Birmingham state herald., 1896-11-07
FROM MONTGOMERY.
CAPITAL SWEPT AND GARNISHED
 FOR ASSEMBLY,.
Gen. Pettus Opens His Canvass-There Are Seven Candidates for Speaker
 The Contest Will Be Spirited.

Montgomery, Ala, Nov. 6.-(Special)- The general assembly will convene in biennial session next Tuesday, and all ready the forerunners are on the ground The capitol has been put in the pink of condition, the assembly halls have been repaired and repainted and the members will find much cleaner more comfortable and attractive quarters waiting for them than for many years before.
 Gen. Pettus is here ready for the sena-
 torial contest. He has established ms headquarters at the hotel Mobson. By tomorrow night several other candidates
 will have arrived, and the lobbying Will open up.
 The senate will probably be organized
 with little trouble. President F. l.. Pet
 tus will probably succeed himself, al-
 though there is talk of his having com petitor Even ln this event it will not be
 difficult to decide between two aspirants,
 one ballot suffieing to determine.
 w. l.. Clay, of Huntsville, who has been secretary of the senate for several terms,
 will be opposed by John F. Procter, or Scottsboro, who was the efficient clerk or
 the last house and who has strong sup
 port in the senate.
 Whether there will be any contest with Fillmore Garrett for the assistant secre- taryship of the senate is not known. It may take some days. however. to organize the house. There are seven prominent and popular candidates for the speakership, and each goes In with ap- parently as good chances as the other to win. They are:
 John J. Altman, of Jefferson; N. N. Clements of Tuscaloosa; Charles Walker, of Hale; Cecil Browne, of Talladega; D. | J. Meadors, of Marengo; Wilson Brown, of Colbert. and B. l.. Hubbard, Of Monroe The interest that has formerly been | taken in this office has Jagged this time | on account of the disturbance in national | politics, but it is apparent now that the | friends of the several candidates are working hard among the members in the l interest of their favorite and it is believed l that several days of the time of the house 1 will be spent in organizing. It will be ln- l teresting to the readers of the state 1 Herald to know that Col. Altman. Bir- l minghams candidate, appears to stand 1 perhaps the best chance to pluck the l speakership plum. | Mossie Wilson, of Clark, will succeed l himself as clerk of the house, there be- l ing no opposition whatever to him. l THE AIJBURN-SEWANE GAME. l The foot ball elevens of the Agricultural l and Mechanical college at Auburn and oi 1 the Southern university at Sewanee will l meet on the gridiron here on Monuay l week, Oct 16. MT. Tichnor, captain and l quarterback of the Auburn team, IS here l laying off the grounds, which will be in | 1 other details. He reports that the Au' | burn team is in fine order and is stronger | and quicker than ever before. This Will l be the only college game that will be l played here this year.
 l ED JONES APPOINTED ASSISTANT l ATTORNEY.
 l Edwin F. Jones' of this city. brother l to ex-Gov Jones, was yesterday appolnt- l ed assistant district attorney of the mid- | dle district of Alabama, to fill the vacan-
 cy caused by the promotion of Geo. r, | Moore to the district attorneyship. MT
 Moore succeeded MT. Clayton, who was
 removed by Mir. Cleveland because he | was candidate for congress on the dem
 ocratic platform. MT. Jones Is an ex,
 ceedingly clever man and if the honor hao
 come in any other way, they would re- joice with him.
 BROUGHT BACK A BRIDE.
 G. w. Armstrong, one of the most popu- l lar officers of the police force, made a | trip to Ganadarque, Shelby county, on l Wednesday, where he was quietly welded | to Miss Alice Fulton, his deceased wife
 sister Mr. Armstrong and his wife re | turned home Thursday night, and he IS l arro;n o,, d,1tv a a guardian of the peace