The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-11
CLIMAX WILL
 COME TODAY All in Readiness For the
 Primary. RETURNS WILL BE LATE Big Ticket Will Give Mana
 gers Much Work. Governor Jelks Goes to Eufaula to Cast Vote and Other State
 Officials Leave the Capitol.

The climax of the Democratic primary | campaign of 1904. campaign which will | be one of the most memorable in the an- nals of the Democratic party in Alabama comes today. The curtain will fall on the last act of the intensely interesting politi- calsdrama of the year with the closing of the ballot boxes this afternoon.
 The formal elections are, of course. to follow. But the elections are mere mat ters of form. The nominations which will be made today will be equivalent to an election. Todays primary is the largest ever held in the State. It is a general and sweeping primary. one in which State, Congressional, Judicial, Chancery and County officers are to be selected. The arrangements for the balloting in Montgomery County is complete. Neces- sary stationery has been sent to each of the voting places of the county. This stationery which was prepared and sent out under the direction of Chairman Rushton of the County Committee, con tains all of the tickets that will be needed, poll list and list of the registered voters. tally sheets and all the necessary blanks.
 | The managers and inspectors of each precinct have been notified of their ap- pointment, and they will be on hand to- day at a. m. for the formal opening of the boxes. A full set of instructions has been sent to the managers by Chairman Rushton. so that they may not go astray In the performance of their duty. The new primary law made certain changes in tho methods of conducting primary, and the changes have been explained tn the instructions sent out to the managers. The Voting Places.
 The voting places selected in the city beats by Chairman Rushton are as fol- lows:
 Beat 1-John w. Durrs stables. Beat 2-Cromeiin Building on Lee Street. Beat 3-county Jail, Washington Street.
 Beat 4-starke Building. 42o Dexter Ave- nue.
 Beat 5-MoManus's Carriage Works. North Lawrence Street.
 Beat e-Market Clerks ofiiee, Madison Avenue
 The polls in the six city beats and at Highland Park will be opened from s q. m. until D. m. In the country beats the polls will be opened from a. m. l until s D. m
 The ticket for today's primary Is a long one, probably the longest ever voted In an Alabama primary It Is in fact double ticket. there being a State ticket and county ticket. There will bet two
 
 State ballots and one for the county bal- lots The county ticket will contain a list of nineteen candidates for delegates from the county of Montgomery to the State Convention. There Is no contest In the matter of tte State delegation, the names of only one delegation being on the ticket. The voter can vote the entire del- egation by marking cross before the name of W. F. Vandiver, which heads the list.
 Returns May Be Late.
 It will be nearly midnight before line can be gotten on the vote of Montgomery County. There are so many candidat tss and the ticket Is 50 long that the man. agers and the inspectors will hardly be able to get through with the count until midnight, If it can be done that soon. The count in Beat {, the largest beat in the county will hardly be finished until after midnight. News from the country beats will begin arriving. 1t Is thought. by 9 o'clock.
 The contest of absorbing interest in the county primary is the race between Ty- ier Goodwin and Hugh Dent for Solicit tor. News from this contest will be awaited more eagerly than from any other contest in the primary in Mont Ecmery county. The canvass made by the two candidates and their friends has been extremely thorough It Is believed t9 be the most carefully worked cam paign ever known in Montgomery county.
 Next in point Sof interest to the local voter Is the race between c. W. Coving- ton and J. A Thompson for County Superintendent of Education. This has been regarded all along as a close and warm contest.
 The race for County Treasurer is a three cornered affair. the candidates be- ing J. J. Cochran. the present incun- bent, J. M. Crenshaw and W. E. Mo Gehee.
 The fourth and last contest in the coun- ty primary is the race between W. H. Tice and T. F. Leak for coroner. MT. Tice being the present incumbent
 Smith, Conner aIi> Kolb.
 In the State primary the principal in- terest of the Montgomery County voter as 1t is with the voter of every other ccunty, Is in the race for President of the RaiIroad Commission. The friends of Mir. Conner have not made any large clsims with reference to his vote in this county. They content themselves with saying that he will poll large vote here. Captain R. F. Kolb In his campaign statements has made the claim that he would lead the other candidates for the Presidency of the Railroad Commission in Montgomery county. The friends of Mir. Smith, however. have always claimed that Montgomery County was overwhelmingly for Smith. They say that there never has been a doubt that he would take this county by e large majority. We'll informed po- | lIt3cal leaders who discussed the matter yesterday were of the opinion that MT. l Smith would lead the other candidates in this county by a more or less margin. |
 The result of the vote for Congress- l man for which Colonel A. A. Wiley and 1 Eon. BIbb Graves are candidates. will bo eagerly looked for although the in- terest in this race is not as large as 1t might have been. The campaign has been conducted so quietly that it has aroused no deep interest.
 The usual election exodus from the capitol has already taken place. Gov | ernor Jelks spent several hours in Mont | romery yesterday. He was en route to his home in Eufaula after spending a couple of weeks in Chicago and other western points. He left in the after noon for Eufaula. where he will cast his ballot.
 Nearly all the State officers and Capi- .ol enonIoyes have gone home to vote and thc state house will be practically de-
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