The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-02
Montgomery Primary Passes Off Quietly. CONTESTS IN EACH WARD.
 WERE VERY CLOSE Candidates Work Hard in Friendly
 Rivalry. Ira H. Virgins Great Race h City st Large Getting Same Vote ss Mayor Teague, Is Great
 surprise.--The Success
 full Candi-

The four-handed contest for the three places of Aldermen from the city of Montgomery at large. settled .n a Democratic primary yesterday. result ed in the nomination of Ira H Virgin. Gaston Gunter and Berto Fl. Johnson. TeasSe was pfSSii fnomiDaied Msyof for his M Second term as Chief Executive of the city.
 By remarkable coincidence, Mayor ueasqe tieRssa and in Ira Ira II Virgin who led the large received exactly the same num- Der of votes. 1879.
 The winners for ward Aldermen. in the Friendly but spirited campaign. which ended yesterday. were:
 Ward 1-James II. Parrish and F. M.
 Ward 2--J. C. Tyson and c. I. Ruth.
 Ward 3-ward 3--Charies F. MorifE and J. M, Kennedy.
 Ward 4-Walter Brassell and W. w.
 Ward 5-Robert B. Tait and Thomas n, Ward S-James J. Sullivan and Will liam J. Toole.
 Ward 7-S. H. Saul and !. F. Jones.
 Three Aldermen-at-Large.
 The feature of the primary was tho runawa yrace made by Ira H. Virgin Tor Alderman-a Large. It was not d surprise that Mir. Virgin won, because It was generally conceded that he "N0A0 pC 6HAOA6 Lht three WtnH&FN from the time his first announcement was made. As the campaign progress ed, it was realized that he would prob- ably lead the ticket It was not ren- orally believed, however. that he would lead the ticket by the wide margin that the final vote showed.
 MT. Gunter Is a member or the pres- ent Council and 1t appeared during the voting yesterday that some mem- bers of the Council were subjected to d rather aggressive opposition for N,. other reason than that they were me1l.z bers of the Council Mir. Gunter was absent from the city for ten days dur sonal business. Under the circum- stances, the excellent vote he received for Alderman large was source of qualification to his friends.
 Berton H Johnson, the third winner Tn the four handed race. has been friends since the campaign began. His vieory Is not surprise. as his friends who labored for him believed that he tbrso Tas n,ands certain IVY winner for one of the Alderman-at-largei in the last hour and 1, hls campaign had to be made within !,sss. two weeks He had earnest ana aE- was was sufficient to carry him in by n v The vote for Aldermen at large was; virgin. 1.879; Gunter, 1.497: Johnson. 1.377. and Peck. 1,174.
 Youngest Councilman on List.
 James S.. Parrish. who led the ticket Tn Tn Ward ard l Is perhaps the youngest In the city of Montgomery. MT. Par rish has just turned 24. His friends. not only in the ward. but those from support. His friends consider his vofs distinct compliment to the young
 For the second place on the Alder citizen of the ward. defeatsd Charles [ B. ,ns Coins by ten votes. Mr. Coins is was held in the highest esteem by his fellow members of the Council
 son Tn w ward 3. both Alderman J. c. Ty- turned to the Council. This was done m m tne race of srong. opposition and in he face of he general attack that was Aldermen were we'll established in tha Topnndence co or the voters of the ward. They were so well established that they
 In Ward 8. three-handed race was had Tor the two places between C. F. GMoritz, J. M; Kennedy and '. R. pretty contest with Mir. Moritz lead- ing The other place was annexed by MT. Kennedy. lieved tha' Mir. Brassell was a winner an and that at he would probably be the lead no means surprised by his complirnen- tary, vote; The nomination of w. w. Sefdre Sn ier will be read with considerabie in in'sTesti som,beae not only in Montgomery. but
 In Ward 5. Robert ,Tait. for a numhAv Of years chief clerk in the Coz M Department at the State GapitoF ,sa5 Ward yesterday assured Ny .ait Of a second term in the CouncY Thomass nan 6 ThG%psSP SnS DoDuisr t5avsiin was given the second place on ma ticket In the closest vote fin the cifv he he ,s defeated 4. William j.. Conniff. MT. victorious traveling mans.
 In Ward Alderman James J. Suliy- van demonstrated the hold that he has an easy winner for his old placa in the Council. running ahead of alI on,,e- nents, MT. Sullivan succeeded in poii \ with him was William J. Tooie. a M known business man. who beat out/fKa large field, fisld i1 the the race; fight. He will represent the cloverdais end O. the Ward. Alderman John T Jones was an easy winner from fhn Highland Park end q of the ward. Both Jones was returned for his second term fin the Council. -
 Day Full Of shtvers
 The day was cold. windy and fufl of sunshine. The morning hours were and poll workers shivered abont tSe polling places in their resurrected over coats. " "
 But the sky was perfectly clear a 1t was seen that a big vote in reia ffn,, to the registration would be cast. The vote was considered especially large in view Of the lack of issues ans Sf the absence of anything like contest for Mayor. The same industry on the part of the candidates that brought euf large registration also attracfesi ffa large vote to the polls. The personaI element ran all the way throuwh fbe campaign down to the closing Of fhie polls. The voter was interested Ir some friend among the candidatas and