The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-10
STATE PRIMARY ON AUG. q
MACON WON OVER ATLANTA FOR
STATE CONVENTION AUG. 2S'
Hold of to See If Smith Faction
Would Not Put Out Canuiu"'e'
Comfy Unit Plan Adopted


ATLANTA.-The state democFaI'c
executive committee met IN the sen
o+e chamber of the capitol Saturday
Of noon for the purpose of fixing
do+e for the state primary and for
the state convention to follow.
The urinary was called for August
81 and the convention following Will
ho held on August rs in Macon.
II is believed that the comnlVIee
hold off it's meeting as long as posi-
BILE in order to see II an entLS Tho
come out for governor rom ,o.T
Smith faction. The report was ~
general for several weeks that Cno
committee would meet JUST DeLoio
the general assembly conVeneG' pus
this talk suddenly died out, ana onIy
a few days ago Chairman Bill WItsn
cont ont a call for the meeting sat
urday. M,
County Unit Plan
Reversing it's action IN callins tno
presidential primary on the Plul az ~.
unit the committee went BACK W Cne
county unit plan for the coming sCate
urinary for governor and state mouse
officers and all candidates except
United States senators and Judges
and solicitors. Judges and SOLICITORS
aro m he voted for only in their re-
spective circuits. 4ho
A good working majority Oh tne
state committee was present "nn
chairman w. c. Wright calleu ~ "
order. John T. West moved 10 nave
a committee of five appointed 10 nA
nm the rules and resolutions Tor the
urinary. etc. 1t was adopted, ana
the chair appointed John T. West l.;
I Mcconnell, P. A. Stovall, HOWARD
Thompson and RUDE Arnold, ana
thev went out for thirty minutes 10
fx Things I'D. They were out, now
over close to an hour and nall
before reporting.
Following the reading OF the reso-
lutions R. L. Mckinney OF Macon
sprang a distinct surprise by MOVING
To substitute Macon for Atlanta as
the meeting place of the state con-
vention. A hubbub of objection ana
approval arose.
Why He Wanted Macon.
"Gentlemen." said Col. Bob Ber-
ner. 81 have been fighting for tine
democratic party for thirty years.
and | have asked little OF this com
mittee. But | do think this conven-
ton should go to Macon. You know
when YOU moved it up to Atlanta II
resulted in electing Joe Brown gov
ernor."
On a viva voce vote Macon seemed
to nave it. but a division was called
for and it resulted in tie-lS to 10
A great shout Of laughter went up
over putting Chairman Bill Wright
in "a hole" on the proposition, and
he stood looking very much embar-
raised for some seconds.
Now, Mr.. Chairman, said Col.
Berner, do the right thing and cast
your vote for Macon"
Still Chairman Wright stood hest
tating. II suppose the best thing
for me to do is to vote for Newman,
he finally said.
AT this moment, however, Howard
THOMPSON of Gainesville arose and
said in order to relieve the chairman
from an embarrassing position he
would change his vote from Atlanta
to Macon, so the Central City land
ed it.
AS stated the resolutions adopted
provide for county unit plan on all
officials except United States senator,
Judges and solicitors, and the last
two named will be voted on only IN
their respective circuits. All regis
tered white democratic voters who
pledge themselves to vote for the
party nominees, national, state and
county, are eligible to vote on Au-
gust 81.
Hold Down Representation.
Representation on the floor of the
convention will be limited to twice
the number of county representation
in the lower house.
The candidate for governor and
United States senator will pay an as
sessment of $500, while all Others
will pay $50. This assessment must
be in the hands of Secretary c. NJ.
Hitch by noon August 1st
The use of money, whiskey or any
undue influence is prohibited, and it
is specifically stated that candidates
for railroad commissioner and JUS
tees of the supreme court must state
which particular place they are seek
ing-that is, which incumbent they
ODDOSe