The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-06
DEMOCRATS ASSERT
OLD TIME FERVOR
Several Republican
Strongholds In 7th Dis
trict Overwhelmed
DAVIS is LEADING
COOLIDGE BY 3 TO /
Outcome Is Result OF Vigorous
Work And Effort On Part
Of Loyal Democrats

Yesterdays additional re,
turns from Tuesdays general
election only served to swell
the democratic tide in Ala
bama and to show still more
forcibly the resurgence OF de-
mocracy in the state and the
determination to keep its des-
TIMES in the hands of It's
friends.
John w, Davis polled approximately
three times us many votes In Alabama
as President Coolidge and Senator
: La Toilette combined, according to def,
mite figures from more than thiro
Of the voting precincts Of the state IN
hand The vote on the presidency anu
ON the seventh constitutional amend
ment. all of which carried, was 80
overwhelming that no figures were sent
from n number of counties aud the act
nal figures will probably not be known
\ until the official count il made.
Tabulation of the returns from $40
precincts of 1925 in the state snow
the following:
Davis, 81, 40,
Coolidge, 1924.
La Toilette. 1887,
Back In Fold
The response made by the democrats
Of the state to the appeals or those
who wanted to see the party assert
its old time supremacy was OF sucn
overwhelming nature that number OF
counties which have been In the re-
publican column were swung back INTO
the fold and they put democratic coun-
ty officials in the victorious coiumn.
This was notably true in Shelby county
where for a number of years the re-
publicans have held sway. In the
Seventh district, which has always been
dangerous for the democrats, Miles y.
Ailgood, democrat, was reelected to
congress, defeating his republican OBJ
moment, DIR. B. s.. Cooley by close to
1000 majority, according to the chair
man, J. g. InEer of the democratic
committee. Other counties which have
frequently been in the republican ranks
hnlped swell the Allgood majority, nota'
biy Blount with 800, Cherokee with
400. Cullman, 1000; st. Clair, 100 ;
while old line democratic counties like
Etowah and Marshall gave him 1000
and / 400, respectively. Gadsden itself
gave the democratic nominee 1000 ma
jority which the vote there was COM
paratively light.
Alabama City went republican BY q
majority and Aattalla lacked only
seven votes Of going republican.
OF the seventh district counties which
went democratic this time Cullman,
DeKalb, Shelby, st. Clair and Winston
went republican in 1920.
Response To Loyal Work
The democratic tide which swept
over the state SO decisively and res
cued counties which ha been seized
by the enemy is regarded as the achieve
ment of those loyal democrats in all
parts of the state who were willing To
help by their efforts and their contri-
buttons Of time and money to keep the
entire state in the hands of the party
which has brought 1t to its present
high destiny.
Here and there were some exceptions
Darnell Clifton, independent, defeated
Max d. Sterling, democratic nominee
for commissioner of the third district
of Cherokee county. Cherokee was one
of the fey counties returning an in
dicated majority against the amend
ments, including the soldiers poll tax
amendment.