The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-05
POPULSTSB HIGH FEATHER
Democrats Disguised With the Result
Of Wednesdays Election.


and Dissatisfact.on With the Party's
Candidates Charged With the De-
creased Raj ority-,Jhathem the Ban
ner County Of the State.
The returns from the state election yes
terday were not Of the kind to I'LL the
hearts Of loyal democrats with enthusiasm
In fact they produced a deepseated feeling
Of disgust, which grew and deopened as
further returns from throughout the state
showed that pretty much all the gains
were on the side Of the p)pulists, and that
further returns would in all Likelihood
show a decreasing rather than an increas-
ing democratic ma ority.
A slump of from TO- 600 majority two
years ago TO 10000, ard perhaps less, this
year, is not calculated 70 fill the bosom Of
any democrat with pride. The returns
were generally discussed here, and the re
suit is attributed to various causes. A
large part of the populist gain was attrfb-
uted TO the negro vote, wlhch the populist
leaders were reported to have captured al
most solidly in many Of the country counties.
TOO MECH APATHY.
Democratic apathy howe yer, was most
frequently asCribcd as the reason fer the
great falling OF in the democratic majority
Ii was poiu red out that the majority In this
county was several hundred votes less than
il should have been, and If this state of
affairs existed in many large counties 10
was very easy 10 understand why the dem
ocratic vote was not what it should have
been. Dissatisfaction with the partY's
candidate for governor ana local dlssatis
faction on other grounds was given as aC-
counting for the apathy among the demo
Gratis.
The strength of the populists has been so
generally uuderestimated during the cam
paign that democrats are 10th 10 admit
that any large part Of the popallst gains
are due to increased strength Of that
party. The large gains in members Of the
legislature in the country cOun ties, how
ever, appear 70 be sufficient evidence that
the p0pullsts have made gains in those
counties which IL is useless TO deny any
longer.
ANOTHER REASON AsCRBED.
1.-THE result in the state at large can
hardly be ascribed to democratic apathy"
said one well-posted democrat. The re-
cent campaign was one of the most active
ly conducted on the part of the democrats
since sthe war. The best speakers of the
party were kept in the field for weeks.
Democratic division on leading questions
comes nearer explaining il in my opinion"
Residents of EtHngham county doing bust
ness in Savannah were very much dis
gusted with the way the election was con
Quoted in that county. The populists had
control of the election, there being two
populist managers TO one democrat at each
precinct, and they ran it pretty much as
they pleased, Negroes, whom it was
proven TO the managers had not paid their
taxes in years, We're allowed to vote,
against the protests Of the democrats. The
democrats viii contest the election ON this
account. The majority Of Spear, the popu-
list candidate Tor the legislature, over
Bird. Tie democratic candidate, is only l5,
and il hoped to throw out enough illegal
votes 10 insure the election of Bird
EFFINGHAN's SENATORIAL VOTE.
The vote for senator was Osborne 351,
Metzger 1863; for representative: Bird $50,
Speir 1870. At Springfield 263 votes were
cast. Bird 263, Speir 100 At Guyton there
were l95 votes, Bird receiving 100 and Spair
S. About IS Of the % pOpolst votes at
Guyton were negroes. 1t is believed that
fraud can be shown at Grifin's and Boards
precincts, where the populists obtained
their mGorities. Hines majority over
Atkinson was - votes, about a dozen demo
Gratis voting for Hines
Tattnal1 slides over into the populist
column for governor This WAS the bad
news that came in early last night. The
otlcial returns show ~ majority for Hines
in Tattnall. Small nalorites We're OBJ
tanned, however, by sShepperd for senator,
andtDoolittle, democratic candidate for rep
resentative. Walter Snepperd is elected to
the senate from the Second district He
has 20 plurality in TattuaH and l75 in Nc
lntosh as against a Tor Eason, populist, IL
Liberty.
SIX COUNTIES LOST.
A dispatch received last night places
Emanuel in the populst column. Emanuel
was reported last night as safely demo
cratic.
With Emanuel on the other side this
places six counties from the First district
in the pOpulist column: Tattnall, Liberty,
Sereven, Emanuel and EhEgham, all by
small MAORI les, however, while the demo
cratic majorities in the other counties of
the district foot up several thousand. The
First district is evidently all right and
Lester can count upon a majority Of several
thousand votes. Col. Lester was met on
the street by MORNING News reporter
yesterday. He was not disposed to say
much about the result of the election but
it was evident from his manner that he in
tends to make the liveliest kind OF a fight
between now and Nov. 8, when the con-
Rressional election takes place. 1t is be-
lieved that Col. Lester can carry every
county in the district except perhaps
Screven. Emanuel, which gave a majority
for the populists two years age, gave a neat
democratic ma GRITTY Wednesday.
The result Of Wednesdays election has
filled the pOpulists with confidence, and
they viii make a desperate fight to capture
some Of the congressman this fall
CITY POLITICS THE TALK.
Now that the state election is over poll
ticians are looking forward with much IN
terest TO the approach Of the city election
which is exciting much attention thus fan
in advance on account of the fact that thu
fight is expected 10 be a warm one.
just Who viii be the opposing candidate.
it would be pretty hard matter to say
butt seems to be pretty well settled fac
among a large percentage of the mem
beers of the Citizens Club that Mai
John Schwarz will be the nominee Of tha
wing OF the city political arena. The clul
holds a meeting next Monday nigh
for the purpose Of discussing
the situation. This meeting nigh
was appointed by resolution at u meeting
held two weeks ago. Conservative mem
beers of the club say, however, that thcr,
VIII be no attempt whatever TO make
nomination at this meeting, and thatit vii
be held merely for discussion and 90 dc
eide, perhaps about holding q primary
within the club for the purpOsP Of rnalripf