The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-11-14
Details of the Slump.

Details of the Slump.
The election in New York city was
remarkable for the general quietude
that prevailed despite the intense par
ty feeling that ran with great fierce
ness in every district from the battery
to Spuyten Duyvil. With the excep-
ton of a few ordinary encounters
there was no happening that could be-
called riotous in any section. There
was actual Acknowledgement in hun
dreds of cases in various parts Of the
city. Unfortunate fellows who, be-
cause of their illiteracy and who were
allowed no guide posts behind the
screens, were unable to make ballot
ends meet legally and had to give up
the job finally, were very many. The
cause of it all was unquestionably the
lack of booths. Extra booths were
quickly put in place the night before
election day; but all that did not alter
the fact that hundreds of men in the
city stood in line and had finally
to see the polls closed in their
faces before they could reach the bal
lot boxes. All the election districts
in New York give Morton 124,373;
Hill 127, 177; Wheeler 8,749. 1892
districts outside of New York and
Brooklyn give Morton 800, 567; Hill
212, 514; Wheeler 4, 425. The same
districts in 1891 gave Fassett 236, 772;
Flower 219,674. Both Senator Hill
and Governor Flower concede that
the democratic party is beaten in the
state.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Returns from West Virginia indicate
republican gains throughout the state.
A dispatch to the republican commit
tee from J. w. Poe, Charleston, W.
Va, says Congressman Wilson, demo
crat, loses heavily; Dayton, republi-
can, is elected almost certainly, while
the republican state committee claims
that Wilson is defeated for congress by
1000. Another special says that Day
ton, republican, has been elected to
congress from the Charleston district,
defeating W. l.. Wilson. Miller has
also defeated Harvey in the fourth dis
trict, and the republican committee
claims all four congressman. The in
dications are that republican legisla-
ture has been elected. This will give
the republicans United States senator
in place of Camden, dem ocrat.
TENNESSEE.
A Nashville special says: There is
now no doubt that Henry Clay Evans
is to be the next governor of Tennes-
see. Chairman Carroll, of the demo-
cratic state committee, reluctantly adj
mits that the returns indicate Evans
election, while Gen. John NJ. Taylor
and other prominent democrats say he
is elected beyond question. Chairman
Newell Sanders, of the state executive
committee, claims Evans election by
at least 10000. In all the big demo
cratic counties there are heavy
losses in pluralities, 400 in
Shelby, 1900 in Davidson, 800
in Bedford, 400 in Moore and SO
on throughout middle and western
Tennessee, while there are republican
gains in the republican counties. In
middle and west Tennessee the demo-
cratic losses are due to apathy alone,
as the vote was very light. Mimms,
the populist, will poll less than 80, 900.
The republicans here were as much
surprised at the result as the demo-
Gratis were The legislature will be
democratic by reduced majority on
joint ballot, and a democrat will be
returned to the United States senate.
MISSISSIPPI.
A special from Jackson, Miss, Estates
that seven democrats are elected to
congress from Mississippi. The vote is
reported light, but no figures are OBJ
tainable.
ALABAMA.
The congressional election in Ala
bama passed very quietly, very little
over half vote being polled. Meager
reports from the precincts show ma
iority of about 800 infavor of Wheeler,
democrat, over Randall, populist.
Conservative estimates place Wheeler's
majority in jackson county at 700.
The latest returns indicate the election
of Ill the democratic nominees. The