The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-04-06
Mr.. WRIGHT is EXPLAINING
MADE MISTAKE IN ABANDONING
COUNTY UNIT PLAN.
Result Is a Big Boost for the Under
wood Cause in Georgia, Which
Was Not Intended.


ATLANTA.-While they pretend
TO stick to their guns members of
the state executive committee, some
of them at least, realize that they
made mistake in abandoning the
county unit plan in connection with
the presidential primary of May LIST.
Even some of the most ardent DO
litical friends of the committee and
the faction it represents are CRITICS.
ing this action, in many cases to the
extent of refusing to support the can
d1date it was sought to benefit bv
this rule completely excluding any
minority from the state convention.
him the Georgia delegation.
A notable case in point is that of
Commissioner of Agriculture T. G..
Hudson who, while he is openly TAX
ing no sides in the presidential pri-
mary because of his candidacy for
governor, is openly and freely criti-
cising the committees action and as
sorting everywhere that the county
unit plan, which gives each county
representation according to it's vote,
is one of the principal plan!1s in his
platform.
Smith Men for Underwood.
Another is that of Judge James K.
Hines, special attorney for the rail-
road commission, for years a consist
ent advocate of Hoke Smith, who
now declares the state should repudi-
ate the committees action in aban-
doning the county unit plan, and
says the only way to do it is to vote
for Oscar Underwood as the demo-
cratic nominee for president.
Upon the same theory, in part, and
also because he believes in Under
wood, James l.. Anderson of Atlanta.
well known attorney who was mana
ger of two campaigns for Gov. Smith,
has joined the Underwood forces and
is now president of the Fulton Coun-
ty Underwood Club.
Many other instances might be
mentioned along the same line, and
it is not to be questioned that mem
bers of the state committee are feel
ing it.
1t is generally charged that the
plan was made in the hope that with
the Georgia vote divided among I'm
derwood, Harmon and Clark on the
one hand Wilson would secure the
plurality in enough counties to give
him in the Georgia delegation.
Underwood Much Stronger.
But there is no question that the
arrangement has redounded to the
advantage of Underwood The whole
force of Thomas E. Watson's infu-
ence has turned in that direction
purely on account of abandonment
of the county unit plan. Mr.. Watson
and his friends hold that the only
possible method of rebuking the
committees action is to give Geor-
gia's vote to Mr.. Underwood.
That Underwood's strength in the
state has grown extensively since the
committee acted is self-evident: that
the committee action had something
to do with it cannot be questioned.
The Underwood leaders here are
Jubilant over the reports coming
from all sections of the state, and
Manager G. R. Hutchens delights in
reiterating his statement:
Il do not concede a single Georgia
county to Prof. Wilson of New Jer-
sey."
Wright's Statement.
Chairman w. c. Wright of the
state democratic executive committee
gave out statement today in which
he seeks to defend the committees
action in abandoning the county unit
plan in connection with the presiden-
tial primary.