The age-herald., 1898-10-29
THE FIGHT FOR
 SOLICITORSRIPS The Candidates Are Rocking Toward the
 Ctats Capital. ARE HUSTLING FOR VOTES JetierSon'S Delegation BalnS BeSieged With Requests for Support.
SOME BIRMINGHAM oFFIcEsEEKERs
Dan Greene and H. P. Hefin Are Each Exceedingly Anxious to Step Into the Place Soon to Be Vacated by Att
 torney-General-E Elect Brown.

would-be solicitors towards Montgomery has set in, and nearly all of them fly thith- CT by way of Birmingham, the political center of the state. The scenes in the hotel Hobbies here every night suggest tions. All candidates for solicitorships come here for various reasons. In Bir- m'ngham they see more party leaders in a week than they could see anywhere else in two months. Jefferson will have seven votes in the democratic joint caucus at Montgomery, a greater number than any other county ever had in any legislative caucus; and not a day passes that there are not senators or members here from other counties This is the meeting point of office-holders and office-seekers from all over Alabama.
 Birmingham has several candidates of her own for solicitor, but the hottest fight is between Dan Greene and H. P. Hefiin for the Jefferson county solictorship, to be vacated at once by the resignation of Charles G. Brown, who on next Thursday, will take the oath of office as attorney general Other local candidates are Charles W. Ferguson, to succeed himself as solicitor of the Tenth circuit, and John D. Strange, J. E. Miles, Lee Cowart R. P Wetmore, and J. B. Aird, the latter of Pratt City.
 The outside candidates for solicitorships who were in town last night were Solicitor R. H. Lowe, of Madison; R. c. Hunt of Jackson; Solicitor w. H. Sawtelle, of Tus- cumba; Solicitor James H. Webb of Mo- bile; w. c. Davis, of Marion.
 Seventeen to Be Selected.
 There are seventeen solicitors to be chosen by the legislature. There are nineteen solicitors all told in the state, but two, those of the counties of Jackson and Madison, are appointed by the governor. To five of the seventeen there is no op- position. They are Remnant Lomax, of the city court of Montgomery; J. V. Smith, in the Third circuit; w. w. Quarles, in the Fourth. R. H. Parks of the Twelfth, and A. M Garber, of thetcity court of Talladega. All, the present so- licitors are candidates for reelection, ex- cept the attorney general-elect. For~the circuit counties and city courts concern ing which there are contests. 1t is not pos sible to give a complete list. Horace Hood, editor of the Montgomery Journal will be member of the house. and he has made out a list of the opposing candi- dates, showing thirty-four names It. is accurate as far as 1t goes. but probably falls far short of the number actually asking for election. The contestants who can now be given are as follows:
 List of Contestants.
 First Crcuit-Choctaw Clarke, Marengo, and Monroe; B. F. Elmore. Demopolis; O. L. Gray Butler; T. w. Davis, Thomasville.
 Second-Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Es- cambia, Lowndes and Montgomery; N. Stallworth, Evergreen; J. F. Jones, Ever green; c. R. Bricken, Luverne.
 Third-Barbour, Bullock Dale Lee and Russell; J. V. Smith, Scale.
 Fifth-Autauga, Chambers, Chiffon, Coo sa, Elmore, Macon, Randolph and Tala- poosa: s. L. Brewer, J. R. Wood. Tuske- gee; George A. Sorrell, Alexander City. Sixth-Fayette, Greene, Lamar Pickens Tuscaloosa and Sumter: s. c. M Amason, L. D. Godfrey. J. T. Mitchell, Livingston; Walter Nesmith, Vernon; w. B. Oliver, Tuscaloosa.
 Seventh-Calhoun. Clay Cleburne, Shell by, St. Clair and Talladega: J. B. Graham, B. F. Wilson. Talladega; T. W. Coleman, Jr.. Anniston.
 Eighth-Cullman. Morgan. Limestone. Lawrence and Madison; R. H. Lowe, Huntsville; l.. P. Troupe, New Decatur
 Ninth-Blount. Cherokee and Etowah; John G. Winston. Guntersville; R. Hunt, Scottsboro E. c. Hall Oneonta; B. F. Pope, Gadsden.
 Tenth-Jefferson. Walker and Winston; John D. Strange, Birmneham; V. L. Cow art. Birmingham: c. w. Ferguson Bir- mngham J. E. Miles, Birmingham: R. P Wetmore. Birmingham: J. B. Ard Pratt City; P. Norvell. Jasper.
 Eleventh-Cobert, Franklin. Lauderdale and Madison; Isaac Orme. Tuscumbia: w. H. Sawtelle. Tnscumbia: w. c. Davis Hamilton: John D. Weeden. Florence Thirteenth-Mobe. Washington and Baldwin: F. J. Inge. Nobile Frank S. Stone. Montrose John W. McAlpine. Ed Wilson. St. Stephens Charles w Tomp- kins. c. c. Kimbrough, W. P. Molett St. Stephens.
 City court of Birmineham-Dan Green and H. P. Hef1in, Birmingham.
 City Court of Mobile-J. H. Webb and l.. B. Sheldon, Mobile.
 Prolonged Struggle.
 Whilst every member of the house and senate has his candidate, prolonged struggle in the caucus Is believed to be