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Show 1 UNDERWOOD HAS DEFEATEDJOBSON Incomplete Returns From 67 Counties Indicate House Leader Has Won. SHORT TERM IS CLOSE Governor Maintaining Slight Lead Stiff Fight Throughout Through-out All Alabama Precincts. Birmingham, Ala., April 7. L. M. Musgrove, campaign manager for Congressman Richmond Pearson Hob-son, Hob-son, conceded Oscar W. Underwood's nomination to the United States son-ate son-ate in a statement made at 11:30 o'clock this morning. Mr. Hobaon left Birmingham today for Washington. Washing-ton. Birmingham, Ala., April 7, Incomplete Incom-plete returns today from practically all of the sixty-seven counties In the state apparently substantiated early predictions that Oscar W. Underwood Under-wood bad defeated RIohraond Pear-Son Pear-Son Hobson for nomination to the Alabama long term In tho United States senate. Progress today in counting the vote was slow, especially especial-ly in the larger cities. Thirty-nine out of fifty-two precincts pre-cincts In Jefferson county gave Underwood Un-derwood 2601 votes and Hobson 1506. State returns showed a close race between Ray Rushton of Montgomery and Frank S. White of Birmingham for the short term nomination to the United States senate. The gubernatorial contest was one of the closest in the list. Former Governor Gov-ernor B. B. Comer maintained a slight plurality early In the day. R. P. Klob of Montgomery and, Charles Henderson of Troy were running a closd race for second place. May Hold Second Primary. If nono of the candidates receives a majority, a second primary between the two leading candidates will be held May H, at which time similar contests between other state officers will be settled and a United States senator for the short term will be formally elected. Indications are that Representative G. W. Tayl6r of the first district had lost to O. L. Qray of Choctaw county. coun-ty. George Huddleston of Jefferson Jeffer-son county leads his three opponents in the Ninth district to succeed Representative Rep-resentative Underwood, It was generally gen-erally believed that William B. Bank-head, Bank-head, a son of the United States sen ator from Alabama, had won In the Sixth to succeed Representative Hobson. Hob-son. Judge E. L. Almon of Colbert county coun-ty seemed a winner in the Eighth over three other candidates to succeed suc-ceed the late Representative William Richardson. Present members of the national house of representatives, whoso nomination nom-ination appeared certain are S. H. Herbert Dent of tho second; Henry D. Clayton of the' third; Fred L. Blackmon of the fourth, and John L. Burnett of the seventh. John W. Abercrombie, from the state at large and J. T. Heflin of the fifth were unopposed. UNDERWOOD LEADS UNTIL 1915. Washington, April 7. Oscar W. Underwood's 'selection for tho senate from Alabama will not change the Democratic house leadership before March 4, 1915. Meantime, Representative Repre-sentative Kltchin of North Carolina, has procured more than enough pledges, he says, to assure him tho Democratic leadership in succession to Mr. Underwood and the chairman-ship chairman-ship of the ways and means committee, commit-tee, if the Democrats retain control of the house next congress. The Alabama primary election marks the passing of Representative Hobson and the coming of William B. Bankhead in his place. Mr. Bank-head Bank-head Is tho son of Senator Bankhead and made the speech that placed Mr. Underwood In nomination for the presidency at the Baltimore convene tlon. |