The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
Kennedy's Net Majority Will Be 1900 Votes-SecOnd
 Choice Ineffective
PELHAM LEADS FOR
 COURT OF APPEALS
Smiths Majority Over Burr May Go to S000-Day of Gag Rule in Ala bama Is Over-Some Deduc-
 tions From Election
By L. s. BETTY

Montgomery. May 13.-(Special.)- )-At last the result of the recent primary election has been determined The state execu- tive committee. it is true has not yet canvassed the returns. but when it does so 1t will be found that the nominees are the same as those already announced. There may be a difference of few votes in one or more races. but this will not alter the main results.
 As is known, the closet race was be- tween Sam P. Kennedy and Henry P. Merritt for presirdent of the state public service commission. The very latest esti- mates, and these, it is believed. may be regarded as practically official, give Mir. Kennedy lead of about 1200 votes. The second choice votes in this race had little or no effect upon the final count. nor did the second choice vote. for that matter, make any difference in any of the other races As predicted in the Montgomery correspondence of The Age-HeraId. there were comparatively few second choice votes cast in the recent primary.
 Another interesting race was that for places on the court of appeals. Accord Ing to returns from 59 counties Judge Pelham led the ticket. though the final count may give Judge Brown slight lead In these counties. Judge Pelham received 55.Ss1 votes. while Judge Brown received 55.eof. General Bricken. the third man in this race. received Aoes. leading Chancellor whiteside the fourth candi- date, by about 5000 votes. Whiteside, ac- cording to tabulated returns from $ counties. received ss.1o4. Knight s7.Sss and Bonner. 34Ssl.
 SMITH EASY WINNER
 Ed D. smith was an easy winner over Borden Burr for national committeeman from Alabama It is estimated that MT Smith won by at least 800. and his ma jority may go 10 1o.o1.
 Ray Rushton, A. H. carrnichei. Capt. Frank s. White, and Judge N D. Denson were all easy winners for delegates from the state-lat-large to the national demo- cratic convention at St Louis The other three candidates in this race, Horace Hood, k. F. Spragins, and J. J. wirets, showed little strength as compared with the successful nominees
 As was predicted. John IT. Wallace, Jr.. won the nomination to succeed himself az game and fish commissioner by an over whelming vote. His maority probably will be at least 25.ooo. and this despite the fact that he had two opponents Capt. A. T. Goodwin ran second in this race, with Kirby s. Ward bringing up a remote rear.
 All of the congressman who had opposf- ton were renominated. Representative Dent won easily in the Second district, and the same may be said of Representa- tives Blackmon in the Fourth. Burnett in the Seventh, Almon in the Eighth, and Huddleston in the Ninth. In the Tenth district, the closest fight in the state was staged, William B. Bankhead win ming over Capt. R. P. Hobson by the narrow margin of little more than 100 votes.
 GAG RULE REPUDIATED
 And now that the primary is over and the various results determined. 1t might not be inappropriate to draw a few de- auctions. The first is that the day Of political bosssm, or gag rule in Ala bama is ended. As will be remembered, the 1915 session of the Alabama legisla- ture was dominated by small band Of political prohibiuonists who ran things pretty much as they wished They forced legislation. they dictated committee ap- pointments, and they ruled with a high hand The legislature was under their control. and they said they were serv- ing the people.
 The primary just ended furnished con- elusive evidence of the peoples appre- citation of this service. for the immortal band of prohibitionists who ran the legis- lature endeavor also to control the
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