Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
BLUE RIDGE FIGHT
WITH COMM 7 TEE
100 Citizens of Mountain Dis
trlCt Present as Fraud AC-
CuSations Are Aired.

TIE state Democratic executive
committee meets in ghe. senate cham
#bel Of The lApfteB Al noon To-day, fors
the purposA sof,heafing the Blue Ridge.
IjpdgsEip case, contested before TOE.
state CONVENTION and referred by that
body to,thesstate consnittee for dispo-
stfon ..sa
Upon thesface Of the returns in the
blue Bldg circuit, the present judge,
Newt Morris. was e-nominated by ap--
pgoximatel@.5O 800 votes over II L. Pat
tefson a..
Patterson protests the nomination OF
SIo,gis however: aud alleges that it
vas procured eby fraud and intfmida-
,tiign in Giln}er9 county, wherein Morris
sas 6te{li h err aseXictor by a trns;gin
sufficient 10 overcome tthe heavy Pat
teFson, p1aJeg lily ia5eTsry Other county
Of the circuit 9!
To support the Pstts%son allegations
a long MIST Of witnesses have been
summoDed'f 10 appear before the com
n1ittee toaaR. and a grip. sack full of
affidaFfts and exhibits OF one sore and
another win be produced for its con-
sideration ~
:, Denies All Heeations ..~
'9Patersoh will be represented by an
imposing array of legal talent. and the
case will be gone into eNhaustively.
Ita1iidge Morris sweepin gi5y and in de u
tall denies every Allegation Of fraud
and mismanag gem nf655f the. polls IN
Gilmer He maintafns that the cleo
ton there was conducted on as far
and square lines a elsewhere through
out the district, and that, while his
nomination turns on Gnmer's vote. it
nevertheless is conclusive
Morris also will be pentifuny sup
piled with able counsel at the hearing.
This case has attracted statewide at
tention, and a fun attendance of the
state committee is Anticipated
Hope For Final Settlement.
Chairman William J. Harris recent
~ completed the committee by naming
the fifteen members for the state at
large authorized by the convention, and
he has been assured that practically
every member viii be on hand at the
haring -...
For many years Gimer and the Blue
Ridge circuit have figured sensationaIIy
in the biennial state primaries. and
there is a seeming disposition upon the
part Of the state committee to settle
the matter his ime. definitely and final
ly. if il may be done -s .
More than a hundred citizens of Gil
mer, Morris and Patterson men. about
evenly divided are in Atlanta for the
purpose OF attending the hearing.
1t has been suggested that the TAX
ing of evidence be left to a sub-com-
mittee of the state committee, but this
| likely will not be done. The entire
committee seems disposed to pass upon
the case
Plan to Eniven Campaign.
Forecasts of the probable outcome is
speculation only. The members of the
state committee already in town are
careful about discussing the contest.
and. in the main, are highly noncom-
initial
Besides the Morris Patterson matter.
the committee has several other things
of relatively small importance to con-
slider
| The national campaign will be look
ed into and plans made for whooping
things up for Wilson in Georgia. A
contested legislative election in Buuoch
county also is scheduled for today
The Gilmer county fight likely will
run over into tomorrow