The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-09
NO FURTHER ANXIETY AS TO ELECTION
OF NICHlN AND THOMAS
SIMMONS VOTE STILL GROWING
His Majority Now Estimated at About
Fifty-Eight Thousand-Pou's Major
fly Nearly Five Thousand
Carries the state by Twenty-Ffvc
Thousand. Getting Ten Thousand
Majority I'm the second District-Bla-
den County Goes Republican
Especial TO the Messenger }

Raleigh. ~. c., November 7.-hlf
wake, heard from save ore precinct.
gives Simmons go majority. That
township probably gave Carr 75 major
ity.
]. ]. Jenkins, populist nominee for
congress, in this district. carried Chat
ham by about 800. Chatham gave Nc
kinley 500 majority. Practically all
the populists there voted for Mckinley.
not over so having voted the middle-of-
the-road ticket. This was also the
case in Sampson county. That county
and Chatham are the two populist
strongholds.
Giles. republican nominee for con-
gress, is here and tells me he had from
start of campaign expected Pou to beat
him 1000 to 5000.
Randolph gave ]. 500 majority against
Pou.
Josephus Daniels tells me the Second
district gave Bryan 10000 majority.
Chairman Simmons said this after
noon that the figures now in hand show
55, 900 ajority over Carr and added
that he expected IL to reach $1,000 or
$4,000.
The smallness of the vote for electors
and congressman surprises the demo-
| Gratis. 1t Is safe to say there will never
again be two elections in one year.
| IfOMAS AMI hlICf1lN E<LE<tl ELL
District Democratic Chairman ]. r.
Young tells me tonight that Pou gets
| between 1900 and 5000 majority for
| congress.
| Raleigh, y. c., November Intense
| anxiety as to the election Of Thomas
| in the Third congressional district was
| dispelled late this afternoon by tele-
| grams to democratic headquarters from
county chairmen, sowing that Thomas
| 70 hyc I
| turns say he carried Onslow by 991,
| Duplin 625 Craven 500, Jones 120, total
| 2,736, and that Fowler carried Sampson
| by 1,000 Cumberland 15O Bladen $50.
| Moore 225, total LBS, with Harnett to
| hear from.
| Upon receipt of the above advices a
| telegram of congratulation was sent
by headquarters to Mr. Thomas.
Harnett county, in the Third district.
| is heard from. 1t gives Thomas 1000
majority. Pearsall says Thomas is
| elected by not less than I200. He
| also says Kitchin is elected by not less
than 400
| There was also anxiety as TO the
| Fifth district until late this afternoon.
| Republicans were claiming it. Reterns
now show that Kitchin has carried IL
by 800 to 1000 This depended largely
up Granville county.
Jones county, in which Chairman
Simmons was born and where he lived
| until 22 years old cast only 10 votes
| against him, and Onslow in which he
practiced law fifteen years, cast only
| 81 votes against him.
BLADEN COUNTY.
| EliZabethtown, n. c., November T.
| Eleven out Of fifteen townships gives a
republican majority Of 14S and Sim
| mons a majority of 906. The full re-
| turns will. reduce Fowlers' majority to
| about I25 and increase Simmons ma
| jority to ], 100.
ONSLOW COUNTY.
Jacksonville, n. c.. November T.
| Onslow's vote was: Bryan 1854, Nc
| Kinley 653, Thomas 1859 Fowler .6S,
Simmons 1901, Carr 98.
| BRYAN'S MAJORITY.
Raleigh, n. c.. November Returns
from eighty counties up to midnight
show $4,000 majority for Bryan. Ma
tional Committeeman Daniels gives me
these figures. 1t will be at least two
days before the total vote and exact
majority can be given. Secretary Pear
| sails estimate is q. .O00