The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04

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 A general election. an election held every two years ana at which every member of Congress is elected will be held in every State .of the Union Tues day. The campaign for that election closed last night.
 In Alabama the only question to be solved by the election Is the size of the majority of the Democratic nominee for Governor, Hon. B. B. Comer, and the rest of the ticket headed by him. The size of that majority depends only upon the interest manifested by the voters of the State. The larger the vote. the larger the majority will be. There is not the slightest doubt of the over whelming election of every nominee on the Democratic State ticket. The ma jority, this year, will be larger than usual.
 The majority will be larger, first, secure the full Republican vote, and second. because, although the opposi- tion has not been considerable. greater efforts than usual have been made by Chairman J. Craig Smith, of the Demo- cratic Campaign Committee. to roll up big Democratic vote.
 The Republican ticket is headed by JuuS6 Asa DtIdtlOl ol y It was nominated by what is known as the Davidson wing of the Republican Party of Alabama, and 1t will not get the full Republican vote. It is not even printed under the Republican em- blem Above it on the official ballot, Is only q blank. The other wing of the party is represented by the Presi- dents referees in Alabama, J. O.. Thompson of Birmingham, and Charles II Scott Inf MnntOpnarV They ed the puttins out of Republican ticket In Alabama. Julius Davidson. q well known Republican, who was rec ognized as a party enemy of the ref erees, was back of the movement which culminated in convention that nomi- mated a ticket headed by Judge Strat- ton. This ticket will appear on the official ballot. but it will appear with out a party embled.
 No Hope For Republicans.
 No man. not even the most enthu- sastic Republican, can hope that any single nominee of the Democratic Party can be defeated at the polls Tuesday. The size of the Democratic majority depends only upon the size of the total vote. Chairman Smith and his asso- ciates of the Campaign Committee have directed their efforts towards getting out the full Democratic vote in Ala bama. If this is done the Democratic majority will be overwhelming.
 The interest in the election returns which will come in Tuesday night will not be centered on the Alabama result which is assured. but it will be center ed more on the returns from New York where a sensational and peculiar fight has been made with William R. Hearst as the Democratic and Independent nominee. and Charles E Hughes as the Republican nominee. The Alabama re- suit is assured. But the bulletin read CTS Tuesday night will look anxiously for news from New York. More inter- est Is felt in Montgomery and perhaps mother portions of the country. in the New York results than in any other State great many local bets have been made here on that fight and the returns will be closely studied.
 No little interest is also felt in the fight in Massachusetts for the Gov ernorship between John B. Moran and Curtis Guild. Moran is the Democratic nominee and he is conducting in Mas sachusetts the same sort of a fight that Hearst is making in New York. Guild is the Republican nominee for Governor.
 Of course some interest will be de- voted to the election of Congressmens the country. The election may change the completion of the present Congress. Instead of q Re publican Congress. 1t may give the q Democratic Congress Chair man James Griggs of the Democratic Committee. has several times expressed his hope that the re- suit would be a Democratic Congress in place of the present Republican Congress.
 In Alabama full Democratic dele-a gation will be returned. The voters of the State will on Tuesday send up nine Democratic congressmen. They will be George w. Taylor, A. A. Wiley. Heury D. Clayton. William B. Craig. J. Thomas Heflin, Richmond Pearson John L. Burnett William Richardson and oscar Underwood. All the present members of Congress were re nominated except Congressman John Bankhead whose place was won by Richmond Pearson Hobson, and Hon s. J. Bowie. who retired and is to he succeeded by w. B. Craig
 Only three of tn" Democratic numi- nees are opposed Th" other SIX will go in by unanimous vote. The op- position to the Democratic nominee Is in the Second. the seventh and the Eighth District. Congressman A A. Wiley is opposed bv J C. FonvillC an In the Seventh District, John |. Burnett Is "p- posed by Charles k"uncmer Rcpubli- can ,and J. T. Matcrson. is opposed 10 William Richardson in inc Eighth District The success of tho Democratic nominees in the three districts IS assured
 The headquarters o1 th" hcu"cIdtlc t"nruutt'' "t Alabama. which haN" been mtlntalu"d stur" Inc campaign "prucd will rrnaIiu open throughuut all e. t'nUnIrow. tuf Inc practically closed ta-t night.
 The large offic" i'rr" "f young Ll- dies who nave been -,ldiuH out Canl- paign literature completed their Ga- bors last night Nir' Cha rmHn Will liam r.. Fort. who has been at head quarters ever since [ were opened for the campaign, vii leaN' today for his homo in Birmingham, whore he will east his ballot Tuesday But the head quarters win be open Monday for the tfar..