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THE LOGICAL CANDIDATE.
All Eyes Now Turn TO EstiII as the
Natural Solution of the Prospective
Deadlock.

All Eyes Now Turn TO EstiII as the
Natural Solution of the Prospective
Deadlock.
Atlanta. May SO.-With the last week
of the campaign at hand the politicians
are working the field with renewed ef-
forts for results on June 8. Campaign
claiming has begun and political prog
nosticators are forecasting the result
no longer in a general manner, but they
are naming the counties which they
feel sure that this or that candidate
will carry.
The conservative claim of the Estill
campaign management has struck
some of the thinking politicians with
more than usual force. Its very con-
servativeness has brought fear to many
of Col. Estill's opponents, while his
friends feel. If anything. that his cam
paign committee has underestimated
his strength.
Il would not be surprised to see Col.
Estill carry fully sixty-eight counties, 3"
remarked a prominent Georgian at the
Kimball House to-day. 1T seems to me
the chances are all in favor of his do
ing so. But it will not take so many
as that to make him Georgias next
Governor. In fact with little more
than half that number l believe he
would almost be assured of the nomi-
nation. Unless Terrell goes into the
convention with a ma jority on the first
ballot, there is no doubt in my mind
that Col. Estill will be the nominee. ="
Two Extremes Met.
Col. Estill's campaign. his methods of
reaching the people and the excellence
of the principles which he upholds,
have become famous from Blue Ridge
to Thomasville and from Lookout
mountain to Tybee light. A citizen of
Whitfield county and another from
Thomas county were in a party dis
cussing the situation at the Capitol the
other day. They met wholly by acct
dent in one of the offices in the state
house and the campaign was naturally
the topic of the occasion. These rep
resentatives of two extreme sections Of
the state both stated that Col. Estiu
had stronger following right around
them than either of the other
two candidates, and it was their
opinion from observation, they
said that he would carry several Coun-
ties in their respective neighborhoods
No better candidate has been before
the people of the state within my rec
objection" remarked one of the par
ties. He is absolutely untrammelled
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with any clique or ring that l am sat-
isfed he would make as good a COVER
nor as Georgia has ever had. The peo-
pie have learned these facts about him,
and that is what is going to count in
MS behalf on the day of the primary.
Will BE Some Surprises.
Politicians may do ali the claiming
they choose" he continued. THAT
doesn't count. l tell you they are go
ing to meet with some surprises next
week. Political predictions are things
in which 1 put veryi little faith, As
matter of fact, nobody can tell what
the result will be, but as things stand
to-day 1t is absurd for any candidate
to claim that he will, beyond cues
ton, go into the convention with a
majority on the first ballot. I would
not be at all surprised to see the con-
vention very much divided, and with
that condition on July 2, there is no
doubt that the nomination will go TO
Col. Estill. Neither of the other can
didates can hope for anything from a
divided convention, while Col, Estill
is certainly the logical candidate and
the one to whom the nomination
should co.
Renewed activity everywhere marks
the approach of the primary Com
mlttees are hard at work in almost
every county in behalf of one candi-
date or another. The reports that
come here from the Estill men indi-
cate a confidence that is sure to be
followed by results. Impartial observ-
ers, writing from their own surround
ings, give to Col. Estill counties that
the friends of the other candidates
have counted as sure in their own col
umns. 1t is an interesting situation,
the solution of which on next Thurs
day will be eagerly awaited.