The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-11-24
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he above, in short tell sths result
oi the white Urinary held yesterday
for the nomEation ofea mayor and
tonr aldermen Tor the city of Bruins
wick for the next two years
The result is complete victory
tor Mr. r. f. Hopkins and his entire
ticket. .e.
The election. which was the first
wnite primary ever purtti,iipiii Ga 5,3 ;;ii ~ ~
an political factions Of the city, was
the most orderly and friendly contest
ever witnessed in Brunswick. Not
e exchange o. words passed be
tween the arms of workers around the
rolls; rowdyism was gladly missed,
the usual fights and scrambles were
conspicuous fer their absence Work.
crs for both tickets we're on the field
when the polls opened at $50 in the
morning and remained there until the
city clock struck $50 in the afternoon
but there was not the least disturb
arce to mar tho friendly con- est.
Voting started off brisk, sixty bal
lots being cas- in the first thirty min.
ues and before 10 O'Clock nearly one
third Of the total registration had
tcen voted For the first hour the
two rnayorauty candidates were run
ning closely but by noon it was
known that MIR Hopkins was in the
lead by about 80 votes. During the din
Eei hour a heavy vote was polled and
tho Hopkins t.oket continued to gain.
BY 3 O'Clock conservative Supporters
Ct Mayor Croyatt conceded the elee-
ton Of Mr. Hopkins, and the support
cTs Of the Hopkins ticket were claim
ing the election by majority Of from
l50 to 200 The CrovatU supporters
however, were not discouraged by the
BIZ vote Of The opposition ticket and
continued to fight undl he polls were
finally closed The election OF Mr..
hopkins was then generally conceded.
There was however, much guessing
as to the successful aldermanic candi-
oates and ben the supporters Of the
Hopkins and Crovatt tickets admitted
that the race between some Of hem
would be close As he count proceed.
81, after the announcement OF the re.
SUIT Of the nayorality vote four OF
the aldermen We're close 70 two OF
the places, 1t being conocIed that
Capt T. Newman had been elected,
bit after the count was completed il
was seen thar the Hopkins ticket had
been elected in Its entirety.
The ticket was lead by Capt. T. New
man. who received a total Of 4s2 votes
running 26 votes ahead Of Mr.. Hop.
t'ns AMI defeating the highest alder
manic candidate on the Croyatt tick
e. by a majority Of 14G votes. The
lowest man cr the Hopkins ticket J.
J. Golden. defeated the highest man
en- the Crova., ticket, w r. Dart, by
p majority Of rs votes. L. A. Robin.
son came second on The Hopkins tick.
ct with total Of 1876, While J. stoyan
Smith was second on the Croyatt
ticket with S94 Mr. Robinson running
ahead Of him exactly 100 votes.
The total number OF votes cast we're
75S out Of total registration Of 82s
ninety per cent Of the registered vot.
ers having csst their ballots. Ten Of
those voting did not Ike either Of the
two mayorality candidates and voted
FOR the sldesaen only.
With the election Of A mayor and
four aldermen yesterday The council OF
1905 will be AZ follows: Msyor r. r
hopkins aldermen C. Downing. W
~. Tuppor F. u. Aiken. J. ". Wood