The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-23
His Plury ' Over Mir. SamfoWas 423. NO coNTE!IED;
 GOOD LING PREVAILED MT. Dent Red 4,l04; MT. Sam
 ] 3,681. Col. Charlet tsricken Received z,s2s, rhomas Hall e29 and A. 0. ssndl4--A Delightful
 Luyn wsa served.

By the l count or the Secono District Cissfonai ExecutiVe Sohi- nittee rnaesterday at noon at the Fxchanrel 1t was shown that the plurality pn. S. H. Dent. of Mont rouarv o1s nearest com petitor In tha conrbnal race Hon. D. H. sanoford ke, was 423 The vote of Mr sannfn the remote rural pre- clnets wGger than was expected and Mir. s plurality was reduced to 42g v however was com fortable and which was subjected to no COT
 Mir. Sal was present at the com nittee Tg yesterday and accept ed the ! in good part. He was & promiEuest at luncheon given at the Etge directly after the com mittee ntg and at which good feel ing reig
 It de1d from the official count made al committee meeting yes- terday the vote of MT. Dent was 4.104 arat of Mir. Sanford was B. 6sl. Tflcial canvass showed, too, the fohg result: Bricken 2,322, Hall s2i Sanders 414.
 Btn Dent and Sanford.
 The II canvass showed that the only tvntenders fn the race were MessrsIt and Sanford. When the anti-shg issue and Brooks Law renee fintroduced in the campaign the otl candidates were quickly elimint. At one time during the canpat was figured that Col. Charle Bricken was a probable winne! during the last days of the campais vote diminished until MT. Dent y doubled it A surprise to a greRny people was the vote of Hon. has ]. Hall of Montgomery. Accorl to the vote in the primary of MRth when Mir. Hall opposed Col. Wiley, his vote was ap. proxijy 5000. If he had held this vote he free for all primary he wouiVe been nominated, but he did Hold 1t. Hon. A. c. Sanders in tine counties of the district only ed 4f4 votes. Mir. Sanders only wed three votes In Montgom- cry {y. In Montgomery county it was ixpected that he would figure largd the returns.
 Mrtt's splendid vote in Montgom- cry Tell as the fine vote he re- ceivs Pike county is held as di- rectlsponsible for his nomination by safe majority which he re- ceivrt he got an excellent minori- ty Yin the nine counties of the distFith the possible exception of :. EscS tn which he only received
 Tleetins Of the Second District Exec Committee Tuesday was proi called to order at noon by Chan W. A. Henderson, of Mont gonin the parlor of the Exchange HotW. ". Haralson, from Pike serIs Secretary. George ". Jones, of gomerS presented the written pro G. ". L. Smith, of Escambia, andas accepted. DcDuff Cain pre- seIEhe proxy of Sol D. Bloch. of Wicounty. and the committees &C., ceut
 Those Present.
 seguiar members of the commit . teesent were Messrs. W. A. Hem de of Montgomery; W. W. Harai- solPtke, and W. B. Martin, of Cren- sh This was more than a quorum aTe comittee immediately went in. td transaction of the business be- fg. This was the official canvass oI vote of the district. A com " of which George ". Jones was n as chairman was named to can- ,khe vote. The other members of bmmittees were Messrs. W, W. lson and McDuff Cain. After this hittee had done the necessary work Fithmetic of tabulating the vote report was accepted by the com ee. The report was prosecuted by tge W. Jones. This having been E no other work was before the Imittec.
 t the meeting there were present l. s. H. Dent, nominee for the long n; Hon. o. C. Wiley, nominee for short term. and Hon. W. H. Sanford nearest competitor of Mir. Dent.