The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-14

Evans majority over Pope and the
result on the constitutional convention
question are still in some DOUBT, 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 VIII win
by a majority of between .2OOO and
1900 Is accepted by nearly all the poll
ticians as correct. Senator !rby him:
self says that it Is correct. Even the
opponents Of the convention are gets
ting shaky. The newspaper which
boasted 30 loudly on Wednesday that
the convention had been defeated yes.
terday 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 maj or.
ity of at least 1000 for the convention.
The official count Of the State Board OF
Managers may be required to 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 electloa,
last night issued bulletin stating that
the total vote upto that time, with a
number of precincts to hear from,
stood 2l,O34 for the convention and 2l,..
518 against. This leaves q majority of
less than 500 to overcome and nearly
all the missing precincts will favor the
convention. The Western u MON puts
the vote for Governor up to date at 3D.
100 for Evans and 1884 for Pope, a
majority for Evans Of about 1900.
The missing precincts will send that
majority to 10000.
A telegram received by the Register
yesterday from Spartanburg sta ted that
the majority in that: county for Evans
was 1880 and against the convention Is
400 less than the Register gave In It's
estimate yesterday.
The betting man can put his money
on the convention. It is going to win:
The State Board of Canvassers will
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:
Every body yesterday was asking for
the latest returns From Tuesdays elece
tioniwith as much interest as If 1t wefw
the night of the election. All knex.
that the voice of the people, freely en-
pressed-had the votes not been Danl.
pulated and the rankest fraud practiced
to carry the scheme thr0lgh-Was en-
phstlcaly against q Constitutional con.
vention. Knowing this, all were, Of
course, anxious to see from the figures
as they came ir how the majority ap.
parent on the face Of the first nights
returns, despite the fraud practlced In
the election itself, would be scientific.
ally shaved down. Aud when they
peruse the figures below they will see
how 1t has been done.
The State yesterday telegraphed to
all It's correspondents at the several
county seats to wire the complete re.
turns for their counties. Some of the
| scomplete" returns, when compared
with the totals of the several precincts
In the respective connties-actual hg'
ures received from these precincts on
| the night of the election-show q most
remarkable shrinkage In the Pope and
| mo" convention votes, while the Evans
and the ayes" votes show just as
| wonderful an increase. For instance
the actual figures received from the
| towns of Kershsw and Camden and
four country boxes on the night OF the
| election showed these totals: Evans 423,
Pope 613, ayes" 270 and "No" 854
Now the total returns for the county,
I minus four county precincts, as receiv-
1 ed last night, show these figures: Evans
684, Pope 335, "Yes" 638, "No" 49,
| 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 all
over the State, one but needs to refer
the special telegrams published be-
low from various portions of the State,
and to the announcement OF the
Republican State executive com
mittee with regard to contest1ng
the Congressional districts. 1t Is need
less to summarize the evidences mere.