Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-05
PROBABLE DEMOCRATIC SUCCESS.

After careful survey Of the field it appears
fairly certain that Cleveland will carry this state
by say 10000 majority and the democratic state
ticket by say $4,000 The legislature will be
tolerabiy close, as special efforts have from the
first been made by the republican-populistc COM
bine to get a majority, but the democrats
appear to have the inside track
| CONGRESSIONAL CLAIMS
The republican managers were asked today
what they expected to do in the matter of Con-
sressmen- They replied that they proposed to
carry the second, fifth, eighth and ninth dis
tr1cts. They coucede the democrats the third,
shth and seventh and say the populists may
carry the first and fourth, where there isfusion.
The democrats say they will certainly carry all
the districts save the fifth and eighth, where
they admit the election will be very close. They
think they will get those districts also. The
third party leaders will not say word 20 any
newspaper man. They simply refuse to speak
or to make any estimate. OF course, this is
their first campaign and they are ignorant a.
to such matters. They greatly exaggerate
their chances in the general talk in their papers
and their chairman appears to have given the
republican chairman very fanciful figures,
Judging from what the latter told me.
FEELING AGAINST SUPERVISOR sHAFFER.
The feeling against the chief supervisor of
elections. A. W. Shaffer. has risen to an unpre-
matters very lively for him He violated the
law BY arresting Stste Registrar Reid. Now
Reid sues him for SO 600 damages Shaffer
and both his supervisors. George W. Shearin
and Alex. Robbins, were today arrested for vio-
lation OF the state law. Their arrests were made
upon the decision Of the state attorney general
There viii now. it Is believed, be a conflict be-
tween the federal and state authority. The
people here appear to be determined to MAIN
tain the latter.
To show the state of feeling against the super
visors and deputy marshals leading demo-
cratic paper says today: "If any citizen of
North Carolina invokes United States marshals
at the polls he will by 20 infamous an act pro-
claim himself traitor to his state, and will de-
serve and receive the excavations of his fellow
citizens"
There is also call for public meeting to de-
nounce Skaters unlawful methods and acts.
All this matter. it is claimed, has made many
democratic votes.
AFUsIoSIsr EXPLANATION.
The fusionist organ today says in reply to O
question as to why it recommended the retire
ment Of the republican nominees for Congress
in some districts and not in others: eve will
give candid answer. The candidacy of the
republicans in the first, third, fourth and sixth
districts would have elected the democratic
candidates in those districts and therefore we
urged and insisted ON their withdrawal.
".
and Brown will contribute to the election of
the republican candidates in the fifth, seventh,
eighth and ninth districts: and inasmuch az the
republican and peoples parties are making
common cause against the democratic party we
do not desire that any peoples party candidate
shall retire where his candidacy will contribute
to democratic defeat"
AN ATTACK on THE THIRD PARTY.
Today there is a new DEVELOPMENT The
state negro organ attacks the third party. 1t
says: The so-caled third party. with its declar-
ations Of principles. is dangerous element
and ought to be crushed. politically. out of ex-
istence. They as a party are opposed to free
schools. and while perhaps they do not say why
We do declare and challenge a denial that they
are strictly opposed to educating the negro
BY the free school system-they want him kept
in ignolance-tota darkness-that thev NAV
never become eligible to places of honor and
trust.
If the third party succeeds in North Carolina
the Australian method of voting will become a
law, and the ignorant white and colored men
who may aid this third party in getting into
power will reap the reward of their duplicity
when, alas, it will be too late. Remember our
warning. and If the black DAYS should come, BY
your help, you can only lay the blame at your
own door. We do unhesitatingly declare that
the third party is the most dangerous organi-
zation against true liberty that was ever
Matched from the egg of iniquity.