The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-10-13
THIRD PARTY NOT IN 1T.
FLORIDA AND GEORGIA GOES DEMO-
CRATIC BY LARGE MAJORlTlES.

The people,s Party Fails to Mako Much |
ofe Showing IN Either State-~-Some Fa-
tai Fights occar In Georgia.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 5.-Ihe |
vote of the State is hardly as heavy as
WAS expected. This is accounted for by
the fact that the poll tax prerequisites
kept down tho aggregate CT Qualitica.
tion i'll ali parties. Up too o'clock 1ull |
returns had not been received from anv
one Of tho As counties, but the precinct
votes furnish a very good basis Tor cal
culatiOn.
Mitchell, Democrat, has carried tho
State by at least 10000 majority, though
his vote will hardly reach 10000, which
Is 10000 less than the vote polled for
Fleming, Democrat, in 1888.
Baskin, Peoples party, cannot byany
possibility show up with more than
5000 votes, which is 1900 less than
the Republican vote four years ago, and |
white Republicans, where they voted |
at all, generally supported the Peoples |
party ticket, but the negroes, strange |
to say, divided their votes between
Mitchell and Baskin.
Reports from about twenty y-tive coun- |
ties 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. Geroge w. Wilson
Of the Democratic State Committee
SAYS that his information warrants the
assertion that Mitchell has majority
of 10000; this Is an increase OF about
10000 over Fleming's majority In 1888.
A special from Tampa to the Tunes
Union says: Hon. S. M. Sparkman,
Chairman of the Democratic State Com
mittee, said at IL o'clock tonight, the
majority for the Democracy bids talr
to be much larger than the most san
Ruine could have predicted a few days
ago"
Fifteen thousand EIajorlty 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 Tor
them in the State and nation.
Although the people do1Dtless haa'
and still have, just cause of complaint,
which gave rise largely TO the thiru
party movement, yet the dlscontehteu
men were soon convinced that the rea
cause of the trouble lay not at the root'
of the Democracy, but was the result
of Republican misgovernment and
that the Democratic party Is still the
peoples friend.
The result to-day certainly dispels all
doubts, If any ever existed, rs TO the
State being Democratic ut the NoVem-
Der election. The same considerations
in the minds Of the people which car
ried the state for Mitchell today VII!
also carry Cleveland trlumphanlly
through on the Sth uf November.
EIGHTY THOUSAND NAJOEirY N
GEORGIA.
Nat = Low an, I'd,
q glorious victory for the Democracy
and the downfall Of the Third party il
Georgia. Thc State ha" gone Demo
cratic by fully Is, 0O0 majority.
For Governor and state llouse Oil
GERS there arc two full tickets in The
field, one Of which is straight De,no
cratic ticket and The other Il Heople:
party ticket, each nominated by the re
spective conventions Of the two par
ties. The Republicans nominated nj
State ticket, contentinG themselve
with placing national electoral ticKe
in the field. Tho leaders OF the party
however, under the direction Of Coz. a
Il. Buck, United States Marshal Of tn,
Northern District Of Georgia., ant
Chairman Of the Republican State Com
mittGe, have actively Interested them
selves in turning the l{epuDlica.. Yot,
to the support of the Peoples party
ticket on the ground that the defeat OF
the Democratic ticket ~ the chief con
sideration OF the II Apu5licans.
Buck issued circular letter to tho
voters OF Georgia urging theln to vote
the Peoples party ticket. This vii
have the effect of giving that ticket 4
great many negro votes, which 1t would
not otherwise have received, but the
effort to turn the solid negro vote tC
the third party will meet with indif
ferent success, hundreds of negroes and
many prominent Republicans TeI using
to abide by the instructions OF the
Federal office holders, almost every one
of whom is for the Peoples party ticket
The Democratic ticket is headed by
Hon. w. j. Northen, who was renomi-
mated for Governor, and the Peoples
party ticket by Hon. w. l.. Peck. There
are 1877 counties in Georgia and the
third party hes candidates for the Leg.
islature In every county IN the State
beautifully and from every part OF the
State bulletins announce the vote to be
the heaviest polled in Georgia in many
years,
The Democrats claim the State by
from 10000 to $4,000 majority. A heavy
vote is being polled everywhere and the
tremendous reserve Democratic vote,
which has not been brought out for a
long time, as there has been no opposi-
tion to the State Democratic tickets,
will be polled through the State.
At noon 1t was admitted that the
Democrats had 10000 majority, the
agricultural counties being conceded
to the Peoples party. 1t was here that
the surprise was shown. When the re-
ports from these counties began to come
in they showed steady stream Of big
majorities for the Democrats. The
counties known to lie hot-beds of
Third partyism came up with sur
prising change of front. The Peoples
party leaders were completely demoral-
lied. Rockdale, the home county of
Candidate Peek, gave 500 majority for
Northen. The only person rash enough
to venture prediction Of $1,000 ma
jority last night was Elector B. M.
Blackburn. To night he is hailed as a
prophet In politics.
TRAGEDIES OF THE CAMPAIGN.
ATHENS, GA, Oct. 5.--John Patter-
SON a negro emerged from q hiding