The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-14
ELECTION FOR COLONEL
THE RESULT MAY BE AN NoUNcED TO-DAY.
Friends of Colonel Wiley and Major Graves Taking Great Interest.
 Captain Dtekey of .,..
 Luverne Writes.

The official votes for Colonel of the 2nd Infantry, Alabama National Guard, will be counted today, and unless there is a contest the result will be an- nounced. The candidates are Col. A. A. Wiley of Montgomery, Lieutenant Colone, of the regiment. and Major E. HI Graves, Senior Major of the regi- nient.
 eral of the State Guard. said yesterday that the entire matter would go to Governor Jeiks for adjudication. The friends of both candidates are taking the keenest interest In the result:
 The following self-explanatory letter has been received from Capt. G. O.. Dickey, commander of the company at Luverne: .
 Luverne, Ala, Aug. l2, 1901. Editor The Advertiser:
 In saturdays issue of The Advertiser under the heading Officers Make Claims" appeared the following:
 'It deyeIoped yesterday that although the votes of the officers of the Tuskegee Company were mailed Wednesday. they had not reached the office of the Adju- tant- General. It Is claimed that the original vote gave Major Graves two and Colonel Wiley one. Colonel Wiley says that Lieutenants Cartwright ana Boyd of Tuskegee, have sent in supple mental returns to the effect that they voted for Wiley, which made his vote two and Graves one. but that owing to some sleight. of hand performance the result was reversed. He says the same state of affairs exists as to the Luverrie Company and adds that First Lieutenant R. H. Adams has wired the Adjutant- General that he voted for Colonel Wiley and protests against his ballot being counted for Major Graves.
 As Captain of the Luverne Company, and 1t being my duty to forward the returns direct to the Adjutant- General. deem it my duty both to my com- pany and my self, to make the follow- ing statement and request that the same be published in Wednesdays is- sue of The Advertiser:
 In the first place. am Colonel Wi ley's friend and voted for him in this race. My company met. in my ab- serice, and passed by unanimous vote resolution calling upon their commits stoned officers to cast their votes for Major Graves for Colonel of the regi. ment. The Lieutenants agreed ana promised the company to accede to its wishes. refused to be governed by these resolutions. In pursuance to General Orders No. 10. l ordered the election to take place at o'clock p. m. on the 7th of August. l spent the otn and 7th of August in Montgomery. l saw Lieutenant Adams on the morn ing of the 9th. He informed me that it would be impossible for him to De m Luyerne on the night of the Ith; that he had to 20 to Coffee County on busi- ness.
 On the night of the 7th, on my way home from Montgomery, about 2 o'clock, I saw Lieutenant Adams at Patsburg, Crenshaw County. about six miles from Luverne. and he told me he could not go to Luverne with me; that he would vote for Major Graves, and asked me to wire him the results at Patsburg as I received them. l am reliably informed and know. as l talk ed to him over the wire, both in the morning and evening, that he did not leave Patsburg the Sth. 9th, 10th or 11th. On the night of the 7th I re- ceived the following written message from Lieutenant Adams. sentqby him "Dickey, vote me one for Graves. R. H. Adams"
 On the morning of the 9th tele- graphed him at Patsburg asking him If the vote was genuine. and asked him to change his vote to Wiley. He an- sWered that he could not do otnefWlse than vote for Graves, and that he dld not want his vote cnanged, and asked me to send him written form by which to certify his vote. Before leaving the telegraph office l telegraphed the result of the vote of my company to both Colonel Wiley and Major Graves. The form requested both by letter and by wire was sent through the country, Sergeant J. C. McLenoon acting as messenger. lie reports it's sale delIV- cry, aIso that Lieutenant Adams in toi med him that the same would be properly filled out, signed, and certified to the Adtutant- General.
 Sergeant McLendon states to me that Lieutenant Adams lnIormed him that his brother. Harry Adams, upon re- ceipt of telegram from Colonel Whey to the etfec that he Nieutenant Adams) had voted for Major Graves, telegraphed Adjutant General, Col. w. w. Brandon. from Troy, Pike County, on the Sth inst. as follows: T protest against my vote being counted for Graves. I am for Wiley" signing his U1ieutenant R. H. Adamss) name tc the same.
 The returns sent in by me contain only the votes of Second Lieutenant F. w. Walker and myself. as follows: c. O. Dickey, one for Wiley; F. w Walker. one for Graves. Lieutenant Adams is away, and 1t Is impossible