Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-15
MUSGROVE MANAGER
COMEDIES DEFEAT
III ALABAMA RACE
W, B. Bowling Wins HefIin's
Seat Over Six Opponents,
Judge John R, Tyson De-
feats Congressman Dent

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May IA
Senator Oscar w. Underwood was
nominated to succeed himself in the
Alabama state primary election last
Tuesday. Complete official returns
from the sixty-seven counties are:
Underwood, $3.50, first choice;
2,259 second; Musgrove, 56,563, first;
4,797 second; Weakley, $40 first;
25.S9S second.
Underwood polled 1868 more first
choice votes than the combined to-
tai of his opponents. He led Mus
grove, the union labor candidate, by
10,30S votes.
In the race for the short term
senatorship, Heflin was nominated
by majority of 1866 first and Sec
ond choice votes over Captain Frank
White. Fomer Governor O'Neal, who
made his campaign on the light wine
and beer Issue, wasa close third.
Judge Henry B. Foster, campaign
manager for Musgrove, the union la
Dor candidate and second in the race
for the long term senatorship, con-
coded the election of Senator I'm
derived at 1915 O'clock this MORN
ing.
In these returns. second choice
votes from GCoosa county were miss
ing. These returns give Underwood
majority Of 1880 over the combin-
ed vote of his opponents in the long
race.
On the basis Of these returns, Hef-
lin has won the animation to the
short term senatorship, with a lead
of 1866 first and second choice
| votes er Captain Fra White. Re-
turns from the two missing counties
will 'hange the result in this
race.
Former Governor O'Neal, who
made his campaign on the light wine
and beer issue, was Al close third in
the short term contest.
Mr.. Hooper's statement In regard
to alleged discrepancies in the re-
turns follows:
Senator Oscar w. Underwood has
been nominated by the primary held
ON Tuesday, the 18th, by a majority
of first and second-choi votes of
not less than 10000. This estimate
is based upon a tabulation of official
returns from more than a majority
| of the counties of the state, together
with detailed reports from RESPONSE
BILE sources-our chairmen in each of
the counties.
Senator Underwood carried his
cause to the Democrats of Alabama
in clear-cut, clean and open cam
paign. The electorate of Alabama
has passed it's verdict upon the can
didates and has nominated our senior
senator to succeed himself. Senator
Underwood and his friends hear with
no degree of liberation reports of the
efforts of Mr.. Musgrove and his
lieutenants to cast any doubt upon
the expression of the will of the ma
jority of the Democrats of the state.
If it is the Sdesire of Mr.. Musgrove
and his advisers to make any con-
test over any box in any precinct,
|. they will find Senator Underwood's
friends welcoming the chance for the
light to be turned on the recent pri-
mary.
Senator Underwood's friends in
the state may be assured that clean
ballots untainted by money and un-
stained by vicious falsehoods have
nominated him by a handsome vote"
BOWLING DEFEATS SIX;
TYSON WINS OVER DENT
MONTGOMERY, Ala, May 14.-W.
B. Bowling, of Lafayette, Chambers
county, was nominated over six COM
petitors for representative in CON-
gress from the Fifth district in Tues
days Democratic primary. Mr.. Bowl
ing will take the seat now occupied
by J. Thomas Helm, who was ~nomi-
mated to succeed the late Senator
John H. Bankhead in the senate.
- Judge John r. Tyson was noml-
mated for congress in the Second dis
+p;o+ IN c11ooeed G TT Dent incun-