The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-19
His Friends Claim It by Safe Majority. cHnToN, SIMPSON AND
 ALST0N ARE LEADING Wiley Gets Overwhelming Vote
 For Congress.
whiting Appears to Be a winner for Treasurer--Race Between Grl-
 mer and Anderson is Very Clsse-Tice Beats Fuller.

At4io o'clock last night the indica- tions were that John A. Johnson had carried Montgomery County for the Democratic Presidential nomination by a safe majority. The country beats heard from gave Bryan majority, but not as much as his friends ex- pected and 1t was conceded that John- son would get the majority in, the big cftv beats where the count will take until midnight. Teasley for Tax As- sessor is nominated without opposition. Morgan S. Gilmer was leading Charles P Anderson for Tax Assessor in the beats heard from, but Mir. Anderson's friends were confident that he would overcome this lead in the city beats. The three Montgomery members of the Board of Revenue as indicated by the returns were Messrs. Fleming, Cook and GreiI, although Col. W. B. Jones Was running strong l.
 long lead and his nomination seemed For Congressu,an Col. A. A. Wiley received an overwhelming majority. MT Halls vote was light
 In the race for Associate Justice Judge John NJ. Chiffon was leading all cotnpetitors. Judge A. H. Alston and Judge R. T.. Simpson were running strong with the chances probably ia" vorfnR Judge Simpson for second place. Senator Lusk's vote was very light in tfe county. He will trail in the race
 Capt. Peter B. Mastin was leading John H. Wallace by a handsome vote ans. he will undoubtedly carry the county, Enough returns have been re- ceiyed to assure the nomination of w.. H Tice for Coroner over W. c. Fuller by a handsome vote.
 For delegate from the State at large i've candidates were running neck and neck. They were Henin, Clayton. Booker, Cunningham and Moody. Four of these i've will get the places, ac. cordfng to the Montgomery vote. J.. Asa Rountree got but few votes in the county for elector.
 Notwithstanding a light shower fin the morning and a heavy shower in the afternoon the vote was very heavy.
 The comparatively large vote cast in Mont romery County Is attributed to the general desire of the voters to go to the polls earlier. Had 1t not been for this general wish a much larger number of voters would have been cut of from the polls by the rain storm of the afternoon. In some of tne cHy polling places half the total vote had been boiled before noon. The light shower about the time for the polls Sc oman affected but little the earlier vote Tie hours that followed until S:SC o'clock in the afternoon, were hot and
 
 in the south and west there was hur- risd rush of voters to get in their bal lots before the rain clouds broke.
 The notable feature of the day wal Ahe active and strong organization which each County candidate had al tl,e polls. Wherever a candidate had opposition he went out after the doubt; fui voters with friends and card push CTS at ali the polling places AS matter of fact the crowds about tht boiling places were even larger thar they were in the last municipal cleo, 4ion. No voter got to the manageri to ask for his blank ticket withoul baIsInr gathered a hat full of cards 1T his progress. Voting was accomplish ed with some dificulty. because of tht length of the State and County ticket It was the longest primary ticket eUel voted in Alabama
 The small vote of Senator John A Lusk for Associtae Justice was no sur prise. It was known that the Marsha