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WHOLESALE VOTE BUYING IN
GOOD OLD MORGAN COUNTY
As High As S6O Per Vote Was Paid in One of
Local Races—Candidates in Race for Judiciary
Purchased Votes--Many Are to Be Indicted
for Selling Votes.
PURCHASERS ARE GIVEN
IMMUNITY FOR TELLING
Defeated and Successful Candidates Tell Jury of
Purchasing Votes—Five Hundred of the 1,500
Votes Are Said to Be Purchasable—Leading
Citizens Asked Grand Jury for Probe.
BY "W. T. WATT*B JR.
STAFF OOMBESFOMDEITT ATX.AITJA JOUBWAX..
W A Drsox. Ga. Sept. 9.—Morgan county, one of Georgia’® oldest and
moat aristocratic communities, today faces the charge of a corrupt elec
torate.
gr>nd jury voices the charge; bills of indictment have been drawn.
They may be returned as truee bills Monday. They accuse some twelve or fif
teen voters of having sold their ballots in the Democratic primary for coun
ty officers on May 1.
Other bills are said to be pending. Fifty or seventy-five may be re
turns* by the grand jury. It is said that some 400 others might be drawn
were the evidence sufficient to warrant them.
The rHe-ge is made by leaders among the upright citizens of Morgan
that approximately 500 votes in the county’s registration of 1,500 are known
to be purchasable. That number, they declare, has been sufficient to swing
any eioee election to the candidate who has the most money to spend.
Conditions have become so openly disgraceful, they say, that no man can
ba nominated to office in Morgan county unless he buys the necessary
votes. They declare that votes are quoted in the open market from >1 to 580
each. One man and his two sons, it is charged, received 5180 for their votes
on May 1, making the average in that family >6O per vote.
LEADING CITIZENS ASKED FOR PROBE
Arooaed by this shamefifi state of
affairs, as they picture it. these lead
ers of the county’s more honorable ma
jority have concentrated their efforts
through representatives in the grand
Jury to bring the corrupt ones to jus
tice. t „
A practice that began several years
ago has spread until it threatens to
become a general custom that will af
fect the younger generations’ respect
for the franchise. It threatens to be
come an acceptable practice among the
born and bred citizens of Morgan,
among the members of the did families
whops forefathers helped to establish
the high ' traditions of the county.
Therefore, they have determined -to stop
it. Even the Judiciary da mid to be
involved in the buying of votes.
Candidate* for judge of the city court
of Madison are said to have spent their
' qudtMTlofT MAy 1. One of them told the
grand jury that* he ' sfeent only thirty
dollars and accounted for every cent
of it. He had no more to spend in
buying the judgeship, he Said. He, waa
too poor. He was not nominated.
SOLICITOR S RACE MOST
MOST COSTLY OF ALL
The race for solicitor of the city
court is said to have -been the most
costly among the several county races
involved. In this race, the loser spent |
more than the victor, it is said. The
race for treasurer came next. Then the
races for sheriff and tax collector and
tax receiver.
Storting with its own personal knowl
edge of affairs the grand jury found
Itself up against a stone wall so far
as actual evidehce was concerned. In
the law is a provision that exempts all
who turn states evidence. This ex
emption specifically relieves all who
give evidence as to the violation of the
law from prosecution on their own ac
count. „ ,
The grand Jury voted to construe this
exemption liberally. Then it called all
the candidates successful as well as de
feated before it, and told them of its
position. Every one of the candidates is
said to have availed himself of the ex
emption.
Some of them told the grand jury that
they are in hearty accord with Its work.
They realised the disgrace, but could not
themselves eliminate it, even though they
contributed to it by buying the purchas
able votes. Moreover, they told on each
other, it is said, and the grand jury
was disgusted to find that some of the
candidates had not been as com
pletely frank as they professed to be.
But the exemption will stand, it is said,
though some of the grand jurors are
quoted as being reluctant to swat the
ignorant vote sellers and allow the de
liberate and knowing vote buyers to gd
scot-free.
JUDGE WHO WOULD ORDINARILY
TRY SUCH CASES. ADMITS BUYING.
Though tbe grand jury began its work
last Thursday. on this particular probe,
the miffnitude of the charge has not
yet beeta fully realized by the whole citl
senry of Morgan.
As ySt, It is but a matter of wide
spread comment among them. If true
bills are returned today they will stir
the county aa it has not been stirred In
Its hßtory. Being a misdemeanor of
fense. true bills charging sale of votes
would be tried ordinarily in the city
court. But the judge and the solicitor
of the city court have acknowledged
themselves involved. Therefore the prob
ability is that the cases will be tried
in the superior court of the Ocmulgee
circuit, with Judge James B. Park on
the bench and Solicitor General Joseph
K Pottle. of Milledgeville, brother of
the appellate court judge, appearing as
prosecutor.
The prediction seems safe that if suffi
cient evidence Is presented, convictions
are certain. The petit jury is drawn from
among only about FW citizens, who come
from the best element in the county.
It is these men who have given Mor
gan its jury reputation of enforcing the
law against every proven violator. In
•ther words, the better element is In the
majority, and also in power and can en
force its will here in Morgan.
CASES ARE VERT LIKELY TO BE
TRIED DURING PRESENT WEEK.
The probability seems to be that the
grand jury will recommend that the su
perior court try the indictments. If it
does the cases win be heard this week,
for court is tn session here just begin
ning the second week of its two weeks
term.
The law, which is said to have- been
violated, appears as. section 665 of the
code of 1811, and was originally enacted
in 1878 with an amendment in 1«8P. It
has been enacted in the election law of
1908. The original enactments were
amended in 1905 so as to make their pro
visions specifically applicable to prima
ries. It is the primary that is Involved
here.
The penalty for the law’s violation
either as to vote selling or vote buying
ranges from a fine of $1 and cost up to
possible maximums of 8100 fine and twelve
months on the county chaingang and six
months in jail, the Imposition of the
three extremes together being left to the
court's discretion.
Only about four or five of the county’s
sixteen voting precincts seem to be in
volved in the grand jury’s charge of
general vots selling. In those districts it
is said that practically the whole elec-
Xosaste is purchasable; In some Os the
other precincts of the county not a vote
can be bought. .
CITIZENS. BUT NEWCOMERS
Only one of the really old families of
Morgan is Involved in the charge of
vote-selling, it is said. Practically
every name now being considered for
indictment, it is said, is comparatively
new in the county. The voters them
selves having moved in from other
parts of Georgia within the last genera
tion.
Morgan county was cut off from Bald
win in exactly its present size and
Madison was made its county seat in
1808. From then until about fifteen
years ago,- it is said, there was never a
suspicion of corruption among the white
voters.
It is asserted that as long as the ne
groes voted no white man’s vote could
be bought. But about fifteen years ago.
it is said to have been whispered around
that a dozen men in a certain district
would sell their vote. They would not
sell it outright, it Is said, but they
would accept pay for the time they
lost from their day's work and would
vote for the men who compensated
them.
From then the practice has grown
worse until now. It is said that there
is one man in Morgan county who adds
100 acres to his landholdings after
every election. This gossip may' be
hyperbole, but it is true on reputable
authority that he usually has money
to make initial payments on new in
vestments after an election.
HERE ARE CANDIDATES WHO
WENT BEFORE GRAND JURY
Following was the full ticket for the
more closely contested offices in the
county primary of May 1. All of these
candidates are said to have been ques
tioned in the grand jury room: For
judge of the city court, K. S. Anderson
and J. H. Holland. Judge Anderson, the
Incumbent, was renominated. For so
licitor of the city court, W. D. Anderson
and A. G. Foster. Mr. Foster, the in
cumbent, was renominated. For sheriff,
R. B. Aycock, C. Shep Baldwin, H. A.
Shouse, W. J. Nunn, J. S. Reid. Mr.
Aycock wae the Incumbent. Mr. Bald
win won out. For tax collector, Oscar
Richardson, J. T. P. Austin, Asa Z.
Zachry, C. A. Cocroft and E. B. Fitz
patrick. The incumbent did not run.
Mr. Zachry was nominated. For tax re
ceiver. R. H. Prior and Harris Wilson.
Mr. Prior was the incumbent and was
renominated. For treasurer, Frank
Cavin. A. J. Hutcheson and E. L. Walk
er. Mr. Walker was the incumbent and
was renominated.
When the Morgan county grand jury
recessed at noon today the list of wit
nesses summoned in connection with
its probe into the buying and selling of
vote on May 1 was exhausted. The prob
ability was said to be that no more wit
nesses would be summoned, and that
when the grand jury reconvened at 1:30
o'clock, it would proceed at once to the
discussion of bills already drawn and new
ones yet to be drawn by Solicitor Pottle,
after perusal of the later evidence.
BRIBES FOR VOTERS PASSED
THROUGH MANY HANDS.
It is probable that about twenty true
bills will be returned. It appears to be
a possibility, however, that the grand jury
may be so reluctant to punish ignorant
vote sellers, while it gives immunity to
vote buyers for their testimony that it
will return fewer true bills than that.
It is expected that the issue tn the grand
jury room will bo joined this afternoon,
and that the indictments will be tried
this week. The grand jury is reported to
have developed ramifications making it
difficult to reach the men whom it seeks
to convict.
The distribution of money has proceed
ed downward in each instance from the
candidates to their agents and then to
other Intermediaries and then into the
' voters' hands.
SIX DEAD, SIX DYING
IN MOTORCYCLE WRECK
Racing Machine, Going 92
Miles an Hour, Crashes
Into Bleachers
(By .•3»octet«d Pr***.)
NEWARK. N. J„ Sept. 9.—Eddie
Hasha of Waco, Tex., holder of several
world's records, for motorcycle racing,
plunged over the rail of the course at
the Newark Motordrome into a crowd
late yesterday afternoon, causing the
death of six persons, including himself,
while six are dying and thirteen are
badly Injured.
The only two of the six dead positive
ly Identified up to a late hour were
Hasha and Johnny Albright, a Denver
motorcyclist, who was riding third in
the raee. The other four dead were
boys and young men among the specta
tors.
Five thousand spectators were wit
nessing the finish of a four-mlle free
for-all race when the daring Texas
rider, doing ninety-two miles an hour,
took his fateful plunge. He was riding
high on the bank of the track when the
wheel of his heavy machine swerved
and struck the upper rail. He was
pitched head first fifty feet into the
air. He must have been instantly kill
ed in the collision. His body was shape
less from broken bones when it was
picked up almost at the feet es his
wife, seated among men and boys in
the bleachers.
Albright was thrown head first in the
other direction into the enclosure of the
track when the champion's wheel came
sliding down the steep bank and struck
him. He was picked up for dead, but
he lived in an unconscious state for
more than two hours after removal to
a hospital. He finally succumbed to
hemorrhage of the lungs.
SCENE OF PANIC AMONG SPECTA
TORS.
The spectators injured were mainly
the men and boys who were leaning
over the rail yelling encouragement
to the riders when Hasha came tear
ing into their midst.
The stadium where the accident oc
curred is in Vaiisburg, a suburb of this
city, where bicycle and motorcycle rac
ing has been a great fad this year. The
season has been marked by a number
of accidents, both here and at Brighton
Beach, N. Y.. but never In the history
of local racing has such a casualty list
been recorded as was today.
Dawson Woman WFo
Was Flogged Asks
$25,000 Damages
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
COLUMBUS, Ga.. Sept. 9.—Essie Car
ter, the young white woman who was
horsewhipped by W. S. Dozier and oth
ers in Dawson on July 20, on account of
attentions being paid her by Mr. Do
ziep-'s son, Voight, has entered suit for
$25,000 damages against W. S. Dozier
and those who participated in the whip
ping.
The suit was filed here in the United
States court for the northern district
of Georgia, the Carter girl being a resi
dent of South Carolina. W. S Dozier,
his two sons, Clyde and J. C., Pope Mc-
Clung, Jim Geise, Duke Marshall and
Erwin Me Rare are made defendants in
the suit.
Romantic Sicilian
Toiled 1 welve Years
for Daughter's Wedding
(By Associated Preet.)
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 9.—Eleven hun
dred dollars, the savings of a dozen
years, was spent last night by Guiseppe
Annello, a laborer, when his daughter,
Mary, sixteen, became the bride of Vito
Carrfpanello, nineteen. Fifty-nine motor
cars, hired by Annello, whirled the wed
ding guests over the city's boulevards,
and the festivities ended in an elaborate
banquet and ball. Annelo said he had
been saving for the event ever since
Mary was a little girl tn Sicily.
MONKEYS WITH MEASLES
MAY SAVE HUMANS
(By AiweUtjd Pres*.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—With every
hope of success the scientists of the
United States Hygienic laboratory are
now engaged in seeking an anti-toxin
or preventive of measles which annual
ly claims a heavy toll among infants
and children in the United States. The
research is based on the success of a
recent experiment with monkeys con
ducted by Dr. John F. Anderson and Dr.
Joseph Goldberg, by which the scien
tists for the first time in medical his
tory actually inoculated a small colony
of the animals with the disease. Tak
ing this as a basis, the anti-toxin is to
be developed, although the measles germ
is so minute as to be undlscoverable
even under the most powerful micro
scope.
POULTRY FARMER IS
KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE
(By Si—nd*t»d Pre—.)
EASTPORT. N. Y., Sept. 9.—Robert
Smith, a well-to-do poultry farmer of
East Moriehes, and his four-year-old
niece, Annie Griffin, were instantly kill
ed here last night when an automobile
in which they were riding was run into
by another machine.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1912.
DE bAOCRATIC
|gl PR IN CI ' /
“DING-DONG! DING-DONG!!"
FRENCHMEN EASILY WIN
GORDON BENNETT TROPHY
X—
Vedrines, First to Fly, Clipped
Off Average of 105 Miles
Per Hour
.... fra**.), f ' < "
CHICAGO/ Sept. 9.—The world's avia
tion championship, carrying with it the
James Gordon Bennett 1,200 franc tro
phy, donated in 1907, was to be settled
in Chicago today.
With the American defender with
drawn on the eve of the race, the big
prize was practically conceded to
France. The French team has three
monoplanes, each with a speed of more
than one hundred miles an hour.
It was not announced waht time the
race would start. It might start, ac
cording to the rules, anywhere between
half an hour after sunrise and half an
hour before sunset. The distance is
124.8 miles, or about thirty laps around
a four and a fourteenth miles course.
The French aviators are Jules Ved
rines, Maurice Prevost and Andre Frey.
The Americans who will participate are
Delloyd Thompson, Paul Peck and
Howard Gill.
VEDRINES STARTS.
Jules Vedrines, driving a Deperdussin
mcnoplane, was the first contestant to
start in the race for the James Gordon-
Bennett 12,000 fr.anc trophy. Vedrines
got away shortly before 10 o’clock. Al
though there was a considerable wind
at the time, "Vedrines refunerl to delay
his start. He soon reached a rpeed of
seventy-six miles an hour, according
to the presiding officials nt the course.
AVERAGE 105 MILES PER HOUR
Vedrines' average speed was about
105.5 miles an hour, not quite equal
to his previous record. He completed
his flight before noon.
Hopes that America Still may have a
Chance of retaining for another year
the James Gordon-Bennett trophy, which
was won by Charles T. Weymann at the
Isle of Sheppy, England, meet last year,
«nd whfch is the symbol of world’s su
premacy, are centered on Lloyd Thomp
son. Thompson this afternoon will at
tempt flight in a Nleuport monoplane.
It is generally believed, however, his
machine will be unable to exceed sev
enty miles an hour. Uncertainty ex
isted whether any of the other Amer
ican contestants would be able to start
CONCEDED TO FRANCE.
Maj. Samuel Reber, of New York,
chairman of the contest committee of
the Aero Club’ of America, conceded the
trophy to France.
"We have not a ghost of a show,” he
said. "The only question is which one
of the Frenchmen will carry off the
honor. None of our machines could
come within forty minutes of Vedrines’
time.”
CONFESSES HOMICIDE
AFTER SEVENTEEN YEARS
(By AMOciated Press.)
CHICAGO, Sept 9. —Remorse over
having killed al man in St. Louis seven
teen years ago caused Patrick Haley,
flfty-seven years old, to surrender to
the Chicago police today.
’T have been dodging the police and
suffering the tortures of an evil con
science and I can stand it no longer,”
said Haley. "I want to be sent back
to St Louis and stand trial.”
YOUNG GIRL WAS
ATTACKED AND KILLED
(By AMOCiaUd Press.)
GARY, Ind., Sept 9.—The body of
five-year-old Mary Gruba was found to
day In a swamp on the outskirts of
this city. She disappeared a month ago.
Most of the clothing had been torn from
the body. The police believe the girl
was attacked and then murdered.
APPEAL OF SUBCOMMITTEE TO
SWELL WILSON-MARSHALL FUND
MEETS WITH PROMPT RESPONSE
The first appeal to the publie. made
Sunday by the subcommittee appointed
Friday evening to raise 310,000 in Ful
ton county for the national Democratic
campaign fund, has met with prompt
response. Early Monday morning Chair
man Walter P. Andrews announced two
subscriptions, and. he expecto that by
the end of the day there will be many
more:
The first subscriptions in response to
the appeal of the subcommittee were
one from J. A. Drake for $5 and one
from A. B. Little for 31. This raises
the total amount already subscribed to
ward Fulton's SIO,OOO share to $2,770.
URGE IMMEDIATE ACTION.
The committee strongly urges that
the people of Fulton county and Geor
gia subscribe something immediately.
It is pointed out that Governor Wilson
once lived In Atlanta; that he married
a Georgia girl, that his first two chil
dren were born in Georgia, and that it
is up to Georgians to do their duty to
ward putting this Georgia family in the
White House.
Contributions to the committee fund
should be made payable to Walter P.
Andrews. Any amount from $1 up will,
be welcomed and promptly acknowl
edged. Subscriptions will be published
unless the donor requests to the con
trary.
The subcommittee consists of Walter
P. Andrews, W. J. Harris, Harry Silver
man, John A. Brice, > Ben Lee Crew,
Lucian Harris, Harrison Jones and
Georg.e H. Boynton.
RECEIPTS BEING MAILED.
Those who have made donations to
tfie campaign fund are being sent lith-
Boy Scouts Nurse
Comrade Who Was
Lightning Struck
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
DALTON, Ga., Sept. 9.—The Dalton
troop of Boy Scouts got a keener in
sight into life's realities Saturday and
Sunday, when one of their comrades lay
at the point of death, but the training
they had received showed true, for quiet
ly and without excitement, they volun
teered their services as nurses and
watched over the bedside of Philip
Frazier, the little fellow who was
struck by lightning late Saturday after
noon. Dividing up into watches, the
scouts kept their vigil, and now physi
cians have strong hopes of the boy’s
recovery.
As soon as news of the little boy’s
serious Injury reached Dalton, his com
rades hastened to him in automobiles.
In a body they accompanied him home
and watched over him.
Sunday morning the little fellow, who
is a member of one of the most promi
nent families of this section, regained
consciousness, and rapidly grew better.
From his head to his knees the boy is
marked by the lightning, and his escape
from instant death is little short of
miraculous.
Ursuline Nuns Quit
New Orleans Convent
For Their New Home
(By Associated Press.)
NEW ORLEANS. Sept.’. 9.—For the
first time in almost a century no curfew
was tolled last evening . from the old
Ursuline convent below the city.' The
reason was the convent ' had been de
serted, as the nuns removed Saturday to
their new home in the uptown section
of the -city. . • . • .
The Ursulines had occupied the con
vent Just abandoned’ since 1824. Some of'
the sisters had lived in the historic old.
building from girlhood to old age.
ographed receipts that are signed by
members of the Democratic national
committee. The receipt shows striking
pictures of Governor Wilson and Gov
ernor Marshall.
The donations are acknowledged as
being "in contribution to the fund to
pay the necessary expenses of the cam
paign in behalf of the election of
Woodrow Wilson as president and
Thomas R. Marshall as vice “president
of the United States, the purpose of the
managers being to finance the cam
paign by popular subscriptions."
The receipts, which wllj be treasured
as souvenirs, are signed by .William F.
McCombs, chairman: .Rblla Wells, treas
urer; H. Morgenthau, chairman of the
finance committee; Robert Ewing, chair
■inan press contributions committee, and
are countersigned by James G. McCon-
JOURNAL’S FUND GROWING.
The Journal’s fund is continuing to
grow steadily, and Monday morning
two subscriptions were received—one
from R. L. Wiggins, Jr., for $1 and one
from C. M. Hitch for $5. These bring
The Journal fund to $1,291.30.
R. L. Wiggins, Jr., a well known ed
ucator, writes "As a Georgia Demo
crat and a teacher I send my contri
bution to the Wilson-Marshall fund, as
being conducted by The Atlanta Jour
nal.” .
Mr. Wiggins says that he thinks of all
professions the teachers above others
should support this fund. "The honor
to him is also an honor to the profes
sion,” he says, "and Governor Wilson
stands as an illustration of the highest
tye, the ideal type of teacher. His ex
ample should be an inspiration to every
teacher to take a man’s part in the
civic affairs of his community, state
and nation.”' ’
Cann Walking From
Toledo to Orleans
Just to Win Wager
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MONTGOMERY, Ala.. Sept. 9.—ln an
attempt to walk fifteen hundred miles
and win a wager. R. McClair Cann, of
Adrian, Mich., was in Montgomery yes
terday while on his tramp from Toledo,
Ohio, to New Orleans, La. He is car
rying a message from Mayor Brant
Whitlock, of Toledo, to Mayor Martin
Behrman, of New Orleans and expects
to complete his trip this month.
Cann has earned enough money to
pay his expenses, he agreeing to leave
Toledo penniless. Cann called at the
city hall and received a certificate from
Commissioner Walter R. Russell which
certified that he had reached Montgom
ery on his long hike.
"Robespierre'' Style
For Women's Tailored
Suits This Winter
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK,-Sept. 9.—“ Robespierre” is
to be the slogan Os the dressmakers this
winter, according to the latest Paris ad
vices. The new fashions, it is 'decreed,
are all, to be modeled ..on the costumes
which were tn vogue during the reign of
terror.
The newest tailor made costumes, ac
cording to the fashion experts, will be
tight fitting in the chest and cut away at
the waist, with long" tails. The coats are
frogged with heavy braid after Robe
' spierre, while" the skirts " are striped,
which do not always accord with the
pattern of. the. coal, - Picturesque over
coats' in black -with a short cape and
low cut waist boats in bfiliiant colors
bring to mind flie dandies of the revo
lution.
FEAR OF DEMOCRATS
DRIVES T. 0. CROWD
TO TIFTJ MAINE
Democrats Expect to Cut
Down G. 0. P. Maine Ma
jority Today, Just as They
Did in Vermont
BY BAXm SMXTX.
NEW YORK. Sept. 9.—With the Dem
ocrats confident and the Republicansi
hopeful, the state of Maine is today en
gaged in an election that may have an 1
Important bearing on the presidesitiali
election in November.
If the Democrats win, or the normal!
Republican majority of 30,000 is greatly’
reduced, it is contended by Democratic;
national leaders that Woodrow Wilson’s
election to the presidency in Nowember
may be taken as a settled fact.
Involved in today’s election are a gov
ernorship, a United States senaAorshiw
and many state offices, Including mem
bers of the general assembly.
In New York more especially the lead
ers of the Democratic, Republican and
Progressive parties are watching the re«.
suit with interest. There Is, however, ne ! «
turn that the election may take that
will have any bearing on or give any
comfort to the Bull Moosen.
They have merged with the Standpat'
Republicans in an effort to carry the 1
state.
Reflecting the Demoeratio view, Jo-j
sephus Daniels, chairman of the publicityj
committee of the Democratic national
organization, today gave out the follow
ing interview, which holds much interest'
because of Mr. Daniels’ familiarity with
the Maine situation:
MR. DANIELS’ INTERVIEW.
"Mr. Blaint and other astute Republic-’
ans in Maine and Vermont arranged or.
continued the election of state officers fa<
September to help the Republican ticket.
They were rock-ribbed Republican states,'
and it helped the Republicans to get ad-'
vantage of their vote two months before
the national election. ..
"Undoubtedly the fight from these
early elections helped the Republicans
until the Democrats pointed out that the
true barometer was the size of the ma
jority. Every time, for example, that
the Republican majority tn Vermont had
been under 25,000 the Democrats have
won the presidency. By that barometer
Wilson will win in November. ;
"Maine’s Republican majority was
greatly reduced in 1876 and 1582, when
the Democrats elected a president. In
1876 the Republican majority of 19,000 of
the former election Ift Maine was reduced
to 5,000, and in November Tilden carried
New York, Indiana, Connecticut and
New Jersey.
"In 1884 the Democrats won by a very
slight margin, though Maine gave a Re
publican majority of 22.000 in September.
"In 1892 the Republican majority was
reduced to 12,000, and the Democrats Won'
in November. , L
VICTORY PREDICTED.
"Our advices from Maine Indicate a.
Democratic victory in the state in spite'
of the fact that the Taft and
forces are united in support of the samej
state. congressional and legislative
ticket. To win against the united Re
publican party will be nothing short of
phenomenal, and would be practically
accepted as settling the presidential con
test. Maine is the only state in the
union where the followers of Roosevelt
and Taft are supporting the same state
and local tickets. With an average Re
publican majority of 20,000 for almost
half a century, the Democrats are con
fident that today win duplicate the vic
tory of two years ago. There is no ques
tion that in November the electoral vote
will go for Wilson by a larg? plurality.
There will be three electoral tickets In
the field.”
Arkansas Is Voting on
State House Officers
(By A—ociated Brees.)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept. 9^—Quali
fied voters of Arkansas are today elect
ing state officers from governor down,
and deciding whether amendments pro
posed to the state constitution shall be
adopted. The amendments include tha
so-called grandfather clause, designed to
disenfranchise negro voters; prohibiting
the manufacture or sale of liquor in
Arkansas; creating a state text-book
commission; limiting legislative sessions
to sixty calendar days; means to provide
for the recall of all elective officers and
giving to municipalities having 1.000 or
more inhabitants the legal right to issue
bonds for improvement purposes
In addition, a tax bill passed by the
legislature, making sweeping changes in:
Arkansas taxing methods, is being voted;
upon under the referendum provision of!
the constitution, and a proposed const!-
tutlonal amendment to exempt from tax- 1
ation for seven years all capital invested
in cotton and fibre goods manufacturing.
Anticipated slow counting of the vote,?
especially in the rural sections, probably;
will delay the results becoming known
for several days.
JACKSON RAISES FUND
TO AID WILSON’S RAC£
1
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.
JACKSON, Ga., Sept. 9.—A campaign,
fund for Wilson and Marshall, the(
Democratic nominees for president and
vice president. Is being raised in Jack
son through the local papers. The cltf-'
zens of the county are subscribing gen
erously and it is thought a good large
fund will be collected and sent into
state headquarters within the next few
days.
REVENUE OFFICERS
SEIZE LOADS OF BEER
(Special Dispatch to The Jounnl)
CRAGFORD. Ala., Sept 9. —The reve
nue officers raid along the Tai-'
lapoosa river in this county. Clay, and,
found three illicit distilleries. They
destroyed several thousand gallons of s
beer, but made no arrzstx
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