The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-26

Billies'' and "Clod-Hoppers," slept upon their rights yesterday. Contrary to the hopes of some they fail- ed to turn up at the polls and thus per- mitted William Dorsey Jelks to easily walk away with the democratic guber- material nomination.
 The victory appears to be sweeping, and according to the returns received by The Age-Herald Joseph Forney Johnston has not carried half dozen counties. But all the ''boys from over the creek have not reported, and the "horse mails may make some changes in the estimates re- ceived last night. The light vote boiled yesterday has been a general surprise, for it had been expected that that ele- ment of voters with populistic tendencies would cast a fair sprinkling of ballots. But apparently they didn't, and Gov ernor Jelks wins glorious democratic victory.
 Indicate Majority of 10000.
 The returns printed in The Age-Herald this morning from sixty of the sixty-six counties in the state indicate a majority for Governor Jelks of about 10000 It is expected that this majority will be cut down to some extent by full returns.
 The following counties report majorities for Governor Jelks: Marion 200 Butler 300, Lowndes' 250. Sumter 800, Limestone 5oO Fayette 300, Pickens 1000 Cullman BOO, Dale 400, Escambia 200. Coosa 300. Madison 6OO Conecuh 475, Tuscaloosa 450 Jackson 500 Monroe 200, Franklin 200, Cle- burne 200, Lawrence 600. Geneva 400. Washington 460, Hale 100, Marengo 250, Randolph 500 Barbour 400 Colbert 300, Calhoun 300. Walker 25O Baldwin sOo Dallas TOO, Mobile 25O Bibb 200 Bullock 200, Chambers TOO DeKalb 400, Lee GOO, Macon 200 Clarke 300. Greene 15O. Etowah 400 Russell 600, Chiffon 200, Lou derdale 200 Clay 500. Crenshaw 250 Shell by 400. Tafladega $50, Wilcox 200. Coffee 400, Montgomery 400. Jefferson 600.
 Chairman WeakIey's Statement.
 The result is pleasing to the supporters of Governor Jelks, as the following state ment from Chairman weakley, given out at midnight, shows:
 Reports received at Jelks headquar- ters show that Governor Jelks has
 
 from half the counties in the state. and of these Johnston has carried but one Elmore county-which is the county that this committee all along believed would go for him.
 'In the list of Jellzs counties are found Lee, Jackson. Barbour and Jefferson. The other counties, not heard from, 1t is believed, will show the same result, and t. timate that Johnston would not carry ten counties will be verified. The majority for Jelks will probably not fall below 2O0OO."
 It has been impossible to get anything like an accurate estimate of the vote for the minor state offices, but 1t Is safe to state that no nomination Is made for sec- retary of state, attorney general and superintendent of education. Each of the candidates for these positions appears to have boiled a good vote and the two highest will in each case possibly have to make the race over again.
 Congressmen were nominated in all the districts yesterday.,.
 The following col essmen were nomi- mated without opp tion: First district, G. w. Taylor; seco district, A. A. Wi ley: third district. D. Clayton; fourth district Sidney J. Bowie; sixth district, J. II. DdHhhCdu, ocNcillIl ulStIlCt, JOnn L. Burnett; eighth district, William Richardson; ninth district, Oscar Under wood.
 In the Fifth district Congressman Willis Brewer is opposing Charles aW. Thomp- son, present incumbent. The returns in dicate the re-nomination of Thompson
 The fight for a elective railroad com mission appears to have won in this county, although the opponents of the measure claim that the issue did not attract public attention elsewhere. The Jefferson representatives at least seem, however, to have been obliged to vote for such measure, if 1t is introduced into the next assembly.