The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-08
DESERTED CAPITOL
 WAITS FOR ELECTION
Ticket Largest in the History
 of the State
CAMPAIGN IS CLOSED
Judge Thomas Prepares to Contest Election of Former Mayor
 Gunter to Judsesbip

l Montgomery November 7.-(SpecialO Quiet as a mausoleum was the con dtion of the state capitol throughout l the whole of today, as result of the general exodus which began in this city 1 Sa turday afternoon, when capitol off l cjals and their clerks sauntered to their respective polling beats to cast a vote l for Tuesdays democratic ticket. Of tn e numerous officials and clerks who are employees of the state very few of them have their voting rights in this city, | and as a consequence of this the cleo l ton of tomorrow has fairly depleted | the list of employees now on the hill. | Before leaving Montgomery all of | the officials expressed most sanguine views regarding the outcome of the quadrennial election, very few of them expecting any material display of re- publican strength in any of the coun- | ties. It has been a general acceptance among politicians of the state that sew eral of the counties naturally repub- ican, will stay in the G. o. P. ranks on the occasion of tomorrow, but of | | strength will not be as great as in pre- vious years. It Is argued that the sys- tematic campaign which has been con- ducted with the end in view of bat tering the republican forces has had the effect of diminishing the strength to a material degree While the inn pression in the Seventh congressional | district may not be so marked as in oth CT districts it is, neverth eless, con 1 fldently believed that the republican candidate in that district, M. W. How ard, Is fighting losing fight against John l.. Burnett, the democratic incum- bent.
 Campaign Closes
 Tonight the campaign which has been so strenuously conducted by the state | committee from It's headquarters in Birmingham came to close with stirr- Ing speeches in all of the doubtful dis tricts. During the past three weeks the uninterrupted contest has had the effect of telling heavily upon num- | Der of the foremost speakers of the state who were kept constantly on the stump for the past month. This Is es- pecially true of the campaigners in the Seventh district, who have worked en- thusia stically and unselfishily for the democratic ticket, and for democratic majority in that contested region.
 For the most part 1t Is conceded by | politicians of the state that the cam paign which ended tonight was not as much mud besmirched as was expected, though toward the last of the campaign
 
 were indulged in by the losers in the fray
 During the last days scurrilous att | tacks were indulged in by some of the republican promoters against the honesty and sincerity of Col Emmet | O'Neal, governor elect and the attacks went so far as to become slanderous. Reports of a number of democrats who are alleged to have bolted their ticket were freely circulated, but it is thought that such methods have had the eff feet of proving revolting rather than helpful
 Tuesdays Ticket
 The ballot which is to be voted on plicated In the history of the state, l containing five tickets. These tick cts are the democratic. regular republican. progressive republican, socialist and independent. The following designs are In clear relief:
 Rooster, White Supremacy, for the Right"
 Spread eagle, Publicity. Progress, Patriotism.'
 Vulcan, Progress and Prosperity"
 The socialist design Is the world with two hands closped.
 The full ticket contains 25 names and is calculated to give the voter much trouble if he does not vote the straight ticket.
 Prompt Returns
 Returns from the election in Alaba ma will be prompt, the machinery for the election in each of the districts being well oiled and smooth. Election man agers and their assistants have thor oughly gone over the ground required of them, while the county officials have given every aid with the end in view of having as correct count of the re- turns as possible. Fraud is not ex- pected in any of the districts, there be- | ing very little desire on any of the sides to have the count padded l Voters in the Seventh district declare that their managers are "always straight" hence true count of the vote is promised.
 | Will Contest Gunter's Election
 Judge William H. Thomas, judge of the city court of Montgomery, will contest the election of ex-Mayor Gaston Gunter of this city as judge of the court Pro- ceedings are expected to begin by Novem- Der 15, when MT Gunter is expected to | take his seat.
 | Attorneys who are back of Judge Thomas in the movement are contending that the special act of the legislature of | 1907, under which MT. Gunter was elected is void Ten or twelve grounds are as- signed as reasons. The attorneys will at | the same time contend that the old act