The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-09-07
STATE COMMITTEE
DECLARES RESULT
FRIERSON DEFEATED FOR
: LT.-GOVERNOR - RUS
SELL is DECLARED
"a NOMINEE.
OTHER NOMINEES
Buck Leads The Ticket And
Defeats Myers - Results
In Other Races De-
clared.

JACKSON, Miss, Sept. Meet
ing of the state Democratic executive
committee here today to canvass re-
turns from last Tuesdays primary
was featured by lack of any con
test for state offices.
Lee NJ. Russell was declared the
nominee for governor, H. H. Casteel
for lieutenant governor, w. j. Buck
for clerk of the supreme court, w. r.
Wilson, Mcumbent, railroad commits
sioner for the northern district, and
S. NJ. Morgan for the southern dis
trict.
Buck led the ticket with 10000 ma
jority. Interest centered in the lieu
tenant governors contest, Casteel
winning by 800 votes.
AS soon as it was ascertaihed be-
yond reasonable doubt that Mr.. Cas-
teel had secured majority, however
slight, his opponent, Mr.. Frlerson,
wrote a cordial letter Of congratula-
ton, conceding the choice Of the ma
iority to the senator from Holmes.
A singular feature of the tabula-
tions showed that, territorially con-
sidered, the two candidates for gov
ernor had equally divided the state,
although having majority of nearly
5000, Lieut.. Gov. Russell, it was
shown, had only carried Al counties,
Lieut.. Johnston carrying the other
Al. Az between Messrs. Friersop and
Casteel, the former carried about .
dozen more than the man who be-
came the nominee.
1t was IL o'clock when Chairman
S. w. Mullins called the committee to
order, with the following other regu-
lar members on hand: Joseph f..
Norwood of Pike, member from the
Seventh District, secretary; j. T.
Savage, the First District; S. Will
hanson, the Second District; 5.
Minis Williams, the Sixth district,
Kemp Jones, the Seventh District,
and Robert Powell, the Eighth Dis
trict.
There were present as proxies for
absentee members, A. S. Cody, Capt.
Noel White, James Cassidy, George
W. May, George Butler and j. o. S.
Saunders, while Judge Powell also
held a proxy for A. j. Mcintyre of
the First.
On motion Of Mr.. Butler commit
tee of five members was appointed by
the chair to tabulate the returns and
report back. This committee was
composed of Judge Powell, Gen. But
Ter and Messrs Cassidy, Coody and
Savage.
The following totals were ascar-
tanned by the committee:
For Governor
Lee M. Russell . ... 7I,A21
Oscar G. Johnston .......... SO SOS
Russell's majority ..........7 7,S62
For Lieutenant Governor
II. H. Casteel ........-.6 1886
John Frierson ...........-.. 6S,lO3
Casteers majority ....... S5t
For Supreme Court Clerk
W. ]. Buck .................1 1o.IoS
George c. Myers ,........ 5S,9S4
Bucks majority ............l .l9,lo5
For Railroad Commissioner, Sec
ond District
NJ H. Morgan ...............2 24,Sof
F. NJ Sheppard ............2 p, ,O9s
Morgan's majority ........ 2,23S
For Railroad Commissioner, Third
District
W. B. Wilson .............3 33, ,634
Claude r. Horne ..........2I 1928
Wilson's majority ......11, ,306
During the meeting Of the commit
tee, Gov. Bilbo, Lieut.. Gov. Russell,
Senator Casteel and Representative
Frierson were present as interested
spectators, though having no part in
the proceedings.
Mr.. Frierson went carefully over
the adding machine tshulations upon
the result of which the finding Of the
subcommittee had been based, and
while it was rather hard to lose out
after his game fight, by so narrow
margin, the dictum Of the figures
seemed inexorable.