Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-02
FRIDAY. AUGUST g, 1879.
r.. Nor,n C,rol,ua Election.

The annual state election in North Carolina,
(of which we have already had something to
saw. took place yesterday. This election has
been made important in the public mind by the
very great earnestness with which the canvass
has been conducted on both sides. As it was
the first state election since the Baltimore con-
venton, many have assumed that the result
would have considerable influence on the
canvass; or, at least, show us how the
state will 20 in November. Perhaps its i'm
portance in this respect has been over
rated; for the whole vote now given to
the democratic state ticket cannot be counted
on as sure for Greeley. In North Carolins, as
in every other state, there are democrats who
will not vote for Greeley; but their candidates
in this election were pure, straight out demo-
Gratis, and received the votes of ali the anti
Greeley democrats OF course, the Greeley
ticket cannot hope to do as well in November,
as the democratic state ticket has done now.
The candidates voted for, yesterday, were as
follows:
Republicans Democrats.
Governor. 80. Tod &. Caldwell A S. Merriman.
Lieut. Gov. &C. H. Brogden. John Hughes.
Sec. State. wv. H. Howerton.J A. Womack.
Treasurer. -. D. A. Jenkins. j. w. Graham.
Auditor. 49,, John Kelley. Leventhrope.
Atty Gen. IT. L. Hargrove. VIM. NJ. Shipp.
Supt Schools. james C, Reid. IN. Mendenhall.
Public Works. Silas Burns......J. H. Separk.
The candidates for congress are:
Districts. Republicans. Democrats.
First .,......., Clinton L. Cobb D. NJ Carter.
Second go. b. Thomas. w. Il. Kitchen
Third. ..,.,... Neill McCay, Jr. A. NJ Waddell.
Fourth VIM. A Smith. Sion b. Rogers.
Fifth. Thomas Settle. james NJ Leach.
Sixth. ........0. h. Dockerey. Thomas S, Ashe.
Seventh D. III. Furches. w. Nj. Robbins.
Eighth. ........W. G. Chandler q. B. Vance.
In Raleigh, Wednesday night, both parties
were discussing the prospect, eagerly. Accord
ing to reports sent to the World and Herald, the
democrats hoped to succeed, but thought the
vote would be Every close" They might posi-
bly, lose their state ticket, but they felt sure of
carrying majority of the congressman and of
the legislature. The Worlds reporter thought
there might be bloodshed before the sun should
60 down on Thursday. He found "the widest
stories floating round on the street from both
parties, and pretended kilograms from all parts
of the state showing dreadful riots and other
disorders" The Hcrald's reporter said the
republicans claimed a large majority, but he
thought "men of both parties looked anxious
and unsettled" He was assured by republicans
that there would be no trouble unless the demo-
Gratis should provoke it.
The republican reporter who was looking on
al Raleigh, said the republicans were very con-
fident and felt sure Of a very large majority, if
they could have anything like fair play at the
polls; while the democrats were disappointed
and beginning TO hope the republican majority
would not be over 50O0." This lack of conf
denee among the democrats, he thought, indi-
Gated that "some of the schemes of Detective
Wood and Convict Blumenberg had mscarried."
The prospects of the republicans seemed good,
and, in his view, the republican majority would
be from 5000 to 10000, although the republicans
would, probably, be cheated out of 5000 add-
tional votes by the Tammany trick He gives
this caution in regard to returns:
at may be well 10 put the public on guard
against the returns of tomorrow night, which
will have democratic complexion. No relia-
Bile returns can be got from more than one hun
dred precincts, but many others will be sent,
which will be gathered by conductors of the
evening trains as they pass over the roads,
These will all be got al second hand. AS they
have in all previous years had a democratic
hue, they did not deceive. They are not likely
to be different tomorrow night"
Mr. Summers letter had reached Raleigh and
been diligently circulated by the democrats; but
no colored voter had been influenced by it. The
Herads reporter says "Mr. Summers letter
has no visible effect on the colored voters. In
deed, is the common impression that time alone
will change the negro in political convictions
which have been so well drilled into him that
he regards them with more religious zeal than
he does the gospel" Other reports are of the
same tenor. The colored voters have acquired
their political convictions by experience They
know for themselves that they owe their free
dom 10 the republican party, while the demo-
cratic party has always been against Them they
know that President Grant has done all in his
power to protect them against the kuklux muir
derers, and they need no one 10 tell them that
the kuklux are all democrats. Is it surprising
that they vote the republican ticket with an
earnestness which some of these reporters are
unable 10 understand. This is not the sort of
voters with which the Tammany agents have
been most familiar in the city of New York.
Such returns of the vote as we have received
will be found among our Geographic dispatches.
in that part of the country, they are not accus-
toned to collect election returns as rapidly as
they are collected in Massachusetts. They have
not the same facilities. 1t is not likely that we
shall have complete returns until next week. al
though we may be able to know certainly how
the state has gone, by tomorrow morning.