The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07
PERCY LEADS THE
COUNTY TICKET
AS WAS INDICATED
O'Neil of Warrior Defeats
Tarrant and West for
Seventh Place
O'NEAL AND THOMAS
FAR IN THE LEAD
County Committee Takes Exceptions
to the Remarks Recently Attrib-
uted TO Manager Ellis of the
Mallory Committee

The work of eanvassing the votes of
Mondays primary was completed by the
Jefferson county democratic executive
committee al late hour last night Two
boxes were missing. these being the
Huffman and Virginia Mines boxes. Only
about IS votes are included in these two
boxes and members of the committee
were of the opinion that they would not
affect the result in any way
or especial interest was the seventh
man in the race for representative to
the legislature. c. A. Neil of Warrior
running ahead of Felix l. Tarrant and
Henry c.. West, the latter of whom was
thought at first to have been the winner
Walker Percy led the ticket, as was
generally predicted before the primary
The winners. with their vote, were as
$50; T. II. Motion, Birmingham 1854; r.
c. Mcdonald, Birmingham, COLI; W. H.
Barnard, Pratt City, 1898; j. A., Eastis,
Bessemer 59s7: Thomas j.. Judge, Ems
ley, 5567; C. A. O'Neill, Warrior 1886.
F I. Tarrant ran eighth. with 53l2 votes
AMI Henry c. West ninth with 5045 votes
For governor O'Neal received a major
ity of 1864 votes over Mallory, the vote
being ONeal 1904 and Mallory $40. For
lieutenant governor Thomas led over Seed
by vote of 6019 TO $3.50.
For United States senator Bsnkhead
led over White by CAB votes. the result
being Bankhead 4727 White 40s4 and
Knox $40.
Chairman Robert n. Bell presided over
the meeting of the executive committee,
which convened at 1890 o'clock yester-
at s. 80 o'clock until 7:3O, when the cam
wasting again was taken up and con-
tinued until finished at nearly II o'clock.
The committee took exceptions to the
remarks alleged to have been made by
J. B. Ellis to the effect that GOO illegal
votes had been cast in Jefferson county
in Mondays primary A resolution con-
demning his remarks was introduced by
Lee Cowart and adopted. 1t reads as
follows:
Whereas, On the 4th inst, the Hon.
James Buchanan Ellis, state campaign
manager for Col. II. 8. d. Mallory, cam
didate for governor in the primary cleo
ton held on the I'd inst, has published
in the press of the state, over his Sig
nature, a slanderous charge that 5000
frs udulent votes were cast in the county
of Jefferson in said primary, therefore
BE it resolved, That the democratic
executive committee of Jefferson county,
now in session, pronounces that state
ment as unfair and slanderous to the
good name of the citizens of our county,
The results of the count are as fol-
low:
For governor. Mallory $40, O'Nesl
1904. For lieutenant governor. Seed
$3.50, Thomas 6019. For secretary OF
state, Brown 1884, Greer $3.50. For
treasurer, Hodge s7s, Purifoy 4526,
Wilkinson 5485. For auditor Allgood
675s, Kennedy 1924, Smith 2464. For
attorney d. general Brickell 4442. Bull
ger 1853. Riddle 1888. For superintend-
emit of education, DuBose 4475,, Sharpe
S15S, Willingham 1856. For commits
sioner of agriculture and industries.
Johnson 1884. Kolb 5S43 Ward $3.50.
For associate railroad commissioner,
Craft 1919, Hamburger, Jr., 1880, Ju-
liam 4547, Kennedy 1861, Lusk 2S71,
McCord 4710, Price 2907. For chief JUS
tice of the supreme court, Dowdell 1913.
NeSmith 1909. For associate justice
of the supreme court for the unexpired
term, Sayre 1925. For associate JUS
tice of the supreme court for the reg
ular term, Anderson 6446,. Evans 4101,
Somerville S303. For supernumerary
Judge, Aston 9619. For judge Of Tenth
judicial circuit Carmichael 1885, Cole
man 1892, Crow 1892, Garrett 1855. For
additional Judge of Tenth judicial cir
cult Of Alabama, Lane 1883. For So
licitor of Tenth judicial circuit, Black
1867, Handy 114s. Lea 2146, Mcqueen
SO46, Smith 1895, Tate 3437. For ch an
cellor of Northwestern chancery di-
vision, Benners, 1921. For united States
senator for term beginning March T.,
1913, Bankh cad 4727, Knox $40, White
1884 For representative in Sixty-sec-
ond Congress of United States from the
Ninth congressional district of Ala
bama, Underwood 1854. For executive
committeeman from Ninth congression-
al district. Howe 1859, Sandefer 1888.
For state senator. Morrow TOO Smith
5000. For representatives, Barnard 5993,
Eastis 1857, Hamil 1852, Judge 55s7, Knight
1865, Mcdonald COLT. Motion $751; Mudd
412s, OGara 2172. O'Nei 1886, Percy $50,
Ritter 1886. Tarrant 5312, Thompson 1894,
Urquhart 1903. West 5045, White 1915.
O'Neal delegates $780, Mallory delegates
1885.
Splendid tailored Suits, worth
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