The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-11-14


Evans majority over Pope and the
result on the constitutional convention
question are still in some douot, as the
correct figures from the various coun-
ties could not be secured here yester-
day. The estimate Of the Register,
however, that the convention will win
by o majority of between 1000 and
1900 is accepted By nearly all the poll
tlcians as correct. Senator Irby him
self says that 1t is correct. Even the
opponents Ct the convention are get
ting shaky. The newspaper which
boasted so loudly on Wednesday thas
the convention had been defeated yes
tsrday expressed doubt as to the result.
Those who had bets on the defeat Of
the convention are now trying to
hedge.
All the Indications point to major.
ity of at least 1000 for the convention.
The off cial count of the State Board Of
Managers may be required tc decide to
the satisfaction Of the opponents OF
the convention.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, which has been getting and
sending out bulletins Of the election,
last night issued bulletin stating that
the total vote upto that time, with a
number of precincts to hear from,
stood 2l,0& for the convention and 2l,-
51s against. This leaves a majority OF
less than 800 to overcome and nearly
all the missing precincts will favor the
convention. The Western Union puts
the vote for Governor up to date at 81 )
100 for Evans and 1874 for Pope, a
majority for Evans Of about Il, 900.
The missing precincts will send tnat
majority to 10000.
A telegram received by the Register
yesterday from Spartanburg stated that
the majority in that. county for Evans
was 1,2S0 and against the convention is
400 less than the Register gave In its
estimate yesterday.
The betting man can put his money
on the convention. 1t is going to win.
The State Board of CAnvassers " III
meet about the 10th of November to
tabulate the vote. All the county
boards meet on Tuesday Of next week.
The State this morning says:
Everybody yesterday was asking toc
tho latest returns From Tuesdays elece
tioniwith as much interest as II 1t werW
the night of the election. All knex
that the voice of the people, freely en-.
pressed-had the votes not been mani-
pulated and the rankest fraud practlced
to carry the scheme thrcugh-Was en-
phatlcaly against Constitutional con-
vention. Knowing this, all were, OF
course, anxious to see from the figures
as they came IL how the majority ap'
parent on the face of the first nights
returns, despite the fraud practlced In
the election dtsslf, would be scientific
ally shaved down. Aud when they
peruse the figures below they will see
how 1t has been done.
The State yesterday tslearaphsd to
all its correspondents at the several
county seats to wire the complete re
turns for their counties. Some OF the
complete" returns, when compared
with the totals Of the several precincts
in the respective counties-actual fig
ures received from these precincts on
the night Of the election-show a most
remarkable shrinkage in the Pope and
mo" convention votes, while the Evans
and the ayes" votes show just al
iwoadeEfa4- su increase. For instance
the actual figures received from the
towns OF Kershsw and Camden ant
four country boxes on the night Of the
| election showed these totals: Evans 423
Pope e1a, "Yes" 270 and mo" 854
New the total returns for the county
] minus four county precincts, as receiV
I sd iest NIGHT show these figures: Evans
| os4, Pope 835. Eyes" 6ss, "No" A4
This would seem to indicate that there
| has been some very expert counting
going on since the first returns came In
As to the other evidences Of fraud al
over the State, one but needs to refel
the special kilograms published be
low from various portions Of the State
! and to the announcement of tht
| Republican State executive com
| mittee with regard to contest1nt
| the Congressional districts. It is need
less to summaries the evidences here.