The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-10-11

SIGNAL district in the state, but it is large
enough to make it a very difficult matter
to gather the returns from all the preclncts
Of every one of its counties. But the re-
suit of The CONSTITUTIONS effort to give the
complete official vote of the district Is
shown below, and speaks for itself.
Probably the most difficult of any OF
the counties in the district to hear from
was Walton, which is the largest county
in the district. Mr.. B. s. Walker had
charge of our reports from that county:
end collected berprecinct return from all
over the county by special fsrsyensers at
Monroe. From Monroe they We're cent to
s. soc At,, Circle and from Social oi 'iFed
In Newton county which islyJ.,nost as
large as Walton, the effort ws&s"early as
difficult, but the successful result rs gl Isn.
The work of our correspond eptyNf ~ thls
district shows the happy res's',y ~ a" So
regulated news service, such tS Inc Coif'.
stitution has. Our correspondents. IN every
one of the counties gave this important
matter their personal attention, and lett
nothing undone to give The Constitutions
readers the vote of the district.
The Sixth District.
The sixth may not be very large geo
graphically, but like the fifth, it is large
democratically. Tom Cabaniss can sleep
easy after reading these returns and Joe
Pottle-well, Joe caiew thankful that his
good sense took hines eof the congressional
Did you hear from Bib? Bibb has oeen
called banner county, and the name was
deserved. Then there are other splendid
counties, and the entire district shows the
effects of the splendid campaigning of Tom
dbaniss, Charley Bartlett and Bob Whit
fAld in their triangular race for the con-
OCCASIONAL nomination. The democrats
throughout the district have put in good
Work and the effect of it is evident.
Tho Siyth iS of tho host districts in
the state to get returns from. The district
is compact, the counties are thickly set
tied and commur cation from all of them
with Atlanta is direct. Here rs elsewhere,
however. thorough work has been done by
The CONSTITUTIONS emiSsaries, as the re-
turns show.
The Seventh District.
The seventh district is renowned for it's
RAINY interesting contests, chief among
which are to be noted the several cam
Feeling . "" Corn composing this district are
iitn Christn,omnl' Cobb, Polk, Floyd,
Bara Crocsus, tee, Gordon, Walker, Dade,
Gao see to it tonne md Murray.
.tole, should h,e!d q the returns from the
III . tina The child5ass, II. FELTON, "a Emory
Spat of a psr, lure " Isututon made its
hfhtemocrHE At hay. Eas Ter.
Gre, interest IN for cong ,ne result i'll
thu seventh district luu s,nOut. the state.
DR.. FELTON, had canvassed every county i'll
the district against the nominee, aud the
people were wrought up to pitch of the
highest excitement. No election in Geor-
gia was ever watched with more interest
than that in the seventh at that time, with
the possible exception of the Interest i'll the
tenth district in the present campaign be-
tween Watson and Black, and even now the
people are not more interested than
the thousands of readers of The Constitu-
ton in the famous fights in the seventh
and ninth.
Many of the precincts of the seventh
district are remote from railroad and tele-
graphic connection, but that did not deter
the energetic correspondents of The Con
stitutiCu from collecting the returns from
the various counties of the district, com
piling them at their respective county seats,
and forwarding them to Atlanta.
a dozen or more special messengers on
horseback in precincts remote from rail
roaGt connection waited for the close of
the lfllot boxes and the count of the vote.
AS ton as this WAS done they rode with
all ~ IDLE speed TO the county seat and
plt q returns in the hands of our cor
respoFd nts. In this way the returns from
eye1F. u ,cinct were gathered and hurried
80 spzG 81 to tic o aG ipg us 1F y,
til long after midnight, the result from two
of the counties not getting in until near
at their desks for the special messengers
and everything that could be done in nd
vance had been arranged to expedite the
transmission of the returns to The Con
stitution office.
The Eighth District.
The eighth district is another surprise
to the third party people.
The eighth is composed of the counties of
Jasper. Putnam, Morgan, Greene, Oconee,
Clarke, Oglethorpe, Madison Ebert, Hart,
Franklin and Wilkes.
Congressman Lawson and other democrats
have done good work in the eighth as the
returns demonstrate.
As in all the other counties of the state
The Constitutions couriers brought the re-
turns to our correspondents at the nearest
telegraph stations. Special operators were
at each to wire each precinct as reported.
Though many were from ten TO twenty
miles from stations, our couriers rode fast
and complete returns from every county are
given.
The Ninth District.
The "bloody ninth" is famous the country
over for the heated contests through which
it has gone. 1T is the hardest district i'll
the state from which to gather the returns
on the night of the election, 10 have them
forwarded for publication next morning.
No newspaper ever attempted it but The
Constitution, and The Constitution never
attempted it that it did not succeed.
In the HrSt contest between Speer ana
Gambler excitement ran high, not only in
the dih riot, but throughout the state. The
election in this district watched with
just as much interest in the counties outside
of the district as it was by those composing
the district. Everybody wanted to know the
result, and when The Constitution per-
formed the remarkable feat next morning
OF collecting the returns from the whole
district, he state was amazed at the energy
displayed and the remarkable accuracy of
the work of its correspondents
There was but one way to collect the re-
turns of the ninth district Thoroughly re-
liable correspondents in every county had
charge of the work of collecting the returns
from their respective counties, consolidating
them, and forwarding them to Atlanta.
From Rabun county a special correspondent
had 10 ride thirty-ve miles on horseback to
strike the nearest telegraph office Three
relays of horses were necessary to get the
returns to the nearest telegraph station in
time for them to reach Atlanta for publ
cation next morning. The Marietta and
North Georgia road was not built then and
our correspondents in Union. Fannin, and
Gilmer counties had the same experience,
sending their messengers across the noun
tans and through the valleys i'll the dark
of the night. amid swollen streams, and
rushing mountain torrents. to reach the
nearest operators, who sat by their instru-
ments. waiting to click the returns of the
news they bore TO Atlanta.