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*Y~2 - - * " I 1 / -, : I I . - I r1HE j4 I 9 VOL 5.---NO. . PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, .NOV EMBER y, 895 Jol MC THE SUFFRAGE OLAUSE FINISHED. W1 THE CRIMINAL CLASSES Altil' W BAItRED OUT. .' -- lov The Legislature Loft to Arrange bly Election Details-Woman's Suaffauge ta Meets Another DeCent. - sh When the constitutional conventiono reassembled, the sufriage article was gi8 once more taken up. The proviso re- ut quiring the appointment of election gis managers from both political parties bot was stricken out, and another fight O over _wonian's sufgrage proved unsuc- adI cessful. Section 5 was taken up, and after coil several uniltportant amendmuents was s adopted as follows: " Any person do- see nle1t registration shall have the right till to appeal to the court of common 11110 pleas, or any judge thereof, and t thence to the Supreme Court to deter- 0 mine his right to vote undet the lim- u tations Imposed in this article, and on such appeal the hearing shall be do dis novo, and the General Assembly shall provide by law for such appeal and for the correction of illegal and fraudu lent registration, voting aild all other crimes against the election laws." m Section i related to the disqualifica- no tion of voters, and after the addition Ing of several crimes to those enumerated Aft in the original section, it was passed as in this form: " The following persons U)( are disqualified from being registered tra or voting: am "First, pCrsons convicted of bur'g lary, arson, obtaining groods or money res under false pretenses, perjury. for- Io gory, robbery, bribery, adultery, big- san amy wife beating, housebreaking, re- ho0 ceiving Ptolen goods, breach of trust 1 with fraudulent intent, assault with sub intent to ravish, miscegenation and od larcency or crines against the election ole laws: !Provided, that the pardon of be the Governor snall remove such dis- i qualifncation. An Second, porsons who are idiote, in- A sane, paupers suI)poried at the i)tblic his expens(, and persons conflind in any j publi prison." n Section 7 was adopted without any ina trouble at all as follows : 1" 'or the purpose of voting no perst-n shall be doned to have gained or lost a resi deuce by rea3on of his resencek while or av)-enuec employed in the tie service of the United States, nor wluile engaged in the navigation neu of the waters of this State, or of S the United States, or of the high seas, Las nor while a student of any institution t, of learning. oli Section 8 relating to the registration p a of the voters and the manner of hold- N ing elections caused an interesting de- tie bate. tiol Mr. Sheppard olfered the following we, addition : " For the first registration we to be provided for under this constitu- N tion, the registration books shall be kept open for at least six consecutive weeks and thereafter from time to time, at least one week in each month np to the thirty days next preceding m the first election to be held under this " constitution." Mr. Sheppard said it would require man I a great deal of time to e ogister and the this amendment provided for six con secutive weeks, and thereafter oneo, week in each month until the month am1 next preceding the general el.ection. gisl He thought this time was needed and was amply sufficient. The amend ment was agreed to. Mr. Gage moved to strike out the words "provided, further, that this A section shall apply to all municipal ter elections." Hie said that it was im- mn~ practicable to ap)ply the seetion to the municipal elections. Mr. Bryan said that it was the ideo il * of the committee that under conditions for that will be hroughit about this provi. aft sion was necessary. He thought it la& well to keep It in. If there are not su two political parties, then the princi- 'J p)1o doos not apply. the Senator T1illman sald the best thing the to do was to p~ut in a beparate section am< applying to municipalities. Mr. the Gage's amendment was then adopted. 6 Mr. W. D). lvans moved to strike "1 out the entire first prlovis() of at ction 8, pos5 which allowed the two political parties jc representation on the boards of mana- in gore and canvassers. cor Mr. Evans thought that It was host reg to leave the whole matter of details to as the General Assembly. in Mir. George Johnstone said that if in the convention did not bring about dc pure and honest elections it were bet- his ter that it had not been 1ho1(, and has that if the convention did not do away cor with the incompetent and vicious vote bef it had better never have beeni hold( ; tax and that honest elections were not H~ possible if this amendment was passed. tio: Mr. Evans said that it was not his wai intention to leave any r'oom for fraud. : Mr. Johnstone said that he only sor knew that tire gentleman from Mar'1- lin< bore sought to str'ike out the only pro- whl vision that compelled theml to be Hie honest and faiir.T Mr. Evans said that so far as lie was prc concerned some of the most unfair vot elections he haid ev'er' soemn had boeen ole concocted with representation on the yet board of managers from both partios, wot and that ho hasd no intention of doing say anything to help) fra&ud. voi Mr. Bryan said that tihe committee had earefully considered the section. oni There is no principle in the bill more ag: patent. If we want honest elections wh nothing would insure thorm better oni than tis provision. The idea Is to vol *place the principle whore it can not to be disregarded. Unless you fix this you put the whole matter' within the fras poss ibility of political debauchery. nal On a call of the roll the uroviso wvas thi stricken out 1b3 a vote of 54 to 35s as pre follows : Yeas--John Gary Evans, Prtesidlent ; lab Alexander, Ashe, Atkinson, Austin, hol Barry, Barton, Breazeale, Biit, Car'- no, ver$duunilnghamn, Doei~ay, Dennis, D~oug- pr. lass, Efied, WT. 1). Evans, F'ield, Fitch, Floyd, Gary , Gooding, Gunter, Hamel, opi Harrison, Hay, H emphi-ll, W m. lien- th< derson, Heusen, Johnson, Ira Jones, It Wilbe Jones, Keitt, l onncd y, McCalla, voi McCaslan, McMakin, McW hite, Mat- ow thows, Moore, Morrison, Parlor, 1t0s- ovi borough, ltowand, Russell, Shular, Sligh, A. .1. Smith, T1albert, Taylor, thi Waters, Wharton, Stanyarne Wilson, W, B. Wilson. an Nays-Anderson, Bellinger. Berry, an won, J. S. Brico, T. W. Bric,I yan, Derhaim, -Doyle, Dudley, Fra Gage, .1. L. Glenn, Harris, D. S. ndorson, Howell, Hutson, George instono, McGowan, McMahan, ares, Miller, Mitchell, Mower, Otts, tton, Prince, I, Rt. Reed, Shoppard, an, Jeremiah Smith, B. R. Tillman, lls, A. H-. White, S. EL White, gg. his section was adopted in tie- fo! !ing shape: "The General Assem shall provide by law for the regis tion of all qualfield electors, and 0i prescr-ibe the manner of holding otions and of ascertaining the result h1e bamte :provided, at the first re- I tration under this constitution h(I ii the 1st of January, 1898, the re tration shall be conducted by a i ard of three discreet persons in I h county, to be appointed by the 1 ice and consent of the first regis tion to be provided for under t hs stitution. The registration books ,11 be kept open for at least six con utive weeks and thereafter front e to time, at least one week in each tth up to 30 days next preceding first election to be held under this stitution." ection 9, which has reference to division of townships into election bricts, was taken up. Ar. Sheppard moved to substitute >lling" districts for election dis ts. This was adopted. 1r. Johnstone offered an amend ut at the end in these words : "but 3lector shall vote except in the poll district in which he resides." or some'suggestion he changed it so to rei'd: " 'rovided that a voter in a change of residence may be usferred from one precinct to >ther." It. Prince held that " change of idence " was not definite enough as might change his residence in the to district. The amendment was, eever, adopted. h.. Stanyarne Wilson offered this stitute: "There shall be establish- i in the several counties in the State I stion precincts and each voter can registered only at the nearest pre- I At and must 6hore cast his vote. I y voter may be transferred from t election precinct to another upon change of residence." I lo said it was utterly impossible to t ke a geographical division of elec- 3 t districts unless there was a re- 1 tr suivey. As it is now polling I ecs are made to suit the conven -e of the people. It would cost an % nense amount of money to divide E counties up exactly. The people I lit to be allowed to vote at their t rest preeinct. enator Tillman said with such a Lem it would be almost impossible deteet false registration. It's an stic margin that will give great < y for fraud. Ir-. Bryan said that in many coun the school district and the elec district were co-extensive and -e well defined. His amendment ild not suit a city at all. Ir. Wilson said that the committee urt was drawn for cities and his the country. Ie moved to post e debate in dorer to perfect amend its, which was agreed to. action 10 was passed as follows. no General Assembly shall provide aw for the regulation of party pri 'y elections and plunishir.g fraud at samne." /hen section 11 was called Gover Sheppaid ogfered the following mndinent: "'Tcreafter the rc ration books shall be public re 1s, 01)en to the inlsp1ectioni of the lie." ,r Litch offored the following d(d to section 11 after the word "in m1,'' on line 3, or to correct any take, errior, omission or frautd of hoard of registration," and add, ir word "election " Ott lIne 2 the owing :" A nd they shall be opent p~ublic Inspection 0on0 week there ir pior to the election, and be )ed in the clerk of court's ollice for l Inspection." 'hero was quite a discussioni over mnatter' of tnese atmendmnents, and section wals then passed Over, the mndments being ordered printed in journal. ection 12 was adopted as follows ; lectors in msuniciptal elections shall< css all the qjualifications and be sub-)i to all of the dlisqualifications hucre prescribed. The production of a ificate of registration from thei istration ofilcors of the cotuty I tin elector at a pr'c~unet, included the incorp~orated city or town which the voter offers tovote, is laredl a condition prerequisite toi voting, and in addition lie must o be'en a resident within the In-1 porated limits at least fotir months re tho election, and have paid all 0s prievi ously due and collectable." etion 13 relating to special elec is in incorporated towns and cities taken up. Ir. Moares muoved to amend by In Ling afteor " electiors " on the fourth1 1, the words " except as to sex,"i ich was t~o allow women to vote. spoke at length to his proposition. is was a different thing frotm the ptosition alreadIy fully discussed and ed dlown. This was a Kcind of anf etion that might not occur in many ~rs, and it wvas butt right that the non should be a'lowed to have a about, thteir property. The con ttion should moasure thc matter. ir. D). S. Henderson said he was the member of his comtmittee who was duet It. It was simplly the quos0tion1 other they were gooing to make an ,cring wedge and a'hcow women to ,e at all or not. le was opposed0( it. dr. McGowan said that woman suf go had already been discussed ad tscam. Hie thought that I! only men who ownedl $300 worth of >porty were allowed to voto as to ether additIonal taxation shotuld b)e d on property In order to Issue ids, the pr'operty ownIng women id not fear. They would 1b0 amply )tectedI. dr. Bryan thought it was butt re ming the same 01(1 question which convention had already voted down. wvas urged that women be allowed to .e in the first Instance because she ned property and tho convention wrwhelmi ngly voted it down. dr Menares drow the istinction that s was not a political eheetlon. dr. Henderson moved to lay the end ment on the table. The ayes I noea beIng called the am-n.1-n WaskI tabled by a vote of (17 to 29, as fol lows: Yeas-Alexander, Anderson, Asho, Austin, Barry, Barton, Bellinger, Bowen, Breazealo, J. S. Brice, Bryan, Buist, Carver, DeHay, Dennis, Doug lass, Doyle Efird, Pield, Fitch, Fraser, Gary, . L. Glenn, Gunter, Hamael, Harris Harrison, ). S. Henderson, Win. ionderson, 'ouser, Hutson, T. '. Johnson, Geor re Johnstone, Keitt, 9i. J. Kennedy, M eGowan, McM akin, MVicWhito, Matthews, Mitchell, Morri aon, Mower, Murray, Otts, Prince, 1. It. Reed, Rosboroogh, Rowland, .tus ;oll, Sheppard, Jeremiah Smith, Tal eort, Waters, A. H. White, Stanyarne Wilson, W. B. Wilson. Nays--Gov. Jno. Gary Evans, Presi lent; Atkinson, T. W. Brice, Cunning tam, llorham, Dudley, W. D. Evans. 'loyd, Gage, Gooding, Hay, iomphill, I. B. Jones, Wilie Jones, McCalla, McCaslan, McMahan, Meares, Miller, .loore, Parlor, Shuler, A. J. Smith, Paylor, B. It. Tiilman, S. E. White, .Gage moved to insu.rt the word " counties "' wherever " cities " or: " towns " occurred. lie said that his idea was to protect the counties as well as townships, so that when coun les voted for bonds only the voters awning $300 worth of property should be entitled to a ballot. Tie amend tnent was adopted. Mr. Jeremiah Smith moved to strike )ut all the words providing that any voter must own $300 worth of pro perty. It was unfair. As amended now it means that no man except the >no owning *300 worth of property can vote on increasing the State or county Indebtedness. Mr. McCaslan said a great many non had transferred most of their )roperty to their wives and they Nould be in a bad fix as neithor can 'ote. Mr. Blryan said there was a great iocessity for such a provision. It was oing too far to say that one who had o Interost in the mat-tur should be Mlowed to vote on the matter of bonds. Mr. Prince said that he saw no jus ,ice in compolling a Rimn who owned ;299 worth of property to submit to axation without a voice In it. Mr. ). S: Henderson said that if Mr. 'rinco's motion prevailed every eloc or, white or colored, could vote in uch an election and add to the'debt of ,he town. Many towns in the State kave a colored majority, w ho own no >roperty, but may be able to read and vrIte and who would thus be able to addle a large debt on such munici mlities. Mr. Prince withdrew his 6mendnent. The ayes and noes were demanded m M r. .Ieremiah Smith's amendment, vhich strikes out, th , property qualifi :ationi in the section. Mr. 1). S. Hun lerson moved to lay on the table. When the voto was announced there Nias no (Juor'umli present and the cotr iention bad to ad journ. Tihe pending question at the opening vab the amendmwent proposed by M r. leramiah Smith on Tuesday night, triking out from section 13 thu pro rision requiring electors to have $300 vorth of property in order to vote on he question of issuing bonds by coun ies. cities or towns, but section 9. | vhich was passed over, was taken up. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson offered the ollowing as a substitute to the section : 'The General Assembly shall inrovide or the establishment of polling pre nets in the several counties of the i itate, and those now existing shall so I ontinuo until abolished or changed. a elector shall be required to vote t his own precinct, but provision snall >c made for his transfor to another recinet upon his change of resi lence." TVhis was adted~c, and the section as whole was adopted. Section i1 relative to registration >0ok8 were next taken upl. M r. Bryan illered the following amtendmnent: T'he registration oilers of each ounty shall twenty days before any lection held in the county or any city rn town in the county, mtako, certify Lnd tile in the ollice or the clerk oif the ourt of common pleas of the county op)1es of the regstration hooks of, howing separatol y, the roteistered1 'oters for each polling district in said -ounty. and the samo shall remnain on le as public rcords(l of said ol1l00, and >pen to pub11lic lnspection." MIr. Sheppard w ithd row hi is amend - nlont on0 the: :Lame subjoe~ct inlt rod uced .he night prev Lous. Mr. lDryau said that after ten days .he otliciat copy must be tiled with the leink of court for the inspoetlon oif the ubliic, but :at the same timue the books %Ould be~ kept ini ti~c oilcial cu.stody of he ctlerk. S -nator TIillnian asked whby not put' ,h books in thu olco cf the clerk| -atlher than a (copy3. A fter the (1111cr tad regist er d the voters he hans no Mr. th-yan hold that lho might need hemh fur the purpose of registering ~hoso who may become of age, and if ~he bcoks were in the eork's otilee they would be in the cutstodly of the peopile and niot of tho otlier. MIr. Jiohnstone asked whether Mr. B~ryan contended that the registrationt books were his private nmemoranda as long as they were in his possession,~ ifnd that the publie~ had no right to in 4pect the mi? Nir. Blrya1 held that the lindividual had a right, at all times to inspect the books, but tis is dlealing with the public at, largo who may want to inuspeet tih nerammes of tce voter's at l arge. NMr. Jhnti.ono said that there couldm be no hilg her qluestion than that the puh ~ile has a right at all times to In spet pumblic records, and the gentle man could net confuse the issue with a biucket full (of words. Hie moved to' further amend b~y adding "' that the hooks of the registration cubier shall always be open for the inspection of the public." MIr. iFitch said the sect-ion or the amendlments d1id not cover the di hi culty as he saw it. lHe thought the courts ought to have ample tinmo to correct errors, omissions, etc., by man datmus. Mr. Johnstono said that no one loved darknee.s rather than light, anid If we are not to have honest registration and honest eotions it were botter that this convention had never been h'eld. You cannot base public mnorails on public fraud. The r'ecords should be OPenl so that overy free man could see tha~t he 18 properly ..~.ser.d Fr.-ud in public life lead to fraud in private life, and If this thin keeps oi it wili lially invade the jury and no man's life or property will be safe. By all means lot the registration books be kept open. Colonel Talbert thought the sections wero plain enough. The matter of de tail should be left to the Logislatutre. Section8 provides that the General Assembly shall provide for all these things. It is just consuming time to talk about fraudulent, elections. Let us got along and lot the Legislature ar range all details. Let, us quit all Ih is talk and oratory and get to work. Mr. Johnstone replied that he had no objection to the gentleman stopping his oratory, but he didn'tsee how fraud in registration could be proented by the doiurts unless there was somec way *to show that frauds had been com mitted. Mr. Talbert said he agreed fully with the gentleman in his idea, hut, he thought the convention should deal in principles and let the Logislature arrange for details. Mr. Jolinstone's amendinent was adopted. Nr. Bryan's amendtient asi auended was then adopted. Mr. Pitch offered the follow ing: Add to section 11, after the word " interim " on line 3: 'or to correct any mistakes, errors, omissions or fraud." Hle thought that if any mistake or fraud was made a voter would be disfranchised for ton years or more. The amendment was agreed to. Mr. Johnstone moved to amend so that the section shall read the books shall close at least thhi ty days before an election, except. to register persons qual *fied in the interim. As ori-rinally drawn tho exception applied only to persons coming to age. M-r. Lee thought that, if the word "omission " was left. in Mr. Fiteh's amendment, it went too far and left the books open until the elect ion. Mr. Prince moved to htrike out the word "otission." which wats agreed to. Mr. W. J. Montgomery thought that those who became qualified to vote the Llay before the election should be al lowed to registor. Yet according to this law he could not reg11ter and Con :equently could not vote. On motion (if Mr. Breaztle he wihole section II was stricken out be ause it ought to be left to the Legisla tUro. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson moved to re 'onsider that vote and lay that motion mn the table. The ayes and noes were Wdered, but before they were called eonator Tillman said thitt he thought he convention acted Lo hastily. It was simply intended to throw safe guards around registration and while he didn't favor the conveition legis.lat ing to) much I he thought this ought to )e Put in the constitution and not, left to ihe LIegislatumre. Mr. Stanya-no Wilson said the Loeg isiatuire had ampl tiime to perfeet all details. The !Leg islaturo has alway b decided such namtters. The vote resulted as follows : Ayes -"7, noes 56 . Senator Tillnnn movod to ronsider the voto whereby sieet,iol II was adopt od, which was agr-eed to. Senator Tillman thought the section ought to stand as reported. Mr. Stanya-no Wilson moved to re consider the vote whereby Mr. llryan', amendment was adopted. lie wanted the section left as it is and then tne Legisl aure coiu arranige all details. 'lie ayes and nous were demandel. and thm convention decided to recon sider by a vote of titi to .11 as fol lows : Yeas: Gov. Juo. Gary Evans, I'resi dent. Alexander, Ashe, Atkinson. Aus tin, Barton, Bowen, Bowman. Iro zeale, T. W. Brice, Huist, Carver. Con nor-, Cunniangham, Del ay,,I) D-utnis, D~ougla--s, Efil4 str idge, Field, Floyd, Gage, Garr-is, Good ing, Gunter-, Hamel, Harrison, Hay, Iiemplhill, D. 8. Ilt n lorson, Wmn. IIlendlerson. Houser-, T1. 1E. Jlohnson, I. i. Jlones, Keitt,, Low man, Lybrand,McCal la, Mc Caslan, Me Cown, Mceahman, McMakin, McWhite, J. D . Mlontgomer-y, Miorr-ison, Otts, P ai let-, P'atter-son, Redfearn, Rosborough, sligh, WV. C. Smith, Stokes, Talbwrt, 13. l.. T1illmatn, Waters Stanmyar-ne Wilson, WV. B. Wilson, W inkler-, Wood wvardl. Nays 1 Har-ker, I satos, Hory, .1 . S. Firicc, im-yan, Hulir, l)ent, I )orham, D~oylo, Dud1( iey, d''atrroiw, l'itch, 1ee. Gary, Gilland, . - L. Glean, H arr-is, Hlowvll, H utson, Geortge Johnistonob, Wilie Jlonos, 1E. J.- Kennedy, NcGowan, Matthews, Mear-es, MIillecr, MitchtollI, Moore, Mower, Patton. Prince, I. U. R~eed, ItutssellI, Sh uler, Sloant, .Jeremiah Smith, G. D). Tillinan, W'ells, A. ii. White, S. E. Whitu, Wigg. Mr. Stanyarue Wilson mnovedl to lay the amnendmnt oin tho table, w hich was agreed to. Tlh e section as adopted is as follows: "The'I registratin biooks shall close at least th irty days beOfore an election, dur~ming which time trans lois and t-egistrationi shatll not he le-ga, excepJt as to peronis b~ecomi ng quatl iied in the intor-im.'" Mrin. Prince offer-ed the following bub stitute toi Section 13l : " in authorizing it special election itn any inlcotrported towna or city in thIs State for the pu p)oseof bonding the samte, the General Assembly shall prescibo as a condition pirecedent to the holding of said dlee tioni ai pOtti form a mnajority of the freholders of such city or town as shown by its tax books. and1 at such election all electors of Iuch city or town who are only quatlilled for- vot~ing under- Suction 12 of this ar-ticle, tand who have paid all taxes, State, conuty andl municipal, for the pi-evious year-, shall be allowed to vote, and thme vot'e of a mtajority of those votiing in said election shall he necessary to atuthmorize the issue of sid bionds." Mr . Prtincet said~ his substituito pro vidled all njecesry sa fegutards in voting bonds in cities and1( towns and at the same ti me mnyde no0 d iscrimianation against anuy tatx payers. Senator T1illmant said after consulta tion with members oif thbe committee they had atgr'eed to, accept the sub h stitute as a compjromnso. Mr. Buist objected to it, because the peIople who owned pr-operty shioutld decide wvhet.her bonds should ho Issued. H~e had1( an amiendmnent str-iking ot the $300. prtop)erty quaulification tand leaving It to pr-oper-ty owners'. Mr . MI.aares wantedl the subs)5titu te rofer-ed for further aimendmient. Col. Talbert opp)osed this and mov. d to lay Mi. Mearos' motion on the table, which was agreed to. The section was then adopted. 'ted eleoLioio woro held. It Wits a Demo- In cratic Waterloo. C se8 Tammany elected her local ticket on of by about 30,000 and New York city w out wont Democratic for secrecary of state p, ieir by 41,000, but the lIopublicans came vi to down to the Bronx with over 100,000 do votes to spare. In the Tenth con- in ill- gressional district, Amos Cummings, Pc to Domocrat, was elected, but his success MI ght was plainly due to his porsonal popula 20 rity. Of the 50 senators in this State hat the Democrats elected only 10 and of the 150 assembly mon only -16. re in The sonate elected today will have mi ild part in the selection of a successor to St Sonator )avid B. 11111 and it is plain tie tly that he will not be a Democrat. ito- oil ole publican gains were general all over in lrd Ao State. In this city and Brooklyn, tic Republican senators and assemblymen R( were elected where Deiocrats have in been returned year after year. In t Brookl yn a Democratic mayor pulled sit throughi hy a narrow plurality. In ov Albany, lluffalo and other cities big Rtopublicanl gains were made. )Ni-:v YonK, Nov. t.-Thoro is no T doubt that the Republican totate of tIcor1b have been elected by pluralities averaging about50.000. The estimated n ner- pluralities above the Harlem aro G r in about 100,000. The Domocrats carried p New York city by fully forty th-usand II and and the city of Brooklyn by something fr like 2,000 to 3,000, leaving a safe mar- j gin in the State at large of 50.000 votes in the topublicans' favor is The blanket ballot did not tend to re duce the number of voters, the do- [ crease being almost entirely above the Ol n Harlem. In the city of New York the gl bli- vote w as fully equal to that of two years ago. n1 The result of the election of mem on' bers of the Assembly shows con- Ti .a, clusively that Senator Hili will be sue cceded by Warner Miller or soie . other 1teopublican. A list of the nOw 1ie tor Legislature, based upoU corroetui re- cr turns from iearly all cluection dis- ((( no- tricts and careful estimates in others, wil ',)at shows that the State Senate will con- Co - sist of 35 Itepublicans, 14 Democrats ern P.u- and one independent, ant1d the Assembly ag will bo made up of 99 tepublicans and ov ire 51 Democrats. sid a The defent of the fusion ticket in thbi ,ed New York city is ascribed to the strict tlit b- enforcement of the excise law by 'olicc ne sts Coin iissionor Iloosovelt. Ili-. I'ark. i. ' humst says- the result is a lesson to the fop ~ Reformers to avoid(l fusion ilovemenlts (coi in future. Iii to ---.- tot tot tot The Ii Ohl It(jtallable 11s Quit. It$ An dII- cient. MooingiM.th ire NEw Yomx, Nov. 5.-The roturns of Cr1 ot, the elect ion in Now Jersey indieatos om a swoepingr victory for the itopubli cans inl nearly every district, even in n poItions which have boen for years i ar- strongholds of Deluocracy. Joh n W. in G ,riggs, tie Iubliean candkidate fr ion Governor, has been vitcted by a sur his prisingly large plurality, probably is about 15,000. l'ive of the sevei new State Senittors are liepublitkian and in YS the Asseimbly the Duimocrats have .tll- 1ost n111h g r'ound,. his Whils Now lersoy has had a leL ed publican Senato and Assemiply more co) ?s- than onc0 of late, Griggs is the lirst ith itopublican G"overnor ill n ma'ny i years, lit 5(and his OleCtiOni is regarded as an 1m 65 portant index of th nationial ballott t 'he next year. wi 0' Allan MIcDermott, the Demiocratic 10) Stat'i leader, coneodes the State to the Rptublicans by 20.000. Othmr mem ig- bors of the Ionmocratic cominittec un- i1gure1. the Republican pluralit.y at cii A- 1 000. lite en- _ wil !10- TIENTON. N. J., Nov. h.--There go 1on seems to be no doubt about this State. no ry TVhe latest ollcial figures state the re- ap ~he suIt as follows :ad t." T1he ollicial vote for Gover'nor~ In New .lersey Is : Griggs, 28, 422 ; McG ill, co 7,00; Grlggs plurality, 20,822. Of the en seven Senators voted for, live Itlipubl i- aii eg- cars and one D~emocrat are elected, Is al- and one still in doubt. Of the sixty th Assemblymen elected forty are surely en toir iepublicans, thirteen assuredly lDe- ur A t miocrats andi sevin are still ini douibt. ,1ll a ILater figures show that the Senate in )yyd stand(s eighteen lI epulic lans andh throe ol oiv- Demociratts. In thu lower branch the t.h blII- D lemocrats have elected eleven mnem- er 'of born ini1 Hudison, two ini liunitinigton WI and two in 'Warren sure, giving them er nan the three miembors from Monmout~h w Lo- county, which is very close. The As- or ,tes sombly will st~and .12 I topuilicans a111nd( the 18|Democrats. It 'vw G.riggs estimratedl plurality is 24,300~i. bc ar- e ofb th The Repu~iblicani Plurality an EvWen 100,000 In thle Buckeye Htate. CoLuNIuus, 0., Nov. (-Chair-man An etc derson, of the D~emoeratic State comn ndi, mittee, has reports and1( indilcations the showling at ltepublican~i plurality of ;ov- 80,000 to 90I,000l. TPhe causes, ho sas T r-ar- that produced this result are the same Y rest that were ini forco in 1893 andI I18h94- g4 and unrest amiong the. people1, d1issattisfae- tc. tion as to financIal conditions and the Is uaps serious effects of the recenit pa~nic and1 1%v ans. d I stu rbance of trade anld business. T1he jin the l)omocracy in Ohio( are um1t~Od anrdI o1 mat- althouighi defeatted are nrot dismayed. to ibl-. (Chairnmaunf Kurtz, of the Jlopbilieian t0 jor- State comi tte e, says the lIepubl)1ican A j luirality w ill be %.,000. TIher e have in -no been several changes in the legislative In r,.results from last, uiighit, the D~emocratic *1 oer- muinlority being reduiced~ in each in- to ow stance. At pro~senut the Senate will tl1 stand : ief pui bhIcans 30, Democorats ii, .)1 lulsion- h'opli sts I. In the iiousti the '.7 .ltepubillicanus have 8(7 and the Demo11- at gh crats 25. vt mo The Ltepubliceans harve at majorIty of by at8 o oitballot. . h Ch,87(lairmnan Kuretz at9 Ip. io. said Hlush- lIn tbe nell's plurality would not, be less thaii t~i rst, T1he vote for Cioxey, l 'opumlist, will $M be about I 5,000) less than la',t year's sal 1'opuli st vote of -19.000. The only con- st solation for the I'opul ists is the de- vi tion of W. I". Conley for State Senator. pi Cafoniley was endorsed by the lop~u 1)11- si the cns and defeated Lawler, of il'na. the home candidato of Senator Brice, sans ~~ * ci ,00 K A NSA S. ci ave Thme RepublI1(ians Mlake a Clean Hweep si ing- in hietcilig Kansas. o Rto- ToPEKA, Kan, November 5.-There b iclr was a very light, veto polled in Kansas b itts, to-day, >r'obabiy not to exceed 240,000 d ieee or 0000 l(essn than hat year. Little t The remaining sections were adol as follows : Section 14. Electors shall in all ca except treason, felony, or a breacl the peace, be privileged from ar on the days of election, during ti attendance at the polls, and going tind returning ther-ofromi. Section 15. No power. civii or n tary, shall at any time interfere prevent the free exercise of the ri of suffrage in this State. Mr. Aldrich wanted to know w was meant by the last seUctiOn. Senator Tillani said it was put as a kind of drag net, to provent fr or violence or general cussedness. M r. Aldrich said that was eminei satisfactory. (Laughter.) The wl article was then ordered to a ti reading. FAR I\WFL1. TO TilE SO SOUTH. Kentucky and Maryland Gone Glinn ing-New York and New Jerse the Republican Column-Ohio Kansas Olear Out of Sight. KINTUCKV. Silver Democrats Donou ne Chl ania iatil Carlisle ail 1101 1 '1'i ItespolnsiblO 101 the Defeat. LouisviLmLn, Ky., Nov. 6.-tepu can claimns and Democratic concossi show to-night tiat not only has li Lucky olected the full Republi Stato ticket., but that the conplex of the Legislature assures a Repu can successor to United St'itos Sena Blackburn. Stato Auditor Norman, the Dot cratic campaign chairman, admits t Baickburn's defeat isassuared. "The I publicans, with the help of the Po ists, will assuredly control the Lei mre," ho said. " and Blackburn is s .o be defeated. Kentucky is now LAopublican State. The public wan t change, and they took it, the Rep leans being aided by both 1opul Lnd A. P-. A.'s. No one could hi -arried Kentucky at this olectioi tot even Carlisle." Dr. W. (. Gunter, chairman of I epublican State camnpaign contnitt 'ofused to make any estimato as nujorities. "The Republican tie s 3lected by round numbor pluri dis," he said, " and the Logielati will be R epublican on joint ball ut I won't make any guesses. I waiting for authentic figures. A special to the Evening Post fir Ilarrodsburg, Ky., says: "Gen. 1H din, Who s ILL his lbrO)thOr'S hm1e this city, concedes Bradley's elect from returns received. He takcs defeat cheerfully and siays he did whole duty." A special from Lancaster, Ky., sa "Col. Bradley is receiving coigar lations fromit all over the Stat t morning. At 1 o'clock he represen himself to the Evening Post coi' polden It as cerfitain of his election W 15,000 majority." Tie Legislature appears to he D3eimocrats, against 61.) opposition. 'J Populists hold the alanco of pow Illackburn's frionds claim his elect with the aid 3f the Plopulists. The Tiics-Star special fron Lexi ini, Ky, says : " Demiocrats hero c :Ude L election of i-radley (Repui :an) for Governor by from betw< 4,000 and 10,000. Tihe silver Dci 3ratw are bitter in their denunciat >f President Cleveland and Secret .Darlislo, and chamrgo them with e'5sonsibil ity for' the sweeplinag de(fei Gornia~an (iiuapletely Ouistedi-The 1. islaituire itepulan on Joint I lot. 3Ai,1iMone, Md., Nov. 5.-Sona Lormani has met his Waterloo. mid-night the indicattions p~oint t comnplete victory in klaryland. LI Lowndes is und~oubtedlly olected U urnor., and the balance of the Repu can ticket has an apiparent muajorit over 10,000. u 'rhm Legislature willl lbe Itopumbli on joint ballot, thereby insuring a publican succesor to linited Sti SeInator Gibsont. in lBaltimore city retur'ns indicate a complete overth1 of the Gormaan-1iaisin ring. Hoo ltepublican) for mayor, has ana aipi u-nt majority of more than 3,000. ' ltepubbeaans have also a mnajority the city couneil anal cler'ks of couart. lALT'aiMoan. Nov. 41.-Incomp r-et~urn fr'om the State of MarykI includinug Baltimore city, indlicato e~lection of Loewndes (Republican) ( ernor 1) at least 15,000 majority, ryinrg along with him in oflce the of the Stato ticket, the Controller Autor-ney General. T1he H~ouse of D~elegatos will per'l have more than sixty Rtepuhlic The Senate will be close, wit~h chances in favor of altepIublicaLn jority. On joint ballot the Reopi cans will no doubt have a safe ma ity. Baltimnore city vote for Govo comnpleto Lowndels (Itepubhlican) 110 ; 11urst (Dlemnocratg 43,327 ; lie ing (Prohibiitionist) 2,377 ; Anadr (P~opul Iist and Socialist) 433. For Controller :Graham (itepu can) 54,041 ; Smilth (l)cemocrat) 413, form Attormnoy General: Cla 1topublican 53,1 I6i; Wm~illiams D cr-at. 415,247: A twoodl, P roh Ibi tior I ,973 ; Golden, Socialist-LIabhor, 984, ltoturns from every coumnty in Stato parmtly estimated giv LOI owni R epublicean, a majiri ty over iii Deommocrast,, for' Governor, of 19,701. NEW YO1lK. 'hae E~mapire State lias JIoinaed ltepubIllicanls--Tam~many O)nly Safe. Nmnv Yonx. Nov. 3.-tepubll< carried Now York St~ate by 8t plurality; New .iernecy by over 15,' M 1aryl and by 10,000, anmd claim to I campturedl Kentucky. Blesides sw leg these States overi Into the publican column, they increased t usual majorities in Massachus' Ohio, Iowa and all other States wi torest was taken in the contest for ti f Justice. David Martin RpoybliL n, was generally considerd.a suate nner, but the returns from the few coinets heard from indicate that the to for Charles K. Holliday, Indepex n1t, ftree silver candidate, will be ich larger than was anticipated. opulists are generally voting for him. irtin's majority may be reduced to 000. KANSAS City, Mo., Nov. .-Kansas urns show that the Republicans de practically a clean sweep of the ite, carrying a majority of the coun s entire and electing many of the leers of the others. C. K. Holliday, lependent candidate for Chief Jus e, admits that David Martin, his 3publican opponent, will have 40,000 %jority. Chairman Breidenthalk, of e I 'opulists State central committee. y8 the returns show Populist gains or laSt year. M ASSACHUSETTs. hie Oldi Bay State is Anchored to the Republilcans. BoSToN, Nov. (I.-Corrected returni >w at hand show that Governor reenhalge is re-elected by 03 444 urality, which is 1,933 votes less ihan is plurality last year. Municipalsuf ago for women was defeated by a ma rity estimated at 7,689. The comlplexion of the Legislature : Senate, 33 Republicans and 7 Do ocrats, a I)emocratic gain of one; use of Represent.ttives, 184 Republi ns and 55 Democrats, a Democratic ,in of 8. MISSISSIPPI. 0o I'opilIsts Made a Poor Show ing Under te Iississippi Plan. IAUKSON, Miss., Nav. 6.-The fatest ws from the election gives a Demo Ltic majority of from 25,000 to 30, I. toports from Webster County, ich was in great doubt, says that imty has been carried by the Demo 6ts. 'his county has voted strongly tinst the )omocratic party in nearly wy olection since the war. Both es are claiming Chickasaw County, hoie of Burkett, Populist can ato for Governor, and which he has ior failed to carry, but the Demo ts assert they have the best chance It. iEstitmates based on nearly tnllieto returns show that the Popu ,s did not receive 10 por cent. of the aI vote cast. The present Legisla e contitits 25 Populists, and the <t One, which will elect a successor SCuator George, will not have more Lit Oight, all the rest being Demo IlNiril) STATES SENATH. litical COMnpICxion11 a1 a Teault or I'Nlay's Elections. NASiNGTON, Nov. 6.-As a result th itest, clction returns, the Ito blieans gain live United States nators-two from Utah and one each mi Kentucky, Ohio and Maryland Li the 10emoCerats lose three Senators mio och fron Maryland, Kentucky I Ohio. None of these chr.ngon be n oirective, however, until March 18117, except, in the case of the two ahi Sonattos, who will take their tS as soon as choson. Thereafter imerical strength in the Senate I be as follows: ltepublicans, 44 mttocrats, 39. \ Nt.:w Mo'roi.-Whilo the electri n1) are anticipating the day that am lwor will be largely, if not olly, su)planted by their system, a nius is said to have discovered a vol force. or ratiher the successful licationi of an old one. Tihe Phil olp~hia licord says: A wonderful new engine that will ilvert the carbo(n of coal directly into orgy without the nuisance, danger d waste of the present steam engine saidi to have boon invented under e mysterious title of "the thermie rbonaccous motor." The news will doubtedly strike the industrial world to an Arabian Nights' romance ; it - 3ans, if true, such a tremendous rev aloi. ,As for mere plausilility, cro is no reason for withholding tdulity in the rumoir. T1he great osto of coal ener gy in modern steam glnes has long been a problem uicht engineers and physicists have deavored to solve and yet it has vort occurred probably to any other vestigators to do away with the >ilor principle. Not only would the atractioni of nearly 88 per cent. of the ict gy of coal work an utter revolu on in the industeial world, but the mnishmnt of the unwieldly and peri 'us boiler would, peorhap~s, load to a w style locomotive for both street tilway and trunk lute service. -iThe fatrm known as the "'Old 0mlf~eJ iFarmn," onl tile York River, at ork town, Va., has just been sold to a motlemani from Columibus, Ohio. Next .iiameistowtn, Va., the 'rem pie farm thme mtost htistorical and in many 13yS the most celebrated of any farm the Unfitedi Statoe. It, is the farm wIt whit Lord Corn walls surrendered the combined atrmies of Washing ni and Laifayetto, October 19, 1781. portLion of tile building then stand g still remains. 'rhe farm con inedi aboutt 500) acres and sold for 5,000. Tihe present owner proposes nmake his permanent residene -Jon ). Rockefeller has made other tmagnificont gift to the Uni rsity of Chicago which he founded is royal endowment and enlarged frequent additional donations. is test act of munificence, the uneendi >nal pr1esentation of $1,000,000 pay. >io .January i next, and the gift of ,000,000) conditional on raising the mce amount was mnade known to the udents in the gymnasiumlf of the Uni >rsity whtile the foot ba~ll teatn was -oparing fotr the game with Wiscon n University. -The conductors on the New Xrk 'I ible cars are famed for their euliar >ulrtesy. The otber day apD enger ishing to get otf, pulled thM bell-cord s)hard as to ring the belll ~t each end the car. " Here, blank you, w'ot t'I Lank d've mean by ringig~ the bell at oth en<ds of the car ?" Bald the con uctor, ."1 want both ends of the car a stop," replied the passenger.