The age-herald., 1898-11-08
Mr. Underwood Will be Elected to
 Succeed Himself. POLL WILL NOT BE LARGE
The Hottest Fight and the Largest Vote Anticipated at Bessemer-McEni- ry, Republican Candidate, is
 Mayor of the Town.
T HERE will be an election held in
 Birmingham and the Ninth con-


 Birmingham and the Ninth con gressional district today. People may not recognize anything to remind them of an election day when they come down town this morning, but the small metal booths will be doing business at the same old stands
 Front doors of the saloons were closed tigher than a wedge all day yesterday, in accordance with Alabamas s state law, and the same front doors will be closed until 12 o'clock tonight.
 MT. Underwood will be chosen to succeed himself, although the vote in Birmingham and the district will not be large At Bes- semer the poll will likely be heaviest and the contest warmest, owing to the fact that McEniry, one of the republican candidates, is mayor of that city.
 Mir. Campbelps Predictions
 While I don't expect a very heavy vote tomorrow" said Chairman E. K. Campbell, of the democratic executive committee of the Ninth district yesterdal, "Mr. Under wood will undoubtedly carry every county in the district, and that think, by a good, safe majority over both the other candi- dates. My principal fear is that the demo- crats will not turn out in as large numbers as they should. I want the victory to be overwhelming. This campaign has been so quiet that I afraid some of our voters have not fully realized that there is an election on hand. I would urge that every democrat go to the polls tomorrow, and that he take with him one other dem- ocrat who would otherwise be indifferent about the matter"
 "The vote is going to be lighter than usual tomorrow" said Chairman Thach, of the campaign committee of Jefferson coun- ty "and for that reason 1t would be hard to make any accurate estimates of MT. Underwood's majority. I doubt if SchwaZ polls any more votes in this county than did Warner, the negro candidate for gover- nor last August. Of course McEniry will do somewhat better than will Schwarz, but it will not come anywhere near MT. Under woods vote. I want to repeat what l have said before. however, and that is that the only absolutely safe way Is for every dem ocrat in the county to go to the polls and vote for MT. Underwood. He is, I think the best representative the district ever had and the active work he has done for us in congress entities him to the peoples vote today. I hope to see his reelection practically unanimous"
 Contest at Bessemer
 According to information received from correspondents throughout the district the only precinct where there will be much or a fight will be at Bessemer, McEnfry's bome He is the republican mayor of that city, but 1t must be remembered that great many voters cast their ballots at the Bessemer box in the state and federal cleo lions who live outside of the corporate limits of the city and cannot vote in the municipal elections. Most of these out siders are democrats and they, with those on the inside declare that they will carry the box There may be some small and unimportant box in some of the counties that may go for the republican candidates but they will be too small to count.
 From the following tables some idea may be formed of. the vote which will be cast today. It will be remembered that in 1896 the congressional election took place at the same time with the presidential electioh' and was consequently very large. Two | years before that time, which was an "on' l election, so to speak, the campaign between :, Underwood and Aldrich was very lively, | but still little over half of the vote Of | 1896 was cast The following are the tables l For 1ea1 and 12Qe resnectiVaV.