The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-04
ONE MORE WEEK BEFOREPRIMARY
 FOR PRESIDENCY
Preferential Election In Alabama Is Drawing
 General Interest
PREDICTED UNDERWOOD
 CARRIES ALL COUNTIES
Betting Begins With Several Phases Of Election Finding
 Strong Hackers


 Issuance of optimistic statements from the camps of rival candidates and a declaration by leaders for Senator Oscar Underwood that steps were under. way to insure the opening of the polls in every county "desyite efforts of oppo- sition forces to 2$3st it, aroused heightened interes rE lay in the pref erential presidep Y $ .imary, now just one week distaf SH
 I' Another deys sc$ ent of the day was the indorse,s # L. B. Musgroye's candidacy Birmingham Allied Labor COY in regular session the po,icil yo broadcast to it's entire memberl & lie following appeal: "Put alrs lngs aside from now on un- I til March II and work for Musgroye and the defeat of Underwood. A vote for M. A.. Dinsmore is a vote for Un-
 Notify Heflin
 1 Archie B. Warner, secretary, was in- structed to telegraph to Senator Tom Heflin the councils ,'deep regrets" at the report from Washington that he plans to campaign in Georgia for Un- derwood. Alabama newspapers generally were scored because of their support 1 for the senior senator. The meeting was told by E. M. Chase, delegate, that the grand lodge of the brother hood of locomtive engineers and four other labor units had placed organizers in the state to work for MusgrOve and that campaign headquarters had been es- | tablished in the Motion hotel.
 l Minutes of the fneting state that all though Senator Heflin is without oppo- sition in the coming election, organized labor 'in the. future will take cogni- zance of his action" in supporting Sena- tor Underwood.
 v Opeu Polling Places
 Charging that the Musgroye forces were laying plans to prevent the open ing of polling places ill various parts of the state, Ali Tunstall, manager of the Underwood campaign, declared that the senator's friends in every locality had been warned of these plans and instruct ed to see that all registered voters were given ample opportunity to vote in their precincts.
 This" said Mir. Tunstall, lis just one of number of political tricks the | Musgrove leaders are resorting to in l their desperate situation. They see the Handwriting on the wall and they re- alize that the senator will win easily l if his supporters are permitted to cast Etkeif ballots -4hsid we intend tu see to it that this opportunity is afforded ? Mir. Tunstail clhfmed every county in the state for the senior senator, with a popular majority of at least 5 to l over both opponents.
 Excellent Shape
 From Musgrove headquarters came the statement that the campaign is in excellent shape" and that the Jasper capitalist will ''carry the state by. il safe margin [ | Dinsniore took isue with both of these statements, saying Alabama is in for a real surprise" next week. He expressed confidence he would win the right to select the Alabama delegates to the democratic national convention and reiterated that they would be in- structed to support William G. Me- Adoo, notwithstanding the recent re- pudiation of Dinsmore by the former treasury secretary. M
 As the primary draws near the presi- denti6l race is fast becoming the central l topic of remark. on the streets and in hotel Hobbies and other public places. The Morris hotel, one of Birmingham s political clearing houses," was throng- ed all day Monday with political en- .thusiasts from many sections of the I state. .N / '
 Much Betting .
 Considerable betting on the outcome was noted in the city. Musgrove sup 1 porters offered odds that their candi- date would carry Jefferson county. and found many takers. Few bets on the whole state have been posted, although much money was offered on Underwood. f Labor organizations are laying nlans for Musgrove rallies in Birmingham and Bessemer during the latter part of the week. There is probability that Underwood forces will assemble in mass meeting before the primary.
 Senator Underwood wilt remain in Washington on the job, his managers said. With the Teapot Dome scandal growing greater daily, and with the Ford bid for Muscle Shoals and tny legislation Sup, for consideration, the senator feels that he should not even slip off to run home and vote, his leaders stated. q
 Underwood leaders are predicting that the total vote in the state will reach 125,OO0, but Musgrove managers as sert that it will be far below that fig ure. | N