The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-06-15

Bryan 2, Bulloch 2, Butts 2, Calhoun 2.
Camden 2, Campbell2 2, Carroll 4, Charl
ton 2, Chatham 6, Chattahoochee 9,
Chattooga 2, Clay 2, Coffee 2,4Columbia
2, Colquitt 2, Coweta 4, Crawford 2.
Dade 2, Dawson 2, Dodge 2, Dooly 4.
DOugherty 2, Douglass 2, Effingham 2,
Ebert 2, Emanuel 2, Fannin 2, Fayette
Z, Franklin 2, Gilmer 2, Glynn 2 Cor
don 2, Habersham 2, Hall 4, Hancock 4,
HARRISON 2, Harris 4, Hart 2. Heard 2,
Henry 2, Houston f. Irwin 2, Jackson
4, Jasper 2, Jefferson 4, Jones 2, Lee 2,
Liberty 2, Lincoln 2, Lowndes 2, Lump
kin 2, Macon 2, Madison 2, Marion 2,
McDuffie 2, Mcintosh 2, Meriwether 4
Monroe 4, Montgomery 2, Morgan 2.
Murray 2, Muscogee A. Newton 2, Oco-
nee 2, Oglethorpe 4, Paulding 2, Pierce
2, Pike 2, Polk 2, Pulaski 4, Rabun 2,
Richmond 6, Schley 2, Screven 2, Spald-
ing 2, Talbot 2, Taliaferro 2, Tatnall 2,
Telfair 2 Terrell 2 Towns 2, Troup 4
Union 2, Epson 2, Walton f. Ware ,,
Wayne 2, Webster 2, White 2, Whitfield
2, Worth 2. Total 24S.
r. L. NEsBTTT-Bartow 4, Brooks 2,
Burke 6, Catoosa 2, Cherokee 2, Clarke
2, Clayton 2, Ciinch q Cobb 4, Decatur
4, DeKab 4 Early 2, Echols 2, Floyd 6,
Forsyth 2, Fulton 6, Glascock 2, Greene
4, Gwinuette 4, johnson 2, Laurens 2,
Miller 2, Milton 2, Mitchell 2, Pickens 2,
Putnam 2, Quirman 2 Randolph 2,
ROckdale 2, Stewart 2, Sumter 4, Tay-
Tor 2, Thomas 4, lwiggs 2, Walker 2,
Warren 2, Washington 4, Wilcox 2,
Wilkes 4, Wilkinson 2. Total 112.
Hon. Philip Cook for s. cretary of
state and j. S. Turner for prison com
missioner, the only other two candidates
who had opposition, will have almost as
many votes in the convention as Mr.
Stevens.
Colonel Gambler received the election
returns on the night of the primary at
his campaign headquarters in Atlanta,
and when seen by a reporter be was III
his honest, rugged YET graceful manner
receiving the congratulations Of a steady
stream of people. As the returns dr0pp-
! ed in by wire from e. various counties
the headquarters presented most inter
esting spectacle. The wall and doors
were decorated with union and confedeT
ate flags and CIV rgreens garlanded by
! the hands of the coloue's wife and their
| younger children, son and girl of some
| 10 and II summers respectively, and as
| the returns indicated beyond doubt how
the election was resulting the faces of
| these members of the candidates FAMILY
reflected the JOY and the pride that
! glowed in hearts loyal TO husband and
| father.
Commissioner stevens Assistant.
| In his race for commissi oner of agri-
culture Hon. O. b. Stevens had the as
sistance OF Captain Roberts F. Wright of
] Ebert, and that gentleman will be as
sistaut commissioner. This was an Ii
ance of souCh Georgia and north GeOr-
| gia, aud these gentlemen swept the state
| from the ocean to the mountains.
During the canvass Mr.. Stevens m lde
no promises except that the department
should be run on business principles
and that there should be a hitching post
at the capitol where Ills farmer friends
could tie their mules when they 60 to
town.
In talking of the result of the election
to the Constitution the day after the pri-
mary Mr.. Stevens said: Captain
Wright and | propose to devote our time
and ability TO making the department
of agriculture benefit TO the farmers of
touch with the farmers and give it that
attention which WILL if possible, make 1t
the most useful branch of the state gov
eminent to the farmers. We appreciate
the work of our friends in our behalf
and hope to merit by our administration
the approval of all the people
Both these gentlemen are practical
farmers They know what is wanted by
the people and they are resolved to meet
the wishes of their constituents in the
conduct of the office.
Senator Stevens reached home from
Atlanta, where he received the election
returns, Thursday afternoon, and was
met at the depot by a large number or
friends, and has since been overwhelmed
with the congratulations of bis home
people. Terrell county feels honored by
the brilliant victory of her distinguished
son.
Mr.. Stevens is now being beslege 4
with appl cations for positions his
uail has grow to immense proportions,
and be is receiving on an average OF