Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-07
NORTH CAROLINA
Expected to Give Cleveland Eight to Ten
Thousand Majority.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
RALEIGH. y. c.. Nov. There was much
political feverishness saturday and even yes
terday. In all the towns negro voters
gathered in large numbers and the re-
publicans and populists devoted nearly their
entire time TO work among the black voters.
The popuiists have now cast aside any veil
which has concealed or attempted to conceal
their acting i'll concert with the republicans.
Both are striving to keep the negro in line
The republicans want him to vote their ticket
just as far il goes and then. for the re-
mainder. vote Tor the populist nominees. The
negro Is the uncertain quantity. Your CORE
spondent will make estimate that per cent
of them will vote for the democratic county
and Legislative nominees and that per cent
will abstain from voting for the populist county
and legislative nominees. This will leave &C
per cent TO vote just the republicans dictate.
The entire body Of negroes will, of course. vote
for Harrison. and it does not appear that as
much as per cent will fail to vote for the re-
publican state ticket. The democrats must never
count on the negro vote in North Carolina.
They never have done SO. That vote goes just
where the republicans say it must go.
Chairman Eaves of the republican state execu-
| tive committee declares positively that A. NJ.
Clarke. republican congressional nominee in
the third district, has not withdrawn in favor
of koonce, the populist nominee. That may
be so, but there is a strong probability that the
republicans, acting under instructions. will vote
for koonce. Republicans admit that Grady.
democratic nominee, will in all probability be
the winner there.
J. {. Brown the populist congressional nomi-
nee in the ninth district, has Withdrawn in favor
of Crawford democratic nominee. and has is
sued an address declaring for the latter. The
poPuiists are in very small minority in tina,
district.
CHIEF SUPERVISOR sHAFFER's ARREST.
Chief Supervisor of Elections A. W. Shaffer
was arrested here Saturday afternoon on civil
warrant for $4,000 damages for false arrest OF
State Election Registrar Reid. This action by
Shaffer will. 1t Is believed, cost his party many
votes in the state. Democratic comment was
that il was too much like the advancing shadow
of the force bill.
Your correspondent had short interview
with Mr.. Furches, republican nominee for gov
ernor. who says he expects his majority to be
$4,000 He added that the state ticket and the
presidential ticket would run close together
of course the presidential ticket always runs a
little ahead.
ESTIMATES OF CHAIRNEN.
Chairman caves said he could give no other
estimate of the vote than that contained in his
address published in Saturdays STAR which
was that Harrison would carry the state by
l4,O00. Az to Congressman he declined to say
any hing save the reference to Clarke. above
alluded to.
Chairman Simmons of the democratic COM
mittee. spoke of statement published III a
Washington paper that $40. 900 had been sent
to North Carolina by the national democratic
committee. saying there was not a word of
truth in ii. The fact is he has had very little
money. and that used has been voluntarily
given by home people. save some 81 800 contrib
uted by people in Baltimore.
Nho,r A.
for Cleveland by 1900 majority; perhaps
more. He is positive as to this and also posi-
tive that all the democratic nominees for Con-
gress will be elected, unless. perhaps, in the
fifth district.
THE LEGISLATURE WILL BE CLOSE.
The legislature will be very close. your CORE
spondent thinks. May be the republican popu-
list combine will have majority there. On
this matter the whole strength of the populists
has been brought to bear during the past few
days. Both the Senators, Ransom and Vance,
are now in poor health, and upon the next leg
islature may devolve the duty of electing one
Senator, possibly two Senator's In such a case
the populists want to get one and Marion But
Ter, their nominee for elector-at-large, aspires
to the place.
The third party is charged with having
flooded the state with fraudulent tickets with
all sorts OF combinations of electors-Weaver
and Cleveland, Weaver and Harrison. &c. That
party is also sending out its tickets containing
the names of W. S. Ball, the republican nominee
for supreme court justice, and Of W. L. Nor
wood. republican nominee for superior court
judge. As to these two offices there is complete
fusion between republicans and populists, the
latter having no nominees of their own.
1t is stated by Chairman Wilson OF the third
party that S25, 900 was sent into this state
Saturday for the purpose of buying votes. He
does not say which party got the money.
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