The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-17
THE RETURNS CONSOLIDATED.
OFFICIAL FIGURES DO NOT CHANGE
THE RESULT.

int Nc""s
HartridSe's Majority in the Fourth
District Only 62 Votes-Citizens
Rolled Up Heavy MajOrities in the
First and Second Districts and Did
Very Well in the Third-The Col
Iins-RusseII Episode Still the Sub
Ject of Much DiscussiOn-Mr. Col
Inns Thinks He Was Badly Trent
ed in the Ranks of HIS Own
Faction.
The County Executive Committee met
at the Court House at noon yesterday
and consolidated the returns from the pri
mary election. The official figures differ
but slightly from thoee given in the
Morning News and the few minor changes
were not sufficient to hold out even the
slightest degree of hope to any of the
defeated candidates.
After the vote had been consolidated
and the result announced by the chairman
the secretary was instructed to send a
certified copy of the returns, showing the
vote given for judge and solicitor gen
eral to the office of the state chairman at
Atlanta as required by the resolutions
Trouble was not taken to ascertain the
exact number of votes polled. but as there
were 5,156 votes in the boxes just a few
minutes before the polls closed, and as
at least one of these boxes showed an in
crease of three votes, ii is fair to put
the total at $3.50. A glance over the
list will show that no candidates received
the full VOTE every one of those having
no opposition being scratched to some ex-
tent. The two candidates for solicitor
general together received SOB votes, so
here were at least ffty-two voters who
did not vote for solicitor general. An
addition of the votes of the opposing can
didates for each office will show that this
ratio was preserved throughout. In fact,
it was a common thing in counting the
split tickets to find THAI the voter had
chosen not to vote for either of the can
didates for some one of the offices. These
favors were pretty we'll distributed, how
ever. The legislative candidates were
more frequently sighted in this respect
than any others.
An analysis of the tabulated vote shows
that the Citizens strongholds were in
the First and Second districts, though
many of their candidates received good
votes in the Third district. Mr. Osborne
received a majority in every district ex-
cept the Fourth, and in this district the
majority of his opponent was only g.. In
the First Mr.. Osborne's majority was
440; in the Second, 344, and in the Third.
ia. All the Citizens candidates received
heavy majorities in the First and Second
districts, with the exception of Mr. Col
Inns, whose majority in the Second was
small
The Third district displayed considerab BILE
independence in its vote 1t gave young
Warning Russell a majority over MIR. Col
Inns, and Whelan a slight majority over
Horrigan. 1t gave Major Schwarz 200 ma
jority over Colonel Brooks. but also gave
Captain Dillon 20 majority over Marcus
Baker. 1t gave DIR. Keller a good ma
jority over Coroner Goette, and favored
Waring Russell in preference to Mr..
Thompson. The Fourth District came
nearer splitting even than any of the
others The Fourth had been regarded as
| the Liberal stronghold, and it's failure to
! show the expected majorities for the Lib
eral ticket was one of the surprises of the
| day.
Waring Russell. Jr, led the ticket in
| the Fourth with 276 majority, and Captain
| Dillon came next with 234. Coroner Goette
| got 142 majority there, but Major Schwarz,
on the Citizens ticket, received S7S votes
for Sheriff, as against S06 for Colonel
Brooks. The vote, both for County Com
missioners and for representatives in the
| fourtns was very close.
The defeat of Captain Dillon by Mr. NJ.
S. Baker for tax receiver. and the defeat
of Mr.. ]. S. Collins by Mr.. Waring Rus
| sell, Jr., for Clerk of the City Court, were
/ the two features of the election most dis
| cussed yesterday. Captain Dillons defeat
was explained on the score of the unex-
| pected landslipe in favor of the Citizens
| ticket, but Mr.. Collins failure to land with
his ticket is another matter. That Mr.. Col
Inns was badly knitted in his own ranks is
matter of public notoriety. In fact, in
no other way could his defeat be explained
| The Citizens leaders are all expressing
| their regrets that a man who had labored
so increasingly and SO effectively for the
| success of the ticket throughout the
| campaign should have failed of election
| under such circumstances. This does not
! soothe Mr. Collins wounded feelings and
| has not hestated to express himself on the
matter with the inumation that he has
| a knife up his sleeve for the PEG
pie who did the work. 1t is true that the
| wide personal popularity of MIR. Russell
| would have enabled him to run ahead OF
his ticket anyway. Mr.. Russell did not
| hesitate to make use of his personal in
| fluence to secure votes for himself from
| the opposition, and being a popular men,
| Der of several of the secret orders his ap-
! peals were not without effect. Mr. Collins
/ could overlook all this, but the fact tina,
some of the principal workers on the Citi-
zen's side conducted an organized move
ment against him. especially in the Sec
ond District, is what hurts. While Mr..
! Collins does not-eutertain the highest feel
ings of regard for some of his own party
! at present some of the Liberal leaders are
, saying hard things about Mr. Russell be-
cause of the manner in which he got our
| and hustled to the neglect of the rest OF
the ticker.
Following are the consolidated returns:
Solicitor General
| William w. Osborne ..........3 09f
| W. c. Hartridge .....................2, O7:
Osborne's majority ................... 96i
For Clerk City Court
| Waring Russell, Jr.....................25
jacob collins O. 80;
Russells majority ................... s,
! Sheriff
Jonn ochEarz OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. g, 10,
Jordan r. Brooks .......................1, 9s,
1 -
Schwarz's majority .................L14l
Tax Receiver