The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-20
MA YIELD WINS FOR SUPREME COURT;
 RETURNS ARE STILL INDEFINITE.
yvhnson's Majority
 Was IF n This County

tor. A gratifying feature of this race to many Montgomerians was the very fiattering vote received by Justice R. T. Simpson. It appeared that Montgom- cry County, where Judge Simpson has lived for the past four years, voted for him as though 1t considered him . home man. He received 1877 votes in this county and that is vote of which any man might feel proud. Judge A. Fl Alston ran third in this race. Sena- tor Lusk received only 47s votes In the county.
 Capt. Peter B Mastin led John H. Wallace for Game Commissioner by . wide margin. although Mir. Wallace got a very complimentary vote when 1t is considered that Montgomery is the home county ofs his competitor. The vote was: Mastin. 2s0ss; Wallace. 1,254.
 For Delegates. Congressman Henry D.. Clayton led with Congressman J. Thomas Hefain coming second. Cum ningham and Tomlinson were also the choice of Montgomery County.
 For Congressman, Thomas J Hall received 1,047 votes in the county; Col. A A. Wiley led him by vote or two and half to one. Wiley got 2,5s7.
 The race for membership on the County Board of Revenue from the city 0l6lIlCtS MdS HQa G1SitAh9 eAA1tt the two contests for membership from the country districts. Tn the south western district there was hot light between Duncan and Guy. It is prac- tically certain that pr. Duncan was the winner by a neat majority. In the north eastern district the race between Smile and Lawson was even closer. The returns indicated the election Of Smile.
 aV.G constabies were elected and about these contests a great deal of interest centared. In Beat l, Justice Taylor and Constable Clements were reelected In Ward the returns indicated that Judge S. H. Beasley had defeated Judge W. s. Stokes In Ward 8, M H. Screws was an easy winner over Brow der and Banty won for constable. In ward 1t appears that W. M BroWder has led Judge J. B. Fuller and Fillmore In this beat, Tunstall Crossland, well4known member of the Montgom- cry police force, was chosen as con- stable by a handsome majority.
 In Beat 6, Judge Boiling Young was given another term as Justice Tn ward ! the contest between Notion and Abercronbie seemed to have ended in victory for Abercrombie- For sCcafty Comn1itteeman, there was only or trace in the city beats. c. c. De. svinney defeated R. D. Lee n beat ! by wide margin.
 Tha managers and clerks of the elec- tion had a harder time than any others in the previous history of Montgomery County. In several boxes the count was not finished until after broad day light. And in Beat { the clerks and managers were at work until nearly noon after spending the entire night over the count. They were only lit- lie later than the managers in Beat l ir 6nishinr inc count This was due to the unprecedented length of the ticket. As a consequence of this the definite returns were slower than were ever known before. There was lack of information and defniteness about the primary as late as yesterday at noon. And all this time the clerks and managers were wearily counting for hour after hour. More than one man arer was heard to say: That's the 1a st fine will ever serve in a box"
 Chairman George w. Jones of the eountv Democratic Executive Commit ice sat up the entire night at the court house to receive the returns as the count was finished. With Senator Teasley and a few other friends he waited the entire night for definite re- suits from the returning officers. They were in the court room WaitlhB lohs dI- ter sun rise when the returns rom Beats 5 and were brought in.
 Strange as 1t may seem some man uvho narticipated in a Democratic prt- mary voted for William H Taft as the nominee of the Democratic party. An other voter put his ballot for Grover Cleveland. In Ward 3 one voter never marked a single name on the ticket: He wrote a hearty anathema directed to "Bryan Conner and all their gang.
 A tabuIated statement of the Mont gomery County returns Is published on page 3.