The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-31
Alabama Now Expects
 Amendment Fight to
 Center About Senate
Interesting Table Compiled to Show Total Vote in Each Senatorial District t-UnderwoOd- son Vote Was Largest Cast in Alabama
 in Recent Years

ainst the constitutions \ amendment gets we'll under way, 1t is generally expected that the fight will resolve itsel1 more and more around the state senate.
 There seems to be a feeling ovel the state at the present time that thu house will probably have a majority In favor of ratifying the amendment The governor cuts a figure in the matter only indirectly, because if the legislature in Alabama passes a measure and the governor should veto it, bare majority only is re- luired to override his veto.
 With this situation existing it is natural to look to the next state senate tor the real fight.
 With this idea in view The Age Herald has prepared some figures re- sarding the state senatorial districts which should prove of value to those Interested in politics.
 BASIS OF VOTING
 In this tabulation the Underwood Hobson vote in the senatorial districts Is taken as a basis, not because the outcome in that campaign forshadows | similar outcome this summer, but because the Underwood Hobson vote was the largest cast in Alabama in re sent years and shows what the total vote may be expected to be when the voters become well aroused over 8 political issue.
 An anaysis of this table shows some interesting facts Tn the first place there was a total of 1i4,20S votes fast. Senator Underwood carried all If the 35 senatorial districts with the exception of the Twelfth, consisting of Fayette, Lamar and Walker coun- lies.
 The table also shows graphically the bize of the total vote in the various dis tricts. These totals range all the way from the Sixteenth embracing Lowndes .eenth, embracing Jefferson county, where le,464 votes were cast.
 Several other counties constitute sep arte senatorial districts notably Mont gomery with 4745 votes; Barbor, with 1894; Marengo with 1877; Dallas, with POGO Wilcox, with 1210; Tuscaloosa, with 3772 Talladega, with 2212; Calhoun, with 3147 Madison, with SAP, and Mobile. with 62O9 The smallest vote in any district con. sisting of more than one county is that of the Twenty-sixth consisting of Bull lock and Macon counties, with a total ot t742 votes, although the Thirty-second consisting of Hale and Greene counties has only 1862.
 SITUATION IS COMPLICATED
 It will thus be seen that rather com phcated situation faces those who go out to make fight for senator. The sen. Rtor from the smallest district in tn, state has just as big vote in the legs- lature as the man who was elected by 2 majority of more than 16000 votes from Jefferson. Campaigning will according. ly, no doubt, be regarded as proportion htely easier in the smaller districts thar In the larger, although it is assumed tha' both advocates. and opponents of the amendment will fight just as hard in the once district as in the other
 The Alabama situation is not unique for those who have watched the amend ment fights in othe states will remem Der that the senate has usually beer the center of interest because the vote was always so much closer in the up per house than in the lower. The Lou. isiana situation is the most striking example. The amendment had an over whelming victory in the house, but there was a tie in the senate, which resulted in the failure of this state to join the ratification column. Incl dentaliy, 1t is understood the govern or of Louisiana will call a special cleo ton to fill a dry vacancy Tn the sen ate, and will then call an extra ses- sion of the legsiature to take up the amendment once more
 SIGNS POINT TO REAL FIGHT
 So that all the signs in Alabama point to a vigoous fight for the sen ate. There are only So members in ali So far the campaigns have been con ducted quietly In nlany cases tho names of the aspirants have not ever been given cut. But they will all bs in the field during the coming month
 The table also shows the number O. members each county has in .he lowel house, which is also interesting a: showing the concessions which were mada to the small black belt countie: at the time the state constitution wa: made in is61.
 COL. BEAUCHAMP OF
 BRITISH ARMY TELLS
 OF SALVAGE WORK
 (Continued from Page Five)
 there which is now wasted, and whicf has to be replace from this country You are 5000 miles away from France and transporting this food necessitate.