The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-05
LOOKS LIKE JOE M. BROWN Hoke Smith Gives Out a
 Statement.
 -.- THE PRIMARY IN GEORGIA Early Returns Indicate Defeat of
 the Governor. Each of the Eleven conEre..men Seem to Be Nominated--Interest is Int.nse in Every Part
 of State. 

to midnight Indicate the election of Jo- seph NJ. Brown as Governor of Geor- gia in the general Democratic primary held today, by plurality of about l5,- 900.
 The Constitution estimates that Brown has won by from 15.000 to 25,- 900. The Brown managers claim the plurality is larger.
 Governor Smiths campaign managers decline to make a statement, and the Governor himself says that he cannot comment on the primary until tomor- row.
 The campaign was the hottest in the history of Georgia. In all the eleven congressional districts indications are that the present Democratic Congress men will be returned. the only doubt being in the Fifth, where James L.. Mayson may contest the election with Congressman Livingston.
 There was no contest over the Uni ted States Senatorshfp. A. S Clay be- ing the popular choice The primary other parties in the State making no contest.
 Fulton County, in which is situated Atlanta, and which is the largest Coun- ty in the State. and also the home of Governor smith. gave Joseph M. Brown q plurality estimated at 2.000. Chat ham County in which Is situated Sa.- vannah and which Is also one of the largest In the State, went for Brown, according to late returns.
 Returns from hfty-four counties complete. not including Fulton and Chatham, give Brown a plurality of about 2.S00. the same counties two years ago giving smith plurality of about 5000
 The smith managers claim that the Governor has carried twenty-seven counties and that Brown has carried twenty but under the popular vote rule now Tn Georgia tie county unit plan does not figure in the result.
 The Governor received the returns at the Governors mansion after maIk Ing short address to his campaign man agsra
 eve made good fight. doing what you have for me. Do not give. up hope yet We will have to wait until we get the final count You fought for a noble prin- ciple.
 2 Governor Hoke Smith made the above statement in the Smith headquarters this evening and then left for home.
 MT. Brown did not visit his head quarters tonight. remaining at his Ma rietta home
 Governor Smith declined to make any statement tonight as to the result.
 The Brown managers claim the nom nation which Is equivalent to election, by from 2b.000 to 10000 James R. Smith, political manager for Brown. gave the Associated Press the follow ing statement tonight;
 "We fought clean fight and won. The reasons for the victory are so pro- nounced that they would hardly admit of discussion. The attitude of the ad- ministration toward invested capital Is perhaps the paramount issue. It was not an issue between men but what they represented.
 "Today's election shows that the pre- vailing opinion among the people is that Mir Browns election would go far toward restoring confidence"
 Governor Smiths managers. however. do not coEcede Browns election and declare that full vote will be neces- sary to determine the result.
 One of the heaviest votes in the his- tory of Georgia was cast, men stand ing in line for hours in the larger cit- ies like Atlanta, waiting for 6 chance to mark their ballots
 Tn the interest in the Governorship all other contests practically were lost sight of,
 In the Congressional Districts the hottest fight was in the Fifth where Congressman I. F.. Livingston was op- posed by James L.. Mayson. Returns tonight indicate Livingston's re-eiec- ton though Mayson's friends say they will insist on an official count.
 In the First District indications point to the reelection of Congressman Ed wards; sin the Second District to the reelection of J, M. Griggs; in the Third to the return of E. B. Lewis; the Fourth to Congressman Anderson; the Fifth to l. F. Livingston; the Sixth to Congressman c. L. Bartlett; the Sew enth to Congressman Gordon Lee; the Eighth to Congressman w. M. How ard; the Ninth to Congressman T. M. Bell; the Tenth to Congressman Hard wick, and the Eleventh to Congress man William G. Brantley
 Interest Runs High.
 The Georgia State primary, which decides who shall sit in the various State offices for the comink two years was held today with Governor Hoke smith and Joseph NJ. Brown, a former Railroad Commissioner, as opponents. Congressional, State Legislative, and Supreme Court contests were lost in the gubernatorial campaign.
 When the polls closed in Atlanta at T o'clock tonight and when they closed in other cities and towns throughout the State, interest was running high. Until near midnight, throngs surround ed the bulletin boards In every city and town, cheering wildly as the returns indicated a gain for one or another candidate.
 Local contests for county offices fell into insignificance; even the vote for United States Senator was lost sight of, though this latter fact is not sur nrising for Senator Alexander Stephens Clay was without opposition. and no matter what the individual fights in the districts he is sure to be returned to Washington.
 The Presidential situation did not seem to enter into the campaign and when the primary is over, that alone will interest the State convention, which meets in Atlanta, June 2s, to name It's delegates to the National con- vention.
 In the Congressional districts of the State, six of the eleven have contests, but tonight's returns even in these con tested districts. were meagre and indl- catAd simply what the result would be without accurate figures.