The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-09
DEMOCRATS CARRY
WAKE BY 4 BIG
MAJORITY

With ideal election weather the peo
pie of Raleigh went early to the poll:
in gratifying numbers. The vote, while
it will not be as large as in years pre-
viously when there was sufficient po-
litical excitement to get out almost
every man who had a right to cast 9
ballot, will be in Wake county very
full one In Raleigh the indications
are that the Democratic majority viii
equal or exceed that of two years ago
While the meagre reports SO far re-
ceived from the country districts indi-
cate that the same conditions exist in
the country, although there have been
some losses in particular Localities anu
compromising gains in Others.
The 9'CftiZenS ticket will as was
Supposed, cut a very insignificant ng-
Elre in the county. Even the negroes
are boiling it and voting the Demo
cratic State and county as we'll as
Congressio nal tickets. The negroes
however have been of course sticking
steadily to Roosevelt, while many OF
them have scratched the Republican
ticket for the State and county Off
GERS: on the other hand there have
heen a number OF life long Republi-
cans Who have scratched the RooSe-
velt ticket while voting tor the State
and local candidates Of their party.
The indicated result is, therefore, that
the State ticket will only slightly lead
the National in the county majority.
There was absolutely no excitement
at either of the wards. Few men
hung around the polls as in former
years. the poll-holders. a few repre-
sentatives of the two county commit
tees and the quiet stream of the vot-
ers constituting at each precinct leis-
urely knot of men too small to be
denominated a crowd.
Such scratching as was INDUCED in
was aimed chiefly at the National
tickets by the classes of voters above
referred to. The Republican boast OF
the impending scratching of Judge
Francis Winstons failing utterly to be
carried out. Only one or two in
stances were mentioned in the entire
city of the candidate for Lieutenant
Governor having been scratched. The
splitting of tickets was almost entirely
by negroes who voted the Democratic
state and county tickets as revenge fol
their exclusion from the conventions
ty the office holding class of the party
and by old line Republicans Whc
scratched Roosevelt on account of his
negro policy. There were only one oil
two cases in which the Democratic
candidate for Governor was scratched
and these were almost without excep-
ton in the case OF Republicans who
were scratching certain of the candi-
Gates of their party. Democrats voted
early and straight.
Late yesterday afternoon the wards
We're visited by a reporter.
In the First Div sion of the First
Ward out of about $50 registered vot-
ers PAP had voted, of whom only Il
were Republicans.
In the Second Division of the First
out of 225 registered 10 had voted
OF whom only were Republican.
In First Division of SECOND Ward
out of a registration of go 1SS had
voted, of whom Is were Republicans
In the Second Division of that ward
?S6 had been registered. ia voted, OF
whom l were Republicans.
In the two divisions of the Third
Ward, where there has heretofore
.beep large Republican and Fusion
vote. the discrepancy between the
lumber of voters registered and vot-
iEg was very marked.
out of $50 registered in the First
Division of the Third Ward. only L.
had voted at a late hour. and of these
only 10 were Republicans.
In the Second Division of the Third
81 had voted out Of q registration of
145. There was & deal of scratching
and mixing of tickets in this ward, SO
that it could not be told without .
count how the various tickets were
running. Taking the head of the ticket
aS a fair example, % of the 81 votes
cast were for Roosevelt.
In the First Division of the Fourth
Ward LIS had voted out of registras
ton of 181, and OF these SO were Re-
pubIicans.
There was no trouble at any of the
polling places. Republicans were
generally disappointed in the result in
the city, especially in the scratching
INDUCED in by the negroes. and by the
failure of their vote to materialize, es.
pecially in the First Division of the
Third Ward. They consoled them
selves by Dragging confidently of
Eoosevelt's election and in making
GAINS which coulI not be confirmed
Of falling off of the Democratic vote
in the county.
FIRST WARD-SECOND DIVISION
Eo- President:
Parker .............. I0b
Roosevelt OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 8
20" Governor:
Glenn ............ '.....'... Il
Harris ................ o
Tor Lieutenant-Govcrn
Winston II
MeekInS -. ...- D
For Secretary OF state;
Crimes ....... $4,000 =
Jenkins .-.......'.. 1850
I'o- Auditor:
DIXON .+.-.... 80 - l :
Llnney ....-.'
For Treasurer:
Lacy .....,...,.'.. L . .
BAILEY .-...-..... $500 .
For SuGt. Instruction:
Joyner ....-......'.... l / :
Frazier ............. .
Tor Attorney General:
eIittllei - l :
1aTDorough
Tor Com. Labor and Printing:
iiiei -. 1890. =. 4 4 :
Hamrick
For Corporation Commission:
Rogers Zip
Appolt ..-.......... D
Tor Commissioners of Agriculture:
atteIsoh .....s........... IL
To" Associate Justice:
Brown ..-....-... ..........112
fIohe ....----..#..s liz
Montgomery >
Douglass (
For Judge FIRST District: