The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-05-03
0'Nea|'s State Majority Will Range Anywhere From
 15,oOO to 25,OO0
SURPRISE 0F PRIMARY
 IS STRENGTH 0F SEED
McCord in Lead for Railroad Commits siOner With Julian and Hamburger Fighting for Second Place.
 Dowdell, Apparently

A With returns coming in slowly, and only the towns of the state heard from, the election of Enmet o'Neal to the governorship is already an as sured fact. His majority will run from 15,OO0 to 25,Oo0, according to the size of the vote, which was large in the cities, but very small in the country precincts, where the farmers were busy repairing their crops.
 Most of the counties, however, were heard from, on estimates made from an average of precincts reported and 1t is safe to say that the following were elected by decisive vote:
 Governor, Emmet ONeal.
 Lieutenant governor, p. Perry Tn omas.
 Senator, John H. Bankhead
 Congressman Fifth district, J. Thok as Heflin.
 Railroad commissioner, Lean McCord, with either Max Hamburger or Frank Julian for the other place.
 Chief justice, J. R. Dowdell
 It is probable that Mallory has car ried 15 counties with a majority of from 5000 to 5000. Among the number are Chiffon, Dallas, Macon, Perry, Sum- ter, Talladega, Hale, Lawrence, Ma rengo, Shelby and Lee.
 Vote in Rig Counties
 O'Neal has carried Mobile by 4OOo votes. and it Is believed that this alone will counteract all of Mallory's majorities, Jefferson by from 20O0 to 2500 and Mont gomery by about 1500. Butler, Barbour, Bibb. Covngston. Tuscaloosa. Walker. Elmore, Lavderdale, Morgan, Etowah and others givJ him q majority of 400 and over, while Houston, Limestone, Madison and Pike will each run over 800 majority.
 Mallory probably carried his home coun- ty, Dallas, by a larger vote than O'Neal did Lauderdale
 Senator Bankhead was reelected be- ycnd any question, although Capt. Frank s. White made a good race for second place, polling many more votes than had been expected e-f..
 The greatest surprise, however, was the vote given Walter Seed for lieutenant governor, In Birmingham and in every section he got good vote, although Thomas is elected. a JA Cy Brown seems to have been elected secretary of state, though c. H. Greer was running him close Brickell and Rid dle are neck and neck for attorney gen eral J. A. Wilkinson seems to be treas- urer and c. B., Smith auditor, though it will take the official count to determine Leon McCord ran well ahead of the ticket for railroad commissioner, while Julian and Hamburger are fighting for second place.. It is remarkable that neither of the candidates who were anendists. Lusk or Price, seems to have any chance whatever ss The victory of Dowdell for chief jus tice is practically assured. Anderson and Somerville appear to have the advan- tage over Evans for the associate justice ship. Comments By Managers J. Lee Long. campaign manager for C'Neal, was well satisfied with the re- ports and stated last night that he ex- poets , to see the majority go to 25 900. Every late report will swell O'Neal,s majority. for the country people are his trength,sa ahe said, 2''and you have only heard from the cities ana small towns ' Campaign Manager O.. F. Gaut for | Nallory, at o'clock, still claimed the -- -- (CONTINUED ON PAGE ID