber, Populist, and M. McNeill. Thirtieth District (Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga) J. M. Dickinson, Re publican. Thirty-first Disirict (Caldwell, Burke, Mitchell, McDowell and Yancey) E. F Wakefield, Populist, and J. L Hy att, Republican. Thirty second District (Gaston, Cleve land, Rutherfoid aad Polk M. H. Jus tice, Damccrat, J. A. Anthony, Dam. Thirty third District (Bancombe, Madison and Haywood) George 11. Sxathers. Republican, and W. W. Rol lins, Republican. Thiity-fonrth District (Henderson, Transylvania, Jackson and Swain) H. 8. Anderroa, Republican. Thirty fifth - District (Macon, Clay, Cherokee and Graham) J. Frank Ray, Ddmrcrat. The representation will stand: Populists 24 Democrats 8 Repu oilcans 18 BOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Alexander J. W. Watts, Democrat. Alamance S. A White, Republican. Alleghany M. F. Jones, Democrat. Anson T. C. Lak, Democrat. Ashe Spencer Blackburn, Repub'n. Beaufort H E Hodges, Populist. Bertie K W. White, Republican. Bladen Sidney Meiren, Republican. Brunswick W. W. Drew, Populist. Buncombe V S. Lubk, Republican; W. G. Candler, Republican. Burke John H. Pearson, Democrat. Cabanas A. F. Hilemsn, Populist. Caldwell J. L Nelson, Democrat. Camden J. E. Burges, Republican. Carteret E. O. Datcan, Republican. Cesweil C. J. Yarborough, Populist. Catawbi L. B. Whitener, Populist. Chatham L L Wrtnn, Republican; J. E Bryan, Populist. Cherokee D W. DeweEse, Repub'n. Chowan Rifhard Elliott, Republic'n. Clay Wm. P.att, Democrat. Cleveland Dr. B F. Dixon, Dem. ColumbuE J. B. Schnlken, Populist. Craven Rob't Hwucock, Republican. Cumberland Thomas H. Sutton, Re publican; W. P. Wey mess, Republican. Currituck W. H Gallop. Democrat. Dai e George C. Dn els. Davidson J. R. McCreary, Repub. Davie W. A. Bailey, Republican. Duplin Maury Ward, Populist. Durham , Democrat. Edgecombe Joi dan Dancy, Repub lican; E E Bryan. Republican. ForavHr J. L-G;ubbs, Republican; w. r. urmsoy, rw-puDiican. Franklin Carttr Barrow, Populist. Gaston W hite, Damccrat. Gates T. H. Rountree, Populist. Graham John Depton, Republican. Granville-King, Populist; W. H. Crews, Republican. Guilford J. T. Burch, Democrat; B. G Chilcutt, Republican. Greene W. R. Dixon, Populist Halifax J. H. Arrington, Republi can; Scott Harris, Republican. Harnett L B. Cbapin, Republican. Haywocd J. W. Ferguson, Dem. Henderson J. B Freeman, Repub. Hertford Stark Hare, Republican. Hyde John G Hairis. Iredell J. R. McLelland, Democrat; J. A. Hartness, Democrat. Jackson (tie). JohDston CUude M. Smith, Demo crat; Charles M. Creech, Democrat. Jones Frank Brown, Populist. Lenoir E. P. Hauser, Populist Lincoln L. A. Abernethy, Populist Macon Lyl, Democrat. Madison J. W. Roberts, Republican. Martin C. C. Fagan, Populist McDowell W. A Cod ley, Democrat Mecklenburg SjI. Reid, Democrat, W. P. Craven, Populist. Mitchell L. H. Green, Republican. Montgomery J. A. Reynolds, Pop. Moore W. H. H Lawborn, Democrt Nash V. B. Carter, Populist New Hanover John T. Howe, D. B. Sutton, Republicans. Nor tham ptor N. R. Rawls, Repub- Onslow R. Duff, Democrat Orange A. R. Holmes, Democrat Pamlico C. M. Baboitt, Populist. Patquotank Wm. G. Pool, Repnb. Perquimans J. II. Parker, Populist. Pendei Gibson James, Democrat. Person John S. Cunningham, Dam. Pitt E V. Cox, Republican; Shade Chapman, Populist. Polk Grayson Alredge, Republican. Randolph J. J. White, Populist; J. M Allen, Republican. Richmond Claude Dockery, Repub lican; Y. C. Morton, Populist. Robeson Duncan McBride, Populist; W. J. Curry, Republican. Rockingham A. E. Walters, Demo crat; T. B Foster, Populist. Rowan J. H. McKenzie and Walter Murphy, Damocrata. Rutherford Lindsay Perguson, Re publican. Sampson- C. H Johnson and R. M. Crumpler, Populists. Stanly Democrat. Stoker R J. Petree, Republican. 8urrj J. M Brower, Republican. Swain Republican. Transylvania E A. Aiken, Repub. Tyrrell Dr. Abe Alexander, Repub, Union Jas. Price, Populist. Vanc M. M. Peac Republican. Wake- James H. Young, J. p. H. Adams, Republicans; Jas. Ferrell. Pop ulist. Warren C. A. Cook, Republican. Washington-L. N. C. Sprulll, Re publican. Wataugc Thos. Bingham, Repub. Wayne -T. B. Parker, Democrat; J. E. Person, Populist Wilkes J. Q A. Bryan, a H. Sum mers, Republicans. Wilson Dr. B. T.- Parson, Populist Yadkin J. O. Pinnix, Republican. Yancey- - Democrat This gives the several parties repre sentation as follows: Republicans 53 Democrats 83 Populists 83 Djubtful 2 4
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