The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-03
BLACK WINS THE BATTLE.
MS MAJORITY OVER WATSON IN
THE WHOLE DISTRICT 1851.

Tho Result a Severe Setback for the
PopuIfsts - WatsOn's sIaiOrities
o,-ar the District RuinousIy Re-
avced since His Last Previous
Campafgn-The Election Passes on
without serious Trouble in Any
Part of the District.
Aupusra. Ga, Oct. 2.-The great battle
Of tbe ballots between democracy and pop
nlism in the Tenth district has. for the
tbird time. been fought to a finish, and
for the third time victory perches on the
democratic banner. For the third time
richmond county has stood loyalty by
her gallant standard bearer, and Hon.
James c. c. Black will again get the COM
mission of congressman, and this time
pureed of the semblance of fraud.
Chairman Boykin Wright of the cam
paign committee and President Henry
Hammond of the Young Mems Demo-
cratic Club are rejoiced at the result. and
Congressman Black, no doubt, will rest
easier tonight though he has been in bed
with broken bone fever for two days.
The story is told in the following figures.
Columbia (estimated) gives Watson $50
majority: Glasscock adds 3l5; jefferson,
s74; Warren, $40; Washington, 200; Wilkin-
son. 1O2; making Watson's total majority
1852.
Richmond registered 1850 votes. Less
than 200 were thrown out by the regis
trars, leaving 1880. OF these 6, ,4S9 voted to-
day. and out of this total, Watson receiv-
ed only 92s. leaving Maj. Black majority
Of 1853. Hancock added $50, making
o4 "a
majority in the district 1,551. Any changes
that will be made by the official consoli-
dation of the vote win probably increase
Mai. Blacks majority instead of helping
Mr. Watson.
The result shows that Mr.. Watson has
lost ground all over the district. In Col
umbia his majority of last November has
been cut down coo; in Jefferson, 25O; in
McDuffie, 100; in Taliaferro. 125; in War
rem, 1926. and in Washington, 75. In Lin
coin and Wilkinson he gains fifty votes.
but in Lincoln about 600 disqualified
voters were allowed to vote
for Mr.. Watson because the registrars fall
ed to give them notice to appear before
them.
Mr.. Watson may carry out his threat to
contest, but it will avail him nothing. 1t
WOulu Oniy result III exposing pOpuliSl
frauds. To-days election ought to satisfy
Mr.. Watson that he can never carry the
district, for he was defeated with only
about 50 per cent of Richmond couuty's
fun vote
The election was remarkably quiet.
There were two fights, but they were be-
tween individuals, and amounted to moth
ing more than an exchange of blows, by
which nobody was seriously hurt.
All over the district the election was
quiet and orderly, and in to-day's victory
the democracy of the district and of Rich
mond county stands fully vindicated
kilograms have poured in from all sec
tions of the state and from other states
tonight, asking for the result of the cleo
ton and showing the great interest that
was felt throughout Georgia. In an in
terview tonight Chairman Wright re-
views the campaign, contrasting demo-
cratic compliance with the new registra-
tion law and populist efforts to violate it
at every turn. He expresses the hope
that the result, which is overwhelming
against populism, will end these bitter
contests, and that the Tenth district may
now enter upon a season of democratic
peace and harmony.