The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26
Principal Interest, However, Centers in the Guberna-
 t0rial Race
BOTH CANDIDATES
 APPEAR CONFIDENT
Other Races for Attorney General and Commissioner of Agriculture Have Ceased to Attract Any Great
 Degree of Interest
By l.. g. BETTY

Montgomery. April 25.-(Special. )-Three contests for state offices are now en- gazing the attention of the people of Ala bama. Principal interest. however. is centered in the governors race. which has now before one of the hottest political struggles Alabama has had in many years The other races-for attorney gen. eral and commissioner of agriculture have ceased to attract any great degree of interest.
 But the fight for the gubernatorial nom- ination continues to hold public atten- tion, due probably to the Hereulenean efforts which the rival candidates are ex- erting in their behalf At present it is hard to tell whether Charles Henderson or B. B. Conner has the better of the fight. The followers of each are confident of success.
 So far as can be learned from reports received in Montgomery, MT. Tender son is showing much greater gains than Mir. Conner. The former has made tre- mendous inroads into the Kolb and Seed forces during the past two weeks, and if he continues to win adherents from those ranks he will probably secure the nomination. On the other hand, MT. Conner still has his old strength, and that strength will remain with him until the last ditch. has been reached
 As was predicted immediately after the primary election, MT. Henderson will ob- tain practically s5 per cent of the Kolb strength. and while it is difficult to es- innate how much of the Seed following he will secure, it is believed that he has an excellent chance of getting about one half of that vote. In that event Mir Hen derson would unquestionably receive the nomination.
 Corners Uphill Fight
 From what can be learned from polit- ical leaders of this section, Mir. Conner is beginning to realize for the first time that he has hard fight on his hands. It is believed that the former governor is cor rsiderably disappointed that he has not been able to keep pace with MT Hender- son in making inroads into the Kolb and Seed strength. It was generally un- derstood that MT. Conner counted largely upon the Seed vote, and the fact that he mas not received a more generous re- sponse from that large following is be-
  annoyance, as we'll as many anxious mo- ments.
 The situation with reference to the gov erEors race gives MT. Henderson the better or the fight, according to the best Information received here MT. Comer's of bitterness. personal abuse and villification is believed to have re- acted against him, and the fact that he has changed his tactics within the ast few weeks indicates that he is fully cog nizant of many of the mistakes he has made.
 Martin an Easy Winner
 In the second primary for the nomina ton of attorney general, William l. Mar tin is expected to defeat D. R. Riddle by sweeping majority. Mir. Martin lacked only a few thousand votes of win hing majority in the first primary. leading MT. Riddle by more than 18Ono votes. hence it would not be at all s,,r- prising of he should win by 10000 in the second election.
 indications are that the race for com of agriculture will be exceed- hslN close. Dr. A. A. Persons won a plu fality in the first primary of something llke iVoO votes, but it is believed that he Will not have an easy fight in the sec ond election w. H. Seymour who ran third in the race. has asked his support CTS to vote for J. A. Wade, Dr. Persons opponent, and should they do SO or a very large part of them, the chances are that MT. Wade might win the nomina- ion. However, present indications favor pr. Persons nomination.