The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-14
Election News.

Jack county gave the Democrats CSC
votes out of 200.
George Wolf has been elected sheriff
of Lsmpasas county.
In Marion county Culberson received
1922 to O'Neal 200 votes.
Robertson. of Tyler, is elected ju lge
in the Wood county district.
w. A. Stewart is elected to the Leg
lslature from Houston county.
Limestone county gives the Damc-
cratic State ticket over 800 mpi III y.
In Houston county, Roberts and the
balance of the ticket get 500 maj 'rity.
The Democratic msj rrity IN Victoria
county is 500. Ireland has majority.
Brenham has a Democrat as justice
of the peace. He was elected by SIX
majority.
In Marion county the vote stands
Norton 100, Roberts 500 and Ham
man 200.
Homau has defeated Thompson for
the State Senate in the Washington
county district.
Reagan, Culberson, Wellhorn, Mills
and Schleicher take seats with Wash
Jones in Congress.
Roberts ran behind the ticket in Fan
min county. The NelcS thinks q four
hours speech did it.
THE majority for the State Demo-
cratic ticket will be in the Deighbor-
hood of 1000 votes.
Harrison county went Republican by
about $50 ma ority, a great falling off
from what it once was.
The average vote of the Greenback-
ers in Williamson county is about one
fourth of the total vote.
Democratic county officers were
elected in Brszos county. The county
has heretofore been Republican.
Fayette county gives Roberts about
500 ma ority. The vote between Han
cock and Jones stood 2432 to 1893.
Buchanan, for the State Senate, and
Henderson and Cain, for the House,
are elected in the Wood county dis
trict.
Marion county glYe Hannah 400 ma
jority over the vote both of Roberts
and Norton. Culberson carried the
county.
Duncan, Independent, has been
elected to the State Senate from the
Longview district. He carried all his
counties.
In Fort Bend county the Democrats
carried the State ticket and elected
member of the Legislature; also ma
jority of the county officers.
Shack Roberts, colored, lie not re-
elected to the Legislature from Harrison
county. Another colored brother by
the name of Hutson takes his place.
Guy NJ. Bryan and George P. Finlay,
of Galveston, and DR.. T. ]. Fry. of
Matagords, will represent the Calves
ton district in the Sixteenth Legisla-
ture.
Col. r. NJ. Taylor, whom everybody
knows, is elected to the Legislature
from Fannin county. He never failed
to make things lively in the political
circle.
That Lne should not get into the
Legislature will be dire calamity.
He was going to be Speaker, but
Archer may, when all the returns get
in, have the most votes.
Major ]. D. Sayers is Past Grand
Master of the Masonic fraternity of
Texas, but that is no reason why every
oficeseeker in the State should rush
for admission to the order.
The Swedes in the Round Rock set
Element expected rain and did not
unanimously go to the polls. Cotton
they think pays better than the glori-
Gus privilege of an American citizen.
Wise county cast 1850 votes. For
the State Senate for the twenty-third
district, J. w. Fleming, Greenbacker,
received $50; Hogsett $50, and Shan
mon $40. Shannon is elected Senator.
Frank M. Spencer is reelected to
the office he has held so many years
with honor to himself and the State
prosecuting attorney for the criminal
court of Galveston and Harris counties.
The vote at Round Rock was Rob
erts, 2S3; Hannah, 1876; Hancock,
2t7; Jones, 1893; Terrell, 1884; Bentley,
139. The entire Democratic county
ticket was elected in Williamson
county.
With three boxes to hear from the
vote In Austin county stands Hancock,
951; Jones. S2G; Thompson, S2J;
Hamman, G55. The Democratic State
ticket carries the county by over 500
maj Ority.
1t appears that 10 Grayson county
the Democratic State ticket received a
majority of about 1000 votes over the
Greenback and Radical ticket COM
bined. The Greenbackers promised to
carry the county.
The latest news from Bell county
gives the Democratic ticket twelve to
fifteen hundred majority. AS far as
heard from, the voCe bstween Alex
ander and M4xeY, for district judge,
stood 1927 to 759.
McLeonan county gives Roberts 2317
votes aud Hamman 1887; for Con-
gress, Mills 1885 and Smith 1889; fer
district Judge, Alexander, Democrat,
IVA, and Maxey, independent, 2214.
All the county officers are Democrats.
Guadalupe county elects w. T. Fl.
Douglass county judge; w. N. Rust,
county attorney; G. L. Arbuckle. dis
trict and county clerk; William Dunn,
sheriff; II. Z. Saunders, treasurer;
p. S. Sowell, assessor; a N. Erskine,
surveyor.
The town of Lampasas gave Rob-
erts 22s. Hannah 61, Hancock 15s,
Jones rs, Terrell 233 and Bentley co.
Terrell's msjority will not, it is
thought, be reduced in the country pre-
cincts. Hancock loses the county by
200 or more votes.
The following candidates have been
elected in Harris county: Chas. Stew
art, Ashbel Smith, r. T. Flewellen,
j. G.. McComb, c. Arson Jones, James
Burk, Jr., Con. II. Noble, N. T. Da-
Wis. Alex. MCGOWAN and u. Looscan.
The race between KirlIcks and Taylor
and between ScheIffius and Dooley IL
very close, with the probabilities in
favor Of the Democratic candidates.
Galveston county: Legislature
Guy II. Bryan. 1867 George P. Finlay,
s7Si; John T. Harcourt, 1875; W. z.
Hutchinson, 1884; f0Ater-J. r. Fry,
s5s5; B. r. Piumly, 1874 County
Judge-Wbarton Branch, 500; Sam