The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-07
ELECTION FORECAST
 IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY Democrats Are Conceded Vic
 tory on State Ticket JUDGES RACE CLOSE CogswcII Appears to Re inc Favorite Over Herring and FowIcr-The
 sheriff's Race VIII He Ex-
 ceediUgIy Close
JUDGES RAGE CLOSE

Pell City, November 6.-tSpecial) )-Con- ditions are so badly scrambled in St. Clair county that it is a rash man who would dare to predict the final result IL Is conceded that the county will go demo- cratic on the state ticket, for whatever chance Thompson had to hold his forces together here was thrown away whe nthe republicans came out for state- wide prohibition.
 What effect this will have on Towards race against Burnett is a puzzle. Two years ago Burnett carried St. Clair over Freeman by 91 votes. Howard is much more popular man than Freeman and has an enormous personal following among the rank and file of all parties. The gen. eral opinion seems to be that Burnett will lose St. Clair by a narrow margin. For senator, w. T. Brown appears to be leading, and J. Fall Roberson demo- crat. will win for representative unless there is heavy scratching against him in certain northern beats. where his op- ponent, Mir Mize, is held in high esteem.
 For county officers the three-cornered race for probate judge between CogsWell, independent; Herring, democrat, ana Fowler, republican, has completely over shadowed all other matters connected with the campaign. As nearly all the populists have retired from the old-time fusion combination to support Cogswell, the best Fowler can do is to get the straight old-line republicans, of whom there are about 800 in the county. All hAap xxira n race the insurgent republicans, progress sive democrats and independents are lin- Ing up solidly behind Cogswell. whom everyone rates as the best qualified man for the position. At this writing Cogs- well has by far the best of the argument, but the Herring forces are relying largely upon the strength of their beat machines to overcome this advantage at the polls Both Herring and Cogswell are connoent of winning. Herring claims majority of POO over Cogswell while Cogswell has issued an official forecast claiming that he will poll larger vote than his two competitors combined. It is felt by the rank and file that in a county with two judicial divisions like St. Clair that the probate office should be rotated be- tween them. AS the northern division has held the office for 12 years, this gives Cogswell another advantage as well as the great WOrk III ueNelopIieIt Hc haS oN- complished in and around Pell City After an accurate poll of the county the Pel City Progress this week tabulates the vote as follows: Cogswell 900, Herring 700, Fowler 400
 For minor offices the race for sheriff and clerk will be closely contested. Love and Garrett, fusion, appear in the lead over the democrats, Presley and Nunnal- ly, yet the latter are just as confident of success. St. Clair has had for years two of the most efficient political ma chimes in both parties to be found In the state, and the leaders in each organiza- ton have heretofore had plain sailing to win. This year it is different and the vote will either be an indorsement of the two party machines or their repudiation rather than an indication of strength be- tween the two parties. The uncertainty over the outcome is the keener by reason of the fact that the bars were let down in all nominations and no pledges were required to support the nominees in the final election.