The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-13
THE ELECTION In BRAZIL
RETURNS INDICATE A SWEEPING
OFFICIAL VICTORY.

Nearly ALI of the Administration Can
didates Elected to Seats in the
Cortes-No Serious Opposition Fx-
cept In Bahia-Votes Cast for Mon
archists Serious Pre- Election Dis
turbance.
New YoRK, Oct 12-Advices received
from Rio de Jsneiro, under date of Sept. 20,
state that further returns from the elections
confirm previous reports in regard to the
results Nearly all the official candidates
have been elected. The ministers of war,
navy, justice and foreign affairs have been
elected senators; the minister of agriculture
elected deputy. and the election of the min
lister Of the interior for senator probable.
The election of minister of finance TO the
Senate is doubtful, for the state of Bahia,
in which he was a candidate, is showing a
large opposition vote. and will probably
elect one, and perhaps more opposition
senator's and several opposition dep puties.
AN ADMINISTRATION TRIUMPH.
In this city all the official candidates for
the Senate aud eight official candidates for
the Chamber of Deputies are elected. One
Catholic candidate has been elected and one
independent candidate. Neither of these,
however can be called a member of the OPP
position, as they are not politicians One Of
them. Banker Mayrink, may even be con-
sidered a partisan OF the government, from
which he has received many favors, and
with whose financial policy he has been
connected ever since the beginning of
the year. He was arrested, it Is
true, on the day of the
revolution, but was detained only a little
while. Since then he has been taken into
favor and in financial circles is considered
the alter ego of the minister of finance.
His friends raised $50, 900 70 offer him bah
in honor of his success, but at his request
they have decided to give the money to a
benevolent institution. Count de Figueiredo,
the Catholic deputy, Is also a rich banker.
He stood in the same relation to the en-
peror's last cabinet as Mayrink does TO the
present government
VOTES FOR MoNARoHIsTs.
Baron de Ladario, minister Of the navy
in the emperor's last cabinet, who was
wounded by the revolutionists, received
$500 votes as a candidate for the Senate,
and Carlos de Loet, monarchist, who was
not a candidate, received $500 votes for
deputy. This shows that the latent mon
archical feeling here is stronger than gener-
ally supposed to be.
over IA 900. That is about onehalf the
number Of registered voters, which Is 49,
563. The returns thus far received indicate
that the whole vote cast In Brazil is equal
to about nine-twentieths of the number OF
registered voters, whioA Is estimated be-
tween 100000 and 100000. The vote
cast Is proportionately light In Rio
Grande da Lul and heaviest in Sac Paulo,
In many places no elections were held and
in nThara or ~ no
went to the polls
OPPOSITION VOTE LIGHT.
The returns received up to the present
show 10000 votes for official candidates
and 10000 for those of the opposition.
Bahia is probably the only state that will
be represented by any real opposition sena-
tors and deputies.
Councillor Rodrigues, leader OF the
alleged attempt at revolution in Cerea, Is
said to be a prisoner ON the gunboat Carioca
Some Of his friends, including tho leader of
and are held in confinement In the city jail.
Warrants have been issned for the arrest Of
Others
A SERIOUS DISTURBANCE.
A disturbance took place on the day be-
fore the elections. 1t Is said that 900 pistol
shots were fired and six policemen and
several other persons were wounded. Rod
rigues is said to have been accompanied
by about 400 persons. 1t is said that
no one is allowed to communicate
with the prisoners. Kodrigues' friends
say the state authorities caused
the disturbance in order to frighten the
opposition from the polls The other party
says that Rodrigues attempted TO depose
the governor and put himself in the latter's
place. Some months ago the governors of
Bahia and Rio Grande were deposed, but
then the soldiers assisted the insurrection-
lists. Rodrigues is a prominent politician
and very popular in Cerea, which before
the revolution always elected him to the
Chamber of Deputies. He was minister Of
war some six or seven years ago.