The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05

According to the statements made in all seriousness last night by the can didates for city commissioner or their loyal friends, IA aspirants for municipal honors will lead the ticket at the cleo ton tomorrow and not a few declare they will be elected on the first bal ot. As only two could possibly be- elect ed and not more than four enter the runoff should there beSone, the op- portunity will be given 10 or 12 eN- cellent citizens to say,sas has been said by defeated candidates from time i'm : memorial, that there are more members of the Ananias club in Birmingham to the square inch than in any other sec tion of the United States.
 The campaign closed last night with a whirlwind finish. the candidates and their friends working until a. late hour, while in the downtown sections of the city and in many of the suburbs open air speakings were held. A noticeable feature of the campaign has been the absence of the "paid worker of former campaigns for which the voters gen- erally are profoundly thankful The paid worker will also be conspicuous by his absence tomorrow, for canvass- ing at the polls is prohibited by law, which also gives much satisfaction to the average voter
 POLLS OPEN AT O'CLOCK
 The polls will be opened at a. m. and will close at 6 D. m. The polling places will be at the usual loca- tions as the subdivisions of the pre- cincts recently by the board of revenue have not yet gone into effect.
 The polling booths will belocated as follows: ,ss ss
 Elyton. Broad street and Tuscaloosa avenue. West End, city hall East Lake, city hall Birmingham, Beat 2l, court house and Harris warehouse; Beat 3h city hall and Southside fire department; East Thomas, McLaughlins coal yard; Pratt City, city hall; Woodlawn city hall; Gate City, Larremore's store; North Fir mingham, city hall; Ensley, city hall; East Birmingham. fire department; Avon dale, fire department; Wylam fire depart ment
 IL is expected that between 5000 and 10O0o votes will be cast, and to win on the first ballot a candidate must receive majority of all votes cast. In the event no candidate receives majority, the four candidates receiving the highest number of votes will be eligible to par ticipate in the run-off that will be held Monday. December 13. 'sii
 SINGLE SHOT QUESTION
 While it is the opinion of many legal authorities that there Is nothing to pxe- vent single shot being cast for .any of the candidates, there are others who incline to a contrary opinion, and that as, the matter has not been judicially de termined the better plan will be to- take no chances and to place cross mark be- fore the names of two of the candidates With the election of two additiona commissioners readjustment of all the departments of the city government will be made and the distribution of officers made according to the provision of the five-commissioner bill as follows:
 Commissioner of public safety, having charge of the police and fire depart ments: commissioner Of finance, having charge of the comptroller's department, all the city's financial operations and maintaining a general supervision over all departments of the city government; commissioner of streets. having charge and all departments related thereto: com and municipal buildings; commissioner of schools. ,te named as the commissioner of finance will expire in 1917 at which time an en- be elected.