, 1876-11-14
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

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t1on, however, they discovered tint In spits Of
a'' tlelr precautions tho Republicans, who have
1AlRe ma1orls!cs In ailu control OF tho only
counties In the State,
HAD ELRcrrD TIla1N r1cKsr.
At first, as l,ayo already iutifuated. thoy CT.
pressed themselves perfectly satisfied, with tho
reault, and admitted that ttoy had lost tho
fight. When tl.cy received flewitt's flitnotchc,.
however, they made up their minds to flcfcnt
tho Republicans at oil hazards. and to ,kIs cnd
they sent out men To all ts yottne+llstri,ts mn
der their contro1 with Instructions to mako
changes In them as largo "a possible, This vus
on Wednesday afternoon. On tue eamn
evening Gov, Stcarns scnt spccIal
train will. q humber Of Kcnubttcans m boar1
with Instructions to visit the precincts under
Democratic control. and do nil tn their mower to
prevent frauds. Tho Democrats heard OF this,
and four miles FROM Tallahassee tho train VIA
run OIL tic track and wrecked, and II was then
discovered that ono OF tho rails had been torn
up, OF course tho Rcpublfraus ,ycrc unable to
proceed, and the Democratic ctnjgtarlcs reached
all the remuto potltng-plnccs from twolve to
twcnty.four hours In ADVANCE OF them. Slnco
these transactions, twenty-five counties havn
becn heard fsnm, aud from tho most rciiablo
sources find that they Give net Republican
majority uf 4,"G). At tho last Gubcrnatorial
election In ISL the Easnc counties gayo
AsrT NErunfJeAy MAtontTr or 3.eS1.
and t;,c Republicans tarriyd the State by d ma
jority Of 1,5oQ. At the Conrrc,atonal election
held fl 18Th tic same counties cayc Kcpub-
lican majority Of 1901. Fourteen counties.
which arc ret to hear from, IN .s72 gayo Dem
ocsatc majority Of 2.ss1, aud III 1871 a Demo
cratic minority OF a,g5c. This wear the Rcpub-
ilcaus got out tlcir full vote In these counties,
nn1 1t Is confidently believed tint the Demo
cs1..tc .Huit:itr I!ua trcu LARGELY reduced. It
was not nt,ssiblc 4, Increase fl by unv honest
means, consequently, II tho VOTES actually Gust
arc fnirjy countcd, tho Republican majority will
lie froin 1900 to I,0O. 1t cannts full below
1000 votes.
Just here, however, arlscs question: Can
fair cunt be asl: and fortunately 1t call l,o ar-
kwcrel I'll the affirmative. Thu Dnartl of State
Ca.yasscrs is composed Ut s. 3. Mcj.tn. sccrc-
tary ot State; &. a. towEstl, Comptroller, and
". \. Cookie, Attorllcy-Gcneral AL these gen
tlcn,cn arc
AnovE SUSPICION,
md haye the rcspcct of both PARTIES Mr.
Eocac, Attorncy-f,cncsal, is II Democrat, and
war,, supporter Of 1ll,.ra The other two gcu-
tlc:ncn are Republicans. II thu vote ia correctly
returned by tho County Commissioners, there
is no tlul,bt TINT IT will ho honestly md fair1y
tuuutel The ,,nty fear IL that t,,u returns NAV
bu fa}.tietl hy the Democratic County
CanyAsscrs already referred tn. These
Ca;Yasscrs nrc tcnu[rcd BIZ law to tnato
their returns tomorrow, and then tho State
Canyasscrs bare thirty DAYS to :nusc their
couut. 1t will probably l,u two weeks before
tho result IL officially announced, In tho
meantime prominent Dculec-ats are hastcn.ne
here fro:n al parts Of the South, aml they layo
rcu,,es,ctl tt,cr National Cy,utntttco to send a
number Of representative Northern men to Tal-
lahasscc.
This afternoon t|ye co,nnanfcs of unitcd
States troops catno III, AMI six companies moro
asc. cxpcctcd tounr.ow, Tho whole forcc,
a.nountius 10 as,uut 400 men, will be uudcr
command Of Gen. Rurcr. Everything is quiet,
aud II is believed that tue presence Ut troops
wili prevent a,y outbreak wllilc thu Yuto is ho-
E,-,4o, n.t,.,,rn J.. r.. y,thurt
WAe11t;GToN. u, G.. Nov l.;-Thc ehnryc fs
mail. #, rro,,11i.ou n,,.-t,.s TINT + +.,,,r,,,,
,uca frnn Ejnr1a mr. st, ,1,,,nI.t,lr un,,Sr ,bo
cnntr.,1 ,,f tho nrmocrats lint trr .rar,, ero,n
1,rnub,r,os Ia tl.ir uur, fr,,;,x II, N, Nort,,
mn. ,,cIuvr,t snn,r ttmr evrr dave uuI ,;,Ir
t,r,,rn,s ,,fvr,.,rt1 n ,,,,,,or, ~ lin ,,pn.ft,
n,r,v II IL uierc1 tnnt thjs Ina hcn,, rsncc,a,.
iv IN. coac win t. f1lsn,t rlrs NJ f;rv str.rna
t,oy s+o,r,. rns+c,1,v s.r, tho-r,a IN VI,
nhnvc ,rrr.t tnt, f;"orc,, rc.un.ttnr that tho
,no,,tor ~ 1ol}.bonsc. +, r,n,arrt 1ja rr,,,c.t
w,a ,rornntty rnmn1etl WIN. ou1 n +. now
,}tnu.h, tint nil ,nr,s,yr. viii c,mc t,,eonrh
nronut,y.
PERFECTLY coyP,DryT.
w.sut.aroS n, e. Et,v 13-Secrctarv