The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-12-21
IN A Big MIDDLE.
,rrRMANIC CANDIDATES WANT TO
ALD TRy THEIR SPEED AGAIN
Asked the Courts to Declare Last
AI Wednesdays Election Illegai--A Ne"
MAYOR and the Old Councilmen
FIected--Both Sides Claim
a Victory.

Loyy, of the city LOT COutIOl VI LII P''A
ofairs occurred last Wednesday,
The terms of Mayor w. B. Cheatham
.ad three aldermen, Messrs. Charles
no,bIpr T. R. Hannah and E. R. Orr,
had expired, and the contest was for
those gentlemen's positions. Mayor
Cbaa+bam and Aldermen Deubler and
Hannah we're candidates for reelection
with Mr.. B. F. Melton on their ticket in
stead of Mr.. Orr, who has moved from
the city.
The other ticket was composed of Mr.
Baldwin for mayor and Messrs. D..
G Dean, W. H. Davis and w. II. Bishop
for aldermen.
The campaign opened several weeks
ooo and town politics have been at white
heat ever since. When the polls opened
Wednesday morning with Justice M. g..
Statbam. Prof. j. w. F. Lowrey and
Hon. 0. B. Stevens as managers, both
sides we're eager for the fray, which
nroved stubborn contest all through
the day.
The first man who offered to vote was a
negro who held a Baldwin ticket in his
hand. 1t was challenged by Capt. VIM.
Kaigler on the ground that the voters
name was not on the county registration
list Captain Kaigler called the atCen-
ton of the managers to the tact that the
CITY charter says no one can vote Tor
MAYOR and aldermen unless he is quail
fed to vote for representative, and con-
tenied that as the negroes name was not
on the county registration list he was not
qualified to vote for representative, and
therefore could not vote in the city cleo
ton. Manager LOWrey thought that the
man should be allowed to vote, but man
ayers Statham and Stevens thought 9th
erwise, and the colored mans ticket was
returned to him. Several others who at
tempted to vote shared the same fate in
rapid succession, and it was some time
before either of tie candidates scored a
vote.
Those who had not registered and of
fered to vote were turned away from the
window thick and fast, ana they seemed
to outnumber those who had registe ed
and were able TO make their tickets pass.
Out Of GIT registered voters only 203
voted during the Gay, a very large num-
Der falling by the wayside on account
Of the ruling Of the managers III reference
to county registration. OF the 300 ne
gr0es registered in the citY's book only
81 we've qualified to vore under this rul-
ing. A number OF white men were also
turned away from the polls tor the same
reason.
The decision of the managers on the
registration question threw CONSERVATION
into the camps Of tie Baldwin rank, and
they were inclined to believe that their
ticket would be defeated until in the
afternoon.
Dr. Cheatham lead easily until l or 2
o'clock in the afternoon, when Mr.. Bald
wins friends took fresh courage and
began putting III some lively and telling
work
Between 3 and o'clock the Cheatham
men became uns asy, and from then until
the polls closed at dark it was general
scramble.
When the count began both sides were
uneasy and hung about the court house
awaiting the announcement of the result.
When the count was completed it was
found that Mir. Baldwin had been elected
mayor by a small majority, while the
aldermen on DR.. Cheatham ticket had
been successful, defeating the aldermanic
candidates on Nh. Baldwin's ticket by
maJorities ranging fl, m 2 to 40 votes.
Here is the vote: