Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-19
OSCAR ". UNDERWOOD, Jeferson's Candidate, Seems to
 Be in the Lead.
GEN. JOE WHEELER SAFE
In the Eighth Beyond Doubt. Long in the Sixth Car
 rieS Walker.

In the different precincts or JeHeTson county yesterday to select delegates to the county convention which meets in Bir- mingham next Satu rday.
 Primaries were held in all the city beats, but on account of rain and the absence of an opposition ticket very light vote was boiled.
 The only places in the county, so far as heard from, wkere MT. Turpin's friends made any fight were Bessemer and War rior, and at each of those places the Under wood delegates were elected by large ma jorities. There may have been Turpin tickets in other beats, but they had not been reported to MT. Underwood's head quarters last night. Meager information from Bibb and Blount last night indicated that MT. Un- derwood had carried those counties. The delegation from either of these two coun- ties, added to that of Jefferson's, would as- sure MT. Underwood's nomination. The beats in Jefferson county reporting last night sent up the following delega- tions, all instructed for Underwood: McCalla, beat No. 1.-Delegates I W Me- Adory and A Perdue. Instructed for Underwood.
 JoNEsBoRo.
 Jonesboro, beat No. 2-M J McAdory, D W House, P E Jacobs and Thomas Jones.
 ELYToN.
 Elyton, beat No. 9-Porter Lewis, F E White, Charles B Powell, s Milner, s H Smith, T Smith R W Owen, Henry Uhl, Frank Lacy, M Earle.
 EAST LAKE.
 East Lake, beat No. 10.-The democrats of beat 10 met in mass meeting and elected Messrs R J Waldrop, W J Prowell, Frank Cross, H H Brown, w Yam and H R Dill. The meeting heartily endorsed 0. W. Underwood for congress and instructed the delegation to vote for him. aREENE's.
 Greene's, beat No. 11.-R K Erwin, J c Cole and N M Strickland instructed for Un- derwood.
 TRUssv LIE.
 Trussvile, beat No. 13.-Four delegates instructed for Underwood; names not re- ported.
 WARRIOR.
 Warrior, beat 17-Eight delegates in- siructed for Underwood. There was some opposition to vhe Underwood ticket, but it got only d snAll vote. The names of the delegates are hot reported.
 NEWCASTLE.
 Newcastle, beat 22-John T Milner, F M Miller, H C House, w Gilmore. The delegation were instructed for Underwood.
 BIRMINGHAM, BEAT 21. Monroe beat-J H Little, c W Ratiff, c | Burkhalter, W Cochran, H Tomp- pert.
 Jefferson beat-J M Crowder, Lowe, c c Arlington, R N Rhodes, w M Malone, J Stiles.
 Cleveland beat t-W Brown, W Hewitt, Marcus Veil, Dr L Robertson, J M Arnold, A Howze, J O'Conner, B Vandegriit, W A Walker, William - Hood, l. Rogan.
 Madison beat t-F V Evans, John Miller, E Enslen, A B Johnston, Harry Hawkins, R A Lewis.
 BEssEMER.
 Bessemer, beat 33-A mass meeting was held at Bessemer and twenty-two delegates named and instructed for o. w. Under wood for congress. The vote stood 1l9 to Louis Roster, " P Bradford, H M McNutt, CJ McGuire, W McArthur, Arnold Miller, A A Kendall, w A Simmons, w 0 Me Tyre, King, n g, John N N Jensins, p, Charles n; Forst, Wesley Horton, William Hurz, 5 Afford, Anderson, H K McAdory, J. M PerkiLs.
 AvoNDALE.
 At the mass meeting in Avondale the following delegates were selected to repre- sent beat 34 in the county convention next Saturday and instructed to vote for 0. w. Underwood for congress: K E!lard, T Y Cain, A w Smith, N " Teal, w B Lyle and Dr Casey.
 BIRMINGHAM, BEAT37. South Highlands-E K Campbell, T o Smith, John Parker.
 Hill beat-Dr c H Jernigan, Harry Rsns- ford, Pat Harrington, Gus Quaker, Tom Maloy, Henry Behrens.
 Davis beat-F White, A s Hirscher, James Lynagh, M Connolly, Tom Wheeler, Eugene Knighgton, John Ward, B M Allen, M T Stradford s J Guscott, H w Eggler, Sumter Lea, w Fl Morris, Her. man Siks, Charles F. Enslen, M M Will Hams.
 Jackson beat-B A Thompson, James E Hawkins, Charles Roberts, Steiner, Walter Kelley.
 North Highlands beat--R Hewitt, Lewis Whaley, J T Mcknight, M
 PRATT MINES.
 Pratt mines, beat Fourteen delegates. Instructed for Underwood.
 wooDLAwN.
 Woodlawn, beat 41-J Wood, D H Montgomery, A H Simms, w Parkes, WJ Maichell, c Hale. Instructed for Underwood.
 BIBB COUNTY.
 WOODSTOCK FOR UNDERWOOD. WOODSTOCK, Aug. 18.-[Special. 1.-The largest meeting of citizens of beat No. held in years In convention was called to order by W. R. s. Hayes, Esq, member of the county executive committee. w. w. Shotridge, Esq, was elected permanent chairman, and MT. T. J. Edmundson, sec- rctary.
 The committee on raaolutiona as an.