Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, December 05, 1911, Image 1
SBewMlfetWig Jbwiwl VOL. XI. CONGRESS CONVENES: POLITICS OF NATION will moral Gavel Falls in Both Branches at Noon Senator Hoke Smith of Geargia Takes Seat, Strengthening Party ♦ WX*T OOV&BBSS DID ♦ ♦ 02 OPEMXMQ DAT ♦ > Senate. ♦ ♦ Convene* at noon. ♦ ♦ Committee appointed to notify ♦ ♦ president eongreM was In sea- ♦ ♦ sion. ♦ ♦ Bena ton Smith, of Georgia. ♦ ♦ and Gardner, of Maine sworn in. ♦ ♦ Senator Curtis elected to serve ♦ ♦ as president pro tempore till ♦ ♦ December 12. ♦ ♦ Meeting hour fixed fen* Ip.m. ♦ ♦ Bally. ♦ ♦ Adjourned at 12:17 P- m. tin ♦ ♦ Tuesday at Ip. m. ♦ ♦ Mouse. ♦ ♦ Convened at noon. ♦ ♦ Committee to notify president ♦ ♦ that congress was in session ap- ♦ ♦ pointed. ♦ ♦ • Representative Littleton, on ♦ ♦ point of personal privilege, an- ♦ ♦ swered attacks upon him charg- ♦ ♦ Ing him with being a “steel trust -e- ally." ♦ ♦ Estimates amounting to $745,- ♦ e- 114.543 for the fiscal year were ♦ e- submitted for appropriation leg- ♦ ♦ islatloa. ♦ ♦ ♦ (Sy Associated Frees.) . WASHINGTON. Dec. A—Both houses! of the ®d congress convened at noon i today. Practically every member of each ' house Vaa tn his seat The galleries were crowded and hundreds of people' were unable to gain admission. The expected speech of Representative Littleton, of New York, regarding the steel trust question, was the sensational incident featuring the opening day of congress. NEWSPAPERS BARRED. There was a flurry tn the house Just before it was called to order, caused by the distribution of copies of a local news paper which featured news of a mass meeting at which Representatives Little ton and Young were attacked by Henry B. Martin, of the so-called American Anti-Trust league. z A copy was laid on the desk of each member of the bouse. Instantly Mr. Littleton indignantly rushed to the speaker's office and de maaded to knew by what right these copies had been allowed distribution in the house chamber. The copies were or dered immediately gathered up and taken from the chamber AN OLD TIMER GONE. Spruit*’- Clark looked over the crowd before he took his place. “I wonder where he ta” he murmured, gazingty intently at the big clock oppo site the speaker's table •WboT* asked a clerk. “An old regular,” answered the speak er. He's a colored man. He has sat next to the clock at the opening of con gress for every session in the last 16 years. He must be dead.” The senate was tn session only seven teen m.nutes. A committee was ap pointed to notify the president that the senate was in session. HOKE 6MITH SWORN IN. Hoke Smith and Obediah Gardener, the new senators from Georgia and Maine respectively, were sworn into office and Charles Curtiae, of Kansas, was unanimously elected to serve as president pro tempore until next Tues day, December 12. to permit Vice Presi dent Sherman to attend the funreal of Mrs Sherman s mother in Utica. N. X. On motion of Senator Bailey the dally hour of meeting was fixed at 2 o'clock and the senate adjourned until that time tomorrow. “The most important session since the civil war” is the prediction made by many Democratic leaders for the first regular session of the 62d congress which opened today. ”Btirrlng days ahead” are forecasted by Republican members, and on both sides of the big party line members in the house and senate are drawn up to fight out weighty problems of legislation in a session that will lead up to the presidential campaign of 1212. Os importance as to the bearing It will have on’ the approaching political contest In the nation, of particular in terest because of party differences—reg ulars and Insurgents on the Republican side; reactionaries and progressives among ihe Democrats—and of unusual significance because of the heavy legis lative program, it is at least certain that this will be one of the liveliest sessions of congress In many years. TARIFF AND (TRUSTS. With the* gavels falling in the house and senate at noon, the, tariff and the trusts stood out as the most important subjects for legislation with a big fight assured in both houses. Many other great questions confronting -Vis congre-o, all of them to be approacned vigorous ly, include monetary reform, ratification of arbitration treaties with "Jreat Brit ain and France, and the ’oan treaties with Nicaragua and Honduras; Alaskan legislation, the election of senators by direct vote of the people, pension J>lUs and the regular and permai*. nt annual appropriations, to be under the direc tion this time in ths nouse by a Demo cratic committee. * POLITICAL STRUGGLES. While the legislative struggles are in progress, politics to c-»rrnln not to be overshadowed With the Democrats looking ah- with sanguine hone for triumph at the polls next November, and insurgent Republicans striking out in earnest to capture their party conven tion. If possible; every move made in either branch of congress *ro.-n now un til adjournment will be thoroughly con sidered from political as well as legis lative viewpoints. The pblitical pot in Washington will soon begin to boil, with the Republican national committee mcetine here December 12, to be fol lowed January 8 by the Democratic na tional committee. Selection of conven tion cities, choosing of committee chair men who will manage the big cam pig ns and plans for the approaching party > conventions and the subsequent battle of | the ballots will attract as much atte tlon from the nation's legislators as will the making of the nation's laws. To enliven the political interest in both houses there are candidates for (Continued oa Fags Six, Column 6) CANDIDATES' CLAIMS TOTAL 263 COUNTIES: ONLYJ46JN STATE Volney Williams Issues State ment, Declaring Pope Brown Will Carry 93 Counties at Coming. Primary On Monday morning, with the primary election only three days off. the Pope Brown forces claim 98 Georgia counties, the Russell forces claim 92, and the Joe Brown forces claim 72. Thia makes a total of 263 Georgfila counties claimed. As there are only 146 counties in Georgia, it obviously follows" that somebody is mistaken. As to which of the three are mistaken, the public is uncertain. Manager James B. Nevin, of the Rich ard B Russell ueadqarters, spent Sun day at Rome and did not return to his desk at the Kimball until about 11 o'clock Monday morning. A mass of mail await ed him. * i am absolutely confident.” de clared Mr. Nevin. “And I would like to make the distinction that my confidence is not merely that of the campaign man ager. I have a profound and sincere per sonal conviction that Russell will win. My conviction is based on facts.” “I have no written statement to make this morning,” continued Mr. Nevin, “but I am fully satisfied that the voters of Georgia understand Judge Russell's posi tion. I am confident that a majority of the voters hold, a* a matter of honest principle, to the same doctrine of local option for which he stands, and admit ting the democratic principles of self government, I believe his platform is i logically unassailable- I believe that a majority of the people- in Georgia agree with Judge Russell that each county | should have the right to decide itself i what it wants to do about the liquor I question.” ANSWERS COVINGTON. I Manager J. R. Smith, of the Joe Brown headquarters, issues the following state- ' ment: i ”The political meeting which was held at the Grand opera bouse Sunday after- I noon uqder the cloak of prohibition, but in the Interest of the candidacy of CoL Pope Brown, failed, in my opinion, to give Col. Pope Brown any additional I comfort or strength •'judge Covington, the speaker upon that occasion, is one of the most force ful tn the state. He made a splendid ad dress. But when he made veiled attacks upon ex-Gov. Joseph M- Brown's position they fell flat upon the audience. His at-, tacks were in the mildest form. I hes itate to take issue with this learned gentleman, but when he states without i qualification that there is no such thing i as personal liberty I cannot refrain. I '"The people enjoy without restraint In | numerable liberties and they are not ■ and should not be curtailed by law, ex ' cept 'insofamas they affect the rights of j others, and for the preservation of or ganised society. I ."I do not believe that his analogy ' upon the question of submitting to the . people the laws against pistol-toting, against theft, and against Innumerable other crimes, is just as reasonable as submitting the question of prohloiuon and local option. For instance, there is no perceptible division among the people as to the question of pistol-toting, or committing murder, or committing theft. an<f other ’crimes to which he referrel. The people are practically a unit on all these laws. If they were not they would have the perfect right to demand their repeal" \ Manager Volney Williams' prediction and statement follows: "My prediction based upon reports from every county in the state is that Pope Brown will carry counties as indicated below by congressional districts: ' "First congressional district, Pope Brwn, 4. ‘•Second congressional. district. Pope I Bro*n ( 6. • 'Third congressional district. Pope Brown. 11. “Fourth congressional district. Pope ! Brown. S. “Fifth congressional district. Pope Brown. 4. “Sixth congressional district. Pope Brown, 10. 1 "Seventh congressional district. Pope Brown. 5. "Eighth congressional district. Pope i Brown, 8. “Ninth congressional district. Pope I Brown. 8. “Tenth congressional district, Pope Brown, 4 "Eleventh congressional district. Pope Brown, 9. 'Twelfth congressional district. Pope ! Brown. 9. • •Total counties, 86. “This estimate puts 23 counties in the doubtful column. It is reasonable to sup pose that Pope Brown will carry his 1 share of the doubtful counties, which would give him a total of 93 counties. "Tn addition to the reports from all over the state which give abundance assur ance that Pope Brown will be elected, there are certain ethical facts that make us doubly sure of his election. -S. PEOPLE NOT REACTIONARY. “In the first place, the people of Geor gia are not reactionary. Especially Is this true when normal conditions prevail as now exist. Both the other candidates are reactionaries. Russell wants to bring back an immoral condition that existed 10, 20. 30 years ago, when liquor and rowdyism was rampant in the country districts of Georgia, as well a* in the cities. He wants to commercialize the education of our children of, Georgia and make it dependent on liquortsm. for its I support. The fact is. Russell is simply I the agent in this campaign for the dis j tillers. His campaign is practically in the hands of the liquor trusts and Mr. J Lewis. the agent in this city for the 1 liquor dealers' association Is sending out ! 25.000 pieces of literature dally with Rus sell's name signed to it. It is al! stamper with a rubber stamp and Russell never sees it, never has seen it and never had anything to do with its content* It was all written and compiled In Q»e councils of the liquor trusts. This combine has recently had three lots of thia literature printed amounting to 1,200,000 pieces and the stamp bill, alone amounts to SSOO a day. And yet Judge Russell.claims to be a prohibitionist. “Ex-Governor Brown's claims to prohi bition are equally as repugnant to actual truth as are Judge Russell's. And his reactionary tendencies are even more pro nounced. Not only does he want to pro hibit the passage of the Tippins bill and i prevent any further improvement or pro ' gress in ocr prohibition laws, but he I claims that the governor has nothing to do with either the making or enforce ment of law. And yet he promulgates his very piatform on the "enforcement of law and the people's sovereignty to rule.” A strange contradiction in the soul of this ."little" man of destiny. HUSBAND IS BRIBED BY WILES OF WOMAN TO HELTOABAS District Attorney Declares Ex. U. S. Official Now Under Ar rest, Actually Paid Juror $4,000 as Bribe ' (By Assoolated Frew.) LOS ANGELES. Dec. 4—District At torney John D. Fredericks today in formed the Associated Press that Bert Franklin, a detective employed by the McNamara defense and. now under ar rest on a charge of attempting to bribe George N. Lockwood, a venireman, with $4,000, actually paid to Robert F. Bain, the first sworn juror in the case S4OO and promised SB,OOO more at the end of the trial If h« would vote for acquittal or cause a disagreement of the jury. ONE MORE CASE. The district attorney declared that only one more case of bribery so far as he knew had not yet been uncovered and that the amounts in It had been similar to the Lockwood and Bain cases so that in all about $12,000 was prom ised by the defense to influence jury men. He said that examination of witnesses in tbe Franklin case would reveal the details of the alleged' bribery In which Franklin took part. He said that at present no more arrests were intended, but that court revelations might make it necessary to arrest persons upon whose orders Franklin is supposed' to have acted. The district attorney showed a oopy of a stenographic report of the conference between Bain's wife and deputy dis trict attorney. -N EAS. STREET.” This document purported to report conversation getween Bain and the De tective Franklin. It went on to show that Franklin called at the Bain home, and inquired about the Bain family fi nances, then announced that be could put the Bains on “easy street for the rest of their lives. From this point the report shows Franklin said Bain had been summoned for the (McNamara) jury, and that it he would serve, it would be made "worih his while.” Franklin told Mrs. Bain, “They (the prosecution) were spending all kinds of money to buy witnesses and jurors, and we may as well do it. too.” OFFERED $4,000. Franklin is quoted as having offered to give Bain SSOO if he would qualify as a juror and $3,600 more if he would vote for acquittal. Mrs. Bain was told to assure her hus band he would not be forced to forego scruples in voting acquittal, “for there will plenty of testimony to prove that they (the McNamaras) are Innocent.” Then Franklin is alleged to have ask ed whether he would dare "approach” Bain. Mrs. Bain says she advised him not to attempt it, then, she said, she "was weak' enough to consent,” to try to bribe her husband. Mrs. Bain said that wbat* passed be tween her and her husband "God only knows,” but that finally Bain agreed to the plans. REGRETTED YIELDING. Franklin came to her house that night, but she was not there. When she came home, she said, she asked her husband what had happened. He replied, the re port says, that he had S4OO, but that he wished h« had never gone into Frank- ' Un's proposition. Mrs. Bain says she told her spouse he could be disqualified and be S4O Oto the good; and Bain replied that such a pro ceeding would not give him back his honor. Mrs. Bain's statement about the Bains* relations with Franklin was made a few hours before the McNamara jury was discharged. It is said the district attor ney has promised the Bains they will not be arrested or involved beyond testifying in proceedings against - ran kiln. CIVIL WAR VETERAN.' Bain Is a veteran of the civ war. He was the sworn in the McNa mara case. District Attorney Fredericks says his information concerning the bribing of another juror is as well established as that in tile Bain case. Further details were learned today of \he alleged plot to Influence'the McNama ra jury, thhe supposed frustration of which by the arrest of Burt Franklin, a detective of the McNamara defense, Is said to have beer, an Important faetpr in forcing a confession of guilt from the McNamara brothers. A signed statement was declared to be th' the hands of District Attorney wlohn D. Fredericks, made by Mrs. Robertt F. Bain, wife of the first sworn juror in the case, charging that SSOO was paid to her by an agent of the McNamara defense to influence her husband to secure a dis agreement, if not an acquittal, by the jury of James B. McNamara, then on. trial for the fatalities' growing out of I the Los Angeles Times evplosion. “Yes, It is true,” Bain himself is quot-■ ed as saying, "and the money given toi my wife has been given to the district! attorney.” A statement by the agent in the trans action also is said to be in the possession of the court. A preliminary examination of for the alleged attempt to bribe George j N. Lock wood, a venireman, by the used of $4,000 was scheduled to take placed today, but a continuance for a week wan] expected to be asked for and granted. MAY ARREST OTHERS. The two incidents of alleged bribery—• that of Bain and Lockwood—are not to include all thq attempts to affect the verdict of the jury which has come to the attention of the prosecution, and District Attorney Fredericks is givefa as authority for < the statement that still another sworn Juror had been tampered! with. When the court proceedings in the trlql of James B. McNamara suddenly wene halted last Friday, it was persistently ru - mored that tamperng with the jury would result in the reopening of examination of the men in the box and members' vs the prosecution admitted that such a plan was under consideration. It was not believed that the defense would sun - render, but the obtaining of evidence Hi connection with the alleged plot is sail to have precipitated the confession thait W. . j ATLANTA. GEORGIA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1911. SOME PRIZE-WINNING DIXIE-GROWW CORN - ■—-v ———— ; I ■ i • [ . ’ ■* I el f /' WM I<■] % / 7 z / * jExHtblt. for the Southern Com 8 hoar, which open, ts . An<utortnm Tn „ day morniar ar . puSfi. ROCKEFELLER HUS BEEittO IS HEAD Iff STANDARD OIL 1- • Majoribf of Directors Who Have Been Associated With Rocke feller as President Also) Turn In Resignations z i [By Ayioclated Fraas.) NEW TO RK, Dec. 4,-John D. Ro/.ke feller resigi ied today as president ot and director of Standard Oil com] >at iy of New Jersey. John D. ilrchbold was elected, presi dent in Mr. Rockefeller’s plac >. A majosity of officers and dlhectors, who for yearj i have been asso< /ated with Mr. Roekefe! ler In the con* >ol of the Standard OU company of I .few Jersey, also handed/ in their resign itions. These inch jded: William .ockefeller, as i/ice president and dlrecttt C. M. Pratt, as vice presi dent; WUlif am G. Rockefe’4er, as assist ant treasurer; H. C. Folgjbt, Jr., as sec retary asW-i assistant treasurer, and Di rectors Hi . M. Fiager, IG. Drake and E. T. Be lord. ( Mr. An hbold, the ne w presndent, also resigned as vice pres/dent. The board of direct ors is reduced from 14 to 9 mcm- JOdts. wriNPEnnoSsTO- • IMPEACH LITTLETON 4 —— - Martin Asks Littleton’s Expukj ’Sion While Naw Yorker De- f •I nounces Him (By Auocjatad Press.) * WASHINGTON. Dec. 4.—A petition for the impeachment and expulsion from the house of Representative Martin Wi bittieton, of New York, was presented to Speaker Clark today by Secretary Henry B. Martin, of the Auti-rust league. The demand was in the form of a me morial and was accompanied by a reso lution. They were presented at the speaker’s office by Mr. Martin and a ■ committee while Mr. Littleton was on the floor of the house making an impas- ■ sioned speecn denouncing Martin and "ids Anti-Trust league.” INVESTIGATE CHARGES. A scatching denunciation of the so called American Anti-Trust League by Representative Littleton, of New Yorfc, a Democrat, was followed this after noon by the presentation of a resolu tion by Republican Leader Mann tri ap point a committee of seven members to investigate the attack on Mr. Li/.tleton. Mr. Mann’s resolution referred to.the . respect in which Mr. Littleton was held as a representative and to tb.e efforts .to blacken his character. Ttie resoiu- I tlon was referred to the rules com- I mittee. A sensational development of the day was a petition by Henry, B. Martin, of the Anti-Trust League Tor Mr. ton’s impeachment. Maliciously Defamed Deciares L ittleton i WASHINGTON Dec. 4.—Represents- i tive Martin W. Littleton, of New York, < stirred the house of representatives to day with a diatribe against those whom i he alleged had maliciously defamed him i because of his independent attitude as a I member of the house committee of in- 1 quiry into the United States Steel cor- 1 poratlon. He charged that Henry B. < Martin, secretary of the Anti-Trust 1 league, had circulated false accusations against him, and he accused Martin of r consorting with Dvld Lamar, a bear op- 1 erator in. Wall street, to aid in the de- » pression of steel stock. He charged that c William Jennings Bryan had ’’gone off c half-cocked” in the Commoner In hjs s comment upon the steel luvutlcation. REDUCER RATES FOR POULTRY SHC/W WILL BRING CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS HERE NEXT WEEK Thousa’nrf s will Take Advantage of Low Rates and / vist and the Big Show—National S. C. Buff c Kib, Georgia Branch of A. B. JU International fAnco 43 Pjub and Others to Meet Here 1 1 ■ ■ *' * - • ——«• -Do your Christmas shopping early—do * I in Atlanta next week and take. In the > show of the Southern international Poultry association, the “greatest ex hibit of Its kind ever known to the south." That’g what several hundred Geo«> glans are going to do, according to many letters which have bene received frtim fanciers over the state by T. M. If olfe, secretary of the show association. ' "The people are going 'to take q/jvar»t --age of the low rates offered , 'by tire railroads,” said Mr. Poole, "brfng their families to Atlanta and kill ‘two birds with one stone. One of the bfrds will >e a passing glance at thr, biga show, which enables them to visl/ the city on a reduced fare ticket, a/nd the other bird will be’ the completion of their Christmas shopping." |. Mr. Poole has already- received a num ber of communications from poultry fanciers, especially bwginners, who have not entared birds in *the big exhibit, but who are coming ta Atlanta during the show w«Bek, Decem'ber 11-16. inclusive, in ordeg that they may profit by the many oducationa? features of the exhib it. The rates for the show com ing sq near C/iristmas time will natu rally •swell the number of people who *(111 tpke advantage of them, and stu pendous crqXvds are expected each day during the Exhibition at the auditorium. ‘'*l'he big crowds which are certain to core to the show,” says Secretary Poole, "will ba >due in a large meastlre to ed iscatiouMl displays. ' ”Approximately 4,000 birds Rom the best Carms in the country will be en exhibition at the show. This in itself will be an education to the person w] > llkwows something about chickens. The judges of the show are all recognizelT, - authorities in the poultry world, and | southern breeders will be well repaid for their trouble by a little talk about the different varieties with these men. “In addition the model poultry insti tute, the federal government’s commer cial poultry di/;play, and other features will make thq show well worth while to i the beginner and even td the man, •who | knows absolutely nothing about poultry. I - HOKE SMITH ASSUMES DUTIES 15 SENATOR y * New Senator From Georgia Takes Oath at Opening of Session ' V (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 4.-United States' Senator Hoke Smith was sworn in shortly after the second session of the 62d congress convened at noon today. The taking of the oath by the new senator from Georgia came immediately after the opening prayer delivered by Rev. Dr. Pierce, the senate chaplain. Senator Bacon advanced to Senator Snfith’s seat as the latter’s name was called, and extended his arm. Arm In arm the two Georgia senators walked slowly up the center aisle of the senate chamber to the vice president's desk. Obadiah Gardner, the new Democratic senator from Maine, escorted by Sen ator Johnson, his colleague, was sworn in at the same time. Senator Smith was the first, however, to affix his signature to the roll. Great Interest was manifest ed by Democrats and Republicans alike in the two new Democratic senators. Senator Smith was, of course, a much more familiar figure to the statesmen In Washington, several of whom remembered him from the time when he was last in official life in Washington as secretary of the interior in President Cleveland's second administration. Senator Smith wag leapt busy for half l - - ' • " "X. -l-.‘ "The wonderful posslbilitlesx -he in dustry in all of its phases Ainchei v ill be demonstrated. The otvJtals ol th* association which is jplng qo such great expense to give this show firmly believe <hat when it is over on Decem ber 16 that thousands of Georgians will be made to realize that instead of send ing millions to the north and east for poultry each year, if the people will seize .the opportunity, which is theirs, this money cannot only be held here, but a handsome profit made as well.” The crowds which will attend the show will be . largely Augmented by the numerous branch meetings of national poultry clubs, which will be in session here during the show week. The. Georgia branch of the American Poultry association, of which Loring Brown is president; Mrs. L. L. Upson, of Athens, secretary and treasurer, and T. M. Poole, chairman of tbe executive committee, will hold its annual meeting here to perfect its organization. The branch officers and members will meet at the auditorium on Wednesday, De cember 18. x M. S. Brady, of fllvhards, Mo., has just written Secretary Poole to the ef fect that the southern branch of the National Singie-Comb Buff Orpington club will bold its annual meeting here during the show week. This club will also give several handsome cups and other prizes for which its members can compete. In addition to the American Poultry association brand* qnd the Buff Orping ton club, the International Ancona club, the Buff Leghorn club, a bantam club and other organizations are bringing their section meetings here for the big event. The officers of the association are con fident that not only will this be the largest show in point of numbers of birds exhibited, but that the attendance will be larger than at any previous southern show. The admission fee has been placed at the nominal sum of 10 cents in order that It can bar no one from the many educational advantages of the exhibit. COAT IMS UH WITH I SMI IN BANKNOTES i Half-Starved Beggar Refused to Spend Fortune He Has Inherited GENEVA, Dec. X—An old man has been I arrested for begging in the street at 1 Moulan, near St. Gall, and on being ' searched the police found that his old , coat was paded with bank notes —be- , tween the lining and the cloth—to the value or 125,000. The mysterious beggar, who was In a filthy condition and half-starved, refus ed to give his name, but stated that many years ago he inherited <30,000, and swearing not to spend a sou of the sum. he started begging. He would not say how he obtained the remaining sum, but said it was all right. The old man has been sent to the hospital at St. Gall. an hour before the senate was called to order, shaking hands with new friends and 'receiving old acquaintances. Senator Smith has been assigned to seat 93, the last one on \he right in the back row on the Democratic side. It was occupied last session by Senator Overman, of New York. Senator Swanson, of Virginia, has the seat next to the Geofgia senator. Marion Smith and John A. Brice, of At lanta, wede among those who saw Sena tor bmlth sworn in. IWELFTIBISTSICT GIVES STBffIGTH /TO ALL CANDIDATES >' • Pope Brown Seems to Have a Slight Advantage in Section Where He Is Well Known and Liked by All BY BAXFH BMITBC- EASTMAN, Ga., Dec. 4.—The new Congressional district is composed of counties .that were formerly in the First, Third and 11th districts While the respective campaign manager* are not considering the 12th district a* a unit, the primary rules provide that unit vote* shall be based upon the latest re apoprtlonment,/ana it is on this account that the 12th is being handled separate* ly in this series of article*. There are in the 12th district th* fol lowing counties: Pulaski. Houston, Wil cox, Twiggs, all of which were formerly in the Third district; Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair and Johnson, which were in the Uth district; Emanuel «u! Toombs, which were in the First dis trict. The 11 counties have 26 unit votes. Three of them—Houston, Lau rens and Emanfiel—each have tour .votes, and the others two. POPE BROWN’S ADVANTAGE. While each of the candidates undoubt edly ha a a following In all of the coun ties of this new district, CoL Pope Brown, for reasons that will be explain ed, seems to have, a slight advantage. Pulaski county is hl* home, and he has a wide personal acquaintance and nu merous friends in adjoining counties not ably Houston, Wileox, Twiggs and Lau rens. It has been stated frequently that tne prohibition candidate has trouble in his own county, and soma people have made bold to that bo could no? carry it. The oppoi 2ion to Mr. Brown in PulAski *» from the fact tuat he a decided stand against the creacon of a new county with Cochran as the teat of govern ment Many prominent CochranHe? hold thi fl agonist their county man. an<J reports of hn alleged weakness In Pu laski emanate largely from this town Well Informed and impartial peopu of the county are confident, however, that Colonel Brown will get Its uni; vote next Thursday. Some of then, may not themselves give him their sup port but they recognise his popularity with the rank and file of the people or Pulaski. There is also thl B to be considered th ,connection., with county—the people who' are most opposed to Colonel Brown differ as to which of his oppo nents has the better cnance to defea< him. Some Insist that Judge Russel Is the stronger, while other 8 are equal ly confident that ex-Governor Brown U running better. Unless they can fust on one or the other of these men. Colo nel Brown will haye a walk-over. x IN OTHER COUNTIES. It is not so easy to properly classify the other counties,/of the 12th district Houston county which lg one of th<*J three that has four unit votes. Is claim- 31 ed for the prohibition candidate. Gov. Joseph M. Brown is contesting th®] county with him, and numbers his leaders many prominent and influx®- entlal citizens, who entertain hopes that he will win. The chances, how ever, are'dn favor of Col. Pope Brown. Judge Russell l s not regarded as a se rious ractor in Houston county except 1n so far as his candidacy has a ten dency to draw support from the ex-gov ernor. I * Wilcox county adjoins Pulaski, and Col. Pope Brown Is well known to mosi of the people in it. He has many men who are actively at work in his be half, but it seems certain that the coun ty is tn doubt. Both Judge Russell and ex-Governor Brown have friends in the county, who are making a fight. Thi» fact, however, may insure Pope Brown’s success. , . /1 j The conditions in Dodge county werr discussed in Sunday’s Journal. Judge Russell, it was stated, has the advantage and will probably carry the county unless the opposition fuses on one or the other ' Browns. It was erroneously stated that in the 1906 campaign Judge Russell car ried the county by 11 votes. CoL Wylie J. Williams, whom I failed to see while in Eastman, writes that Hoke Smit] received a plurality of 11 votes in th< county, and I am sure that Coianel Wil liams is correct. f IN TWIGGS COUNTY. Twiggs county Is claimed by all three of the candidates. It has gone for Gov ernor Brown in both of his former cam paigns, and would certainly be for hln again If he had any one other than Pope Brown opposing him. The prohi bitionist, however, numbers among his supporters in Twiggs county many In fluential men who have known him sot years, and they feel a deep pride in giving him Twiggs’ vote this time. Judge Russell also has a following in Twigga county There are many local optiohists S in the county. Laurens is another of the four vote counties in the new 12th district. The city of Dublin is probably the largest incorporated place in the district, and there are in Dublin dozens of smart pol iticians. In the last campaign between Senator Smith and Governor Brown, the latter won Laurens county by a small vote. While Judge Russell has some follow-' Ing in the county is is not believed pos sible that he will carry it. It seems, however, that his candidacy is cutting against the ex-governor's, and this fact, coupled with the-further fact that Pope Brown is both a south Georgian and a prohibitionist, tends to strengthen the claims of the Pope Brown people that Laurens county will go for the prohibi tionist in this campaign. SITUATION IN TELFAIR. Until the last election, Telfair count/* had always been a Hoke Smith strong hold, but ex-Governor Brown outran him there the last time. In this race Col. Pope Brown has aligned with him most of the men who have consistently supported the progressive policies of Senator Smith. Governor Brown has many of his former leader/ with him in this race, but it is undoubtedly true that Judge Rqssell has made great inroads upon the rank and file of the ex-governor’s sup port. Indeed, the Russell people profess confidence that he will carry the county, but this does not seem likely, and the chances are strongly in favor of Pope Brown “Lish Graham,” the solicitor general of the Oconee circuit, is warmly for Pope Brown, and joins with others of equal prominence in the belief that Galop*; Brown has the advantage. -- . Jl NO. 22.