The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-07

and it was one of the quietest election
days on record. The negroes took little
interest in the proceedings, and their
vote was very light, except in the few
black districts, like the Outside West.
The polling places were entirely free
from crows of negroes loafing about
eilau are sometimes seen, and likewise
from the brawling and disorder and
cnallenglng of votes that such state
or things inevitably carries in its
train.
The general trend of the vote for
senator IN most of the districts was
Tor Summons all day. There were two
or three precincts, however. where
1he tloe set Tor Carr with equal persis-
tency.
In the first division of the first
ward at IL o'clock, out of 156 votes
cast LOT senator, Simmons had nearly
t"o-.hlrds OF the votes. There were
nearly 200 votes in the presidential
election, and Mckinley had only about
~ OF these. At 4:45 in the afternoon,
the Senatorial vote stood at 254 total.
with Simmons majority rs or so. A
total OF 1911 votes had been cast. with
about the same majority for Bryan as
in the morning.
In the second precinct of the same
ward, the conditions were similar, but
the majorities were not so large. At
1880 the vote stood, Simmons 81, Carr
80. The total votes polled were about
III, with Bryan leading by more than
z to l. At 1880 p. M, Simmons still
led by majority of about 80, and 241
votes i'm all had been cast, with about
the same proportion for Bryan.
In the second ward, the first pre-
cinct, at IL O'Clock in the morning,
showed Simmons well ahead, although
Carr had II fairly good sprinkling. A
total of 154 had voted out of $50. 1t
was thought Mckinley would not get
more than SO Or 60 votes. There were
few split tickets in this district,
naming the Republican national cleo
tors, POu for Congress, and Simmons
in the primary. AT 4:30 in the after
noon the vote was 234, with Simmons
far in the lead. The total presidential
vote was 3OS, nearly all for Bryan.
The second precinct of this ward, at
11:30 a. M, showed a total Senatorial
vote of rs, of which ~ were for Sim
mons. Out of 1877 Presidential votes,
Mckinley had only about 30. At 4:30
p. M. the vote stood, Simmons 1873,
Carr 73. The Presidential vote was
PAL, practically all for Bryan.
The first precinct of the third ward
was a Carr district all day by small
majority. At II o'clock in the morning
Carr was II ahead, 143 votes for Pres
ident had been cast, 100 Democratic
and 43 colored Republican. This dis
trict at o'clock showed Carr in the
lead out of PIT. The total was 325,
with 225 for Bryan.
The second precinct of this ward
at II o'clock showed 81 to IS in favor
of Simmons. About 116 votes had been
polled, of which Mckinley led about
rs, only about 30 or 40 whites having
voted at this time. At o'clock the
vote stood, Simmons 60. Carr 80. The
total vote was 1922, and Mckinley led
by about 100.
In the first precinct of the fourth
ward at 1890 o'clock, 100 votes in the
Presidential contest had been cast,
with so to so for Bryan. Simmons
had rs, and Carr 25. One man in this
district who had voted against the
Amendment in August wanted to vote
in the Senatorial election, but was not
allowed to do so. At nearly 5 o'clock,
out of 10, Simmons had 119, and Carr
81. In the Presidential vote, BRYAN
had about two-thirds majority. Two
hundred and forty one votes had been
polled.
In the second precinct, at 1890
o'clock, Simmons led by Is to 10. A
total of 16S votes had been cast. most
ly colored. This is a black district
and conceded Republican.
The outside West. early in the after
| noon showed in the North district.
Carr 43, Simmons Is. This is a black
district. The South district was very
| close in Senatorial vote, but probably
giving Simmons a small ma jority. Out
of IT'S. Bryan led about 100.
In the outside East, North, Carr was
20 ahead at about o'clock p. m. The
| Presidential vote was about stand
off. with BRYAN perhaps about 20 in
| the lead. The South district at 3:45
p. m. gave Carr 81, Simmons %. This
is black district.
Tt will be seen by this summary that
| the voting was quite even during the
| day, that is, that there was no rust
| toward the afternoon. In some pre-
cincts the heavier vote was polled in
the morning.
Mr.. F. NJ. Simmons and Gen. Julian
| s. Carr were both In the city yester-
day, and received many callers. Mr..
Simmons friends began to offer their
congratulations early in the dav.
There were practically no disputes
over the question of voting in the
primaries, and hardly any attempts
were made to vote by any except those
4 I.