The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-24
HOKE SMITH VICTORY
In GEORGIA PRIMARY
HOWELL IN THIRD PLACE FOR
GOVERNOR.
Fire Chief Joyner Elected Mayor of
of AtQanta-Clark Howell Con-
cedes His Defeat.

in a victory for Hol1e Smith, candi-
date for governor, unprecedented in
the size of his majority. Of the 145
counties in the state. he has carried
probably 40. BY the returns avail
able at II o'clock tonight, Clark How
ell carried six counties. j. H. EstiII,
of Savannah two, R. B. Russell eight,
aud James M. Smith three. leaving 16
to hear from. The result will give
Hoke Smith 294 votes in the state con-
vention of total of 366.
Mr. Howell IS paper, The Constitu-
ton, in it's first edition, comedies more
than 100 counties to Hoke Smith and
says his nomination for governor on
the first ballot in the convention is
practically assured.
In the city primaries Capt. w. r.
Joyner, for 20 or more years chief of
the fire department, was nominated
for mayor by majority Of 255 votes.
A Strenuous Campaign.
One of the most strenuous political
campaigns in the history of Georgia
was concluded today in the state dem
ocratic primaries, which were held
throughout the state to nominate COM
plete state and county tickets, candi-
dates for supreme court justices,
United States senator> to succeed Sen
ator A. O. Bacon, and to name con-
5lessional candidates in each Of the
eleven Districts of the state.
For theNoffice of governor five can
sssdidates have been balloted for. These
$ssare Clark Howell, editor Of the Allan
SJaS Constitution J. H. Estill, editor of
Savannah News Holo Smith, for
SSfGer secretary of the interior under
ss8PTesident Cleveland; Judge r. B.
L Rgssell. prominent attorney of
s;ls}ackson county, and James M. Smith
|,sSofg Oslethorpe county. The particular
II SlIinterest of the campaign has been
llsIbetween Mr.. Howell and Hoke Smith.
latter began his campaign
through the state more than ID
ssmonths ago. He has opposed Mr..
SESHowell with the charge of being the
Representative of the so-called "rail-
8 road ring.' The question Of negro
disfranchi isemcnt. also has entered
largely into the discussion of the
campaign. The method by which
this should he accomplished has been
a question much considered.
Had No Opposition.
For the rest of the state ticket there
has been little opposition, all Of
the various state Officers being can
didates for reelection. For the Offices
of school commissioner and comptrol-
ler only have the inc,lmbents any op-
position.
Senator Bacon is unopposed and his
denomination is assured.
-Four candidates are seeking the
place made vacant by the death Of
Congressman Lester in the First dis
trict, and in the Third district, Con-
gressman Elijah B. Lewis is opposed
by Dudley M. Hughes.
In the primary today the vote has
been cast direct for the various candi-
dates on the ticket. Under the Geor-
.gia state primary law, the candidate
for governor receiving the largest in
dividual vote in each county, is entitl-
ed to name the delegates to the state
democratic convention from that
county, each county being entitled to
twice as many delegates as it has rep
resentatives in the lower branch of
the legislature. The state convention
will be held at Macon September 4.
Much Interest Manifested.
+ Consequently, the vote by counties
is watched with greatest interest. The
] polls in the cities closed at 7 o'clock
this evening. Tn the country precincts
they closed at 3 p. m. Reports from
different parts of the state, received
to an early hour this evening show a
good vote polled. In Atlanta the ear
%tly vote was especially heavy, more
than half the entire registered vote
.sbeing cast by noon. Additional inter-
! est has been added to the voting today
by city democratic primary, IN