The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-24


W. {. Douglass. OF Raleigh, and
Willard NiaI. Of Mark Creek, Have
Won For the House. With Il Posi-
biiity That siiaI May be in a SEE
ond Primary.
The result of the Democratic rri-
mary in wake county 50 far as known
at the time Of going to press is as
follows:
SENAToi;-Joi,n {. Dreury, Of
Raleigh.
REPRESENTATIVE IN THE
UOtSG-N. {. Douglass, Of Raleigh:
Charles 4. Harris. OF Raleigh, and
MiIlard 1i;ai. OF Marks Creek.
CLERK or THE COUHT-W. VI.
Russ, 81 Raleigh.
REGISTER OF DEEDS-Joseph j.
Bernard. of Raleigh.
of !~;a'c,gl..
sIIHH3it-Joscph IL. Sears, OF
coc>rx SURVEY OE-W. T.. Mas
seq, OF Ncu~".
COUNTY COEONEH-Dr. l.. II.
S0r:CU. OF oak Grove.
County, COMMISSION titS-D. Il.
Johnson. of isaici@h: H.. Is. Harrison,
OF Marks creek: Y. Turner Smith. OF
Panther %t}r;tnc!l: w. {. ErcNcr OF
Wake Forest, and W. VI. Yates, OF
White oak.
The primaries held in Wake county
yesterday resulted in the nomination
of the above ticket, 50 far as can be
known With incomplete returns. n
action Of the majority expressed Ill
the primaries Will be ratified by the
voters at the election in NoVcmber,
and the above named nominees Will
control the affairs of Wake county
and represent the county III the next
General Assembly.
As the Vote Now Stands.
With full returns from the city and
with from five to ten country precincts
to hear from in whole or in part he
nomination seems as stated, ana tlc
following are the figures upon Ntlch
the estimate is based:
john G. DrerWry. for the Senate,
received 124I votes in Raleigh town
ship and 1,125 in country precincts
reported, a total Of 1896. Percy J..
Olive received 800 votes in Raleigh,
So in the ciuntrN precincts reported, d
total of 1,2&S. This gives DreWry Il
mapority of 1918.
For the House, the total number OF
votes cast were one-third OF the SUI
of all the votes cast, as each voter cast
his ballot for three, and this IS $40,
requiring 1875 or over to nominate.
Harris gets 1864 and is certainly
nominated. Douglass is second with
1,6l6 votes and he seems absolutely
safe. Mial is third With 1888, Il mar
row margin at present. while f'aison
is fourth. with 1,130 votes, Honeycutt.
fifth with 1862, one sixth With S33
votes while BlaNlock, who had with
drawn. received 30 votes, these III
Raleigh entirely. Only three MEM
bers of the House are to be elected.
The Snerifr's contest thu far leaves
Sears with Il majority of 261 votes
over all his competitors. Rand IS
second with 1,035 votes, Robbins third
With 264 and Whitaker last With 231.
Tr2a total vote of Sears is 1891, and
that of his opponents is 1880. 1t does
not seem that there Will be need Of
4 second primary.
The Stimatc of Il majority for new
Board Of County commissioners is
based on the vote thus far of d. I.
Johnson, who has 2,23S. while J.. II,
Adams has 1,631, this vote Of course
being subject to correction, but yet
giving the new Board a majority for
al its members, unless there is u
great change in the precincts yet to
come.
Here is a comparison: DreWry in
Raleigh township received 1,241 votes,
and in the country 1,125 votes. olive
received in Raleigh township 400 votes
and in the other precincts, So. For
the House the vote was: Harris, Raj
eigh township, less; county. 672.
Douglass, Raleigh township. ~;
county, S74. Mial, Raleigh township.
S.; county. 616. FaiSon, Raleigh
township. els; county, 81. Honey
cult, Raleigh township, 1871: county,
325. Jones'. RaleigHH township. $50:
county, 115. B~lalocIz. 40 III Raleigh.
Sears, in Raleigh township. 40; il
county, 1.051. Rand, in Raleigh town
ship. $40; in county. 400. Robbins. in
Raleigh township. 225; county. 80,
Whitaker, in Raleigh township. 125; il
county, lis. y. 7. Johnson received
in Raleigh township. 1,246, and in thu
county,, 49,; While Adams received cts
IN Raleigh township, and 9S4 III the
county. MI the figures from the coun-
Try will be changed by further returna
Thcse Who VIII Explain.
There will be many who will ex-
plain he result and be able to give
Cock-sure reasons why this man was
nominated or why that man was de-
feated. every man has his own view,
and we may expect to hea" the re-
suit attributed to one or a dozen
causes, and there will be a measure
of truth in all. The truth Will be
that many causes ana conditions con-
tribute To the result. Those who
nave won Will claim victory as due
~ tl' popularity OF ulHf fdNorlteS
and to their superior organization
and to thcir political Sagacity: to the
u~npopularitN of their opponents. to
the character of their support. to their
mistakes here and there. and to their
poor organization. Those whose can
didateS did not land will tell exactly
why and point out the mistakes Of
their candidate and some of his sup
porterS. and it will be clear as cryS-
tai to them. But hardly any two Will
nave the same theories.
But-thc votes i'll the boxes tell the
results. Tine men nominated got the
most votes. 1t is q waste of time now
to enquire how it al came about. The
thing to do is for all Democrats to
go to work and elect the ticket by a