The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-05
ELECTION ONLY ONE DAY OFF.
~o.voRRow TO DECIDE WHO WILL
RULE ron FoUR YEARS MORE.

the Election Here Promises 60 ne
auiet one. bnt a Large Vote Ii Ex-
,ectcd-RepubIicRn Candidate Is
Making Decided MA for the
.ahor vote aud Has "a Number of
white workers Engaged on This
Itne-But slight Interest Evinced
an the National Election and Very
tt,1s betting Going on-Country
souuttes Promise 60 Turn out a
Large Vote.
t,.rvthinr IS in readiness for to-mov-
roe. election throughout the North.
t... and West il viii be a day OF hard
,,rk as well as OF intense interest 70
-. campaign managers ana their assist
ants Down South. and particularly In
ssganrah the day will be a comparative
IS quiet one
raere Is no excitement here, AMI the in
tsrsst even In the congressional election.
4. not At white heat by any means. The
friends OF the two candidates for Con
rrsss who have been aiding them IN the
conduct OF their campaign. win put 10
considerable quiet work, getting things in
rea iiness for tomorrow, IN order tnat
there may be no slips when tie lime
comes for rounding w the voters
j, Is believed that good vote will BE-
polled. owing. FIRST. TO the general inter
est which ls felt IN the national campaign.
especially among the business men, aud.
second 10 the eongrossiona! race. Many
n,tved tickets viii bc voted. Many husi-
mess men Will go TO the polls and vote
tbe Republican national ticket. as they
aid four years ago. but % per cent. OF
these viii vote for col Lester for Con
gross The latters friends are satisfied
that he has nothing to faar fvom mis-
source very decided bid Is being made
~ The Republican caudidate. however. ter
she labor vote. and this Is the point which
tse Democratic managers will watch. Il f.
known 10 be a fact that the Republican
rand date has the assistance OF number
81 white workers. and these ara going
th4tr hest 20 convince the labor men
thaf O.. Lester has not shown "a proper
interest In their welfare In what re-
sp.rt the Republican candidate mas ever
otlnced his love for the Vorkin@uiAn =
not stated.
a. LEMONS assistants are working
very NNENMtiH hAt AAAAr AAffH -
the sickets which will De used 10 thls enH
was received al the Morning News once
tsst night IL is headed Democratic
Ticket" and IS an exact duplicate OF tHe
regular Democratic ticket. wien the eA-
rertion that IL bears the imprint OF the
Allied Printing Trades Council OF SaFah-
nah al che top and has Mt Leakeh
name in place Of COL Testers az the bot
tom Voters will do We'll 10 Watcn out tVF
these tickets tomorrow.
The efforts Of the supporters OF the two
candidates are likely to bring out larger
vote than would otherwise be- the case.
The meeting called rs Chairman r W
WeIdrim az the Court House tonight 10
rearenuize che Democrats Executive
Committee Of the county is also hkely 70
have a good effect Reports from the
other counties OF the district are 20 she
effect that their vote promises 70 be con
siderably larger than that OF four years
ago The fact 81 Mr Leakcn' campaign
through the district and the further fact
that Ire has endeavored 90 win SUPPORT
from Democratic sources has aroused the
Democrats Of the district and they have
promised to appear at the pols ~ sarge
numbers quiet and orderly election
throughout the district Is expected. how
ever
Ii seems 20 be so generally taken for
granted here that the voters o. the coun-
try al large Will indorse the Republican
administrator for another four years rule
that the interest In the election 8 much
less than if usually the case. This ia ef-
isrnred bv the very small amount Of he'-
ting going OF Hut few bets are offered.
and there are rarely any takers There
g. some speculation as 10 how thc douhttul
states Will go and most Of the bets made
are as 10 the results in these states. hut
Few Democrats are willing 10 bet even
10
York. though there are a number who are
willing 10 put even money on Kentucky
end MARYLAND and some who are willing
30 take odds on Indiana. As 60 how the
result is Hkely 10 stand on the electoral
vote everybody is at sea, though there
nre enthusiastic sound money men VINO
are willing 10 het even money that Nc
kiuley's electoral vote viii be FUZZY as
large as tina, 81 1885,
The interesting time for Savannah will
come tomorrow night when the election
returns viii be received. The returns
will be received at a number OF places
iu Savannah At the Morning News Of
rec the reports will be received by direct
wire and bulletincd Immediately 20 the
crowds tn waiting. At the Elks Carnival
the company which has the stcreopteon
privilege will receive the returns by wire
and nash them upon the canvas. II is
hardly likely that any information Of real
interest viii begin 10 come in before ?
o'clock. and decisive reports showing
which way the election has gone can
hardly be expected before II o'clock. New
York's vote will probably he known hy
midnight. hut n Kentucky. Maryland and
Indiana prove to be as close as s. claimed
the results IN those stotes viii hardly be
known until the following day. However,
the reports will probably be sufficient 20
show whether or not Mr.. Mckinley has
carried enough states 20 insure hts re-
election