The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-09
TWICE THE MAJORITY EVER
KNOWN IN THAT STATE.
A Fair and Square Vote Was Had and an
Honest, Open. Count is Now Going
on-At Least 5, 900 Populists Deserted
Their Candidate aud Voted the Demo
cratic Ticket, and So Did Large
Number of Negro voters-A Big
Victory.

Little Rock, Ark, Sept. 8.-Returns of
yesterday selection in this State continue
/ to come in and while very few official
counts have yet been made, and as fully
ten days will elapse before complete re-
turns will be made known, last nights
predictions sent out from here of jones'
majority being 5000 will undoubtedly
be verified with a possible increase of
5000 to 10000. From all counties the
report comes that a fair and square vote
was had and that an open count Of the
ballot is now going on.
The Democratic ticket was elected by
twice the majority ever before polled in
the State and 1t is noteworthy fact that
at least 5000 Populists deserted Files and
voted for Jones, as did large number of
the colored voters of Woodruff and Jack.
son counties The fusion ticket Of Re-
publicans and Populists carried the leg
islature and several of the county offices
OF the northwest, but no returns have
reached this city of any county having
gone for either of these parties.
:. CHAIRMAN. JONES PLEASED.
Chicago, Sept Chairman Jones, of
the Democratic national committee, in
speaking OF the result of the Arkansas
election, said to-day:
II expected II majority of about 10000,
but was entirely unprepared for what
seems to be the result. l attribute the
tremendous majority to the interest in
bimetallism and free silver. The result
in Arkansas shows what may reasonably
be expected throughout the entire South
and West, just as the result in Vermont
foreshadowed the result in the New Eng
land States.n - J;s W.
AS VIEWED IN WASHINGTON.
Washington, Sept 9.--The result of
the State election in Arkansas is vari-
ously interpreted at the different political
headquarters.
Chairman Babcock, of the Republican
Congressional committee, said to-day:
s"The large Democratic majority was of
no significance, as the Democrats had
been practically hnopposed. The result
was foregone conclusion and is no sur
prise"
Chairman Butler, of the Populist ma
tional committee, attributes the largely
increased Democratic majority to the fact
that a fuS vote was polleG. ''The silver
men have been staying at home IL recent
elections" he said, because there was
no issue TO appeal to their convictions
This year it is different and the result of
the Arkansas election is u legitimate con-
sequence of the change"
Mr.. Clark Howell, in charge of the
local branch of the Democratic committee
said:
''The result in Arkansas is gratifying
surprise. We had no idea that the ma
Jority would even approximate the figure
1T has reached. We counted on an in.
crease over the last Democratic majority,
but we would have been perfectly salts
fed If this years majority had reached
$4,000 and would have felt that even that
increase was Indicative of the growing
silver sentiment in the trans Mississippi
States. The fact that the majority will
reach 90, 600 emphasizes more than ever
the earnestness of the masses of the peo-
pie in favor of the restoration of silver
to its former coinage conditions