The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-13

The SpISHu10 vote gwen ooiicttoi S. IT. Dent in his home county of Montgomery. in which he received possibly 2.25o out of s.2oo votes cast, gave him the nomination to the next Congress from the Second District with wide margin. At midnight last night nineteen out of twenty-two beats had been heard from in the county and Dent had received 2f65 votes while Hon. w. H. Sanford, his near est competitor, had received 551. The beats not heard from were Beats 10. II and i2. which do not poll large vote.
 For the short term, Capt c. c. Wiley of Troy was given a practically unan- imous vote In Montgomery County. His vote may fall 10 per cent in the county below the total vote pol:ed in the contest for the long term place, but that will be because the average voter did not care to mark an unop- posed candidates name.
 The vote of Hon. Thomas J. Hall in Montgomery was distinct disappoint ment to his friends In the county his total vote was 197. The friends of Col. Charles R. Bricken were equally disappointed in his vote. He only re- ceived 73 in the county, when many more had been expected.
 The last week of the campaign was crucial. however. The issue made when Mir. Dent resented the circular of the Anti-Saloon League. signed by Rev. Brooks Lawrence. had an electri- cal effect in Montgomery County. The fight was then between Dent and Sanford and all other candidates suf fered.
 At Dent headquarters last night they did not hesitate to attribute Mir. Dents victory to the courageous position hn hat tai q Ia interference. It was said, too, that many of his friends. fearing the result of antagontZing the prohibition lead CTS in Alabama attempted to dissuade him from taking the position. As a matter of fact, 1t is said he went con- trary to the Advice of his political managers when he rode into the list to challenge the circular of the Anti Saloon League and Superintendent Brooks Lawrence.
 The Famous Circular.
 In less than two days these same political leaders said that 1t had been almost political inspiration It strengthened and enthused the sup porters of MT. Dent as nothing else could have done. not only in Mont gomery. but in other portions of the district. It was declared at head quarters that Mir. Dents courageous | stand on that position and the vigor l in which he resented the circular turn ed the tide in his favor, when his elec- tion was extremely doubtful.
 An enthusiastic gathering of friends assembled at Dents headquarters last night to hear the returns. As the night wore on and the vote in Mont gomery County came in beat by beat, the crowd realized that Dent had won. As each beat came in and was read out a cheer would go up. The news from tI.A h IA Dent was running neck and neck with Sanford. aroused equal enthusiasm. No fear was expressed when Butler. Es- cambia and Crenshaw came in dividing their votes between Bricken and sam ford. The Dent managers had already gone carefully over the situation. and while Dent in these counties. trailed behind Sanford and Bricken, the man. agers Were pleased to see that tho vote he was receiving was like that in Montgomery County. much larger than he had expected.
 The candidate was present and he had to submit to repeated handshakes and congratulations. Early in the night there came a long distance mes sage from Luverne from Colonel Bricken's manager congratulating MT. Dent on his victory. A few minutes later the representative of Mir. Sam. ford In Montgomery County called him up on the phone and extended his congratulations.
 The county returns were brought to the county jail last night and turned over to Committeeman S. J. Pettus, They will be opened at a meeting of the County Executive Committee to be held Monday at noon.
 Tn Montgomery County MT. Dent had advantage of the stron sest organiza- tion ever seen in a Congressional race, and which in fact was as closely or ganized and as effective as the organ ization which carried into office the winning candidates for Mayor in re- cent years. The city has been can-