The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-25
VANCE WILL WIN.
The Official Majoritios of the
Congressman.

IL mas been aSccrtaincd that of the 10
members OF the legislature Just elected
over one hundred of them are members
CT the Farmers Alliance AT least
ninety of these are Democrats, regularly
nominated as such in the different coun-
" conventions. SO it will be seen that
the Alliance men will control the eau
Gus, ana the passage of n railroad COM
mission bill is \ forcgonc conclusion.
There seems to be some Uncasincss in
certain quarters respecting the possible
defeat of Senator Vance, but it can be
safely stated that Senator Vance will be
reelected without trouble
There are 1T least one hundred mem
bers of the legislature pledged to sun
port him for recollection. some of
these pledges were made on the stumn
during the canvass. but the majority
Oh the Democratic county conventions
instructed their Legislative candidates
TO vote for Vance, and those elected are
IN honor bound 70 do it. This defeat
would kill the Alliance in North Car
DINA.
The State board OF commissioners will
meet at Raleigh next Thursday. when
the Official returns OF the recent cleo
ton will be made. The majority of
Ncrriman and Clark, candidates for
Supreme Court Judges, Will be about
5000.
Following arc the maioritics OF the
several candidates. who wero elected.
All are Democrats except Chcathan, of
the Second district:
Rranch, First district, 1850, Cheat
ham, Second, 1920: Grady. Third.
1857; Bum, Fourth. 6,o5a; Williams,
Firth. 1900; Alexander, Sixth, 7,aO5:
Henderson. Seventh, l.l61; Cowics.
Eighth, I'll; Crawford, Ninth, l.09S-a
total Democratic majority on the con
grcssional vote of IS, $50
The variation between the maioritics
on the judicial and congressional tickets
Is accounted for by these facts: An in
uependent-Alliance man ran against
Cowles i'll the Ninth district and re-
celved many Democratic votes, while
Newborne, the self-nominated Demo-
cratic-Alliancc candidate in the Second
district did not poll the full party vote
in his district. IX-Congressman Sim
mons, OF that district, tells The TINES
correspondent that had he done SO he
would have beaten Cheatham 1.-THE negro
ana the present Congressman by ~ good
majority.
Tho district embraces the black belt
and ordinarily is Republican, but MANY
negroes failed to register, and, besides.
this was u Democratic year by u large
majority. There WAS some question
about the soundnrss of Ncwbourne's
democracy, however, and many exact
ing Democrats refused to vote for him.
Inc legislature meets on Wednesdays
January :, and Governor Fowler is
already preparing his message 1t will
contain no esp cially unusual IL COM
1 h4lr va nj, l.. l q
dozen candidates for speaker of the
house, Captain Harry Skinner, and
Ncssrs. Doughton and Sutton being the
most prominently mentioned
Raleigh has sold its horse car railway
TO parties who Will substitute an electric
street railway similar to that of
Winston.
1t is now said that the contract for the
steel plant buildings, ut Greensboro
Will be let in few days.
Connection at Madison, between the
Roanoke and Southern and the Cane
Fear and Iadllin Valley railroads, has
been complete ted.
linton Helper, recently of Roanoke,
whom HE ZINES reports as having APP
parently abandoned his wife, has Il large
acquaintance in North Carolina who
hope that he will yet be able To salts
factorily explain his conduct
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hours in advance OF the Northern papers.
PARNELL TO RETIRE.
= Meeting OF the parncilitcs to be Held
ro-inorrow.
LoNDoN, Nov. 2i.-[Spccial The
Star, the leading homo ralc paper in
England. SAYS it has relinblc inror,n,.-