The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-12-06
TOMORROW TELLS THE TALE
TWO SIDES CLAIM TERRELL IN
GUBERNATORIAL CONTEST.
Real Fight in County Is Between Lit
tie Joe and Plain Dick. Must
Vote in Own District.


With the gubernatorial primary
Just one day distant political inter
est has awakened considerably. The
apathy that marked the campaign
has gradually faded away, and while
the excitement is not nearly so keen
as it has been in past years there
is nevertheless a decided interest
throughout the county.
Predictions as to who will carry
Terrell county Thursday, with its
two unit votes in the convention,
vary according to the bias Of the
prophet. 1t is generally conceded
however, that the county lies be-
tween Joseph NJ. Brown and Richard
B. Russell. The friends of Hon
Pope Brown, while they say he will
get a good vote, are not very hopeful
that he will be the winner.
The Three Views.
The Joe Brown people base their
claims that he will carry the county
upon the belief that reflections from
his ranks of the former campaign
have been few and that accessiOns
from the ranks of former Hoke
Smithites have been more than
enough to offset these. AS is we'll
known, some of the wheel-horses in
this county for Senator Smith are
lined up behind Governor Brown and
are giving him earnest support. 1t
is only a question of majority, they
say, and that majority depends on
how heavy the vote is.
On the other hand, the Russell
men have lost none of their conf
dence as to the result in Terrell. He
has drawn heavily from the former
Smith ranks, and the strong local OPP
tio1 sentiment that is known to ex-
list here has helped his candidacy
wonderfully. His friends assert that
the county has been in the plain
Dick column from the day he made
his speech here, and say he is strong
er today than ever before. They say
there will be an astonishing number
of farmers who will vote for Russell,
and there is no mistaking the fact
that there is a general feeling of OPP
timism among the Russell men.
There is a slight feeling of hope
but none of confidence in the Pope
Brown ranks. They realize that the
odds are against him, but some of
them will stick to their guns and
vote for him regardless. These are
largely those attracted by the prohi-
bition plank in his platform, and
will vote their principles.
Many prohibitiOnists, among them
local leaders of that cause, will vote
for Joe Brown on the ground that
of the three candidates he has been
the most consistent prohibitionist,
others because they do not believe
prohibition is an issue in the cam
patgn and cannot be affected one
way or the other by the result and
some because they do not believe the
prohibition law should be tempered
with by politicians until it is sub
mitted to vote of the people for
their approval or disapproyal.
Besides a candidate for governor
candidate for commissioner of COM
meTce and labor, the new office Gre
ated by the legislature last summer,
must be nominated. For this posi-
ton there are two candidates-Hon.
H. NJ. Stanley, editor of the Dublin
Courier-Dispatch, and Joseph Nc
earthly, labor union man of Savan-
nah. Very little local interest has
been taken in this race, but Mr.. Stan |
ley seems to be the favorite and will |
probably carry the county by a large
majority.
OF couse The News is not attempt
ing to prophesy and perhaps store up /
a fine dish of crow hash The above |
Is the political situation as it appears
to exist today from the statements
of men who are supposed to be we'll
informed along these lines.
A vote in Terrell except for the
man who carries the county might as
well not be cast, as the county unit
plan prevails and not the popular
vote plan.
Election Managers.
Chairman Edwards of the demo-