The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01
Republicans Will Probably Make Good Showing in
 Certain Local Races
BURNETT IS SURE
 TO BE THE WINNER
Underwood and Henderson Are Ex- pected to Carry Every County in State-Statement by Demo-
 cratic Campaign Committee

Tuesday will be general election dav In Aiaoama, As customary, the democrats VIII sweep the state. and the chances are that only in certain counties will the republicans be able to mako sho,,. Ing. In Shelby, Winston, cleburne. st Clair and Blount there are interesting races for county offices and the legls- isture. It Is generally believed that more completely than ever before the opposi- ton will Do routed
 The state democratic campaign commit tee has conducted an active and aggres- sive campaign. and It's chairman, w. D. Nesbftt. aoheres to the idea that the vote on Tuesday will be much larger than Is generally expected. In the Sev- enth district, where the congressional nominee of the party has active and in a measure formidable opposition, the vote VIII be as large. 1t is believed, as 1t was In the primary. Certain counties, /cn account of local differences. will Doll their entire strength Elsewhere the vote Will be larger than it generally is fin gen.
 
 crats desire to rebuke the republicans for contending that President Wilson and not the war is responsible for the price Of cotton, and, in the second place. the size of the vote will determine future elections regarding the whisky question Four years ago the present governor carried every county in the state. Mir Nesbitt believes that Mir. Henderson will carry every county this year.
 Candidates for Senate
 The republicans and progressives have conducted active campaigns throughout the state under the guidance and direc- tion of campaign committees.
 The republican ticket Is headed by Alex nnder c. Birch of Birmingham, candi- date for the United States Senate, and John B. Shields of Jasper, candidate for governor. The progressive ticket is head ed by A. P. Longshore of Columbiana, . candidate for the United States Senate, and Dr. F.. H. Cross of Gadsden, can didate for governor
 Oscar w. Underwood and Charles Hen derson, democratic nominees for. these high offices, have not exerted themselves. It is not believed that either of the op- position candidates will receive more than e0,0OO votes.
 Chief interest in the s'uation is cen tered in the efforts of the two wings of the standpat organization to overcome each other. The republicans desire to show their contempt for MT Roosevelt by swamping the progressives, and the progressves, desiring to uphold the hands of the former President. are hoping to overcome the republicans.
 Election officers have been named for every precinct in the state. the polls will he opened at and closed at clock, and. in all other respects, the event will be as formal as if the issue was in doubt.
 The Last Appeal
 Yesterday the democratic campaign committee issued it's last appeal to the voters.
 "we desire the largest possible vote," the appeal reads. mot because any one of our nominees is in danger, but because we wish, in the first place, to show to the nation at large, our appreciation of and confidence in the national administration, end in the second place, because we wish to rebuke the opposition which has spread the foolish stories abroad that President Wilson and not the European war. is responsible for the low price of cotton.
 We would caution the people of the several counties who have their com nunities at heart against sending repub- icans to the legislature. As is known. the legislature will be overwhelmingly democratic. It will be impossible for the republicans to send more than two men to the lower house and more than one to the upper. If this number is sent, what can it accomplish? As Charles Tender Eon, nominee for governor, has correctly and wisely said. those counties which do not commission the democratic nom- inees will have no call on the democratic administration when it is in power.
 "It is the duty of all the people to vote. Let us all on election day do our duty to our party and our state"