Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09

one of US is holding office or seeking Of
flee Now that is really cruel. If that
statement is true, there must be four or
five vacancies in the city council OF
Montgomery, or four or five gentlemen
who struggled early and late to have
themselves elected as aldermen of this
city, have now, with malice afore7
thought, written themselves down as
occupants of position without salary.
which has not even the dignity of being
called an office Then the heading says
that there are no candidates in the
crowd. That is surely news to many,
for cursory glance over the list will
reveal several whose breasts thrOb with
anxious desire to fill the mayoralty of
the capital city and who are looked upon
by patient public as men with light
ming rods out ready to coquette with the
official fluid every time cloud shows
up.
The list of plain, ordinary business men
should ordinarily be thought to be list
devoid of politicians, but this is not so.
1t Is true there are no king makers in the
lot, but the reason is that kings do not
happen to be fashionable in this neck OF
tie woods just now; but when 1T comes
to alderman-makings market house clerk
making, policemanmaking, etc, there
are some of the gentlemen whose names
decorate the list who could give the aV-
erage Warwick cards and spades and
beat him to the string by several lengths.
Referring to the proposition to the
county executive committee 10 provide
for two polling places in each beat the
Journal says today edtorially
IF the request of the Montgomery
Clarke club is granted. what Will be the
result? 1t with open the doors to the
greatest possible frauds in the primaries.
If there should be two voting places es~
tablshed, what would hinder reckless
and indiscriminate voting? A man
could. if he was inclined to be dishonest
CHI in every
community-vote in one voting place ana
go to the other in his beat and vote
again. In other words, 1t would open
the way for a cry of fraud. The Mont
gomery Advertiser has already set the
pace, and it is going to cry fraud whsn-
ever 1t is beaten, just as 1t said Kolb did,
with the purpose of boiling. If not, why
this charge of fraud except to pave the
way for bolt? 1t has adopted one OF
the most effective ways; indeed. the nrst
vital step was to make the people believe
that the party was dishonest In view
of this fact, the county committee, Whlch
has been called to meet Friday to con-
slider this matter, should be slow TO take
any step that would likely give the Ad-
yertser the least chance to cry fraud
in Montgomery county. Captain john
ston is going to carry the county, and his
friends want his title clear to the dele
cation. Aside from this fact 1t would
be inadvisabe to change the time-honor-
ed custom of the party on the eve OF SO
important a revolution in county pon-
tics. The committee will not act hastily,
but advisedly. Neither the friends of
CAPTAIN Johnston nor Mr.. Clarke nave
anything to fear from the committee.
Russell Will Talk Russell.
Hon. E. l.. Russell, a prominent at
torney of Mobile and Cleveland elector-
at-large in the last national election, will
address the democratic voters of this city
tomorrow night in the theater. he Is a
brilliant and entertaining stump speaker
and will probably have good crowd TO
hear him. --~ #
Tompkins Will Talk Tompkins.
Next Friday night at o'clock at Nc
Donald's opera house Hon. ii. Z. Tomp--9
kins will address his fellow citizens on
the issues of the day. Colonel TompkinSl
Is a fluent and able speaker and every
body here is for him for the senate, be-
cause they recognize his fine ability ana
because he is a home man. The call upon
him to address the people here is signed I
by Johnston and Clarke men alike, and
the inference is that he will discuss ma
tional issues rather than take any part
in the state campaign. .5ah IA
The Supreme Court. ~
Brickell, G. 1.-The Electric Lighting
company of Mobile VS.. Mobile and
Springhill Railway company, appeal
from Mobile chancery court; affirmed.
Kansas City, Memphis and Birming-
ham railroad company VS.. j. b. White
head, appeal from Marion circuit court;
affirmed. i.a-
Mcclellan, 1.-THE Age-Herald compa-
ny ct al. vs. c. Potter, Jr. & Co., appeal
from jefferson chaneery court; affirmed.
M. l.. Davis vs.. Sarah M. Miller, adj
mipistratrix. etc, appeal from Mobile
circuit court; reversed and remanded.
Coleman, IN NJ Marks ct al. VS..
Emily V. Semple, executrix. ct al, APP
peal from Montgomery chancery court;
reversed and remanded.
Head, mckay ,& Roche VS.. the
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
company and the Mobile Street Railroad
company. appeal from Mobile circuit
court; reversed and remanded
HARRISON, J.-H. M. Conner, Jr., ct al.
VS.. Heidlebach, Friedland & Co. ct al,
appeal from Barbour chancery court; af-
firmed.
The following orders were granted by
the court today:
Harriet f. Wick vs. Benton II. Beverly,
from Clarke chancery court; submitted
on briefs.
Fred G. Bromberg, executor, etc, VS..
Theodore G. Bates. from Mobile chan
Gerry court; argued and submitted.
Henry J. Hunt VS.. the Stockton Lum-
Der company ct al. from Mobile chancery
court submitted on briefs.
M. H. Sullivan ct al. VS.. the State of
Alabama, from Baldwin circuit court
argued and submitted.
James A. Day VS.. S. T. Prince. assignee,
etc, from Clarke circuit court; submit
ted on briefs.
Mobile Street Railroad company vs.
| Louis Schnackel, from Mobile circuit
court; argued and submitted.
Ex-parte the Electric Lighting COM
pany of Mobile, petition for mandamus;
submitted on briefs for rule nisi.
| Annie Brown VS.. Margaret Master
from Mobile circuit court: argued and
submitted. $3.50 So.
ANNISTON