The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-21
NO. Z
Election News.

S NONN'y "Sht A1 SSil ~ III
ocratic.
w. ". Merritt will represent Collin
county.
S. W. Stewart was elected ii1ater
from Lamar county.
In Brownwood Hancock got 362
votes and Jones 81 votes.
Waller countY elected two ncssoes
for county commissioners.
There were only three Greenback
voters in Stephens county.
Wellborn is elected to Congress over
his opponent by five 10 one.
BIr. Mullins will represent Pecos
county in the Legislature.
10 Jack county the Republicans voted
solidly for Wellborn for Congress.
Col. G. B. Pickett will be in the
next Legislature from Wise county.
L. RIbb was almost unanimously
reelected sheriff of F,yette county.
Col. Ashbel Smith aud DIR. r. T.
Lewellen will represent Harris county.
Capt. Daugher.y was chosen to rep
resent Cooke county in the Legislature.
The vote of Mataeorda is now 7c-
ported TO be S75 for Hancock and 2?5
for Jones.
r. d. Allison, for hoator. was de-
feated in his own county by Geo. Il.
Reeves, of Grsyson.
G. w. Geers, of the Denton Monitor.
was defeated for the State Senate by
81. c. Mack, Of Collin county.
f. NJ. Underwood is elected to the
Legislature from Freestone county. F.
NJ. Martin will be the Safe Senator.
Hal Gregier, notorious and OBJ
noXious negro, is elected to the Legls-
lature over one OF the best men in
Washington coun y
Four precincts in Brazoria county
give Hancock 500 votes and Jones 81.
The balance of the vote, about 120, is
mainly for Hancock.
Milan county elects the entire Dem
ocratic ticket. The State ticket has a
majority of nearly 100, and Hancock
of 692. For prohibition there was 917
votes, and against it 17l4.
Greenbackism elected negro to the
Legislature in Robertson and Brazos
counties and delivered Falls county
oyer again to negro rule. How much
moro of this sort of work it has done
in the State is at present unknown.
In Washington county two negroes
got into fight over an election box.
One of them broke the box over the
others head and scattered the tickets,
and an attempt to cure the matter may
not pass muster when the votes are Of
ficially counted.
The vote of Karnes county for con-
gressman stood, with one box to hear
from, Schleicher, 900; Ireland, 264.
The other box increases Ireland's vote.
About 600 votes were cast in the coun-
ty, and of these only 20 or 25 were
for Hamman, while the rcst were for
Roberts.
Burnet Bulletin: "The district attor-
is very close race between
Acker and Estell. The latter came
out of Gillespie with 700 or 800 major
:ty. The former has carried Burnet
Oou OaOo ouu huupoodS COuuIlts, BlV-
ing him such formidable array of
votes as will equal, If not overrule, the
latter's majority in Gillespie. Wilkes
has carried Macon and Llano counties
by small majorities. The other counties
in the district are not reported. With
this state of facts, nothing but an Off
sorn.Tuo uno ID TIE uati5Stsict will de
date"
The Burnet Balletin says: GAN the
old county officers who offered again
for office were re elected except Harri-
son Posey, who was succeeded by VIM.
O'Hair in the Office of county assessor.
G. R. Berry, John Mcfarland, Gee.
Lacy, R. II. Flippen were elected and
will be our next commissioners court,
Judge r. w. Gates presiding. Dan
Eldridge was reelected justice of the
peace, of precinct No. -ARdnL. P.
True was elected constable oi the same
precinct. ]. A. Crews was reelected
justice of the peace of this precinct.
Mr.. Splitter was reelected justice of
the peace of his precinct.