The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-11-01
CONGRESSIONAL
CAMPAIGN IS
ALMOST OYER
Crawford Triumphant in Debate.
VIII Win by 1900 Majority and
More Unless All Signs Fail.
Rutherford ton. N. c.,

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October u, 1905.
After Wishing nearly every county in
this district and upon estimates from
oilers on both sides, can safely pre-
dict Crawfordas election is celtain aud
the majority will approximate 1900 Tor
CrawfOrd-a democratic gain OF 42O
over two years ago.
The counties of Haywood, Rutherford
and Buncombe-three most popular
counties will give Crawford over 1000
majority and this trio secures his elec
ton beyond q doubt. Three other dem
ocratic counties will give him 300 more
total, this giving at least z, 800 total ma
iOrity for Crawford. The democrats of
Rutherford under the able and agrees
i've Democratic Chairman, John c.
Mills. have the best organized county
in the Whols8 thirteen counties of this
empire district. In the ITO new voters
recently registered in Rutherford 12O
are democrats who will 60 to the polls,
and Crawford's majority is correctly
estimated by the inside workers at 900,
while Haywood, CrSwford's home cOun-
ty will equal IL not surpass Rutherford
$40 also, or more.
The three above counties will ell CT
Crawford. Soft is now question of
how much CraWtord's majority will ap-
proximate.
In the republican column stands Hem
dersOn at the top which has been nearly
400 republican majority. Swain and
another republican county with $50 each
making nearly 900 for the republican
majority. Add three other doubtful
republican counties with less than 100
each majority. Then Mcdowell, an
other county, claimed by whiskey ele-
ment, republicans and democrats with q
majority OF Is for either side, is classed
as doubtful and unknown.
In Henderson the republican leaders
admit small dissaffection and loss of
few republicans on account Of the two
discordant factions and because the
revenue ring at Asheville knitted Judge
Ewart and helped to defeat his candi-
dacy.
There is also "a citizens, or union
of both parties ticket" in the field
against the republican nominee and this
will decrease the republican majority,
It Ia claimed. Britt has frequently said
he belonged to the Adams faction,
lately he has more cautiously said 81
favor the Adam o faction" Of course
be belongs So3the Adams faction, which
has been s0 kind TO him and has en-
dorsed his candidacy. He is the pet of
the Adams. 'tI sing his song whose
bread eat" Is trite aphorism.
It is conceded that Col v. 3. Lusk,
OF Asheville, will be defeated by MIR.
Webb, o progressive and aggressive
young democratic lawyer. Prohibition
and Whiskey are two important factors
In the Bhncombe campaign. The re-
publicans oppose the Watts law and
want the whole county to undo the pres
ent law and let the whole county have
O vote upon the question whether the
city of Asheville shall have bar rooms
or not. Thus the republicans are play
ing their cards badly and invite defeat
and q democratic triumph. The pro-
hibitionists want the law to stand.
Democrats clain a. majority of four to
seven hundred.
Polk couutyss. democracy is better
organized and more aggressive. One
half the county officials are democrats
and the ether half republicans, 30 the
contest Is close with a democratic ma
jority of one hundred promised by sew
eraI leaders and organizers. The dem
Ocratic nominee for state senate, Mr..
Ballenger, of Polk, told me last night
that one hundred democratic majority
is certain, but admit the Polk election
Is like the Algebraic K, an unknown
quantity. Ask the old republican war
horse, Napoleon Bonaparte Hampton,
nearly eighty years old yet can ride a
horse most gracefully, and he claims it
Ia republican by nearly one-hundred
majority. So take your choice. Men
assert and believe thing because they