The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-08-30
THE OFFICIAL COUNT.
THE CAMPAIGN SOON TO OPEN

Chairman Simmons Will put his whole
heart and soul into the work and will
direct and manage a brilliant campaign
and canvass of the State, one which
Will doubtless be as successful, for all
practical purposes, as the great victory
of August; even if the majority for
Mr.. Bryan's electors is not quite ss
large as that of Mr.. Aycock and the
Amendment, it will be az certain ard
as decided, for never was the machin-
cry in better shape and the chief engl-
neer never better qualified or in better
heart to compass the defeat of the
enemy.
VANCE STATUE AFTERMATH.
Though the crowd of visitors at the
unveillng of the splendid bronze statue
of Vance, last Wednesday, was not as
large as expected, it WAS representa-
i've ore, the visitors coming from wide
ly distributed sections of the State,
quite number from other States, and
the occasion was a great success.
Everyone recognized the striking,
faithful likeness to the original, in
both form and feature, as soon as the
Statue was unveiled by his two little
grau3-daughters, Epsy and Ruth Vance
ana 1t will be popular object of in
terest to visitors In all the years to
come.
Aud there he stands-North Caro-
lina's greatest and most beloved son,
in death as in life the peoples idol
God bless his memory!
The official count by the State board
of canvassers makes the majority for
the Amendment 1892, out OF total
vote of 80, 500, the vote for the Amend
ment being 282,217, and against it
1885, The total vote is over 10000
less than that cast in 1898, but the
Amendment received 4,71S votes more
than the total Democratic vote of that
year, which was 1T ,499. Wake coun-
ty cast total vote of 10,146, which is
1000 more than was cast in any other
county. Thirty-two counties gave ma
]orities against the Amendment-only
four of them being east OF Raleigh, the
others nearly all In the western tier OF
counties. Only two votes in New
Hanover and seven in Scotland were
cast against it. The board of State
canyassers completed their work last
Saturday. Aycock's official majority
over Adams is 6O,354, the vote being
1856, $50 to l26, 1886. The majorit1es OF
the other Democratic candidates follow ::
Turner over SeaweH, 60,997 Grimes
over Thompson, 59,S17; Lacy over
Worth, 1921 Dixon over Aver, &c.
966; Toon oyer English, $685.; Gill
mer over Walser, $1,000; Patterson
over Mewborne, $1,000; Warner over
Hamrlck, 60,O13; MCNEIL over Rey-
nolds, $685.; Rogers over Peace,
6O,OS7.
A curious feature is that while Tur-
ner's majority is the largest OF all, he
actually did not receive as many votes
as Aycock (by 1917, or Patterson, or
Dixon, or Rogers. But Seawell, bis
opponent, was badly scratched" which
accounts for the figures.
The prohibition candidate for Gov
ernor, Mr.. Sheets, received 1853 votes.
Judge-elect w. B. Council will take
the oath of office this week, and be the
first of the candidates elected on the
I'd instant to 60 into office. Judge
Bowman, the present judge of the 10th
district, being an appointee of the
Governor to fill vacancy, retires after
the election" of his successor, Gimme
diately after the ascertainment of the
result In the manner provided by law"
the State canvassers haying just per-
formed that duty.
There are said to be a dozen candi-
dates for the Democratic nomination
for Congress in the Sth district, by the
convention which meets at Lenoir.
Sept. 6. Democratic prospects are said
to be bright In that district, especially
with E. Spencer Blackburn as the OPP
posing candidate.
Senator Butler is supposed to be in
Chicago at this writing, where the
Populist national committee of which
he is chairman, meets tomorrow (28th)
tc consider the vice-presidential nomi-
nation question. Butler is against the
endorsement of Stevenson and will
doubtless raise a row there this week.
The 'union" operatives at Durham
are holding out and taking work at
mills elsewhere, but the Erwin mill
officials say they are not inconvenienced
by the strike, az it was desirable to cur
tail production at present, and instead