Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28
Board of State Canvassers Notified to
Meet at Raleigh.
THERE WILL Be THREE CONTESTS
Frauds Charged in Those Congress
sionaI Districts.
THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
If The Evening Star.


Governor Carr notifies the state board Of
canvassers to meet here CT the Goth in
slant. IT will really do nc work that day.
| but will begin November 80. The board is
! composed Of the governor. secretary Of
state. attorney general and two senators.
| one a democrat, the other q republican,
| The election returns have been received
| by the secretary Of sta te, but will not BE-
| given out until the CANVASS Is completed.
| The only contests before the board are
| as to Congressman in three districts.
| The democrats say that Republican State
| Chairman Hatton's statement to the ma
| tional committee that he wanted means to
| employ counsel to guard against intended
| frauds In the count was unwarranted by
the facts. The populists. usually great fault
finders. admit that the election was ex-
| tremely fair, rs a general thing.
| 1t Is said today that in the state senate
| there will probably be II democrats, 10 re-
| publicans and Y populists and that in tho
| house the strength Of the parties will prob
ably be Al democrats. 81 republicans and
| Al populists. The fusion majority over the
| democrats is thus enormous. the latter
| having, by the above statement only 53
| members out of 10 in the legislature. 1t Is
given out today by q populist organ that
| test and equally certain that some Of them
| Will be seated.
| Congressional Contests.
As to congressman, there are two con-
tests In the third district. both Spears, re-
| publican. and Thompson, populist, claiming
| the election. The returns say Shaw demo-
crat. is elected by LIS plurality. In the
| second district Cheatham, colored, repub-
hcan, contests Woodlands (democraD cleo
ton. and charges gross fraud. particularly
| IN Ha1faX county. where he claims that
LIS votes cast for him were counted for
1 VIZ MAJ N,-Stx
| E,GUU. In the sixth district Martin fusion
Nominee, will contest the election of Lock-
mart democrat, whose majority, as return
| ed, Is 446.
| Pearson. fusionist, in the ninth district IA
elected by only 1872 majority. He claims
| tnat $oOOO OF money sent to settle Chero-
okee land settlers claims was used against
| him. Pearson spent a great deal of his
| own money in the canvass
| mere ID a great deal Of talk about the
matter or caucuses in the legislature. Tho
latter meets the first week in January
| There are some republicans who do not
want the populists and republicans to have
| joint caucus, certainly not on the ques-
ton OF Senator's: These declare that If
such caucus is held the autonomy of the
| republican party will be lost. One Of those
who hold this view and urge IL earnestly
| Is Robert NJ. Douglas.
There are other republicans. however.
VINO earnestly favor joint caucus. These
| desire to secure perfect accord with the
pOpulists, Just as was secured during the
late campaign and at the election. Those
holding this view are believed to be largely
In the majority, and their views will pre-
| vail: in other words there will be Joint
caucuses. The advocates of the latter de-
clare that there is no good reason why a
JOINT caucus should not be held to elect
| Senators, and that perhaps, as was le-
| Gently the case in Georgia. the caucus will
| hear personally from the senatorial as
/ pirants.
| Work of the New Legislature.
Richmond Pearson says that the chief
| results OF the election and Of the work Of
the new legislature will be as follows:
| a. Jeter c. Pritchard. republican, and
| Marion Butler, populist. will go to the Sem
ate. The rank and file will not listen to
anything else.
| -. A plain, simple. honest election law
| will take the place of the present one. The
| law will be so plain that a wayfaring man,
even though democrat, cannot err there
| In. The purpose Of the law will be to as
| certain, assert and defend the will Of the
people
%. A democratic system of county gov
eminent Will be enacted In the place CT
| the present outrage on the name OF de-
| mocracy. This law will throw safeguards
| and restrictions around every county and
| prevent bad men from domination every
| where.
| The republicans will have infinite salts
| faction in proving that they have beon
| maiigned during twenty-six years, and in
| legislation and corrupt practices of 1868
| are attributable not to the native and
! conscientious republicans Of North Caro-
| lima. Although we have an appalling ma
| jority, we will allow no onslaught on the
| cherished institutions of North Carolina.
| Her educational, charitable and penal insti-
| tutions are safe under the new govern
ment"
VIII Let the People Elect.
An ox-secretary OF the republican state
| executive committee tells me that tho
| fusionists In repeating the county govern
ment system intend to let the people elect
magistrates and commissioners and school
| committeeman; that they propose to abol-
ism the offices OF county superintendent
and school boards, and to place upon the
chairman OF the county commissioners the
duties or the school superintendent. An
other new feature which is proposed is to
have In each county a board of audit and
finance, TO be of the opposite political party
to the commissioners, no draft on the COM
missoners to be valid until approved by
the board OF audit and finance.
Senatorial Aspirants.
New aspirants for the United States
Senate continue to bob up serenely."
These are all republicans. None will con-
test the claims OF populist Chairman
Marion Butler. The populists have big
force OF members in the legislature.
republicans, who have some of their
strongest men. One OF the leaders of the
la tier will be ex-Congressman II. G.. Ewart,
VINO is himself an aspirant for the Senate.
and who is rather populistic in his views
and much liked by the populists.
But Prftchard's friends continue to as
sert that he remains far In the lead in the
senatorial race Chairman Hatton of the
republican state committee has some
earnest supporters. These point to his
campaign work and also to the fact that
he spent a good deal of his own money to
prosecute the campaign. 1t is regarded as
quite certain that one Senator will be
populist and the other republican. But
Ter will be here to direct the populists dur
ing the session. 1t is said by some that DIR.
Mott, ex-republiCan state chairman. is to
act as mentor to the republicans. He and
Butter have had conference. DIR. Mott Is
an original fusionist. He is much talked
of for the senatorship and not a few demo-
Gratis are claiming that he will be one of
the Senators But while he has strong sup
ole