The morning news., 1894-09-30

majority for the Hartridge ticket If
necessary, and have alleged that there
were gross frauds committed by the reg
istration otncer-a Hartridge man. But
since they have been permitted to COPY
the lists, their cry of fraud is not so loud
The probability is that they have dis
covered none.
Since the MORNING NEWS correspond
ent arrived here on Sunday last he has
carefully studied the situation and as an
unbiased observer, places the Hartridge
vote at about 2, $50, with say !, 800 for the
Fletcher ticket. This estimate would
give the anti-commission or regular dem
ocrats majority of 450 in total vote of
$3.50. There are conservative outsiders
who say that the Hartridge ticket must
get 1900 votes to win, while enthusiastic
partisans in the Barrs-Fletcher faction
claim majority of / 200 for their ticket.
Hundreds of negroes will probably be
voted by both sides, and scores of white
republicans will vote the Hartridge ticket
straight.
IN LAKE, NASSAU AND voLUsIA.
In Lake county Alexander St. Clair
Abrams of Tavares heads the commission
ticket, with f. b. McLin as his opponent
on the regular ticket-both for the state
Senate. Abrams was a hold-over senator
from Lake elected in 1892, but resigned
IA UEucE 10 SHOW now easy III was TO get
back again. He is well known in Ge3r-
gia, and has long political, newspaper.
railroad and promoter record in both
states. He is a brilliant lawyer and a
forcible writer, and it is going to be A
difficult task to beat him. There is bona
fide prejudice against corporations in
Lake county, and added to this is the
strong personal following which has al
ways stood by Abrams in any emergency.
ri N r~a
But the commission faction has
the inspectors and clerks
which must be of great ad-
vantage or Florida democrats wouldn't
always be struggling to get them. The
MORNING NEWS correspondent has il on
the authority OF prominent orange
grower in Lake county that the registra-
tod and payment Of poll taxes have both
been heavy, and that the negro vote will
cut quite figure in the struggle on cleo
tion day. There is a good fighting chance
for the Abrams ticket Even railroad
men with good sporting blood ia them
and good nerve won't wager dollar even
against the man from Tavares Still. a
talk with the McLin people discloses no
indication of an approaching defeat.
They are sincere in their confidence.
Turning TO Nassau, the correspondent
found politics in a turmoil and a neat.
Fernandina, the county seat, is one of
the deep water terminals OF the Florida
Central and Peninsular railroad and
this, with the construction, machine and
repair shops, makes the place a sort of
head-center for railroad employees. Cen
eral Manager ID. h. Maxwell of the Flor.
ida Central and Peninsular lives there. as
do also A. o. MacDonell, the
general passenger agen' and Col. w
Naylsr Thompson the asurer of the
company, who is the anII-commission or
regular candidate of the democracy for
the state Senate. He is opposed by w
II. Kelly, young merchant of Fernan.
dina. With little army of railroad men
in Fernandina, the city is of course
Thompson stronghold, while Kelly,s best
hold is in the country. The wool-hat bows
are nearly all Call men in Nassau county.
and they tie to Kelly. The registrations
pretty well up TO 800 and critical sur
yey Of the field leads to an opinion that
Thompson is in the lead. The Kelly fac
tion controls the county commissioners.
and so the count lies with anti-Thomp.
son commissioners and clerks. All the
conditions and circumstances, however
warrant prediction that the Thom psou
ticket will get majority Of 20O-say
about $50 votes against $50 for Kelly
leader IN the commission faction Is
Burt Dyal TO whom, 1t has been charged
ex-Congressman Charlie Dougherty OF
Volusia county offered bribe OF 81, 900 10