The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-04
Eleven Counties Fail to File Returns and Vote Is Not
 Officially Announced
SUBCOMMITTEE IS
 GIVEN POWER TO ACT
Director McAdoO's Order Cause of Resignation of Committeeman. Expected Contests Failed
 to Materialize

Returns from Il of the 67 counties in the state had not been received by the state democratic executive committee yes terday when it met to canvass the vote cast in the primary election on August lS, and for that reason the complete vote could not be officially announced.
 The counties missing are Blouht, Bull lock, Chambers, Chiffon, Escambia, Lee, Marengo, Morgan, Sumter, Tallapoosa and Washington. With these Il counties out the total first choice vote for gov error was 99,43s, of which Thomas E. Kilby received 41,93O, William w. Bran don 34, ,194, John Purifoy 1916, Charles B. Teasley 15, 233 and John h. Wallace. Jr., 7065
 MT. Kiby received 1850 second choice votes and Judge Brandon, 74S1, making their total first and second choice votes: Kilby, 43,4So; Brandon, 4l,615 kilby's ajority, 1895.
 SUBCOMMITTEE APPOINTED | Less than quorum was present when | Chairman Dixon called the committee to order at noon, and after appointing l subcommittee, consisting of F. J. Garrl- son of Ashland, A. G. Patterson Of Al l bany, E. w. Pettus of Selma, James H. Webb of Mobile and Robinson Brown or ] Tuscaloosa, to tabulate the returns, took | a recess until o'clock last night, pend l ing the arrival of other members When the committee reconvened last night with quorum present the appoint ment of the subcommittee was ratified. 1 A motion offered by w. D. Nesbitt of Birmingham and adopted, empowered the subcommittee to canvass and tabulate the returns to declare the vost cast and the parties nominated at the primary on August 13, and it was given full author ity to do all things in the power Of the
 whole committee in matters relating to
 the primary election and It's findings
 were ratified in advance.
 On motion of A. G. Patterson of Albany
 a. committee, consisting of A. F. Fite of Jasper, E. w. Pettus of Selma, k. A.
 Mitchell of Gadsden, A. c. Patterson of Albany and R. c. Arlington Of Mons-
 gomery, was appointed to conduct stne
 campaign in the regular election. This is the same committee that had charge o1 the primary election.
 A resolution offered by Judge Thomas Bradford of Centre rovided for the ap pointment of committee of three t , jaudit the accounts of the primary cleo , ton committee, and the chair appolntel , on the committee Judge Bradford, pr Inzer Wyatt of Huntsville and k. G l Arrigton of Montgomery. Under the provisions of a resolution or , fered by w. D. Nesbitt of Birmingham the auditing committee was authorizes to publish in one or more newspapers tn official tabulation of the primary electioi vote.
 M'ADOO ORDER -l MT Nesbitt called attention to the or der promulgated last Monday by Direa | tor General McAdoo | the unite' States railroad administration forblddin ] railroad officials, employees and attorney 1 for railroads from taking part in DO 1 litical campaigns, or running for offic' and suggested that as result theree
 several vacancies might occur in the con lmittee. MT. Arlington of Montgomer
 stated that George w. Jones, ehairma
 of the Montgomery county executiV
 committed had rendered his resignatlo
 yesterday, as he feared that 1t mngl
 Iieopardz his employment as attorne
 for the Louisville and Nashville Rai
 road company if he continued ms COT
 nection with the committee.
 Chairman Dixon stated that 1T the O.
 casion arose through this or any oth' contingency he would call the new con
 mittee together to take such acton
 might be necessary.
 The official canvass and tapuiauoh