The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-10
DAY OF GREAT REJOICING
ALL THE FUSIONISTS SAYING {:
81 TOLD YOU So"
THE COMPLETE OFFICIAL RETURNS
Pou's Majority About $500. Atwater's Ma
jority Nearly 1000. Capt. William
son Leads the County Ticket
With 623 Majority.


All the rejoicing in Raleigh over the
recent unprecedented victory won by the
Democrats of Wake county and North
Carolina did not find vent Tuesday night
Persons crowded the streets yesterday
discussing the situation, congratulatine
one another and telling how it was done
in their particular precincts.
The bright faces, merry laughter and
general good will among the Democrats
bespoke their joy. The hang-dog exnres-
sion worn by the Fusionists was a SINH
lar index to their feeling of disappoint
ment.
They were sad to the bone, though
many of them tried to take the thing
philosophically.
The saddest men were the court house
gang They were stunned, astounded
by their overwhelming defeat, and the
realization of the fact that they must at
once put their offices In order ana
vamoose the ranch.
These fellows are taking the Knockout
ten times as hard as the man who had
no office but was running all he knew
how to get it.
The total vote on the county, Legisla-
tive and Congressional tickets was as
follows:
Clerk-Russ, 5,6S9; Young, SOL; scat
tering, L. Russ majority, 526.
Sheriff-Page, 1915; Jones, 5,123;
scattering, %. Pages majority 427
Register-Hood 5,640; Rogers, 5,113:
scattering, %. Hoods majority, 504.
Observation-Disclosures sos; Barnes.
5,O72; scattering, %. Williamson's ma
jority, COS.
Coroner-McCullers, 5,643; Jones, 81
1OS; scattering, /. McCullers' majori-
ty. 534.
Surveyor-Blake, 5,643; Stell, 5,O96;
scattering, %. Blakes majority, 524
Congress-Atwater, 5,4SS; Jenkins,
5,09S; scattering, 5. Atwater's MAORI
ty, 1856.
1t is estimated that Atwater's MAORI
ty in the district will range from 1000
to 1900.
Many election bets were paid yestsr-
day. Republican hackers concede their
defeat without waiting for further re-
turns.
Somebody hung Grape ON Jim For
syth's door Tuesday night as a reminder
Of the defeat his party had received
AS a result he came up town yesterday
morning and it did not take long to
get into fight. No damage was done.
John r. Smith: 'Whom the Lord
this John r. declined to discuss the re-
suit.
J. w. Denmark: II know of no
news beyond that published in this morn
ing's News and Observer, and / don't
believe that was intended to cheer me
up"
]. L. Ramsey: "Oh, it could have been
worse"
j. G. L. Harris: II don't see how
w. S. Hyams: 81 expected it, but not
quite so bad"
Henry C. Dockery: Il spoke at Lilies
wills few nights before the election.
After the speaking / wrote down in a
book my prediction of the result of the
election. / did not miss it far, though
the landslide is worse than l anticipated.
Scene: DIR. Thompson, Hal Aver and
James b. Lloyd sitting around in the
Secretary of States office reviewing the
wreck.
Enter John A. Sims, of Cabarrus.
Sims-"Dr Thompson, my county has
gone for fusion"
Thompson Frightening up)-"What?
It's too good to be true"
Sims-"Yes, it was Democratic-Popu-
list fusion"
The mourners refused to smile and
the gloom of defeat again settled down
on this coincidence caucus.
Mr.. c. G. Baker last night received the
following telegram from his house in Bal
timore: ''We congra tulate the people of
North Carolina upon result of yesterdays
election. Pearre Bro. & Co."
In the jollifcation parade Tuesday
night one of Loge Harris sons Joined.
He had just returned from the Omaha
Exposition in time to vote Democratic
ticket.
Maj. Joshua B. Hill and many other
leading white Republicans in Raleigh
voted the straight Democratic ticket
Tuesday.
Hal Aver: 'I've been trying to anal
we the result of this election. Evidently
the people don't like what the two last
Legislatures have DONE"
Claude Bernard: 81 didn't predict it.
l kept trying to PERSUADE myself it
wouldn't happen. No set of men ever
had as much to contend with as we
did"
Chairman HolftSc,,iI s;..-. "No, / didn't sus-
pect the thing-untiI about a month ago."
Maj. Guthrie: "They sold Ire out two
years ago. Retribution has oXertaken
'em. / tell you if you'll just wait the
Lord'll turn the other fellow down @nd
put paddle in your hand. Then''if
you don't do the rest it's your owa
fault"