The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-07
THE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY ABOUT
fIFTY-MINE THOUSAND
BUTLER SHOWS TRUE COLORS
says b State Shall Go for Mckinley.
His Cry Of Fraud Answered In Most
Scathfng Terms by Ex-Chairman
Pou-Only One Election R~ow-Popu-
lists Break up Ballot Box and Destroy
the BalIots-Russell Disbands His
Body-Guard-County Returns
Especial to the Messenger.)


Carolina to-day. The compilation of
returns tonight shows that demo-
cratic majorities aggregate 64,67s and
fusion majorities SIPS. making the net
democratic majority 1858.
There will be contests in several
counties, there being irregularities in
Randolph and Harnett n smaller
ones in Wilkes and Chatham. In the
latter county at Congressman Atwa-
ter'S precinct, a fusion stronghold, the
fusionists, finding they We're being
outvoted, asSaulted the election Off
GERS and, smashed the ballot boxes and
burned the ballots. This is h only out
rage which occurred in the state yes
terday so far as known.
The returns show that to the senate
there are elected 3S democrats and 9
fu~sionists, with 8 seats doubtful and TO
the house 50 democrats and IL fu-
sionists, while II seats are in doubt.
There was some talk to-day about
national politics. This grew out OF a
| rumor that Senator Butler had de-
clared North Cardinals electoral vote
should be cas for Mckinley.
Chairman Simmons said at demo-
cratic headquarters tonight that the
states vote would be cast Tor Bryan
beyond pe~radventure.
Mecklenburg, Edgecombe and Robe
SON are the banner" counties so far
as the vote on the constitutional amend
ment is concerned; ach gave it $500
majority, New Hanover ranking second
with 3,O16. There will be only two pop
ulistS in the legislature, both from
Senator Buffers county. Sampson.
Senator Butler is here. He has kept
very quiet to-day.
The local military who were ordered
on duty Tuesday afternoon by Gov
at noon to-day.
Senator Butler said this afternoon,
the election returns he had were not
definite enough for an estimate by
counties, and added: Every
county has gone democratic, and the
majority for the constitutional amend
ment can be anything desired. Ger
tifcates of election will be given, I
should say to seventy democratic rep
resentatives and thirty to thirty-five
democratic senators. OF course 1t
could be more, because the stealing
pacity is unlimited" The senator says
he expects to spend ext week fishing
and resting after his campaign, which
is the most disastrous on record in
North Carolina.
RETURNS BY COUNTIES.
Returns of election as compiled at
democratic headquarters Show the fol-
lowing democratic majoritieS:
Alamance 100, Allegheny 200, Arson
1,625, Beaufort 1000, BERTHE 1,545, Bla
den 200, Buncombe 600. Burke $50, Ca
barrus 800, Camden Z. Carteret go,
CasWell 100, CataWba so. ChOWan 400,
CIa1ra1o nd I S19 Columbus 600 Graz
ven 1,5OO, Cumberland 1000, Currituck
500, Duplin 727. Durham 4S7, Edgecombe
$500; Forsythe 500, Franklin 1,5O0, Gas
ton 800, Gates 65S, Granville 600, Greene
632, Guilford 800, Halifax 5000, Harnett
154, Haywood 400. HEREFORD 975, Hyde
100, Iredell 400, Jackson 100, Johnston
2,140, Jones 200, Lenoir 1850, Lincoln
| 200, Martin 1,O23, Mcdowell 2Os, Neck
lenburg $500, Montgomery 46O, Nash
| 800, New Hanover 3,016, Northampton
| 1858, Onslow 800. Pamlico 100, Pasquo-
tank 500, Pender 1000, PerquimanS
| 300, Person 433, Pitt 1900, Richmond
| 1,5OO, Robson $500, Rockingham S61,
| Rowan 1,5O0. Rutherford 200, Scotland
LOO, Stanley 500. Pennsylvania 10,
Tyrell 250, Union 1,SO0. Vance 4OO, Wake
1,4OO, Warren 800, Washington 400,
Wayne 1890. Wilson 1900. Yancey 500.
Fusion majorities are Alexander 100,
Caldwell 100. Cherokee 200, Davie 300,
Henderson 425, Madison 900, Mitchell
], 500, Moore 150, Sampson 1000, Wilkes
600, Yadkin 740.
Estimates as to other counties are:
Ashe 200 fusion, Brunswick $50 fusion,
CLAY 100 fusion, Dare so democratic,
Graham so fusion, Macon so fusion,
Polk so fusion, Surry 200 fusion, Swain
100 fusion, Watauga 200 fusion, Yam
cey 80 democratic.
BUTLER'S CHARGE OF FRAUD.
Regarding Senator Buffers letter in
The Washington Post this morning,
James H. Pou eX-chairman of the
democratic state committee, and law
partner of Chairman Simmons, says.
Buffers telegram will receive no at
tention in North Carolina. He is
known in this state and few men can
be found who Will believe a word he
SAYS. His campaign and his
campaign literature have contained
for two months little hat was not false.
The election in the state was peaceful,
orderly and fair. There was no fraud
and no occasion for fraud; because the
democratic party was thoroughly
united AMI the opposition broken all
to pieces. Thousands of white repub-
licans voted for the amendment and
for our state ticket. Leading white
republicans of Raleigh and Of this
state publicly supported the amend.
ment and our ticket, and many ne
groes are reported to AVE voted fol-
the amendment and our ticket. The
great majority of populists in the
state supported the amendment and
our ticket, and MANI negroes are re-
ported to have voted for the amend
ment and u ticket.
Mr.. Butler Knows this as well as
anyone, but he has deliberately chosen
to misrepresent his state in the eyes
of the nation
The people of the United States
knowing him as a United States sena-
tor, and not knowing his despicablt
character and total disregard Of truth
might notice what he says, and fol-
that reason only / am willing to &c
to the trouble TO deny his statements
If the people OF b United States knew
Butler as we'll as the people of North
Carolina know him. denial would not b.
necessary. He is h most odious man
and he is held in more general con-
tempt, than any man who ever live
in North Carolina Only two mer
lwhom the populist party have ever