The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-20
MANY BETS BEING MADE
 IN ETH AND 7TH WARDS
Contests Between Gum and Wheeler In Fifth and Parker, Thach and Graham In the Seventh In-
 tensely Exciting. .,

and the numerously-cornered campaigns for other offices practically ended last night, and 1t is now up to the voters to decide who shall administer the municipal affairs of the city of Birmingham for two years to come. There will be a few gatherings of an in- formal nature today and many confer ences will be held at private homes, but beyond this the campaign is over. ! Contrary to general expectations five Of the candidates for mayor have remained in the race, and at the last moment every one of them expresses confidence in his ultimate success. The campaign has been comparatively free from bitterness and the only filings of mud to appear were 1 taken good-naturedly and all of the can didates are yet the best of friends. There is not much betting on the race | for mayor, but those men who always have to wager something on the elections just to get interested, as they say, have placed small amounts. Most of the bet ting is on the various aldermanic con tests. Political excitement in the Sew enth and Fifth wards is intense. Even money is being bet on Gum and Wheeler in the Fifth and Parker and Thach in the Seventh. Some have bet even money that former Alderman Graham will be in the run-off in the Seventh. Hundreds of friends of these candidates for alder men have been at work in the two wards mentioned and it is believed that every registered voter in both wards will go to the polls. Every vote is being watched eagerly and within an hour after vote is changed both sides are furnished with the information. Bets on MayoraIty.
 In the race for mayor the betting seems to rest between Simmons, O'Neill and Ward. A number of small amounts have been wagered that Simmons and o'Neill will be in the run off while some amounts are known to have been bet that Ward would be one of the two in the second primary. The campaign headquarters of the various candidates were crowded last night and continued assertions of con-
  All of the candidates seem sincere in their predictions and assert their claims as stoutly as when they first entered the race.
 In the excitement over the mayoralty and aldermanic candidates the race for the police commission has been almost overlooked. The candidates have been
 
 promises to be very close. In all prob- ability a run off or second primary will be necessary to decide who shall com pose the next police commission of Bir- mingham.
 At the last moment R. E. Cooper has announced as a candidate for alderman in the Eighth ward against Henry E. Gray. the present member of the board. There is considerable question among well informed politicians as to whether MT. Cooper's votes can be counted as his name does not appear on the official ballot and he entered the race after the entry sheet had been closed.
 List of Candidates. Following is a complete list of all the candidates whose names appear. on the official ballots: For Mayor-vote for one: George B. Ward, John w. O'Nell John c. Forney, M. H. Crttenden, c. S. Simmons. For Chief of Police-Vote for one: William E. wier. For Judge of the Police Court-Vote for one: N. B. Feagin. nrf1io oi0 0r1a {or three: Lucian c. Brown, Dr. J. E. Ded- man, R. H. Allison. Sid B. Jones. Ed Warren, IT,, Hal J. Copeland, Lige Loy. For Alderman-Vote for one for each ward:
 First Ward-John G. Greener.
 Second Ward-Simon Klotz and w. L. | Lavender.
 Third Ward-D. R. Copeland
 Fourth Ward-Robert N. Bell. B. B. | Martin, John R. Copeland Fifth Ward-W. R. Gum and R. N. Wheeler.
 Sixth Ward-Fred A. Fulgham and A. | G. Chambers. Seventh Ward-John L. Parker, R. H. | Thach and J. F. Graham. | Eighth Ward-Henry B. Gray. l Ninth Ward-H. A. Stockmar and H. | c. Unrath. | For Beat Committeeman.
 For Members of City Committee-Vote for two for each ward First Ward-H. B. Abernathy and c. A.. | Collins.
 Second ward-J B. Cobbs, A P. Rich and Max Karples. Third Ward-R- W. Walker, John D. El- liott John F. Antwine and w. H. Cut cliff.
 Fourth ward-John T. Evans and W. S.. Moughon.
 Fifth ward-Walter Newberry, John T. Yeatman. P. P. Duagette. | Sixth ward-E. L. Martin, P. H. Lal- lande and Milton Greenwood. 1 Seventh ward-E. F. Riley, R. B. smyer, W. H. Tomppert, G. B. Burk- halter and Joe Gerst. l Eight ward-A. w. Nelson, Fred E.. Enslen, Kinds Peevey and John P. Mo- | Carty.
 Ninth ward-Walter Metcalf, James F.. Hawkins and Pat O'Hear.
 Electors only vote for one alderman and two committeeman from the ward in which they reside.