The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-04
Democrats Are Confident of
 EIeciing, Entire Ticket
CLOSE CONTEST IN SEVENTH
This District Has the Largest Regis tered Vote in the State and the Republicans Have Made
 Strong Fight.

An unusual. If not exciting. election will be held in Alabama today. For the first time In a couple of decades state and congressional officers are to be chos- en at the same election. Indications do not point to a very heavy vote in the state, the vote probably not to exceed 115,- 900 ou. of a total registration of about 190,OOU.
 This apathy Is probably chargeable largely to the fact that the democrats throughout the state have hot considered the republicans as dangerous rivals ex- cept in very few counties, and it is only considered that a full vote will be cyst in the close counties.
 The officers to be chosen today are governor. lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, attorney gen. eral, superintendent of education, com- missioner of agriculture and industries, members of the legislature and congress- men from the nine congressional districts of the state. In a number of counties superintendent of education and commits sioners are also to be chosen. Jefferson county will elect an auditor and road su- peivisor.
 Democratic Claims.
 The democrats are claiming practically a clean sweep of the county and do not conceed a single office to the republicans. Chairman Campbell of the democratic state campaign committee claims a ma jority for the state ticket of 27,000 votes, and he feels equally confident that all nine of the democratic congressman will be returned. He refuses to conceed a sin gle member of the legislature to the opposition. He gave out a statement to the above effect Saturday, and he stated last night that he had not received any news to cause him to lower his estimate.
 The strongest fight in the state has been made by both the democrats and republicans in the Seventh congressional district, and as this district has the largest registration of voters of any dis trict in the state. 1t is naturally expected to cast much the heaviest vote. The reg istration in the district, including the new names added to the lists last Fri day and Saturday. will exceed 25.OO8. The democrats claim that if fairly full vote Is polled that John L. Burnett, democrat will defeat Oliver D. Street. republican for congress by 20oo With total of 15.- QUO votes cast in the district it Is ex- pected that MT. Burnettr majority will reach from 1200 to 15o0.
 To Re-eIect Bowie.
 rrta raruhIfoopa houa baap eri,,ex z, strong campaign in the Fourth district, also but the democrats do not consider that they will have trouble in rc-elect- ing Sidney J. Bowie. There is opposition in all of the congressional districts. but the republicans have not attempted a fight outside of the Seventh and Fourth districts.
 The republicans maintain that they will carry the state by 5000 majority, elect forty members of the legislature out of a total of 1O5, and elect congressman in the Seventh and Fourth districts. State Campaign Chairman Cook said last night that he expected vote in the state of 115000 and that his ticket would receive 60,000 of this number. He said that Street would defeat Burnett in the Sev- enth congressional district by from 90O0 to $500 majority and that Edwards would defeat Bowie by from 12O0 to 15OO. He also thought the vote in the Sixth district would be close.
 Bowie Makes Claim.
 The following special was received from Anniston last night:
 Congressman Bowie makes the follow ing statement:
 T will carry five out of the six coun- ties in the Fourth district and do not concede any to Edwards. My majority be from 10000 to 12,Oo0
 Governor Jelks and the democratic ticket will carry over sixty counties in the state and the democratic will be 40, 0OO Congressman Burnett will have between 12oO and 15OO majority in the Seventh district.'
 MT. Bowie and W. H. Stanley of Bir- mingham spoke here tonight to a large crowd"
 In Jefferson County.
 The campaign closed in Jefferson coun- ty without special incident, neither side had rallies last night, and the headquar- ters of both the democrats and republi- caps were closed early.
 Chairman Thompson of the county democratic campaign committee said that he had not changed his announced esti- mate of the vote in the county He did