Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-09-29
GEORGE, JENKINS AND
LUKE NAMED JUDGES
Macon Convention Settles APP
peaIS Court Contest on
Third Ballot
By HARLLEE BRANCH.
journal Staff Correspondent0

Georgia Democratic convention .noml-
mated Walter F. George, of Vienna;
Frank Jenkins, of Eatonton, and Roscoe
Luke, of brownsville, as judges of the
court of appeals.
Judge George was nominated on the
second ballot, receiving PIG votes. The
number required for choice was 19l.
Messrs. Jenkins and Luke were chosen
on the third ballot, Jenkins receiving
l243 votes and Luke 22S. Other results
were Bloodworth. Sc; Fullbright, %;
Hutchinson, 80; Stephens, n.
Before the third roll call had been
lcomplted Jenkins had received the nee
essary majority and Luke had shown
such a remarkable gain that before the
result of the ballot could be declared
the delegates were clamOring to change
their votes from other candidates to
Luke and his nomination was soon as
sured.
Chief interest in the convention CEN
tered in the decision of the court Of APP
peals contest. In addition to this the
convention unanimously nominated Hugh
NJ. Dorsey TO- governor, adopted plat
form that gave unqualified Endorsement
to President Wilson and the Demo
cratic administration and included in the
state platform that on which Mr.. Dor
sey was nominated for governor, and
Nominated all other candidates according
to the results of the primary of Septem-
Der IL.
> In his address of acceptance Mr.. Dor
sey pledged absolute allegiance to the
Democratic administration. In fact, the
keynote of the convention reflected
Georgia as solidly in support of the
president.
BaIlotting on the three court
of appeals judgeship places
was before the state Democratic
ccnvention when it reconvened at 3
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon. On the first
ballot o. H. b. BloodwCrth, whose pri-
mary votes gave him a convention vote
of ia showed a gain of ten votes.
When the convention reconvened the
result of the first roll call was announc-
ed as follows:
Bloodworth, 1874; Cozart, Sc; FulIbright
so; George, 10; Graham, 10; Grogan, IA;
Hutchinson, I16; Jenkins, 152; Jones, %;
Kimsey. 40; Stephens, 166; Yeomans, 10.
1t required 191 votes to nominate
Therefore, none of the candidates re-
ceived enough votes to obtain a nomlna-
ton.
While the committee was out several
lof the delegates chanted the old
HYMN Of Psalms of Victory"
At this juncture a motion was adopted
temporarily suspending the belloting in
! the cour- of appeals race in order that
nominations for governor could be made.
Harry Hodgson, of Athens, class
mate of Hugh NJ. Dorsey at the Univer-
sity of Georgia, nominated Mr.. Dorsey
in a speech filled with praise and tribute.
His speech brought loud applause.
John T. Boifeuillet. of Macon, made
an eloquent speech in behalf of Governor
Harris and moved the nomination of Mr..
Dorsey be made unanimous. In the
course of his speech Mr.. Boifeullet mem
toned the name of Woodrow Wilson,
paying him high tribute. Immediately
there was spontaneous demonstration
for the president.
| j. d. Howard, of Milledgeville. cam
paign manager for Joseph F.. Pottle in
the recent primary, made a short speech
; praising Mr.. Pottle, thanking his friends
land announcing that Mr.. Pottle approx
ed the Democratic doctrine and wanted
Mr.. Dorsey's nomination made unan-
imous. No one spoke in behalf of DIR. L.
G. Hardman.
Mr.. Dorsey's nomination was declared
by the chairman to be unanimous and
committee was appointed to escort Mr.
, Dorsey to the stage to make his accept
ance speech.
After Mr.. Dorsey had made his ac-
ceptance speech and the platform had
been adopted the convention resumed
peals a motion by w. A. Dodson, of
Sumter providing that any Withdrawals
of candidates must be made before a
roll call was adopted
| Another motion was then adopted
which provided that the three candidates
receiving the lowest votes on the next
roll call should be withdrawn.
The balloting then proceeded.
The second ballot resulted in the NOM
lfVanf &c Ind Toe .IA xyoI
219 votes, 2S more than the necessary
majority. Jenkins made the second larg-
, est gain of "a votes, carrying him up to
1856, just five votes less than the neces-
sary majority. The others stood as fol-
lows:
. Bloodworth. 40; stephens. $50; Cozart
16; Yeomans, rs; Fullbright, rs; Hutcne-
son. 1876; Kimsey. Sc: Luke, 1875.
Prior to the beginning of the third
ballot the name of Judge Kimsey was
withdrawn by H. H. Dean, acting for
him. Under a rule previously adopted
the three names of the lowest candi-
dates were withdrawn.
This left Bloodworth, Jenkins, Ste
phens, Luke, Hutcheson and Fullbright
to be voted on in the third ballot
JUDGE HARWELL SPEAKS.
. While the clerks were counting the
votes cast in the second ballot, H. H.
Dean, of Gainesville, moved that Judge
Frank Harwell, of LAGRANGE, who was
in charge of Dorsey's campaign head
quarters, be invited to address the dele
gates. This opportunity YVES created
for Judge Harwell to announce that he
did not wish the convention to nominate
a candidate for the supreme court. So
much opposition developed Tuesday to
the plan to force the nomination of
Jupdge Harwell that both he and his
friends felt it would be wise to lay
off and not bring down on Mr.. Dorsey
and his leaders the criticism which they
felt sure would result if a nomination
of Judge Harwell was compelled
For these reasons Judge Harwell de-
/ cided not to permit his name to be con-
sidered at this time. He will undoubt-
eddy run against Judge S. Price Gilbert
, ia the geenral election. 1t is expected
the convention viii empower the state
| committee to arrange for the election of
a supreme court justice in the Novem-
Der election.