The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-08-17
RUSSELL 9,lR IN
LEAD OF JOHNSTON
TiSHOMINGO COUNTY MISS
ING IN MISSISSIPPI
RETURNS.
CASTEEL IN LEAD
Run-Off for Lieutenant Govern
or Promises an Excit-
ing Finish.


adjourned regular meeting of the
Democratic state executive committee
Of Mississippi was convened in the
Senate chamber shortly after IL
o'clock today by S. w. Mullins of Mar
shall, chairman, and quorum Present
including the usual quota of proxies.
In the absence of Joseph E. Norwood
Of Magnolia, member from the Sew
enth District and secretary, Frank /.
Scott of Kinds, proxy for w. X. Her
rim of Coahoma, was chosen as secre-
tary.
In addition to Chairman Mullins,
other bona fide members of the COM
mittee present were Judge Robert
Powell of Kinds, S. l.. McLaurin OF
Rankin, j. T. Savage, of Monroe, S.
Kemp of Copiah, Minis Williams of
Simpson. Proxies were held by j. o.
S. Sanders, Geo. w. May, j. A. Teat,
Jas. N. Flowers and other well-known
figures in the public life of the COM
munity.
After formally convening the
committee Chairman Mullins announ-
ced that clerical work of tabulating
the figures received had, not been
completed, and pending the completion
thereof forced recess was taken un-
til the actual results were in hand. A
committee composed of Messrs. Pow
ell, Savage and Flowers was desig-
mated to cooperate with Secretary
Power in the clerical work of tabu-
lating the figures.
There was no manner of doubt that
on the face of the returns DIR. l.. S.
Rodgers had been nominated as treas
urer, Frank Robertson as attorney
general, Jos. w. Power rs secretary of
state, Stokes v. Robertson as revenue
agent, NJ. A. Brown as Land commits
sioner,, T. M. Henry as insurance COM
missioner, w. A. Montgomery as pris-
on trustee from the First District,
George X. Edwards as railroad COM
missioner from the First, j. S Love as
bank examiner from the second.
1t was also incumbent on the COM
InlItee 70 formally declare that there
had been no nomination for governor,
for lieutenant governor, clerk of the
supreme court and railroad commits
sioner from the Second and Third dis
tricts, and to designate the runoff
candidates.. +. FrierSon and H. H.
Casteel, George c. Myers and w. J.
Buck, F. NJ Sheppard and w. H. Nor
gan, VIM. B. Wilson and W.. II. Dyson
respectively
Announcing the Totals
Also, and most important, It was
incumbent on the committee to de-
clare that Lee NJ. Russell Of Lafayette
and Oscar G. Johnston of COahoma
should run it over again for the nom-
ination for governor.
The actual totals, with the eXcep-
ton of one missing county, Tishoniin.
90, which cast something less than
1000 votes, with an antiadn.inistra-
tion majority, showed that there had
been cast for goS crnor q to~,l! of la,
I'll, with the toia. standing as TO
lows:
Russell tS .i'3; Johnston 81 !U6,
Longino 3O,731; and Collins SO,026. A
ead for Russell, according to these
figures, of 9,142 over Johnston, being
slightly under the estimates of the
Russell campaign headquarters.
The vote for lieutenant governor
rom the 81 counties report showed
he man from Holmes slightly in the
cad the figures being Casteel, 50,747;
FriersOn, 5O,l90 and Mott, IS, sos. This
howed shrinkage of nearly 10000,
otes compared with the total cast
or governor, and approximately the
anne relative results are shown in
pnection with other contests.
For supreme court clerk the total
as Buck, 63,7S2; Myers. 44,255 and
lincoln, 3O,7S2, giving Buck more
ian 5000 votes in the lead, with
pe Lincoln strength to be divided in
e second.
Other results announced were:
Secretary of state: Power, 67,052;
ilson, 64,050.
Attorney general: Robertson, 77,
s; Floyd, 1882.
Insurance commissioner: Henry,
,6l7; Scott, 5S,94S.
Treasurer Rogers, s0,029; Guess,
907.
Revenue agent: Robertson, 9304s;
all, $3.50
Land. commissioner: Brown, S4.s77;