Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-15
BALLOT nEroRM,


Washington, Dec 14-Newp has been
.Sceised here that the Repubilcana ~
North Carolina have decided "a maEa
me initial move In the program fnr raj
lvt reform In the South. The neviy
sswu legislature In that state will
meet IN January, and one OF the arst
questions taken up will be the necessitv
~ new election law. No meas
~ 1as AZ YET been agreed upon, but
cn,.,o nepunhean leaders have been in
correspondence with Senator sax,nn az
New York. the author OF The ballot inv
10 tnat state, and 1t 10 fhourht 10 be
aitosether likely that the new meas
Saxton law. ''ies Va 'ne
nose Republican leaders who are nd.
N9catlng the policy insist that 4, 90 ~
the highest Importance and that inc
WORK must be thoroughly done. Their
ann is not only 10 AFFECT the suffrage
IN that state. but to complete and
pass bill which may serve as a model
W new order OF things in the other
1Uu'hern states. They firmly believe
that reconstruction on suffrage lines
Is certain to come at an early dav and
that the next congress, indeed win
propose cooperative legislation which
prove. ~ ~
This policy was referred to several
weeks ago on the authority Of n Re-
publican OF national reputation. and dis
cussion of 1t has since become general.
me chief complaint In the South
where, as the Republicans charge, the
negro vote, which they claim would be
thrown for them soildly IL undeterred
~ elmer frightened away from the polls
or changed after the ballots have been
supremacy in several Southern states
Is now maintained, the Republicans as
sert, by this perversion of the negro
vote. Alabama. Georgia, Louisiana
south Carolina and Virginia are spe.
eined, and the charge is made that but
Tor the fact that the result was so
overwhelming. North Carolina would
this year by a fraudulent counting
have again been placed In the Demo.
cratic column. The Republicans declare
thelr ABILITY TO show that In the white
portion or the state they had 90, 900 ma
lorlty, while In that portion OF the STATE
where the colored vote Is largest the
returns were made highly favorable 10
the Democrats.
second point OF interest from North
carolina Just developed relates to the
TWO senatorshlps, both of which will
be tilled By the new Legislature Mr.,
jarvis Is serving by appointment IN
the term of the late Mr., Vance. ana
Mr. Ransom's term expires on March
4 next a senator TO MI the Vance
term, which will expire March 4. 1897.
and successor to Mir. Ransom. for a
fnll term, beginning In March. viii
therefore be chosen In January. The
legislature is Overwhelmingly in the
control of the Republicans and the
Popullsts. 1t was a fusion ticket mar
swept the state. The Democrats have
hardly corporals guard OF members
In either the senate or house. The two
senatorships. II - said, was the subject
OF an agreement between the fusionlsts
before the race was won. the under
standing being that the Republicans
should have the short term and the
Populists the full term.
But within the past few weeks sug-
gestions nave been thrown out that IL
might be possible TO recast this pro-
gram, by throwing over the Popuilsts
and taking the Democrats into ac-
count. so that the Republicans shall
take the full term and give the Demo-
Gratis the short term. The purpose OF
this would seem TO be to keep Mr.. Ran
som In the senate for a full quarter OF
n century.
II is not thought to be at all proba-
BILE, however, that any such thing will
take place. The Republicans are eN-
pectlng help from the Popullsts on the
election law line, and this they consider
of more Importance even than both the
senatorships.