Evening star., 1896-11-14
THE OLD NORTH STATE
Only One Democrat Elected to Congress, and
His Seat to Be Contested.
State Government in Control of Re-
publicnns and Populists-Tbe
SenatOrship.

Correspondence of The Evening Star.
RALEIGH, N. c., November II, 1886
Out Of the election the democrats came
in quite dilapidated condition, with ono
Congressman and not over forty members
Of the one hundred and seventy in the leg
islature. The odds were immensely In
favor of success by the fusionist republi
cans and populists, who worked together
like machine The estimates of the re-
suit as made in this correspondence in
The Star closely approximated the result.
The congressional delegation stands AS
fellows:
Harry Skinner, populist Ce-elected), first
district, majority. $3.50: George II. White
colored. republican, second district. ma
jority, 2150; John +. Fowler, populist third
district, majority, 2,1Oo: W. F. Stroud, pop
ulist re-elected), fourth district, majority
1905; w. w. Kitchen, democrat, fifth dis
trict. majority. $40: Rev. Charles H. Mar
tin, populist tre-elected), sixth district, ma
jority, 900; AlonZo c. Shuford, populist
tre-elected), seventh district, majority,
400; Romulus Z. Lnney, republican IRE
elected), eighth district majority, 1,!VD;
Richmond Pearson, republican (re-electedp,
ninth district, majority, 1,o2I.
White is a lawyer and has for several
years been state district solicitor. Fowler
served in the last state senate. is quite
young and is a member of the populist
state committee. Kitchen is q son of ex-
Congressman Puck" Kitchen. and Is
lawyer. His opponent, Thomas Settle,
made desperate fight to win. He WILL
it is hinted make a contest on the ground
Of alleged Irregularities.
The Scnntor.hip.
During the campaign the question of
United States Senator cut but small iiS
IRE The democrats seemed to have no
candidate, and the populists likewise stood
off. The republicans had Jeter c. Pritch-
ard and if the declarations of their stale
chairmen and committee are true, will re-
elect him The fact IS, the republicans
nave SO much strength in the legislature
that they do not need much populist aid
TO manage this matter. 1t is true that the
populists hold the balance Of power. and
can really name the man if they wish,
but the republicans say enough Of the
populists are pledged to Pritchard 20 JUS
tify the statement that mis- reelection is
sure. Otho Wilson, poprlist committee
man, who did more than any otner popu-
list to defeat the democrats. is avowed
candidate having first made the regular
announcement to that effect last Friday.
He said the next day that he had the dem
ocrats in tight place-that they would
have TO vote either FOR him or for gold
bug. Both republicans and democrats ridi-
cule Wilson'S candidacy.
The democratic leaders though they
knowledge their overwhelming defeat, are
man, in his address. says the defeat WAS
due to fraud 1t is said by some very in
fiuential democrats that the race issue will
be the supreme one two years hence. Only
a couple of weeks or thereabCutS before the
campaign ended the democrats ATTEMPTED
to draw the color line, with view largely
to winning tie populist vote, but rot
much resulted from it. The leaders say the
movement was not begun in time
The state Government.
The state government passes entirely
into republican and populist hands. The
tollowi1 & will be the officers who take
charge in January: Daniel L. Russell, re-
publican, governor; Charles A Reynolds.
republican, lieutenant governor; Cyrus
Thompson, populist, secretary of state;
W. H. Worth, populist, treasurer; Hal. w.
Aver, populist, auditor; Charles H. Melane,
populist, superintendent public instruction;
Zeb Vance Walser, republican. attorney
general. The supreme court will he COM
posed of w. T. Farcloth, republican, chief
justice; d. NJ. Furches. republican; Robert
NJ. Douglas, republican,: w. A. Montgonl-
cry. populist; Walter Clark, Independent
democrat.
Governor-eect Russell is fifty-one years
OF age, ard was the of one of the
wealthiest rice planters in this state; is a
native of Onslow county; has served sew
eral terms In the legislature, and was a
superior court judge from 1863 to 1874 In
1878 he was elected to Congress. He was at
that time a pronounced "greenbacker." He
is man of marked ability in his profess
sicn, the law, and his home is at Whining
ten. He is wealthy; he is very portly. The
democrats feel the deepest interest in his
plans and in those of the legislature.
prominent republican here says all the dem
ocratic officials in the state institutions will
be ousted that there will be clean sweep.
The vote for Palmer and Buckner In this
state was almost nothing. A few days be-
fore the election the chairman of that
party called on its members to vote for
Mckinley Nearly all did so. 1t is sur
nised. In this county 400 democrats did
not vote for Bryan, and it is asserted that.
in the state 5000 did not
The populists and democrats kept the.
te, ms of their compact to vote for Bryan
much better than it was generally be-
lieved they would do. 1t was upon the
scratching of the Watson electors by the
democrats and of the Sewall electors by
the populists that the republicans conf
IDENTIFY counted to carry the state for
Mckinley. Indeed. they did not abandon
this hope until two or three days after the
election. - -2c'