The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-11
Ticket One of Longest Ever Submitted-At Least 2l,- 900 Votes Will Be Cast In Jefferson County, With
 160,000 In State, Forecast
Polls open nt S a. m. today.
 Polls close in town at D. m-, and in country nt D. m.
 Voting places are as usua'. By voting early possible conges- ton will he avoided in the late aft ernOOn hours.

Today the voters of Alabama will de- termine at the polls the issues which have
 been raised by numerous candidates seek ing public office. The size of the vote will probably de- pend upon the weather, as the farmers have lost so much time from their crops that it is expected they will not turn out in full force if the day is fair. Conservative estimates. however, are that there will be about le0.oOO votes cast | + conditions are propitious. In Jefferson county the vote will be much larger than ever before, the estimates running not less than 2l,O0. , In the underwood- Hobson race of 1914 for the long-te Senate posltlon li4zoS votes were cast, os,4iv being Tor Uhdef- wood ard 54,Tos being for. Hooson, an Underwood majority of 3i,7iz For the snort term race the same year, Tn ~hlcn Rushton, White and Brown participated Captain White being nominated the to- tai vote was l36,3b2. | Chief interest in todays primary or course centers in the senatorial race all though there are, important state, con gressional, district and county offiees to De filled.
 The dDDGdfancS or " lilldui Jt Dt 2 e'At 4tt the state within the past few days has added A new feature to contests which were already so large in the public at tention that little else has been dis- cussed. The effect of MT Bryan ' speeches against Senator Underwood ana former Governor O'Neal is still prople- matical, though, strange to say, poth sides profess to be well satished wf'h the Bryan visit.
 rt,t.. A-t<a faI today one of the. longest ever submitted 10 the 1 voters This means that the counting Of the ballots tonight by, the election officers will necessarily be very slow. and that official returns in detail will probably not l be available during the night. IL IS eA- pected, however, that enough will be completed and forwarded to The Age Herald to determine the trend and show the outcome in the most important races. The Age Herald is asking all those con- nected with the various campaigns to for ward returns promptly in order that the figures may be tabulated and the results irdicated at the earliest possible mo- ment.
 one United States senator for full term.
 The officers to be named by Alabama and Jefferson county voters today m- clude:
 One United States senator for the unex- pired term of Senator BanlShead Four delegates at large to the national democratic convention. Four alternate delegates. Two presidential electors. One democratic national committeeman, Two delegates to San Francisco from the Ninth district Congressman from the Ninth district Two associate justices of the supreme court.
 One associate justice of the court of appeals.
 President public service commission. Commissioner of conservation. 1 Three judges of the circuit court Five members board of review Coroner
 County treasurer. Tax assessor.
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