The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
DORSEY MAKES CLEAN
SWEEP FOR GOVERNOR
PRICE DEFEATED FOR COMMITS
SIONER OF AGRICULTURE.
OTHER RESULTS.

In the state primary hugh W. DoI-
sew swept the state for governor and
will go to the convention at Macon
with many more than enough votes to
nominate him on the first ballot.
He has a majority of 1,S41 popular
votes. and will be nominated IN the
state convention by a total OF Z44
county unit votes from 102 counties,
which he has carried.
Governor Nat E. Harris has Al
counties with 116 convention votes,
Hartman four counties with III con-
vention votes and Pottle four coun-
ties with convention votes.
Below is list of the counties car
ried by each of the candidates:
Dorsey Counties.
Appling, Bacon, Baker, Barrow,
Barlow, Bleckley, Bulloch, Butts,
Campbell, Carroll, Catoosa, Cicero
kee, Clarke, Clay, Clayton, Cobb, Col
quit, Coweta, Crawford, Crisp, Daw-
son, Decatur, DeKalb, Douglas,
Early, Echols, Emanuel, Evans, Fan
min, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Frank
lin, Fulton, Gilmer, Glascock, Cor
don, Grady, Greene, Gwinnett, Hab-
ersham, Hall, Hancock, HARRISON,
Harris, Hart, Heard, Henry, Irwin,
Jasper, jeff Davis, jefferson, john
son, Liberty, Lincoln, Lumpkin, Ma
con, Madison, Marion, Meriwether,
Miller, Milton, Mitchell, Monroe,
Montgomery, Murray, Newton, Geo.
nee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Pickens,
Pike. Polk, Quitman, Rabun, Ran
doIph, Rockdale, Schley, Screven,
Spalding, Stephens, Stewart, Talia-
ferro, Tattnall, Taylor, Terrell,
Toombs, Troup, Turner, Union (split
between Dorsey and Harris with tie
vote), Epson, Walton, Warren, Web
ster, Wheeler, White, Whitfield. Will
cox, Wilkes, Wilkinson, Worth.
Harris Counties.
Ben Hill, Berrien, Bib, Brooks,
Bryan, Burke, Calhoun, Camden,
Gambler, Chatham, Chattahoochee,
Chattooga, Clinch, Coffee, Columbia,
Dade, Dodge, Dooly, Effingham,
Glynn, Houston, Jenkins, Laurens,
Lee, Lowndes, McDufie, Mcintosh,
Muskogee, Pierce, Pulaski, Richmond,
Sumter, Talbot, Telfair, Thomas,
Tiff, Twiggs, Union (split between
Harris and Dorsey with tie vote),
Walker, Ware, Washington, Wayne.
Hardman Counties.
Banks, Charlton, Jackson, Towns.
Pottle Counties.
Baldwin, Dougherty, Jones, Put
nam.
1t was a clean sweep by Dorsey
against the combined opposition, the
returns indicating clearly a combina
ton of the opposition in many coun-
ties upon. Harris in the effort TO de-
feat Dorsey.
Margin of So Votes.
From the foregoing figures it will
be seen that Mr.. Dorsey has margin
of So votes more than enough to as
sure his election upon the first ballot
in the state convention at Macon,
only 191 votes being necessary to
nominate.
Thus terminates one of the hottest
gubernatorial campaigns Georgia has
ever seen in a sweeping victory for
Mr.. Dorsey, and without the conven-
ton fight that Mr. Dorsey's opposi-
ton had predicted and upon which
they had pinned their hopes of de-
feat. Dorsey's tremendous lead in
pluralities indicates that he was by
far the favorite of the candidates.
Dorsey led Governor Harris, his
nearest competitor, by popular
plurality of 1862 votes. He led
DR.. Hardman of Commerce, running
third, by popular plurality of 49,
987 votes. Joseph Pottle of Milledge-
vile, who waged the most consist
emily persistent fight against Mr.. Dor
sey during the race, obtained but
7,148 popular votes, being led by
Mr.. Dorsey by a plurality of approx
imately 100000 votes.