The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-06
RESULTS OF THE
GENERAL ELECTION
Must Be Counted And Reported
In Fifteen Days
GOVERNOR is MISGUIDED
Though He Favors Good Roads, He
Declares That He Voted Against
the Amendment-Farme
Delegates Named.

Montgomery November 5.-tSpecial)-
The vote of the election for state Off
GERS last Tuesday will be counted within
10 days after cast, according to the law
the counting TO be reported to the sec
rotary of state by the county officers
The secretary of state, the governor and
the attorney general, or two of them,
must make the official count and an
nounce it by proclamation of the chief
executive. The same machinery in prac-
teal effect is used for the state officers
electors and members of Congress and
proposed amendments. Sections 22, @S
447 and 44S of the code cover the case.
There will be ten congressman to an
nounce this time, even though there are
but nine places to fill. 0. c. Wiley was
chosen for the time between now and
March 4, next, to which his brother the
late A. A. Wiley, was elected in the
Second, and S. II. Dent, Jr., for the
full term beginning next March. The
others are as follows: First district, G..
W. Taylor: Third district II. D. Clay
ton; Fourth district, w. B. Craig; Fifth
district, ]. Thomas Hehin; Sixth district
Richmond p. Hobson; Seventh district, J.
L. Burnett; Eighth district, William Rich
ardson; Ninth district, o. W. Underwood
The following were elected to serve the
state: j. ]. Mayfield and r. I. Simp-
son, supreme court bench; John II. Wal
lace. Jr., game and fish commissioner:
Charles Henderson, president of the rail-
road commission. No members of the leg
islature were chosen. there being no reg
ular session until after the next general
election. Judge Simpson returns to the
bench after four years. Judge Mayfeld,
who is the code commissioner, is new Mr.
Wallace and Mr.. Henderson succeed them
selves, both having served one term. The
electors will meet in few weeks to count
the Alabama vote and elect a messenger
to take it to Washington.
The vote on the three amendments came
as a surprise, for it was thought that
every one of them would go through.
This was SO specially of the new county
provision, its friends making a fight for
it in many sections of the state The good
roads provision looked good all along, as
systematic campaigns were made for it.
There were many also who though the
biennial sessions would pass, but it seems
to have met and felt the Influence that
forced the four year terms into the con-
stitution
Library Date Changed.
The date of the meeting of the Alabama
Library association at Admission has been
changed to December 8, and 10. Dr.
Thomas M. Owen. president, found that
there were so many other meetings late
in November it would be hard to get the
friends of the movement together without
sacrifice. For the month there are meet
ings in the state of the Woman's Fedora
tlon of Clubs at Montgomery, National
Association for Promotion of Industrial
Education in Atlanta, but of wide inter-
est In Alabama, and the Confederate Vet
Grams and Sons at Mobile
Low Rates Given.
Low rates have been announced by the
railroads to the following meetings:
Southern commercial congress. Washing
ton, December and s; Farmers union,
association meeting, November 10 and II,
and National Hardware association, No
vember Is to a. in Memphis; reunion Con-
federate Veterans and Sons, Mobile, No
vember "a to 26.
Grldiron Contest.
The football teams of the University Of
Georgia, and the Alabama Polytechnic
institute of Auburn will meet on the local
r;.,,,, ie
that both teams coming with deter
mination to win, and that 1t will be the
greatest game In the history of the state
The lineup will be given in a short time.
Following the troubles that are about
to grow out of the recent game between
l.. S. u. and Auburn, the teams will be
given hearty reception.
Governor Misguided.
Gov. B. B. Conner states that the re-
port to the effect that he voted for the
good roads amendment was an error.
Though he favors good roads he voted
against the amendment. believing that the
state was committed to education and
old soldiers, and that the prospective state
funds would not justify extensive expen-
ditures along any other line. He thought
it would be most unwise to take any
ceding steps on placing the state on high
err and still higher grounds as regards ed
ucation and elemosynary institutions.
Delegates Named.
Gov B. B. Conner has put the stamp of
his approval upon the Farmers union
congress in New Orleans, November II,
by appointment of delegates to represent
the state. The list takes in men of all
walks of life. 1t is made up as follows:
NJ P. LeGrand, Montgomery; G. T. Nc
Eldery, Talladega; Julian Waters, Mo-
bile: j. II. Harris, Oakbowery; w. l..
Jones, Admission; w. III. Conway, Jemison;
w H. Tayloe Uniontown; w. j. Holland,
Brewton; Fox Henderson, Troy; A. w.
Bush, Mobile; Howard Douglass, McIn-
tosh; ]. II. Fits, Tuscaloosa; A. A.
Broadus, Decatur; c. A. ONea1, Anda-
lusia.
Mrs. Harmon Dies.
Anniston November 5.-(Special.)-
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