The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-03-30
A YEAR OF POLITICS.

This is a year of politics. AL
over Georgia the candidates for coun
ty offices have for sometime beer
keeping the roads and by-ways hot
and by the time they have been dis
posed of the state campaign will
open.
The primary for members of the
legislature and state house officers
cannot, under the new law, be held
earlier than the first week in August
Registration for both primaries will
close on April 5th.
At the general election, which will
occur on Wednesday, October 5th, all
officers of the state, except members
of congress, will be chosen, includ-
ing those officers who serve the state
in county capacities.
The list further includes all state
house officers whose offices are not
appointiye, and whose terms expire
regularly this year These are the
governor, school commissioner, treas
urer, cOmptroller-general, commits
sioner of agriculture, secretary of
state, encouragement and pension
commissioner.
Among the foregoing the only in
cumbent who has declared that he
will not run to succeed himself is the
treasurer, Mr.. Pope Brown. Mr..
Brown was appointed to fill the unex-
pired term of the late Robert E. Park,
deceased. w. J. Speer has announced
himself a candidate for nomination
to that office, and at this time is the
only avowed candidate for any state
house Office.
In addition to these three railroad
commissioners will be chosen at the
election next fall. Commissioner o.
B. Stevens full term of six years will
expire December 1st, and an incum-
bent for the ensuing term of that
length will be elected. Commissioner
Stevens will probably be candidate
to succeed himself. Commissioner
Murphy Gambler was appointed to
the vacancy left by the resignation
of former Commissioner Fuller E.
Galloway, to serve till the election.
A successor in that office will have to
be chosen to serve till December LIST,
when the Galloway term will expire;
term after December LIST will also be
elected. A successor to S. G. McLen-
don, who was removed and whose
place on the commission is being
filled by Joseph F. Gray of Savan-
nah, will have to be chosen to serve
the remainder of that term, a period
of two years.
One judge of the Court of Appeals
is to be elected, the intermediate
term of Judge Arthur G. Powell ex-
piring this year. The court will, on
January LIST, have been in existence
four years Judge Richard B. Rus
SELL whose short term expired at the
last election, is now filling his sec
ond term Chief Judge Hills long
term will expire two years hence.
Two justices of the supreme court
will be chosen this year The term
of Chief Justice W. H. Fish of Amer
icus, who has been in office since
1886, will expire, as will also that
of Justice Marcus w. Beck of Griffin,
who has served since 1906. 1t is I'M
derstood that both will be candidates
for reelection to terms of six years
each
IN addition to all the foregoing
half of the superior court judges and
half of the solicitors general in the
state will have to be chosen anew this
year for four-year terms.
No date has yet been set for the
state primary. 1t will be fixed by
the state democratic executive COM
mittee, of which Hon. H. A. Hall of
Newman is chairman. meeting of
that committee for the purpose of
fixing the primary date has not yet
been called.
Only those who have registered by
Tuesday of next week, April 5th, can
participate in the primaries or the
general election in October.
Register now,
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PAINTING "SNOKE" ON MEAT.