The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-04
| DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY OF
e5.876 IN NORTH CAROLINA.

Carolina today will be 65,S76 if the esti-
mates made by the county chairmen of
eighty counties and the estimate of the
News and Observer for the remaining
seventeen counties should prove to be
correct. In the judgment of this paper
the estimates elsewhere printed are too
conservative. The majority in such large
counties as Wake, Wayne, Robson,
Buncombe and Mecklenburg, together
with many smaller counties will prob
ably be larger than the county chairmen,
have estimated.
The estimates show that the Democrats
will carry So counties by an aggre-
gate majority of 7O,25S, and that the
Republicans will carry II counties by
an aggregate majority of 4,377, leaving
net Democratic majority of 65,S16-a
comfortable enough majority to show
how effectually the solid men of North
Carolina have repudiated the Independ-
ent. socalled, and Republican movement
in this great State in this good year. But,
if there is full vote, the majority in
the State will exceed the estimate fully
ten to twenty per cent. Indeed In the
majority of the counties East of Green's
boro, the Republican Independent-Any-
thing to get an-Office outfit has no
chance to win and therefore no stomach
for the fight. The majorities, therefore,
in many of those counties may be much
larger than have been estimated.
The tabulated figures printed today
show that there are 234,6S7 white voters
registered. Some of these. qualified
voters cannot vote this year because
they have not paid their poll tax, but
II is not believed that the number is
large. OF the negro voters, only 6,245
are registered in the entire State. In
most counties they have taken no interest
whatever in the election and have made
no attempt to register.
The registration is larger than has
been anticipated and is only 49,S01 short
of the Presidential vote in 1900. In 1900
Bryan received 1878 votes in North
Carolina and Mckinley received 1897
making the total vote 2sO,7SS At that
election there was no restriction of ne
gro suffrage. The total registration this
year is 24O.932.
1t is idle to estimate the total vote. In
the closely contested counties, represent
ine about third of the whole number,
the registered vote will be hearty all poll
ed. In those large counties where there is
either no opposition ticket, or no ticket
with any strength that makes an inter-
estng f1ght,-how will it be in those
counties? Nobody can safely predict
II would be natural to expect in them
very small vote, though there are many
indications that the vote will be larger
than the circumstances would naturally
bring out.
The Democrats will be well satisfied
with anything over 10000 majority. 1t
will far exceed that upon anything like
full vote.
We make no estimates by districts or
counties as to the county or district, or
legislative candidates. These results
may be expected:
/. There seems little room to doubt
that all the ten districts will elect the
Democratic nominees to Congress.
g All the Democratic Solicitors VIII
be chosen, except possibly three in three
doubtful districts.
g. One hundred of the 120 members OF
the House of Representatives will be
Democrats and not less than forty-three
of the fifty Senator's will be Democrats.
4. .Ae State and Judicial ticket Will
have a majority of not less than 65,S76.
And that will be glory enough.
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