The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-06
TENNESSEE.
Success Of the Conservative Republican Party
Senter's Majority Estimated from 25,OOO
in 5O.OOO.

Success Of the Conservative Republican Party
- Senter's Majority Estimated from 25,OO0
to 10000.
We reprint special telegram to the New York
Tribune from Nashville last evening"
The election has been quiet. Senter's vote in
this city Is 3543; Stokes, 3556. Senter carries
this county by about 1000. The State goes for
Senter by 10000 majority. Knox county 800
majority for Senter. Emerson Etheridge is
elected to the State Senate. The next Legisa-
ture will be conservative, but there will be three
parties-Whigs, Democrats, and Radicals.
People are now discussing the election of An
drew johnson to the United States Senate.
Etherdge will oppose him. The conservatives
are rejoicing, and the streets are crowded Des-
patches from West Tennessee give Senter alarge
majority in all the counties. The vote is in
creased largely, compared to the Presidential
vote last fall The liberal registration allowed
almost everybody to vote. Seuter carries Shelby
county by 2O00 majority in vote of 5000. He
also carries Madison county by about the same.
lie probably carries West Tennessee by 5000.
Nj the membrs of the Legislature elected i'm
West Tennessee are probably Democrats except
three or four All the whites voted that wished
to, every prccautiOn being taken to prevent
coored men from voting The registers directed
that they vote Mt their own precincts, where
they would vote the Republican ticket only at
the peril of their lives. The Register of this
county threatened to seize the railroad trains if
employed to bring negroes to vote. In Memphis
fully 500 voters in the eastern part of the county
lost their chance by the Memphis and Charles
ton Railroad not allowing them TO come in.
Conductors were instructed to run past stations
to prevent coored people from reaching the
city. Colored voters we're challenged on the
most trivial pretcXts. Pistols were drawn on
some in the country. and their certificates forced
from them. The city was very quiet. Most of
the stores were closed. The Rebels are exceed
ingly iubilant.
\ special to the Times from Knoxville savs:-
The election returns received tonight show
sweeping Democratic victory. Senter is elected
by d0, Geo majority. The Legislature is Demo-
cratic by large majority. JOhnsOn's return to
the Senate is almost certain. Stokes carries
nearly the full Republican vote in East Tcnnes-
| see The blacks much divided, and for some
| local offices voted Democratic. Knox
| Vile gives Sentcr 1000 minority, a
| Democratic gain of 1909. KuDy county
| gives Senter 500 majority: Fleming, Cattrel and
| hcBath are sent from Knox county 10 the Lcgis-
| lature. Colonel Brownlow is defeated by a large
| majority. His own precinct voted for Young;
| the colorcd people nearly four to one against
| him. Granger, McNlann, Anderson Knox,
| Boone Hamilton Sullivan, and Greene East
Tennessee counties, send johnson men to the
| Legislature. Hamilton gives 1000 Senter ma
| jOrity Granger 800 majority; Sullivan, 1900
| majority; Greene, 500 majority; Maury 80 0 ma
| jority Williams, 2000 ma aiorty; Robinson, 2O00
J maiority Gill 2000 majority; Shelby 200O mai
Poane, 800 majority for Stokes; Jefferson, 900
majority; Cooke. 500 majority; Seveid, 800 ma
jority; Blount, 300 majority. Stokes will go out
OF Fast Tennessee with over 10000 majority.
The INV registration leaves the State Democratic
| by $1,000. The returns do not yet show the
election of one Senter Republican to the Legisla-
ture. 1t is two-thirds Democrats. The vote is
| heavy. The feeling was bitter, but the Stokes
men have been overwhelmed by the Senter
registration, and many have not voted. The
election ended with a riot here between white
| railroad men and blacks, in which bullets and
stones flew fast Several persons were seriously
injured.