The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-14
Bankhead Wins

weather 4Dh AANAA p GA EA $3.50
~ to day, and reports from
throughout the State indicate
that a heavy vote was polled.
General interest centered IA the
for president of the State
railroad commission on which the
lines were sharply drawn.
Reports so far received indi-
cate that B. B. Conner, thefreight
rate reform candidate, has been
nominated over John Y. Smith,
r. F. Kolb and II. c. Compton by
a good majority
1t looks as if he carried more
than fifty of the sixty seven
counties in the State. Ia the
counties where he has been sue
cessful he has beaten Smith two
to one or three to one Among
the counties in the Conner col
umn are Marion, Walker, Henry,
Greene, Fayette, st. Clair, Cal
houn, Macon, Escambia, Morgan,
Lowndes, Randolph, COncuh,
Butler, Cleburne, Cullman, Tai
ladega. Perry, Chiffon, Dallas,
Blount, Cherokee, DeKalb, Cham
bers, Pike, Wilcox. Monroe and
numerous others. Mobilecouuty
has apparently given Smith
small majority. Smith seems to
have Lee, Limestone and Colbert
Smith 5 leading supporters here
admit that Conner has won
sweeping victory. Conner had
the almost solid support of the
merchants and farmers except
in some of the larger places.
All the merchants did not sup
port him. He made his fight
straight out for a reduction of
local freight rates to the same
basis as prevails in Georgia.
Early reports from the Sixth
Congressional district point to
the nomination of Congressman
J. II. Bankhead, over Capt. II. p.
Hobson. Hobson has carried his
home county, Hale, by a big ma
jority, and probably has Pickens
county, from which nothing has
yet been heard, but Baukhead
appears 10 have carried Tusca-
loosa by 500 and Lamar, Fayette,
Greene and Sumter Marion
county gives Bankhead a MAORI
ty Of about $50. Jasperaud Car
bon Hill, the two largest preciuts
in Walker county, are for Bank
head VINO has the county by
small majority. Ia fact, i. B.
Musgrove, Hobson 5 manager,
tonight conceded Walker county
to Bankhead by a majority Of 100.
This settles HObson's defeat, as
it was generally agreed that lac
could notwin withoutthatcounty.
Bankhead's majority in the city
of Tuscaloosa is 249 and probably
about 600 10 the county. Every
county in the district except
Hale has gone for Blnkhead,
Pickens county not having been
heard from and not being iuclud-
ed
Congressman Burnett has been
renominated in the Seventh dis
trict, over J. A. Lusk. 1t looks
as if Burnett has carried every
county except Marshall
Congressman Wiley appears
to have won again in the Second
district over Bib Graves.
Secretary Of State j. Thomas
Heflin appears to have swept the
Fifth congressional district and
his nomination there is regarded
as certain.
The Supreme Court race is
badly complicated. Chief JUS
tice Mcclellan had no opposition.
Justices DOwdell, HARRISON and
Tyson. all candidates for re cleo
ton. are believed to be winners
but the rest of the ticket is in
doubt. He. Selheimer- is max
ing a strong showing, with indi-
cations that he will come in win
ner. The ticket was badly split
in various parts of the State.
Late returns indicate the nOmi-
nation Of Judge John @. Auder-
son for one of the six associate
justiceships. Judge A. ID. Sayre
of Montgomery is also making a
strong race, while Chancellor r..
B. Kelly is running well for the