The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-06
RACE WAS CLEAN
COL. ESTILL'S FRIENDS CONGRATU-
LATED HIM ON THAT.
1T DEVELOPED NO ABUSE.
HE ATTACKED NEITHER CANDI-
DATE NOR WAS HE ATTACKED.


with His Friends Last Night-An
Hoped for His Success-He Was
Pleased by the Heavy Business
Vote He Received in Chatham-Re-
ceived and Sent Many kilograms
During the Day-Paid Visits to the
POlIs-CoI. Garrard, Chairman OF
Campaign COMMITTEE, Was Very
Hopeful in the Afternoon.
Col. EstilTs Office was thronged last
night with his friends, all rendering
their congratulations upon the race he
has made. THE election" Col. Estill
said. aroused greater interest than
any ever held in Savannah,
save a presidential election. The
| business vote, which went for me,
was the largest ever polled in the city.
l have been congratulated upon the
way have managed my campaign and
my adherence to the role in which 1
first appeared-that of one who threw
no mud, who has made no charges
against another candidate, nor had an
other to make them against me. Even
if 1 should be defeated, 1 think 1 will
have emerged with more honor from
the race than even the successful can
didate."
Must Have 176 Votes.
For candidate to win in the conven-
ton he will have to go into it with 176
votes, or, in other words, he will have
to have 90 average counties. Col. Es-
till did not believe that any candidate
would have that many. If he himself
gets that many it would be as agree
able a surprise as it would be disagree
able for him to learn that either of his
opponents had been so successful. Each
of the 1877 counties in the state has a
representation in the convention of
twice the number of it's Representatives
in the Legislature. This means that
there are $50 delegates in a convention.
Under the rules a successful candidate
must have a majority of the votes, or
176.
1t has been the strong hope of Col.
Estilrs friends that the differences
that have grown up between Mr. Ter
relk and Mr.. Query during the cam
paign will cause one or the other of
those gentlemen, on finding that he
cannot win, to throw his strength to
Col. Estill. Col Estill, too, in his po-
sition as a local option man, is re-
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tremes-Mr. Query as an advocate of
prohibition, and Mr.. Terrell as a local
optionist who is strongly backed by
the whisky men.
Col. Estin Was Busy.
Col. Estin spent a busy day, divid-
ing his time between his office and
the polls. He was at the polls three
times during the day. His friends
there were doing everything that was
needed, and there was no demand for
his personal efforts. He exchanged
greetings with many about the Court
| House, all assuring him of their best
| wishes and congratulating him upon
| the splendid showing he was making
in his own county and the prospect
that he enjoyed of being the next Gov
| ernor.
At his office Col Estill was busy re-
| ceiving and sending kilograms. A per
feet flood of messages was pouring in
for him, friends and admirers sending
reports of the situation in their coun-
ties and asking for information or for
| advice. He received many callers, too,
| all anxious to learn how the day was
going throughout the state.
e. Returns Came slowly.
Reports from the various counties
were meager. From a few their were
lNpOi 70 llldl gave d 0lcdI Iutd DIS lN
| what the results would be when the
count was made. Most of these pre-
| liminary reports, however, were such as
to greatly encourage Col. Estills adj
| herents, showing that the counties
were declaring for him. The wide dis
tribution of these counties was also
a source of qualification, as the view
that Col lIstill had strength only in
| South Georgia was proven a fallacy
| North, Middle and South Georgia all
! showed counties going for him.
1t was not until or o'clock al
night that anything definite and con-
elusive was received, for the count had
! been made in many precincts and the
| results telegraphed. The newSpa pers
| displayed or announced the results and
there were large crowds gathered about
the offices to gain information as to
how the race had gone.
They were Estill crowds. An an
nouncement of a county in the Estill
| column always elected cheers. On
every side there were expressions OF
the hope that Estill would win.
Col. Gnrrard's Work.
Col. William Garrard. chairman of
the Estill Campaign Committee was
seen by a representative of the Morn
ing News during the afternoon. He ex-
| pressed satisfaction in the way things
We're going.
Our Campaign Committee has done
| some great work during the short
while it has been organized" said Col.
Garrard. I'VE worked nineteen coun-
ties, including Chatham. during the
few days that We're left after we were
| organized. OF this number we counted
surely upon twelve.
I'VE We're claiming fifty-eight coun-
ties as likely to go for Estill, making
no such rash estimates as the other
candidates were giving out This left
us margin of eighteen, for, if we can
go into the convention with forty coun-
ties, l believe we will elect our man.
The way the returns have shown up
leaves little doubt that we will have
more than forty counties. and l have
strong hopes that Col. Estill will be
the next Governor"