The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-26
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
GAVE JELKS MAJORITY

The County of Montgomery, in the nrst
primary held under the new conditions
established by the new Constitution, en-
dorsed Governor Jelks and his admfnia-
tration In a most emphatic manner. In
spite OF the insistent claims. the aggres-
sive and secretive work OF 00vecucx
Johnston's followers, the voters OF Tho
Capital County OF the State testified thsar
allegiance to the Governor by rolling NJ
q handsome majority for him.
The exact figures of the Governcz's ma
jority were not obtainable at an early
hour this morning. Several OF the coum-
try beats have not been heard from and
the count in the city beats was not I'M
ished until long after midnight The
count OF the long ticket, including az It
did the full State ticket, the County ticket
and the names Of candidates for Repre-
sentatives in the County, Congressional
and State Democratic Executive Commit~
tees.
The nomination of Messrs Tyler Good
wyn, Thomas NJ. Arlington and Thomas
J. Hall is practically assured at an early
hour this morning. in spite OF the incom-
piete returns. The fourth place on the
Montgomery delegation lies between
Messrs. C. p. Mcintyre and o. C. Manner.
Mr.. Manner has a good lead. but not 30
much that the result could not be changed
by the beats which are yet TO be heard
from.
The legislative race was much more
exciting than the contest for Governor,
having as 1t did. more of the element OF
uncertainty. 1t was practically assured
that Governor Jelks would receive q ma
jority in this County. but there was op-
portunity for warm fight In the race
for the four places in the Legislature.
The most aggressive work in the ccun-
ty was dcre by the candidates for tho
Legislature and their friends. The close
ness OF the race is shown by the fact that
one OF the four places Is yet in doubt.
The incomplete returns leave most OF
the State offices for which there were
contests yet to be decided
The returns indicate a close race In
this county for Superintendent of Educa-
ton between Messrs. Chapel Cory and
John g. Harris and another close contest
between Messrs. Julian and Hefiin for
Secretary OF State.
Hon. Alexander Troy carried the coun-
ty for Attorney General.
The day was clear and warm in Mont
gomery, but the expectation of a full
turn out of the registered and qualified
voters was not realized.
The vote an compared with the regis
trstton Lists of the county was small
This was accounted for, In a large meas
ure, by the fact that many of the voters
Of Montgomery are away from the city
at this time. The primary was held I'm
the vacation season and 1t found many
of the city voters out of town. On the
other hand a large per cent OF the regis
tered voters who were not exempt from
payment of poll tax had failed to pay It.
and their negligence in this respect de-
prived them of the right to participate
in the primary as effectively as II they
had never registered.
The importance of paying poll tax
and registering which was urged SO naach
last spring upon the voters was fully APP
preciated by those who neglected 1t. The
letter of the franchise article was STRICTLY
observed. II a voter had registered Due
had not paid his poll tax he was not
permitted to vote. There was no deviation
from this rule. In each polling place
a list of the tax payers. the men who had
paid their poll tax was kept with list
Of registered voters Of that beat.
On entering the polling place the voter
gave his name, which was looked for on
both the registered voters list and on the
nolI tax. II the voters name was
found on both lists he was permitted to
deposit his ballot.
TAX Collector G. w. Halls renamed IN
his ONCE durin gthe entire day to correce
any mistake that might have arisen wnen
a voters poll tax was paid last winter.
The election managers throughout the
city insisted on absolute regularity and
only an official poll tax receipt would
give a man the privilege of casting his
vote In the primary If his name was not
on the poll tax list The Tax Collector
was called upon a number of times to
assist voters who had gotten mixed un-
der the primary regulations
The day was remarkably quiet In Mont
gomery. There was not the slightest
ripple of excitement. No untoward inci-
dent married the first primary under the
new Constitution and there was no quar-
rel or disturbance of any sort. But for
the knot of voters who gathered about
each of the polling places the day would
have been like all others in this city,
More energy was perhaps displayed by
the polling place workers than in cleo
lions and primaries under the old sys-
tenn. Under the new system there was
more definiteness. The voters were known
with exactness and the work was cut out
for the campaign workers. Vehicles and
buggies were much in evidence through
out the day.
Challenged votes in the different boxes
were rather numerous. Fairness and ex-
actness appeared to characterize the
of all the boxes.
Beat 1.
jerks, III; Johnston, IS; Cunningham
40: Waller. los.
For Secretary of State-Hefin, rs; Ju-
Ian, 50: Tanner, 2S-
For Treasurer-Smith, 2O9.
For Auditor-Sowell, 176.
For Attorney General-Cobbs, Is; Gar
Der. IA; Troy, 205; Wilson, Is.
For Superintendent of Edueation-Bul-
ger. So; Cory. al; Harris. so: Hill. e.
For Commissioner of Agriculture-Pooia.
I72.
For Executive Committee-Bonper. 81:
Burnett. 70; Coker. 149; Lomax, 1879; Mar
tin, ~; Priesthood. S.; Porterneld. ID:
III.