The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-12-13
PEOPLES RIGHTS SUPREME
''Wiu Not Let Their Sovereign Rights
BE Interefered With" Says
the GovernOr-Elect.

/ VIII Not Let IneIr sovereign Rights
BE Interefered With" Says
the GovernOr-Elect.
On being asked Thursday night
by long distance telephone, at his
home in Marietta, for a statement on
the result of the election, Jos. NJ.
Brown, for the second time named
for the goVernorship of Georgia, die
tated the following reply:
i am not surprised at the result,
but l confess that l did not expect
the victory to be so sweeping.
When | consider the personnel Of
the support received in all parts of
the state / accept the verdict as a
command from the people of Georgia
that factionalism must cease, and
that the people of the state must
unite on the everlasting principle of
the protection Of their sovereignty.
81 shall obey this mandate as I
Will every other received from the
sovereign people. I desire to extend
my profound thanks to all those who
have so kindly contributed to the
result
1t is not my victory-it is the vic
tory of the people-and in many re-
spects the most notable ever won by
the people of Georgia.
i am simply an instrument used
to express their resentment at any
interference with their liberties, and
my election means that the rights
and liberties of the people of Georgia
cannot hereafter be trified with with
out the certainty of public condem-
nation. JOS. M. BROWN"
What Pope Brown Says.
Declaring that he was through with
politics for the rest of his life, ex-
| cept to help his friends who may as
pire to public office, J. Pope Brown,
who was second in Thursdays pri-
mary, gave out the following state
ment Friday morning:
ITO say that | am not disappointed
would be insincere. | fully expected
to carry twenty-five more counties.
The returns show the plurality for
my opponents in these counties to be
| quite SMALL ranging from 1 to 40
votes, showing that a very few votes
/ in each county would have changed
the result. But, be that as it may,
| want to thank my friends in every
county in the state for the compli-
mentary vote accorded me. / take
every vote cast for me as a compli-
ment and personal endorsement. l
made no promises directly or indi-
rectly to any man nor to any interest
1t will always be a pleasure to me
to show my friends my appreciation
of their loyal and unselfsh support
and really l regret the result as
much on their account as my own. 3"
Judge Russell's View.
Judge Russell, while not speaking
directly, gave expression to his feel
ings through his campaign manager,
James B. Nevin, of Rome. Judge
Russell was in Atlanta, but he pre-
ferred that Mr. Nevtn should speak
for him. The latter said:
The explanation is absurdly sim
pie, and already has occurred to
many Georgians, no doubt. Judge
Russell was defeated because he did
not get enough votes, electoral or
otherwise. Besides, those he did get
were most enthusiastically distribu-
ted. | have wired my congratula-
tons and good wishes to Governor
i Brown, and l meant what l said
After the war is over, and | am a
loser, far be it from me to wall and
gnash my teeth I should have liked
more than | can say to have won the
fight, but inaSmuch as that did not
come to pass l begrudge the victor
none of the satisfaction he may just
ly feel today. There will be a merry
Christmas at my house, nevertheless
and Notwithstanding.