The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-09

tives.
The returns of yesterday showed
there was no appreciate change in the
vote in New Hanover. but it will be
impossible to set the returns absolute
Iy accurate until today when the board
them. With the exception of Mason
boro township Goodwin gets 1,248 votes
and Schulken 81 in this county. In
Brunswick county the vote is very
close put it is said hat Schulken will
get a small majority. In all the other
counties in this district Goodwin gets
large majorities and Will get a larger
majority than the democrats got two
years ago when the district went dem
ocratic by about 5000 majority. God
wins majority will be nearly $500, a
democratic gain. Leaving out Bruins
wick Godwin's majorities are about
as follows:
Harnett, $50; Cumberland, $50; Bla-
den, 600; Robertson, 1000; Columbus,
-425; and New Hanover. 1,150. 1t is
said that the democratic ticket is
elected in all of the counties in this
congressional district with the excep-
ton of Brunswick, and the majorities
are said to run about like those for
Goodwin and Schulken. The republic
nonC uyNra 10 lc1JIofino IN or,ttiro dDuvn
the democratic majOrities in this dis
trict but instead things have gone the
other way.
A representative of The Messenger
had a talk with Mr.. Goodwin owe the
long distance telephone last night and
he expressed himself as being highly
gratified with the result of the cleo
ton, the majority received being even
larger than anticipated, for this is an
off year and as a usuaI thing there is
a falling off in the vote on all but
presidential years.
THE NEW HANOVER VOTE
When compared to the vote of 1904
the vote in New Hanover shows an in
crease, which was hardly looked for in
ar off year. While the vote is small
when compared. to the registered vote,
it shows a gain when compared to the
vote two years ago, which was a presi-
Dental year. Chairman William J.
Bellamy deserves the greatest credit
for the work he did nowards getting
out a large vote and but for his efforts
in this county the vote would have, no
doubt, been much smaller. 1t is not
often that a vote on al off rear is lar
ger than on a presidential year. That
is unless there is some local issue to
bring the voters out and there was
most assuredly nothing of the kind
this year but quite the contrary.
The board of canvassers will meet
this morning at II o'clock at the court
house to canvass the returns Ind de
clare who is elected. The registrar
and judges Of each ward Or township
elect one Of their number as a member
of the board of canvassers. In yester-
days paper the word elections" ap-
peared where "canvassers' should
have been. The board of elections have
nothing to do with passing upon the
returns but it is the board OF canvas
sers. as stated above.
BRUNSWICK GOES REPUBLICAN
Brunswick seems to have gone al
most solidly republican, only n DEM
ocrat, r. S. Newton, candidate for clerk
Of the court, being certain of election.
His majority will be in the %neighbor-
hood of $50. There Is some doubt in
regard to county surveyor and two OF
the commissioners, the vote being ex-
tremely close but indications point to
republicans having been elected. DEM
ocratic candidate for surveyor was W.
r.. Holmes and F. w. McKeithan ran
on the republican ticket. One precinc
had not been heard from yesterday at
sternoon, Makatopa- A very small vote
IFS cast at this point and in the last
election it went republican. Jackson
Stanland is elected sheriff; John de
Jenerette, register Of deeds; G.. E.
Brooks, treasurer, and G. Ed. Taylor
defeated M. G. Guthrie for the legisla-
-ture by a majority of about $50. d. r.
Johnson's majority over George D.
Bellamy for the senate was "a, not in
scluding the above named precinct, but
the majority of Bellamy in New Han
over will elect him to the senate by a
large majority. There is a wide va
rance in the Brunswick majorities.
Brunswick seems to have been the only
county in this section where the vote
was close.