The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-17
BESSEMER VICTIM OF THE CANDIDATES All Have Worked Hard In That
 City SUMMARY OF SENTIMENT Ben Robinson Almost Gets Away From Bessemer Jail, But Is Caught
 Just In the Nick of
 Time.
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Bessemer, May Especial. )-As usual when there is a political cam paign on Bessemer manages to get mixed up in it. and the campaign of Monday will be no exception. At the present time it would appear that more interest is being taken in the Board of Revenue and the county superintendent race than any other.
 The different men that are running for office as judges of course have their followers, but Bessemer has been hard worked by the Board of Revenue men, and for that reason 1t has attracted 6. great deal of attention. There are two men in Bessemer running for positions on the board, namely Kelley Johnson and s, D. Haley. Aside from that there are several men on the ticket who have lots of loyal friends in Bessemer. and it is thought these people will do everything possible to put their favor ite in office.
 The office of county superintendent is also receiving good deal of attention and as far as the city of Bessemer is concerned the fight is between Mr. Me Adory and Dr. McNeil MT. McAdory has number of friends in Bessemer and they claim that it is hardly possi- Die that he will be defeated. His friends are working hard and they claim that when the votes are counted it will be found that he has received the majority of the votes cast in Bes- semer.
 On the other hand the friends and ad- mirers of Dr. McNeil claim that he is gaining strength every day and they be- heve he will beat MT. McAdory out in Bessemer Professor Burruss also has a number of friends here who are doing everything possible to advance his cause.
 great deal of interest is also being taken in the judgeship race for the city court of Birmingham. There are of course four men in the race, but the sentiment in Bessemer seems to point to the elee- ton of Nesmith and Sharpe
 For the position of associate judge of the supreme court Judge Mayfield and Judge Alston appear to have a pretty good chance to be elected as far as Bes- semer is concerned
 IneSe ngureS have been gathered from men who have kept in close touch with the campaign and several of them have stated they do not believe they will miss their guess very farA Of course the race for President is attracting the most ab- Sorbed attention and during the past few days the Johnson workers have been quite busy not only in Bessemer, but in the outlying district.
 People in the city who have supported Bryan in every campaign do not hesitate to say that he will be the nominee still there are a good many people who have gone over to the Johnson side since he has commenced to wage such a warm campaign. Judging by the expressions ob- tained from several of the original Bry- an men the only thing the people have against Bryan is that he lost twice, but his most ardent supporters claim that this time he will not be a loser. The polls in Bessemer will open at 8 o'clock an Monday and there is no telling when the counting will be finished, but it is be- lieyed, owing to the number to be count ed it will take at least night and a day to finish.