St. Paul daily globe., 1892-10-05
POPULISTS NOT IN IT.
Democrats Carry Florida by
an Overwhelming Ma
jority.
PopuliStS Cast Less Than 8, 900
Votes in the Whole
State.
Negroes Divide Their Votes
Between the Two Par
ties.
Gen. SickleS States His Posi-
ton in the Cam
paign.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 4.-The
vote of the state is hardly as heavy as
was expected. This is accounted for
by the fact that the poll tax require
ments kept down the aggregate of quail
iflcatiOnS in all parties. Up to 9 o'clock
full returns had not been received from
any one of the forty-fve counties, but
precinct votes furnished a good basis
for calculation.
Mitchell Dem.) has carried the state
by at least 10000 majority, though his
vote will hardly reach $4,000, which is
10000 less than the vote polled for
Fleming dem in 1888. Baskin (Peo-
ple's) cannot by any possibility, show
up with more than 5000 votes, which is
$4,000 less than the Republican vote
four years ago, and while Republicans,
where they voted at all, generally sup
ported the Peoples party ticket, the
negroes, strange to say,
Divided Their Votes
between Mitchell and Baskin. Reports
from about twenty-five of the counties
declare that more negroes voted the
Democratic ticket than the Peoples
ticket, this, too, without solicitation of
any kind, except in close contests on
county candidates.
George w. Wilson. of the Democratic
state committee, says that his intorma-
ton warrants the assertion that Mitch
ell has majority of 20, 900. This is
an increase of about 10000 over
Fleming's majority in 1888. In
this OuvaD county, where there were
two Democratic county tickets in the
field owing to division III the party,
there were less than $50 votes cast on
the Peoples party ticket, the Demo-
Gratis being unit Oh the state ticket.
Marion county, which has been per-
feet hotbed of the Peoples party. will
snow up with a handsome majority for
Mitchell and the full ticket.
AT Tampa. the home of Judge Mitch
ell. the vote was practically unanimous
for him, Republicans. Third partyiteS
and negroes all joining with the Demo
Gratis in supporting him. AT Anthony,
the home of Baskin, the vote is not yet
counted, but the latest bulletins declare
that it has given from five to ten
majority for Mitchell.
Will Reach $4,000.
F At IL p. m. reports had been received
from every county i'll the state. and
actual returns. coupled with careful,
conservative estimates, show that Mitch
ell has. majority i'll all ranging from
5000 in Hillsborough (his own county,
to 20 i'll Baker county, where the third
party hoped for a victory by 100 ma
jority. The footingS of the estimated
majority indicate that MitchellS ma
jOrity in the state is not far from $4,000.
His vote will probably run to 81 900, and
Baskin'S will not exceed G.000.
The entire Democratic ticket elected
is as follows: Governor, Henry l.. Nit
chell; secretary OF state. John l.. Craw-
ford; justice Of supreme court, K. Fen
wick Taylor: treasurer. G. B. Collins;
superintendent of public instruction, w.
n. SheaS; commissioner of agriculture,
l.. B. Wombull; attorney general, W.B.
Samar; comptroller. w. ID. Bloxam.
Removes All Doubts.
TAMPA, Fla, Oct. 4.-flon. S. M.
Parkman, chairman of the Democratic
state committee, said at IL O'clock to-
night: The majority of the Democracy
bids fair to be much larger than the
few days ago. Fifteen thousand ma
jority was quite as large as
any seemed to hope for. but the
vote shows that the state is still
overwhelmingly Democratic, and that
the people are not ready to abandon the
party which has done SO much for them
in the state and nation. Although the
people doubtless had (and still have)
Just cause of complaint which gave rise
largely to the third party move
ment, yet they contended men
were convinced that the real cause
of the trouble lay not at the door of
ttrf Of 10
publican ml5government, and that the
Democratic party is still the peoples
friend. The result today certainly dis
pels all doubts, if any ever existed, as
to the state being Democratic at the
November election. The same consid-
erations in the minds of the people
which carried tine state for Mitchell
today, will also carry Cleveland tri-
umphantly through in November"