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out some of the chanced for t.'ut.d
under it, yet he is surhcienily mis
lead by the election tiurt- for tb-
laid few VeiiM. to Cailse 1 1 J hadih''
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pressed the Democratic
tIKt ' ii 1 lie J. i
to defend its record. Mr. Iva irt has
not only succeeded irt jp-tting hi art
i ;Ie published in full bv the leadm-!
Democratic mukti. but ha-i receive
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their editorial endorsement. They
refer to him as a hijjh-tuiu'd, fair
minded, and patriotic antleriKi;i. In
fact, they arc so warmed up toward
him in gratitude for the temporary
shield that hid errors h id furnished
them, that there id imminent danger
that they will nominate him for con
gress in the '.th district, if lie would
accept. We make the following ex
tract from the letter us published in
the Kaleigh Ncwd-Obsei ver-Chroni-cle-
"Hut as a matter of fact, a
careful study of the election re
turns of iS4-8f;-H-Se2 disclose
the fact, startling as it may seem to
Republicans, that there is even un
der the present election lawscorn
parutively little fraud at elections
held in this State. Witnesses some
times lie ; facts and figures cannot.
Let us go to the hitter.
Take for instance the second con
gressional district That has always
been known as the "black district,"
und wa3 composed in 188 4 of the
counties of Jones, Craven, Lenoir,
Greene, Wilson, Edgecombe, Halifax,
Warren. Vance, Northampton, and
Bertie.
These counties gave in 1RR4 the
following vote: York, liep.,
Scales. Dem., 1G,1'J2. Total vote,
:38,:ss.
