Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-11-04
NORTH CAROLINA.
HorIs AND GOSSIP GATHERED AT
RALEIGH.
The Election. Returns and What They
Show Congress and the Legis.
lature.
ESPECIAL telegram to the Dispatch. !

RALEIGH, n. c.. November 3.-Thls
morning Governor Scales received q tele.
gram from Captain Johns, Of the High
Point Guards, stating that all ie irs OF q riot
Ia Randolph county had ceased, and that
the sensation had subsidized. At no point
I'm the State has any excitement growing
out Of the election been reported. Here
many people-mostly colored-have gather
ed in crowds. but there has been no cheer
ing or other demonstration, though the
Republicans are jubiant.
Governor Scales hoped to be able 10 vote
yesterday. but had to keep to his bed. He
continues i'll, and has not been out since
Friday.
To. day Frank Griffin, who was arrested
at Goldsboro' for the robbery OF watch
from the person at the State Fair here.
was tried by Mayor Dodd and sent to Jail.
Two other men said 10 be concerned in
The crime were released for lack OF evil
dence.
Your correspondent obtained curious
piece OF information to-day. There are
ninety.six counties in the state, and TO oil
Of these the Democratic State Executive
Comm iitee sent judicial tickets requesting
the chairmen OF the county committees to
reply, making acknowledgment OF the re.
ceipt Of these tickets. No replies have ever
been received from thirty counties. and II
is feared at headquarters that perhaps some
Of these never received tickets at oil. The
secretary OF tie state Committee said that
no Information as to this annoying mltter
was in hand.
The Democratic majority in the last
House was 3S and in the Senate Al. IL i
said TO. night that careful iguring on the
Ieturns thus fsr received gives the Repub-
ncans or rather the Independents. gain
Of twenty in the lower house and OF per
havs ten in The senate. OF course thi,
leaves good margin, but il is feared that
the returns from the counties not heard
from may increase the Democratic losses.
The Independents count as Republicans 10
this case, as the Republicans in calculating
go use them. This is another dose for the
alleged Democrats who No.ed for lndc-
pcndents.
There has beer general pleasure at the re-
suit OF the congressional election in the
First district. where Latham defeats very
handsomely Barrett 1ndependeEt. His
majority will be 1000.
simmons race Tor Congress in the Second
district is a successful one, 1t appears, from
all information now at hand. Abbott and
O'Hara, his opponents, have split the Re.
publican vote in county after county. Alb
iotfs appears to be about equal to O'lIlra.
The Republican majority there two years
ago was about 5000. This is to be equally
divided, and already Simmons has overcome
It. lie telegraphs tonight that he /, elected
and has a good plurality.
In the Fourth district Nichols gets the
scat by about GEO, it is figured. Graham
acknoN ledged hi, defeat in telegram thi-
afternoon. The Democrats here are great
" depressed, pcrhap, more 50 than any
who're in the St,tc. Galloway is beaten for
solicitor by about 800. Hi, opponent W.
Areo Repubican). This result cause,
Great depression among the Democrats H.
the district. This county (Wake) is again
heavily Republican, aud this fact adds 10
the painfulnoss OF the situation. Five mem
LeTs oi the LEGISLATURE are lost here, thrc,
in Chatham, and three IN Granville.
Reeds defeat for Congress in the Fifth
district is conceded at Democratic head
quarters. II j. SAID that Browcrs's majority
will be over 1900. NO further news from
the Ninth district has been heard save thai
the Democrats hold their own. In Madl-
son county Johnston Il elected. The result
Cf The election for the Legislature in Da.
wilson county was n complete victory for
tie Democrats. Tits Is gratifying and to-
tally unexpected.
The Republicans are greatly disappointed
about the result IN the First and second
districts, which they expected to carry.
They al,O expected TO make great gains in
the Sixth district; but Charles II. JOne,'s
campaign was Il farce, and 30 was the vote
ne got. The Republicans are frank 10 con-
fcss that they calculated on defeating John.
ston In the Ninth district, and even now
some Oi them Will not concede his election
In this city there is much feeling on the
part a Democrats against several members
Of that party two Of whom ut least hold
public posltiOn-) FOR voting for the Repub.
licaus. Il is also openly charged that an.
other party loaned the Republicans a large
sum to conduct the campaign. Democrats
of great prominence tell me thai though
the result is In many cases so disastrous.
vet it will result in good in the next cam.
paien and awaken the party thoroughly at
the next election. There Is an Observable
undtrcurrent Of much feeling against th,
cyIl-scrNice reform, which many Demo.
cratS openly say is the prime cause OF the
trouble apathy, and disatfectiOn.
J. &. J.. Harris, acting chairman o' the
new Republican state Committee, is the
man who. m0lc than all others put together,
las advanced the banners ofthat p'rty, and
has probably contributed more than any one
man to this result. lie said tonight that
the lower house II the Legislature would
be Republican and that the Senate would
be Democratic by from six to eight maIori-
". This, OF course, represents an extreme
Rcpuhlicln view, but H. Of interest and
value as showing their claims.