The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-14
THOMAS H. CARR GETS
 4o MAJORITY OVER
 C.P. ANDERSON FOR MAYOR
The omcial Result.

ward 66 W Totals .... ................. 6S 92S derson supporters. They entered the nght with vim and. . zest ana carried 1t on with entnusiasm.
 The Carr campaign was quiet. but ef- fective. Mir. Carr supporters, with sys- tenn and tnorougnness. canvassed the reg. istereu voters. iney went forward with vunndence. They appealed. too, to the business men ea the city. with whom AIT. Carr has Seen associated.
 The result Of tns first primary in which Mir. Anderson received 6o0 and Mr. Carr, s50 votes was disappointing to the close friends of both candidates. A majority was not expected for either but the friends of both candidates looked for q larger vote. It is an open secret that the Ireater disappointment came to the friends of Mir. Carr. who had expected . much larger vote.
 The first primary spurred on the friends of both candidates to greater efforts but Mr. Carr's friends displayed q more in- creased activity.
 Warm Week of Work. The Carr supporters began last Tues day the final weeks campaign with de-
 
 the time for the primary approached the Carr campaign grew in enthusiasm and aggressiveness. In the three days pre- cedins the primary the Carr men display ed confidence unmistakably sincere. The activity and enthusiasm which had characterized the Anderson campaign was continued until the polls closed yesterday evening.
 The last campaign on the part of both candidates was directed towards securing the 5i7 votes which went to the four can didates who dropped out In the first pri- mary. They held the balance of power and both parties met in a contest to gain their favor.
 Special efforts were made to win over the friends of E. J. Meyer Who received s54 votes in the first primary. Mir. Meyers supporters were courted by the | friends of both candidates. Theq were | looked upon as . most important factor In yesterdays primafy.
 MT. Carr.s friends claimed majority | of them and the justice of their claim is upheld by yesterdays result. l The vote in Ward Is. taken as an | indication that MT. Carr secured the larger part of the votes that went to Mr. Meyer in the first primary. On April I { in Ward Mir. Anderson received 152. I Mr. Carr tso and Mr. Meyer 6s votes. In yssterAay's primary the figures were materially changed, MT. Anderson receiv- ling 196 votes and Mr. Carr 107.
 I The large total of yesterdays vote was | surprising. It was not thought by the best informed local politicians that the I total would be much above 1.7o0. In fact 1t was not expected that the vote would | so much above 1900. Tn the previous primary 1855 out of a total of 1,Ss2 | Kat | ton of aldermen in the first primary was I an interest that was lacking in the second election.
 Yesterday opened with bad weather. As | the time for the opening of the polls ar- | rived the skies were overcast and a heavy storm with its accompanint of thunder | and lightning broke. In the force of such weather the friends of both candi- dates were down cast, uncertain as to the l result 1t would have upon the ballotlng.
 The storm was soon over. however. and sunshine succeeded its gloom. There was | a smal shower atl p. m., but in the main the weather was good.
 A Quiet Election.
 The election was unmistakabiy quiet. | No untoward incident marred the day. There was no exciting incident at any of the six polling places in the city. The I | quiet. ,.-
 The primary was even more orderly than that of the preceding Monday. Smaller crowds stood about the polls. Only 8 few friends of each of the candi- dates were about the polls and there were not many carriages and buggies lined l up in the streets.
 The true battle grounds of the day were in Wards l, 2. and G. The Anderson | hn Na majority in Ward 3 and the Carr men realized that MT. Anderson would take Ward {. his home ward, by a safe ma 1ority. The Carr men felt Eratified that they cut the Anderson majority in Ward down to one vote. In wipinR out an Anderson majority in Ward 2 and car rying 1t by majority of Il, the Carr men had an unqualified victory.
 Anderson Got Ward 5. l. The Anderson men claimed a victory fin Ward 5, which had been carried by MT. Carr by eight votes In that ward An oerson men won victory, carrying it In the second primary by 13 majority.
 The largest majority of the day was received by MT. Carr in Ward 8. When 1t was announced that Mir. Carr had re- ceived le majority in that, his home ward. the hopes of the Anderson men fell.
 The returns were unusually early in coming in. Before g o'clock results in | several of the wards were told about the streets. and by s:15 o'clock the final re- suit had been officially declared by the Central Council. The election managers had but little trouble in counting the votes. there being but two names on the lofiicial ticket.
 The returns from Wards and 6 were first made public and the Anderson men had their first and only chance of the night to cheer. although during the wave of enthusiasm for Carr which followed the announcement of the result, cheers for Anderson were occasionally heard.
 Central Council Meeting.
 The Central Council met at the Court House to receive the returns and declare the result. The City Court room in
 which the meeting was held was filled to
 overfowing with both Carr and Anderson men, but the supporters of Mir. Carr were in the majority. A Carr victory was in
 the air before the meeting began.
 At g o'clock Colonel c. P. Jones. Presi- dent of the Council, rapped the assemb- laRe to order. He explained that the
 meeting of the Central Council was held
 to declare the final result of the Demo-
 cratic primary
 All the boxes had been received at that
 time and they were opened in numerical
 succession, beginning with Ward 1. The
 total of the challenged vote did not num-
 Der ten and as 1t would not alter the re- l hou fhayy counted