The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-11
THE E9)ODNENS CONTINUES
Latest Returns From
State Election.
A SOLID DELEGATION
In Congress Among the Possibilities.
Eight Congl essmen Certainly Elect.
crats-Only About a Score Of FUSION
lists Elected TO the Lower House.
Battle Elected Judge Of the Criminal
Circuit.


Battle Elected Judge Of the Criminal
Circuit.
Raleigh, n. c., November AT 2
| o'clock Chairman Simmons says: Very
| likely Lowell democrat, is elected to
congress in the Eighth. This will make
all democratic save White. negro in
| the Second district
We appear to have ninety three
| members of the house sure, and il
| looks like over forty senators. 1t is in
| fact hard to find any republican sena-
| tors in the east save in BERTHE and
| Northampton and Warren, where we
! had never very seriously hoped to win"
| Specials say democrats gain 600 in
| Hertford Ashe elects all the demo-
cratic ticket by 100 to 800; Cowan elects
! a democratic senator. Lenoir is demo-
! cratic by 400 to $40; Tyrrell is demo-
| cratic by small majority; Mitchell
county gives only 900 republican ma
/ pority, falling off of 2OO Clay gives
/ Crawford, democrat, 1872 majority
| state ticket 20. Pasquotank and Cam
= den elect the democratic ticket; Jones'
! all democrats elected by IA majority;
Gates by $50; Burke by 100.
Raleigh, n. c., November AT 6
o'clock Democratic State Chairman
| Simmons said: Il believe we have
elected Fountain to Congress in the
Second district by 600 to 900 Lnney,
republican, is elected in the Eighth
/ A careful review of the congression-
al result made tonight at democratic
headquarters shows that in the First
district, when Pasquotank, the biggest
| republican county, gave Skinner only
one majority, the election of Small
/ was assured.
The Second district is in doubt. If
the Fountain tickets reached various
counties in time, White Is beaten by
| a small majority. 1t depends on the
vote in Halifax. The district is count
ed doubtful.
! Fowler is badly beaten by Thomas
in the Third. Fowler has a slender
majority in only two counties-Samp-
: son and Moore.
Atwater is elected to congress in
this district by 1200.
Kitchin had walk-over in the Fifth,
| carrying nearly every county. His
majority is nearly 1000
Bellamy is elected by an immense
majority, said to be 5000 or more.
Linney is defeated by Lovel in the
Eighth
Crawford has defeated Pearson by
/ 600 without doubt.
All the democratic solicitors seem
certainly elected. Mott is the only one
who may pull through.
Wake cOunty's vote was summarized
this afternoon. Atwater for congress
got $3.50; Jenkins, fusionist, 59s; demo-
cratic county ticket all elected by av-
erage Of 55
Republican headquarters broke up
this afternoon, Chairman Holton going
to Winston. He. like Aver, gives up
the entire outfit and makes no claim.
! There is great pleasure at the news
that Dossey Battle has defeated Thorn
as H. Sutton for judge Of the eastern
criminal circuit by at least 1900.
]. B. Lloyd's only comment on the
l.
1 got as many votes as Fountain"
Leading republicans say 25.O00 white
republicans voted the democratic
! ticket, and that as many Of them as
of populists voted it.
Estimate of the legislature by Chair
man Simmons at 9 o'clock is Al sena- =
tors and 81 members Of the house GER
tainly.
Chairman Simmons has received the
following additional returns, many Of
fetal: Franklin democratic 300 to 500
Guilford 125; Mecklenburg ]. 200; Bladen
go; Bertie, democratic county and leg
islative tickets elected. state ticket a
tie: Pasquotank, democratic. excep,
= register Of deeds. Skinner beat Small ]
. vote; Chowan. democratic member OF
the house; Edgecombe, county and
state tickets 500. Fountain for congress
$50; Alamance, IS democratic; Watau-
| ga, 250: Alexander 100; Carteret. 2j0;
Surry goes only 80 republican; HaT-
nett 210 democratic: Wilson 500 demo
cratic, giving Fountain 2,14s, White
51I and Lloyd $50: Lenoir. democratic
Green. Is democratic. w ayne, l,oJo IoI
democratic legislative tickets; Hert-
r ford, 315 republican: Arson, 500 demo
r cratic; Granville. 100 democratic for
. legislature and kitchin 3; New Bern
$40 republican on state ticket; North
; ampton, 325 on congressional: Durham
63s democratic: Montgomery, 200 demo
cratic: Chatham, democratic. w~sg CURES
not given; Pender, democrglic tickeI