The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1922-11-10

FIGHT WILL NOW GO
TO SENATE FOR ACTION
Arrows Friends Claimed Only
Excuse Managers Had For
Their Action Was that Arrow
Could Not Use This Ticket.
The senatorial contest in the
Fourth District, the most bitter ever
known to the counties which com
pose it, is not yet settled, an there
is now every indication that the
fight will be carried to the floor of
the senate and that body will rave to
decide whether Jas. T. Vocel!e or
Chas. S. Arrow, both of st. Marys,
Camden county, is entitled to the
seat.
In the primary Tuesday Voce!le,
the regular Democratic nominee, was
opposed by Arrow. On Tuesday night
the returns indicated the election of
Arrow by something like 212 votes.
He carried Charlton by 307 and
Glynn by 218. The vote from Cam
den gave Vocelle majority of 300.
However, when the election managers
met at St. Marys Wednesday to con-
solidate the vote a new question was
raised. 1t was claimed that, mas
much as p sow's name had beep
printed or stamped on the regular
Democrat ticket in violation of the
law that the votes could not be
counted for Arrow, but that they
should be either thrown out or given
to Vocelle. A vote of the managers
was taken and all of the Arrow votes,
1862, in Camden county were not only
taken from him, but were counted
for Vocelle. This placed him in the
lead in the three counties.
The returns, showing the entire
vote. of the county for Vocelle has
been forwarded to Atlanta and On the
face of the returns as they will APP
pear when counted Vocelle has been
elected.
This action on the part of the man
ayers caused general protest from
the Arrow supporters and it was at
onceadeeided to protest the action of
the managers. Counsel has been en-
ployed and the fight will be carried
to the senate.
Because of the fact that the tele--
phone line to Camden county was out
of commission last night, no addi-
tional facts on the matter could be
secured, but residents of the county
interested arriving in the city told
of the latest turn in the case, which
has thrown the citizens of Camden
into condition which borders on
trouble. The feeling is intent.
Vocelle supporters first claimed
that they were outraged when an in
dependent was placed in the race and
false reports circulated against the
nominee; that the religious question
was brought into the fight and, al
though Camden has twice been car
ried by Vocelle, still the other two
counties of the district, Glynn and
Charlton, have stepped in and refused
to allow four-fifths of the voters of
Camden to select their senator.
On the other hand those support
ing Arrow in Camden charge that
Vocelle secured .. his nomination
through fraud, that illegal voters
were on the registration list, that
many opposed to Vocelle were de-
MED the privilege of registering, and
for these reasons he was not legally
nominated! They say now that the
action of the managers Wednesday,
in throwing out all of the Arrow
votes and giving them to Vocelle only
goes to ri he their charges Of fraud
in the prifnlN
j. S. N. Davis, one of the leaders
of the Arrow faction, arrived in the
city last night from St. Marys, and
when Seen by News representative he
said that the action of the election
managers in giving all of the Arrow
votes to Vocelle was greatest fraud
ever attempted in Camden county. He
said hat the only excuse used for
such action was that the tickets used
(Which were the same as those used
in the election hery) were Demo
cratic tickets and that Arrows name
could not appear on them.
Mr.. Davis stated that the fight
would be carried to the state senate
and he believed that righ would pre-