The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-13
THE SECOND HEAT
OF THE CAMPAIGN
Will Take Place at the Auditorium To-
day at Noon.
FIGHT WILL BE A WARM ONE
Between The ChanCeIIOrS and the LeSiSla-
tors.
AL STATE OFFICERS AGREED UPON
A Slick Coleman Scheme-A Political Love
Feast'-Talk of Henry Running as an
Independent Bribery of DEL
egates Is Alleged.
FIGHT WILL BE A WARM ONE
ALL STATE OFFICERS AGREED UPON

The second heat of the democratic cam
paign of 1895 comes off today, when the
county convention of Jefferson and num-
Der of other counties in the state will be
held.
The contest today OF the auditorium will
be hard fought one Although there is no
question but that the delegates to the state
and judicial convention will be instructed
for Johnston, Sharpe and Brown for
the offices of governor, associate JUS
tice and attorney general, respectively,
still the contest between the chancery can
didates and the candidates for the legisla-
ture will make today's contest amply inter-
esting.
The first thing after the meeting is called
at u o'clock will be the organization and as
stated in yesterdays Age-Herald, DR.. r.
M. Cunningham will be temporary chair
man. The thirty delegates to the state con-
vention will then be selected. After this the
contest for chancellor will come up. Al
though it is customary for the delegates to
the state convention to act as candidates to
the chancery convention, still there Is talk
of separate delegation being selected to
the latter convention. The reason given
for this is that complications may arise so
that one delegation cannot be instructed for
all the offices, thus necessitating two dele
cations. There seems to be no DOUBT put
that the whole chancery delegation Will be
instructed to vote for one man, the cholce
of the convention, as has been the custom,
and that the delegation will not be pro-
rated according to the strength of each of
the fourteen candidates
Selection of Legislators
The last business of the convention will
he the selection of the six legislative cand1-
dates Even to the last all the politicians
on the 'inside" assert that there will be
no "slate" today One of them did admit,
however, that the convention might STATE
against certain candidates.
No definite plan has yet been determined
upon by which the legislators shall be NOM
mated. One to nominate all the canoiuates
at once. and after the third ballot drop the
weakest candidate and so on, until only SIX
are left seems to be a very popular methou,
hut n Is by no means certain that TINS Will
be the one selected.
There are any number of candidates an
nounced. Some of them have not an
nounced their own candidacy, put theii
friends are conducting campaign III a,
them. Some of these candidates, poth
active and passive. are as follows; j. D.
Acton. G. b. Burkhalter, George Cruik-
shank. L. j. Haley, Col. J. F. B. Jackson
Colonel S. w. John, John Mcqueen, Joseph
IJ Montgomery and G. P. Moore, all OF
birmingham. Dan Houston, W. L. heu-
nedy L, Y Lipscomb and Van Luey from
Bessemer or the neighborhood; W. -. Hill
house. of Blue Creek; William Grady ana
A 7 O'Keefe, of Pratt City; C. c. john
son. of Avondale; Ex-Governor Rutus w.
Cobb. ]. B. Gibson and E. L. Higdon' OF
Woodlawn; r. s. Green. of Green's; .. y:
Davidson. of Warrior; C. G. Turnham, OF
Graham: Prof Ellis, of Morris, and there
are others.