The age-herald., 1898-09-16
ABOUT POLITICS
 AND POLITICIANS

Hon. James Pearee of Marion county was in the city yesterday. Mr Pearce has an- nounced his candidacy for a place on the railroad commission. He is farmer on a large scale, also a merchant, and loyal, working democrat. He will present a good petition to the governor for appointment.
 
 pr. L. Hensley Grubbs editor of the De- catur News Is an announced candidate foR secretary of the state senate making the third candidate in the field Doctor Grubbs is one of the veterans of the press and has been prominent figure in north Alabama politics. If the doctor succeeds in this race 1t will be very much against the wishes of Editor Hidreth of the New Decatur Advertiser. Editor Hildreth says there are only two papers in the Eighth district that will indorse him-Robert Rawls' Courier and Charlie Lanes Tribune. The Adver- tiser says: His cause is quite hopeless. We don't see how he can have the face to ask for it. He opposed Bryan, he opposed Johnston, he opposed Wheeler he opposed free silver and has been goldbug from the start. There are hundreds of able democrats in Alabama who are not and have not done any of these things. Is there any good reasons why one of them should not be given the position?"
 
 By degrees the situation in the>First con. gresisonal district is assuming the pre- dicted state. Hannis Taylor seems unwill. ing to jeopardize the success of the party by carrying the fight further, but his friends and supporters seem unwilling to submit to the minority action of Jackson, and have determined to apeal the case In the event that both the Taylors are in the race in November there is not much dan- ger of a republican gaining the election. The population of the First district in 1890 was 151,757. In 1897 the vote for congress was: Taylor, democrat, II ,S9O; Threet, re- publican, 4,281; Sterns, populist, 69S. On this basis, should the Taylors run a close race, one of them would be the successful candidate, should the republicans have a candidate. The full vote of the district was not boiled in 1897, but with the race as above stated it would likely bring out the the full vote, as there is much feeling in the case. Marengo is the only black belt county in the district. As yet the commits tee appointed by the Mobile mass meeting to appeal the case to the state committee Lowe to call the state comimttee to- gether.
 Gs..-4a The campaign in the Fourth district ia opening up. The populists in session at Talladega yesterday resolved to again SUD- port Aldrich. This does not count for much, however. MT. Robbins will get a majority so large this year that should the republicans have a majority in congress, they would not have the nerve to turn him out He will get majorities in Dallas, C.e- burne, Calhoun and Talladega, with tho chances slightly against him in Shelby and Chiffon. The race in the district is to ba a three-cornered one. The Bill Stevens re- publicans will hold convention at Calera, on the 24th, and nominate a candidate. The Fourth was democratic by about 5,0JO in August, and it will be as great in Novem- Der.
 Representative Willis Brewer was unani- mously re-nominated in the Fifth, and 1t is not probable that he will have any op- potion in November The Fifth voted overwhelmingly democratic in August that Judge Goodwin is not likely to try the race again, after his turn-down last year. It is said that MT. Brewer will not ask fop another term after his next
 KERSH.