The age-herald., 1901-05-08
Figures Show the Movement to Have Carried by Ma
 jOrit of TABOO
COMPLETE TABLE IS GIVEN
Most of the Counties Voting Against Convention Were White Counties, While Big Majorities Came
 From the Black Belt.

Age-Herald Bureau. Clancey's Hotel, Montgomery, May 7.-(Special )-The of ficial count made today shows a ma jority of A,S0o votes in favor of holding a constitutional convention in Alabama This Is about the same as the estimated majority, but there is a general surprise in the total number of votes cast in the April election.
 There were cast for convention 7o,305 votes and no convention 46,505 votes, mak- ing a total of 115,s10 votes cast. This is a much greater vote than had been an- ticipated.
 The official figures as announced to- day present other interesting facts. It is shown that forty-two counties gave ma Jorities for the convention, while twenty four cast majorities against it. The coun- ties voting against the convention were Baldwin, Blount, Butler, Cherokee, Chill ton, Clay, Coffee, Conecuh, coosa, Cren- shaw, Cullman,. Dale, DeKalb Fillmore, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Geneva, Jackson, Lauderdale, Marshall, Shelby, St. Clair, Winston.
 The White Counties.
 It will be observed that all of the coun- ties are In the class sometime termed as the white counties" and are well dis tributed throughout the State. The vote in the white counties is practically an off, set 1t requiring the black belt counties to make the majority for the convention. A few of the white counties have given large majorities for the convention, Chambers leading in this list, with ma jority of 2696 votes Tallapoosa, Colbert. Lee, Randolph, Talladega, Madison, Law renee and Morgan are other white coun- ties voting nice majorites for the con- vention.
 careful study of the vote by counties discloses the fact that the white people of the State have voted very largely for the convention. In the white counties where a large vote has been cast against the convention. Investigation reveals a large negro vote cast solidly against the con- vention. On the other hand. the black belt counties, save in three or four in stances, have not even cast full white vote. Dallas. Perry, Hale, Lowndes, Greene and Marengo are the exceptions Barbour, Bullock Russell, Montgomery. Autauga, Macon, Wilcox, Sumter and Pickens have cast very light vote. In Fillmore County the negroes voted heavily against the convention, about 300 being thus boiled at single box.
 Dallas Leads.
 Dallas leads all of the counties in ma 1orties, giving 546S. Lowndes, Chambers, Hale, Perry and Marengo came next in the order named each with upwards of 2000 majority. Greene receives credit for the smallest vote against the convention, it being only in a total of 1900 votes. Wilcox Is next with 25, while Perry came third with 43, Autauga 63. Hale and Rus sell each 66. Sumter 69 and Washington So Cleburne cast the smallest vote for the convention, 225. The vote of Cleburne was lighter than that of any other coun- ty the total being 42s Pickens Is next with a total of 450. with Washington a close third. 453 The vote in other coun- ties ranges from 800 to 5000. The closest vote was in Crenshaw. that county giv- ing a majority of votes against the con- vention Jefferson is second in this fist, giving a majority for the convention of only 20 votes.
 The canvassing board only finished the summary of the convention vote today. It will require several days for an expert to tabulate the vote for the various can ddates.
 The following table of the vote by counties furnishes some interesting data: