The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-17
PRIMARY CAMPAIGN
 COMES TO A CLOSE.

for the polls tomorrow. One political | seer yesterday went so far as to fore cast q poll in this primary equal to Of the ss ntSsrs dePr fbs say that the number of votes will fail considerably short of the 1908
 To equal the votes cast in the last | gubernatorial primary will require count of 94,661. That was the total vote cast for the two candidates for was 45.s per ' cent. of the total regis | tration at that time. No one knows at this time what the registration Is; It will not be known for seDeral 1 months to come, which Is to say, Octo- I~ Along with that Johnson ground | swell or Johnson boom whatever Iayed fight for the delegation to Dem yer. Naturally, if the Johnson adher- ents were determined to sweep the State with their men for President1aI al run for delegates to Denver. These have not been wanting. A few days before the books of the State Execu- tive Committee were closed, May 2, some prominent names were added to the list sof qualified candidates Tor delegate at-large to the National Con- | vention.
 Some of the new candidate for del, eRates-at-large are logically associated with the Johnson campaign. rms gate race which until the recent de velopment promised to be without spice or ginger. ,. +o be voted for These have to be select ed from a field of seven. These can didates are E. W. Booker. H. D. Clay ton R M. Cunningham, T. j. Hefin;; John W. Tomlinson. Some of these are Bryan men. some are Johnson and maybe some are both. Anyway, there Bryan and the Johnson leaders to cap ture this important quartette
 Supreme Court Race.
 Then there is that more settled race between the six candidates for Asso- ciate Justices of the Supreme court |. The race Is not settled in the sense or being decided, but it is not being at. tended by that tail-end excitement that naturally attaches to the factional hght for the convention delegations. Indeed. the Supreme Court race is one or ex- the people of the State at large must choose only two men. These two men are to hold office for the ensuing six Sgsts x1ston. T. n A. Biibro, John M Chilton. T. A. Lusk, J. J. Mayfield and R. T. Simpson.
 also. for the alternate delegates to Denver and for the alternate electors The electoral college of Alabama Will | be composed of eleven. men. two selec- | | from each Congressional district. This Sfyould not be confounded with the race | for delegates to the National Conven- tion at Denver. There will be dele sation of twenty-two men from Ala hama to Denver. There will be four delegates from the State-at-large ana two from each of the nine Congress
 Summarizing. the State offices to be filled by nomination tomorrow are as as follows: Two Associate Justices or 1 m road Commi ssion, and state tame dnu Fish Commissioner.
 The six candidates for the Supr ne Court have already been enumerated For Chairman of the Railroad Com mission. Hon. Charles Henderson or Troy Is without opposition I'm The C1 can missioner are Hon. John H. Wallace IT.. the present incumbent. and Hon. Peter B. Mastin of Montgomery Coun- l ty Representative of Montgomery | County in the Legislature
 on An for S onETessman: This is in th' Wiley, the present incumbent. and T J. Hail of Montgomery County, are op The District and Circuit candidates efs 1eiegates I 1IsSt to the Denver Convention
 First DistrictHL: Bugg J. C. Grenade; J. 1Shn SnliiyaT; Wchuffie aIserna'e' ' n second GSscpSdd"iDi iDistrict@s H: Dent and J Lee Long; alternates. Claude Hardy @nH TIb91d Md Vi Districs@H. asc' L. Martin. A. E Pace; a1ternates. W. E. Henderson. h D FoSrtS Pistrlet-chamHliss Keith F 3 crunpton, c J. E. Wilkinson:
 Firth District-J. c. Wood, D. H. Riddle: aiternates. H, s. Doster and H p' sixth Distrtct-Jim Pearee. M T. Msei seventh pistrict-w. T. Brown. Rob s. Grimm, W. H. Norris.
 Eighth District-M. A. Clay. R. H Walker; alternates' s. E'~Bro"h' ' Il rT1 Ninth Dlstrict-w. T. Kennedy. S W. John. J c. oakley. Walker Percy aiternates, S. E. Melbourne. J. s, Win ~ Candidates for Presidential and Vice Presidential electors: .. ..s
 First District. c. l. 1vA Hybart; Fly Second on6 fGfi FIfth' Walter smith and s. C.; Corne ltus; Sixth. Robinson BPoWn; seT1nIn1 Sr'cHei1 g. L. Fuller; Eighth, H' '. brlcAe4i
 The only candidates for alternate District electors are w: L. Martin, IT. 1T, tn third, M' c. Aiigood in the fourth. Hug9 Nesbitt in the eighth, o,,..,,.. o Circuit JudgeS-TenCn ClTCufl' A' " rsne: Fourteenth. Sheriff Lacey and James James J. Ray; sixteenth, John W. In sol,citors-sixteenth Circuit. c. W Darden, J. A. Embry, s. W. Johnson Congressional Committeeman:
 First Distrlct-B. F. Fillmore. l. w Lacklin. Joel W. Goldsby; H A: PoTe John F. Graham. Jesse B. Hearin' O. Q, Bayles, W. A. Moseley.
 Second District-B1 F. Feist ". ; Ellington. W. A. Henderson, J. C.
 Third ff; Dlstrlct-E. A. Hudson, S.; P. Ra.ner R. H. ,,GI Arringtons Maior I7J oF Car H Purcen. R. D. Williams l I. Moses Sixth District-J. M. Hoffman Thom as F. Scale, NJ. R. Cameron, W. c. cofa. J. c. Miner, R. c Redden, H. F, Gibson. George NJ Collins ". A. Lee W. E. Wedgworth. F. S Moody. Morgan g. GIImer has nothing what ever 10 say about his Opp"nents. either politically personally, financially or otherwise. He Is making m nppeni Sor inc support on the grounds of q Fitness and CaPability. His cam