Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-09

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em1s Indicated Watson won tho sen
at:rtal nomination with 1s7 county
unit vetas or more than \ majority.
An Counties Net Complete.
9hArs were returns from 1T OF the
9SS counties In the state. and were not
complete for all counties. They in
di0tsd Gov. Dorsey had 81 votes. Sem
Ater Smith 10. and John r Cooper
nothing.
Similar returns from 100 counties in
the Gubernatorial race indicated SEN
ator Hardwick had 172 votes. Clifford
Walker 13s. John n. Holder Il and
". r. Brown nothing.
Watson. who has long been an out
spoken critic Of the Wilson admins
tration and the league OF nations COW
enant. has had = picturesque career
practice Of law he had built up a rep
utAtion as 2 brilliant criminal lawyer
h4 - the author OF numerous histories
and novels, and 1t one time published
= monthly magazine and a weekly
paper. These were barred from the
mail under the espionage act during
the war, but he since has established
another weekly. For years Watson.
who IL sixty-four years old. has been
admitted to be power in Georgia
pohliOS, anu III tHC PICoShl SoAh
almost every large newspaper in the
state with the exception of Hearsts
Atlanta Georgian fought him. as dld
numerous posts of the American LIE
sion. Numbers of former service men
from over the state supported Wat
son, however, according to commu-
nications published by his friends.
Former United States Senator Hard
wick, who years ago was one or at
sons most bitter political enemies,
h,,t 10 tod nit
campaign, did not fare so well In his
race for the gubernatorial nomination.
It was indicated by the Constltu-
tons figures that he and CLIFFORD
walker. former state attorney gen.
orAl, might go into a run-on.
Watson Given ~ Votes.
latest figures compiled by the Con-
s4itution from 143 of the 155 counties
In the state showed Watson had 222
csunty-unit votes. Dorsey, 1o2: Smith,
-; Cooper. nothing. e.
For governor, these returns indi
Gated Walker. 17s: Hardwick. 166:
John \. Holder. II: w. r. Brown.
nothing.
A majority. or 1875 out Of the 3ss
cennty-unit votes of the state. is re-
quired for nomination as senator or
governor. plurality dominates in
the other races and in case of a tie
the popular vote determines these
races
The interest in the contests for the
Senate and governor centered efforts
to get returns on these races and pre-
vented the gathering of definite fig
uPes on other contests, but on the face
OF estimates from it's correspondents
the Atlanta Journal predicted early
today that all eight of Georgia's con-
Sressmen. who had opposition. would
"a ho
available. however. indicated close
races in several districts
8. Guyton McLendon appeared on
the face of incomplete returns to the
Constitution to have been renomi-
mated as secretary of state: George
b. TrammelI. as railroad commits
sioner. and o. H. B. Bloodworth and
Ben H Hill to the, court Of appeals.
EseA Loses In wisconsin.
MILWAUKEE,. wis, September -
Additional returns received from
Tuesday's statewide primary in
creased the dead Of Senator Irvine L.
IAnroot in his race for the republican
nomination for United States senator,
but brought to light that many more
returns will have to be tahulated be-
fore anything Of definite nature can
- ascertained on the republican con-
Returns from 76s precincts out of
ISIS in tAefstate give Lenroot 62,250,
Thompson 44 354 and McHenry 19.054
fneluded efnA this tabuia tion,r which
Wa made BY the Milwaukee journal,
vere $40 precincts from Milwaukee
county. This showed the junior SEN
ator leading in both Milwaukee coun-
u and in the state outside.
In the third district former Repre-
sentative John n. Nelson of Madison