Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-03
GEOHGIA'S SDLEDITY.
The State to Preserve Its Usual
Solid Front in Congress.


Solid Front in Congress.
AUGUSTA, GA, Nov. 2.-To-day's cleo
tion in Georgia was for members of Con-
gress only, state officers having been
chosen Oct. 5, and there is no opposition
TO the ten Democratic nominees. Prohibit
tion is not political issue in this State.
1t exists in one form or another in about
1l5 out OF 1877 counties in Georgia. The
Knights of Labor do not extend beyond
six or seven counties in the State, aud
they have not taken any part in politics
except in Richmond and Chatham coun-
ties, and in those their efforts were not
successful.
There was a very light vote for Con-
2ressmen throughout the State and there
was no opposition to the Democratic can
didates. About 800 votes were polled
here.
CLEAN SWEEP.
ATLANTA, GA, Nov. 2.-Specials from
all OF the Georgia districts show the eec-
tiOn Of the entire Democratic Congress
siOnal delegation as follows: T. NJ. Nor
wood, II. q. Turner, q. +. Criep, T. w =.
Grimes, Jno. D. Stewart. j. II. Biouut, j. j..
| 9. Clements, Fl. ii. Carlton, A. d. Cand-
| Ter and George I. Barnes. There was no
OppO,ItiOn to the Democratic nominees,
| except IN til Fourth district,
which was merely nominal, and in the
Seventh district, which but recently
sprang up, and was rather in the nature
of a surprise TO the Democrats two days
ago.
Tickets for W. H. FELTON, were circu.
lated throughout the district in hopes that
the friends OF the we'll known IndepenG-
ent would take advantage of the Demo-
cratic apathy arising from the feeling of
certainty as TO success. Mr.. Clements
| friends, however, were aroused, and he
! carried tn districtwith but little trouble.
| WHITFIELD FOR CLEMENTS.
DALTON, GA, Nov. 2.-The Congress
sional election passed of quietly in this
! city to-day. An unusually light vote was
p0lled. Mr.. Clements, the Democratic
! nominee, received at this box 1872 votes /;
FELTON, 50; Zimmerman 5. No county
! precincts have been heard from. Mr.
Clements will carry Whitfield by good
majority.
FELTON, IN BAD ODoR.
ROME, GA Nov. 2.-Clemeuts IS electe d
from the Seventh district. The vote was
very small. Parson FELTON, anticipating
small vote caused tickets for himself to
be secretly distributed all over the dis
trict and put in the hands Of those whom
he knew would vote them, with instruct.
ions to keep it quiet until the day beto re
the election, but Mr.. Clements heard of il
Sunday night and at once notified the
Democrats. But for this DIR. FeltOn's
scheme might have worked. Many OF
| DR.. Felton's Old friends expressed the N.
selves disgusted at such scheme.
FELTON, BEHIND IN GORDON.
CALHOUN, Ga, Nov. 2-The election
for Congressman passed of quietly. The
three precincts OF Gordon county heard
from give j. G. Clements, the Democratic
nominee, 22S plurality over w. II. FELTON,
and J. A. Zimmerman, lnds. A light
vote was cast.
IN TALBOT COUNTY.
TALBOTTON, GA, Nov. 2.-The election
passed off very quietly to-day. very
light vote was poled in the county. Tai
bottom and Geneva precincts give Grimes
DEM, 1913, and Carmichael, Ind, 8.
NO VOTING IN DoUGHERTY.
ALBANY, GA, NOV. 2.-FOr the frs
time in the history of Dougherty )unty
an election day passed without vote be
ing cast. The managers were not found
to open the polls, and consequently they
were not opened here to-day. and no votes
were cast for member OF Congress.
ALL QUIET AT JoNEsBoRo.
JoNEsBoRo, GA, Nov. 2.-The election
passed oil very quietly here. A small
vote was polled. j. d. Stewart received
bout 100 IN the county. Inc vote II
Fayette county was small.
SMALL VOTE IN SUMTER.
AMERICUs, GA, Nov. 2,-Tbe election
to-day was one of the quetest ever held
in AmerIcus, there being no opposition to
Hon. c. +. Crisp. But little interest was
manifested. only enough votes being
pnIled through the country to let it b.
known that big vote would have been
given him if 1t had been ueoeesarv. There
were about 205 votes in this city and but
few in the country.
THE VOTE IN THE FOURTH.
COLUMBUS. GA, Nov. I'm the Con-
gressiOnal election in this city today fOr
the Fourth district, Mr.. Crime 8, the regu-
lar Democratic nominee, received $50
votes, and Mr.. Carmichael, the IGdepen.
dent, 8. The day passed off quietly, SO
far as heard from. MIR. Grimes majority
over Carmichael is over 1000.
MR.. BLoUNT's SEVENTH TERM.
MACON, GA, Nov. 2.-J. II. Blount w as
reelected as Congressman from the Sixth
district to day, making his seventh term
A light vote was polled, because there was
no opposition.
FAIR FLORIDA.