The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
By GEORGE H. WATSON

With the primary campaign prac- tically over, and the issues drawn.
 interest politically is now centering
 directly on the polls which open at
 o'clock Tuesday morning. Most can | didates, however, desiring to put in
 as many strokes as possible, will
 not formally bring their campaigns
 to a close before a late hour tomor- row night.
 1 Predicting the winners is about as
 uncertain as a weather forecast. Es- pecially is this true this time with
 women welding electoral scepters. l Taking up the local contests as
 tkey come on the ballot, M B. Grace
 is again found opposing George Hud-
 dleston for Congress. Congressman
 Huddleston has been in the district | for several weeks actively conduct
 ing his campaign as though he feared 1 close competition from MT. Grace. 1 Next on the list come the judge ship races. Everybody Is ready to admit that Judge H. P. Heflin and
 J. B. Smith will be reelected. They have no opposition for their respec- 1 tive places, and friends are wonder ing which one of them will lead the
 ticket in number of votes.
 | All the other judges are opposed. | A majority of forecasters predict that they all will be reelected A | few qualify this statement by adding | that Judge J. R. Aird and Judge J..
 O. Smith, both of whom have more
 than one opponent. face harder | fights.
 For judgeship No. l. chancery di- vision, now held by Judge Hugh A.
 Locke, the contestants are Judge Will
 liam M. Walker and Judge Albert
 Latady. Very little interest has been
 created in this campaign. Both can | didates are rated as capable men, put | 1t is generally conceded that Judge Walker will be nominated.
 For judgeship No. 2, criminal di- vision, Judge William k. Fort.
 trained judicial officer, is being op- posed by Edward Hamill. local attor- 1 ney. who has made considerapie
 headway in a campaign in which ne
 has declared the question Of pre- sumption of innocence to be one or
 the main issues. Impartial observers
 state that he will be unable 10 over come Judge Forts lead.
 | Judge Romaine Boyd, one of only | two judges elected six years ago now surviving, is being opposed for
 reelection by William T. Stewart, l wno nas made "clean-up of the dock cts" his slogan. Judge Boyd has | been on duty during the last two weeks in circuit court and has not been able to do much canvassing but lis reelection is freely predicted. l For judgeship No. 3, Bessemer divi- I sion. Judge J. c. B. Gwin is being op- posed reelection by R. c. Jones,
 This contest has created much inter- | est in the Bessemer division all though they are voted on by the county at large.
 A five-cornered race Is being con | ducted for judgeship No. with Judge J. Q. Smith, candidate to succeed himself. His opponents are George NJ. Edmonds, Joe c. Hall, H. 1 Nj, Abercrombie and $. J. Stiggens. Judge Smith is basing his campaign l on his record as city prosecuting at- | torney, as state attorney general and as a proven judicial officer and is | generally conceded to have the edge | but Hail has made consistent cam l paign and none of the aspirants | have eliminated themselves as prob 1 abilities.
 Judge Dan A. Greene, presiding 1 Judge of the Tenth judicial circuit.
 is maintaining a lead over his oppo-
 nent, Horace c. Afford, who has made