The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
By FRED H. GORMLEY
 Montgomery Bureau Tho Ase- Herald

2zi-2 First National Bank Building \ Montgomery, June B. { Special. )-Governor Kilby is- hed a proclamation Thursday Efternoon declaring all vacan- lies in the Alabama legislature Elled in the special election Hay Il. The tabulation made Ey the state election commits lion, from which the proclama- ion was issued, showed the llection of the following:
 J o. Webb, senator from Ninth district. heceedipg A. w. Briscoe. resigned; D. A. ..ssker. seifatT from ,-wettsl fifth dis Wict, succeeding himself: Charles B. Xeasley, senator of Twenty-eighth dis bet. succeeding w. A. Gunter, resigned; i; VI H. Downs, representative of Autauga, flcceeding M. A. Graham, resigned; E.. \. F'ite, representative of Marion, sue teding Walker K. Hall resigned; H. $. fuller, representative of Montgomery. tlcceeding Walter B. Jones. resigned; William Warner, representative of Macon, Succeeding Henry P. Merritt, resigned; f F. Gilbreath, representative of Wins fon, succeeding J. M. Burnes, resigned: E. "A. Burleson, representative of Morgan 6lceeeding Porter M. Brindley. deceased; ". H. Williamson. representative ot ,renshaw, succeeding w. H. Stoddard, 'esigned.
 Official tabuIatiOn of the vote
 cast i'm the democratic primary
 May II, which was made by the
 subcommittee of the state cOmmit-
 tee Thursday afternoon, shows
 that Senator Oscar w. Underwood
 received a clear majority of SS1
 votes over his two opponents, l.. J B. MusSrove md Samuel ID. Wenk-
 ley, and that John H. Wallace. Jr.
 was renOminated for state com
 missioner of conservation over A..
 l.. kimbrOugh by n majority of
 119.
 STATES CLOSEST CONTEST
 Never&n the history of Alabama
 has such a close contest been
 waged for the important state of
 fees. Unofficial tabulatiOns of
 the majority of Senator Under
 wood showed nm le6OlnG ms TWO
 opponents by about 1900, while
 the race for conservation commits
 sioner had remained in doubt un-
 til two weeks ago. when the best
 unofficial figures ObtainabIe showed
 Mir. Wallace leading by 3O1.
 In an official declaration Senator
 Underwood was declared the nom.
 inee as his own successor; Con-
 gressman J. Thomas Heflin as the
 nominee for the unexpired term
 of Senator John H. Bankhead; w.
 T. Sanders for democratic nation
 al committeeman; William H.
 Thomas and B. M. Miller for asso-
 ciate justices of the supreme
 court; Henry F. Merritt for judge
 of the court of appeals; A. G. Pat-
 tersOn for president of the public
 service commission, and John H.
 Wallace, Jr. for state conservation commissioner.
 MT. Kimbrough was represented before the subcommittee by his attorney, Hugo L. Black. of Birmingham, but no notice of contest was filed. Any candidates not satisfied with the declaration of the has fifteen days in whicl to file contest proceedings
 The official tabulations showed that Senator Underwood received 66,gl6 first choice ana z,lZ5 second chOfce votes, MT Musgrove 56.257 first and 5,l72 second, and MT. Weakley 9,776 first and 21199 second.
 NO CHANGES REPORTED
 No changes were reported from the unofficial tabulation of the winners for delegates to the national convention. The delegates from the state at large are: NJ. sC. Allgood Sidney J. Bowie, Borden Burr and James J. Mayfield: D. M Pow elI rendered his resignation as delegate from the Second district. and Thomas ]. Hall. next highest man, was elected to succeed him. J. L. Andrews of Sheffield, !. Lee Long of Greenville. A. M. Tuns- tall of Greensboro and Leopold Strauss ot were elected alternate dele gates fran the state at large.
 Complying with the authority conferred by the state committee, the sub-commit- lee alected the following alternate dele gates from the consressional districts: First. A. P McDaniel and W. T. Me- Gowin: Second, Sold D. Block and w. T. Edmondaon; Third. W. H. Merrill and A. c. Bowden; Fourth, H. M. Ayers ant J. F. Avery Fifth, C. w. Hare and J. M. Holley: Eighth, J. Benson and J. E. Pierce: Sixth. J. F. Fuller and Reuben Wright; Seventh, A. B. Fuller and C. w. Singleton; Ninth. George B. Ward and T. T. Huey; Tenth. John A. Cobb anu c. L. Burton.
 Votes of the various candidates for state offices follow:
 Short Term Senator-J. Thomas Hefsin, \ lCsntinaed on Page Twe)