The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-07
jOE BROWN MEN ARE MUCH ENCOURAGED Believe He Will Be Next Governor of Georgia ELECTION TOMORROW Russell Supporters Believe State Is Ripe for Local Option Election.
 Pope Brown Supporters
 Expect Large Vote
ELECTION TOMORROW

Atlanta, December 6.-(Special) J. With money In their hands and coins iingling in their pockets supporters of Joe Brown are walking the streets and advertising through the papers for some one willing to take it way from them. Up to date they say they have been totally unable to find any men from the camps of Pope Brown or Dick Russell willing to take a chance. There was a time, say the friends Of the former governor, when there was good deal of Russell money to be found. That happy time, they claim, is thing of the past now and the only chance that a Joe Brown man has to get bet at anything like reasonable conditions, Is to find the gentlemen who has se- cured courage through the acquisition of liquid stimulants.
 About Thanksgiving Day there were
 some bets made, and it looked then as if the supporters of the other can- didates would be willing to come across with the evidences of confidence that appeal so greatly and so deeply to those who are able the next day to
 
 produce.
 | The Joe Brown headquarters consider | this one of the very best evidences of | the growing strength of their cand- date. They believe that money always talks on the side of the successful man, and that whenever the coin Is up, there is the best chance for victory. ha | is said exist as to betting on Fulton county. While there was a good deal of Russell money in sight sometime ago, 1t Is claimed that 1t has all dis appeared, and a great deal of the con- fidence that marked the behavior of Russell men a few weeks ago has disappeared.
 Now Joe Brown men are desperately searching for some one to take their money. but most of them want to have @ little up, just in order to feel the proper interest in the campaign. But it is hard to find Russell money in Fulton; it 1 is almost impossible it Is said, to see the color of Pope Brown bill notes. Even the l offer of odds has failed to bring 1t out, l 1t is declared. In so far as the betting | is concerned in Atlanta, it is said that small sums, in which the Joe Brown = are the only wagers reported. It is also said that a number of Joe Brown mcu have offered to put up large sums on Joe Brown against the field at odds. Even this. they say has brought no response from the other sides.
 1 At the places where money Is unually | uncovered in Fulton, there is none to 1 be found, il is said, and if the present | condition keeps up, Joe Brown support | CTS must give big odds to have a chance | to bet at all. | The Brown headquarters are particu- | larly cntnused over the polls from all
 sections Of the state which have re-
 gently been brought into headquarters
 Most of them were the work of travelling | men. with whom Joe Brown stands | pretty strong right now, and they were | all favorable to the former governor. l In some cases the straw ballots showed the candidates pretty much all together in a bunch, but in all of them Joe Brown had an adVantage-big or little. All this has made the Brown people feel that
 the campaign is going very nicely, and give them cause to say that the going is in very good shape
 One interesting feature of the cam paign has been the part played in 1t by
 pr. John E White. pr. White has al
 ways been strong friend of Governor
 Brown, and has aided him with his h. fiuence and with his advice whenever 1t was needed. White has of course al- ways been regarded as prohibitionist, and this was additional help to the governor.
 Some time ago, before Joe Brown an- .nounced for governor. 1t was decided that 1t was about time to take some kind Of
 action on 8 prohibition candidate. So a | meeting of the anti-saloon league was held At this meeting were present Dr. White, officers of the association, and a number of others. Now, recently Messrs. Young and Rich ards, two officials of the organization, made the statement that at this confer ence John White had stated that he didnt know whether Brown would run no. but that if he ran, he knew he would not
 run on a prohibition platform, because at the election, when he had won, he owed it largely to the whisky and the railroad interests.
 Of course this produced cards ad infi-
 nitum. and every day adds another one. either from Volney Williams who made the original charge, and got the proof from the league officers, or from Dr. White, with every now and then one from the anti-saloon league when some chance comes for them to rush into print. Dr. White has explained and has de-
 
 the row continues merriy apace. Georgia is a much bigger state than folks would think, If you will have a glimpse over the claims of the rival can didates or their managers in the race for governor
 For instance, "Plain Dick Russell says he is certain to carry 92 counties, and that he may get off with 105. Then Pope Brown says that he does not how he can DOsSiblV feUpr counties than S6. But wait minute. Here is "I.ittle Joe,' who says, and he really said it first, so that might help some that he can't possibly get along with
 less than 7S counties. Now a neat little problem in ariNhmetic--92 and S6 and 7S- why they make total of 256, and folks once thought that Georgia didn't have quite i50 counties. But who cares? This is election year.
 Arrangements have been completed in Atlanta for holding the primary, but it is stated that in many of the country precincts in all parts of the state the necessary preparations have either not been made, or have been made with ex- ceedipg slowness and careessness, which may cost the candidates number of votes each
 Pope Brown men are passing their claims to election on their belief that Joe Brown and Dick Russell are cutting each others threats
 Russell supporters are of the opinion that the state Is ripe for a local option election, and think that Russell will be given 8 chance to put it into effect.
 Joe Brown supporters believe that the record he made as a safe and conserva- tive governor, will land him in the gov ernor's chair again.