Show AhEAD I IN AlA ALk ELECTION N BIRMINGHAM I Ala May 9 0 AP rC Candidates j-Candidates Who vho sought instructions instructions instructions against any wet presidential c candidate were well in the lead for three of the four places on Alabama's Alabama's Ala Ala- b bama's mas ma's delegation at large to the Houston convention as scattered re returns returns returns re- re turns were received from precincts precincts precincts pre pre- over the state today I Mayor Major W. W A A. Gunter of l Montgomery ery ry avowed candidate candidate candidate can can- was leading for fourth place by a slight margin with watt a total of votes The first three were wen A. A H Carmichael Marry MAyers M M. Ayers Borden Boiden Burr Trailing G Gunter were J J. J C. C Henderson Hender Hender- son w lh and T. T 1 S. S Faulk Faull The There e were fourteen candidates candidates candi candi- dates seeking the four places while two del delegates gates were elected In fn each of the ten congressional dis- dis in the st state te tabulation of I t y returns was so slow in m some rural precincts that no accurate check was available Walter Moore Democratic national national national na na- committeeman for Alabama held a slight blight lead over Watt Brown for reele reelection Moores Moore's total for the precincts vas was to for his opponent Supreme Court Justice D D. Cardner Gard Card Gardner ner ncr piled up a commanding le lead d over J J. M. M 1 Bonner BOnnel who opposed oppose l him for reelection Gardner polled vot votes otes s to Bonners Bonner's Election Elec ion officials indicated that that s I Ithe the largest vote in Alabama's history history history his his- tory had been heen cast yesterday They said the normal vote ote of about would woul be exceeded by at least Returns were ere delayed to a great extent by the large number of minor state county and and county contests In Jefferson Jefferson Jef Jef- ferson county Birmingham alone names were listed with the result re result re- re sult that election officials were able to count only twelve ballots an hour horn |