The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
PERSONALITY MAY BE CHIEF FACTOR
 ASBALLOTS CAST
Campaign Has Been Strenu- OuS Because of Absence of Issues to Carry Factions
 to Victory
By FRED H. G0RMLEy Montgomery Bureau. The Age-Hcrnid, 24l-s first National HAmk Huildtnx

cial. After a campaign which for dullness and listlessness must be entrusted and not compared with political campaigns of the past, the democratic voters of Alabama Tues day will nominate candidates for gov ernor, lieutenant governor, secretary of stste, state auditor, state treas urer, superintendent of education, commissioner of agriculture and in- dustries, attorney general. two as- sociate members of the public service commission, chief justice and two as- soci&te justices of the supreme court, three members of the court of ap- peals, delegates to the state demo- cratic convention, members of the state democratic executive commit tee, members of the legislature which will convene in January, 10 congressman and various county off, ficers.
 Schio WOEh WILL De UOne by candidates Monday, practically All campaigning was completed Saturday night and the candidates returned to their homes to prepare fore. personal campaining has been a strenuous one for candidates because no overshadowing issues have been developed to carry one faction or another to victory. There fore. personal camainging has counted most and the personality of candidates has been given more con sideration by the voters in selecting their candidates than ever before.
 Closing Day Interest
 During the closing days interest cehtered About the race for public service commissioner, because of the eleventh hour activity of Dr. Brooks Lawrence. superintendent of the Ala bana Anti Saloon league, who as an individual citizen and not as representative of the league. sent out thousands of letters urging the voters to nominate B. II. Cooper and s. P Gaillard. incumbents. for mem berBhip on the public service com mission.
 This appeal of Dr. Lawrence was based on the assertion that H. F. Lee, another candidate for member ship on the comni sslon and always reckoned as one of the leading can didstes. fought fer the enactment of the cereal beverage bill when 1t was pending in the legislature and there fore could not be looked upon as being as good prohibitionist as either Mr. Cooper or MT. Gaillard.
 This activity on the part of pr. Lawrence brought him to the part ing of the ways with former Sena- tor E. B. Conner, who signed the first prohibition law Alabama ever had. Senator Conner made public a reply to Dr. Lawrence in which he insisted that Mir. Lee had always been on the right side in the pro- hlbition fights and intimated that Dr. Lawrence's activities were born of 8 motive not divulged in his letter. W
 Each campaign, with the excep- ton of the race for public rervice commission, has pursued the even tenor of its way even unto the end. In the race for governor and lieu tenant governor. respectively. Judge William W. Brandon of Tuscaloosa and Senator Charles s. Mcdowell of Eufaula have been opposed by Col. Bibb Graves of Montgomery and Senator Berrien T. Phillips of Ope- lika.
 Brandon's Victory Certain
 Throughout the campaign for gov ernor expressions of the people have indicated that Judge Brandon and Senator Mcdowell would receive the nominations. In fact. during the closing days of the campaign 1t has been common talk in the state that Judge Brandon and Senator Mo Doweil would receive 80 per cent of the votel Certain 1t is that little interest has been shown In the cam pAign for governor other than the interest generated by the personal ity of the candidates.
 ktOWcver, OOlouel 1rdscs "tN Senator Phillips have made thorough campaigns which have car ried them into every section of Alabama. Colonel Graves was in Montgomery for the last weekend and declared that election day would bring surprises to many peo pie. He said the talk about Judge Brandons strength came from the lips of old-time politicians whose wishes were father to their thoughts.
 Nobody knows what will be the outcome of the other contests. Since no issues have developed and no lineup fight has been made. there is every reason to believe that the personal popularity of candidates coupled with the work which they have done in the state will decide the contests. There are few persons in Alabama who would place wagers on the result of any of the minor state raceS
 Real Interest Here
 Real interest was manifested dur ing the closing days in the contest for delegates to- the state conven- tioh Thib convention will be held in Montgomery September and will %tite . platform for the democratic party which will be effective until Another convention Is held. The last AsAfe convention was held more than 10 years ago. The state democratic kxesutive committee in January de ciaed that SO many changes had teen made in political conditions. in patty affairs and in the science and sconomy of government 1t was necessaryi. that the democratic party