The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
BURNETT COMES ID MAKE HIS SCAMPA| Democrats Confident of Making Clean Sweep GETTING VOTERS OUT Size of Vote May Figure in Future Petitions for County Elec-
 tions on the Liquor
 Question

Congressman John l.. Burnett, ac- eording to an announcement of the state democratic campaign committee yes- terday, has returned to Gadsden, and this week will actively assume charge of his campaign for reelection. As is known, MT Burnett has opposition on the part of the republicans, "progres- sives and socialists and is the only democratic congressman from Alabama who has need to look after his fences.
 The vote," reads statement issued by w. D. Nesbitt, chairman of the com mittee, will not be very large, accord ing to indications, but it is probable that It will be larger than four years ago. While We have unfortunate in ob- taining funds with which to aid dem ocratic nominees in 10 or 15 counties where aid has been requested. 1t is highly probable, nevertheless that we will carry every county in the state for our state ticket, even as every coun- ty was carried when the present gov ernor was candidate against J. O. Thompson"
 This week will see democratic ora tors on the stump in the several close counties, and strong effort will be made to keep all republicans out of the legislature and out of the county offices as well.
 Outlining the Situation
 esIn a statement issued to the voters by the campaign committee the situa- ton was outlined as follows: The state ticket will make clean sweep in every county of the state. In the Seventh district, where the dem ocratic congressional nominee is op- posed by nominees of both wings of arfx- n win comparatively easy victory. Re. publican charges that the democratic administration and not the European war have caused low prices for cotton are so puerile that they have caused general disgust. Such political tactics in- variably act as boomerangs. and the opposition will suffer.
 "The county ticket in Chiffon is in danger but democratic legislator will be elected. Our nominee for the senate from that district will also be elected. Democrats in Cleburne will make a clean sweep, and while the oposition has waged a furious struggle in St. Clair, we will win there, also.
 There is doubt in regard to our leg islative ticket In Shelby and Winston counties. In the former, the democrats have a better chance than in other years to defeat Judge A. P. Longshore. leader of the so-called progressive party, and who is nominee for the United States Senate against Oscar W Underwood. His personal candidacy has tnterfered to great extent with his leadership of his party
 Mir. UnderwoOd's Opponents
 Both opposition parties have tickets in the field. Mir. Henderson, democratic nominee for governor. is opposed by Dr. E. H. Cross, ''progressive,'' of Gads- den, and Judge John Shields, republi- can, of Jasper. Oscar W. Underwood, democratic nominee for the Senate. has opposition in the persons of Judge A. P. Longshore, progressive. of Colum- biana, and A c. Birch. republican, of {. Birmingham. The candidacy of the op- position candidates is looked upon as . joke.
 Considerable interest has been in- tected into the campaign because of the size of the vote depends, 1t Is probable elections in several counties of the state on the qeustion of liquor traffic. In Jefferson county, the local optionists desire a very large vote in order that the prohibitionsts might have trouble in attaching to their petition for g liquor election. the names of suf- hciently large number of qualified voters, in counties which are now ''dry," the prohibitionists desire very large vote in order that the local op- tionists might labor under great bur den.
 The date of the election is Novem- Der B.