Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-28
ELECTION OF MAI. VARDA-
MAN Is NOW A CERTAINTY
Reports to $3.50 Give Vardaman Seven Thousand
Majority With Defeat Impossible.
Great Interest Manifested Throughout the
State, and the Vote Polled as Large as in
First Primary Beat, County and
State Officers Elected.

Jackson Aug. 21.-The second
primary has resulted in the victory
of Maj. James X. Vardaman, by
about the same majority as he got in
the way Of plurality three weeks ago !;
and he has received the Democratic
nomination for governor of Mississip-
pi
As expected. the returns came IN
much quicker than III the first pri
mary. One third Of the vote had
been reported by II O'Clock, and near
ly one half by /. \ dozen counties
had their full vote, or all but one or
two precincts in by midnight. The
tickets being much shorter were, of
course, counted much ia 'ter; but this
was not the only explanation of the
earlier returns. With the experience
OF the first primary. improvement had
been mdae in collecting the news in
the counties.
In many respects the results were
surprise The vote is larger than
exepcted. In some precincts and
counties it is even larger than in the
fl rst primary, and no where is there
any considerable decline of evidence
of lack of interest in the election.
The total vote is only slightly less
than in the primry, and nothing like
% per cent 1ecresae as so freely pre-
dicted couple of weeks ago.
Contrary to execptations, the Noel
vote spit about even, half going to
Vardaman and half to Critz, and it
was this equal division that decided
the result and assured the success o.
Mai Vardaman. There seems to
have been very little change in the
original Critz and Vardaman votes !;
that is the voters who supported these
gentlemen in the first priamry voted
the same way III the second one. Here
and there a slight division is shown,
but it is so light as to have no effect
on the general result. | was the large
Noel vote that went 70 VardamaD
that assured his scucess. After Sen
ator Noel's letter i'll which he an
nounced his Intention to vote for
Critz, it was estimeatd by the sup
porters OF the latter gentlemen that
he would get so per cent of the Noel
vote. This, of course, would have
sufficed to elect him, but it proved
like many other electiosn predictions,
altogether erroneous estimate.
Jackson, Aug. 2S.-Vardaman is
leading Critz Tor governor by seven
Thousand majority. There is no lon
ger any doubt of his election, as re-
turns this morning give Vardaman
forty five of sixty counties. The re-
ported fifteen remaining cOunries can
not alter the result. Vardaman made
surpr sing gains in black counties,
where Critz had pluralities in first
primary.
Jackson, Aug. %, -McNair elected
railroad commissioner Southern dis
tries, looks like Bradley Middle dis
trict
Never before in the history of the
city of Hattiesburg, has so ruuch in
terest been displayed as in the cleo
tion of yesterday, which decided the
fates of those whom the vote of the
first primary did not either elect OF
defeat. Men who had never before
been known to take great deal o.
interest in political matters put their
time, influence and wealth into the
race for the election of their choice
for the officers. Although a grea
deal of interest was displayed in TIT
election of the minor officers, tn,
gubernatoriaI race wa the all absorb
ing theme, and into this was thrown
warmth almost without p-eceden
in this section. Vardaman carrie
this county by small majority, ant
in shii city was the voting espeicall,
close, Vardaman receiving 342 votes
while Critz received 295. making
majority for the former of only A.
Reports from ali the county have bee
received, pacing Vardaman in th
lead by AZ votes, the total cast beln
Vardaman 767; Critz, $40.
The vote for the county and stat
officers: For governor, Vardamar
'767; Critz, go Railroad Commits
sioner. McNair, 54s; Sheppard, 76+
State senator, Parks, 946; Hardy, 40t
Treasurer. Hemeter, 73S, Farley, 62s
Surveyor, Clark, IA; Carpenter, o.
Justice of the peace, Bolton, 40l
Hardee, 26S: Powell, 2QS. Constabl,
Dossett, 1898; McInnis, 302.
This afternoon game of baseba
is to be played between the two hon
teams of this city, the Y. P. R. s al
the B. A. BIS. These two team
have played game after game, wit
nearly every team in this section, az
as yet, bat one defeat has been recor,
ed against them, the Y. p. Rs. losir