The Atlanta constitution., 1900-09-03
LONG TICKET CAUSES DELAY.
Counting of Vote in South Carolina
Is Slow.

Columbia 6 C August 3o.-iSpecldi'
With her big counties and net ma a9Hi'i
distances It is always slow Woih sO'tlt- -
o1actt,,, roturns in South Carolina, but
this wear the usual trouble mas p'Cn
,ravatod by ponderous tickets anu -
snr,, Instances the managers were work
,nc, on rho count for twelve hours. me
state ticket with thirty Candidates va
bad enough, but when In addIuoH .''o
managers, had to handle tickets p'dl 'n9
from seventy 10 eighty-hVe haiileS '''o
task was exhaustive
Tomorrow probably all the boxes VIII
be reported and the official count may DC
made. There IS some trouble in ShaIles-
ton about the loss of one important ooN'
or rather of the poll list. and 1t Is Delhs
hold M for investiga There is pos
sibilitv that this box may change the
result in the sheriff's fight about which
there IS much bad blood. Martin no"
has the advantage over Jervey.
McSweeney. on the returns from about
10000 votes. and with but 1850 or oVVV
moro to hear from. leads Colonel Hoyt,
the prohibition candidate, by nearly 5OVV.
one of the surprises is the poor run
made hv Frank b. Gary. who was ad-
mittedlv the choice Of Governor Tillman
for governor. his vote being barely one
third OF Hoyt's lie VIII take third
place. with Patterson, of BarnWel,
fourth Whitman bringing up the rear OF
this. his fourth race for governor, with
less than so votes 10 his credit.
state Treasurer Zimmerman and J. II.
Jennings, a one-armed confederate arc
running a neck and neck race. Jennings
rot maiorities In most Of the counties.
bur Charleston gave Zimmerman a lead
of 5000. The result VIII probably not be
known tn the Official count
Colonel Jim Tillman. a nephew of the
senator doubles the next highest man Tor
lieutenant governor. There were hVe run
ming and .hc vote was very much spH'
up. Tuman and Colonel John I. Siodh'
of Columbia. Will run over, win 'Hc
chances in favor Of Tilman. lie became
noted IN the spanish war for encouraging
his men to petition for muster out.
" u Evans and J. l.. Wharton Will
run over for railroad commissioner.
JoseDh Johnson defeats Stanyarne VIII
son for reelection 10 congress Dy more
than 1000 Wilson has served Two terms
i'm congress and each time Johnson mas
rum against him. Wilson, IN the days
when factIonal strife was bitter, was in
,bo state senate He was Governor Illl-
mans right hand man; a leader VINO
conceded nothing 10 an opponent re icu
mo n,aiorities that for so many sessions
III the legislature had every lhlnS tncli
own way Johnson was on lhe other sue
lie got few votes the lrSt tliie he ran
for congress. but mas BAiheu them edC4i
lime TN success is won.
In the .ixth district a new man also
has a chance Lieutenant Governor scar
borough, young lawyer, IS a lew votes
ahead of Congressman James norton. A'
there is a third man in the helu-J. =.
E,ifrbe who has drawn more than 1000
votes-none can have majority, SO the
tvo highest will contest aGalp next
Tuesday week.
senator Tillman will have his majority
and so will go back to the senate, Dut
he has been badly scratched. He VIII run
probably 26 900 behind the ticket. He was
scratched both in the towns and cities.
HIS loss would have been greater had ne
NOT been on particular good terms with
Charleston Just at present. lie IS assist
ing that city in the fight for the naval
station and I'm other local matters OF in
terest His vote there was quite large,