The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-25
And STILL THEY COME
Yet Another Added 10 the Long List OF
Candidates for Sena'Orship.
AN EDITOR is THE LATEST TO ENTER
Butier.s Paper Does Some Figuring
on the Result of The Recent sicc-
Thc Hanks OF the Stntc Mnkc nu
Excellent showing-h Snaitc story
Items OF State Ncwse

Raleigh. ~ c., Nov. Special
Editor J. J.. Ramsay. OF the
Progressive Farmer, the organ of the
National Farmers Alliance. now comes
out as n candidate FOR United States
Senator, making seven in the field thus
far.
THREE CONFERENCES.
The editor of the Christian Sun says
that there are three conferences of the
Christian Church In this stale The
Eastern meets ut l:denton Friday OF
this week Next Tuesday the mission
airy conference begins at Norfolk.
FOUND 80 ERRORS.
At midnight last night Special Reeve
nue. Agent Porch completed the cxnml-
found no errors. The office is rated very
high.
METEODlSTS WILL NOT ASSIST.
The Baptists will not he aided by the
Methodists in the fight against state
aid to the University an earnest effort
was made to have them fall into line
on this question
COLORED PEOPLE CELEBRATE
A gentleman from Ncwbcrnc says
that at least 1000 negroes were in the
parade there one night last week. The
demonstration was In honor of the Re
publican victory In the State.
SUFFERING FROM RELIGIOUS MA
MA.
There Is now IN the insane ASYLUM
here eight persons who arc suffering
from religious mania, developed by
what are termed "sanctiicatlon" meet
ings.
WANTS ALL SILVER LEGALlZED
1t was said some time ago to he the
purpose Of some populists Ia Introduce
i'm the next Legislature bill To make
"a N ~
trade dollars and Mexican dollars. For
several weeks nothing more has been
heard OF this matter. The idea was
originated by Senator Butler and was
developed by w. y. Guthrie, it seems.
HOW BUTlER FIGURES IT.
The Caucasian, Senator Eutiers pa
per, says to-day: You will never see
a Democratic paper acknowledge that
Z. Is. Watson. the head of the ITmo-
cratic state ticket. was beaten by IL 900.
but such Is the stubborn fact. TO be-
gin with, there We're east for Prcsidcn-
tial electors S3l.00O votes. OF this mum
Der Watson received 1870. 600. in round
numbers. There were. therefore, cast
POI 600 votes which he did not secure
ana the difference between the 100 GOO
which he did receive, and the POI .OCO
which he did not receive is the major
lily OF votes by which he was Defeated
ana the head of the Democratic ticket
was repudiated in North Carolina
That difference is 1l.00o. 1t is true thnt
all this majority may not have gone to
any one man or to any several men
but II was against the head of the Dem
ocTatic ticket ana we can make nothing
less of it than a defeat of the Demo-
cratic ticket by 7l,OO0 majority"
DEMOCRATS MUST KEEP OFF.
The Caucasian says that there seems
10 be right much ado among some Dem
ocratic papers over the election of u
United States Senator. We think II
can be pretty positively stated that
Democrats Will not be allowed to have
anything TO do with il, and they had
Just as well shut their miserable State
uesecratihS, lying mouths. Whatever
Is uone VIII be the proper thing and
mi NH De sustained by the people.
me Caucasian revilcs the Democrats
Tor the suggestion that the color line
Will be drawn" and says. that issue IL
as dead as Judas Iscariot"
AN EXCELLENT SHOWING
The quarterly statement of all the
banks In the state was completed to-
dag and makes an excellent showing
as 10 the volume of business
y QUEER SNAKE.
A snake over six feet long ana with
Two feet is on the way to the State mn
scum here. 1t was killed by son of n
preacher and thirty men who saw II
Fouch for its legs. dimensions and
queer colors
THEY SPLIT THEIR TICKET
The reports to Republican hendouor-
tiers show that while in Mecltlenh,,r.
4,223 negroes registered. only 3.q51 voted
LOT mckinney, and only S.74s for Rus