The age-herald., 1899-03-28
MIR. LOMAX MAY ENTER THE CONTEST For the Presidency Ol the COnStitu-
 tlOnal COhYantiOn. ABLE AND LEARNED LAWYER He Has Filled Many Positions of Honor
 and Trust. SKETCH OF HIS BRILLIANT CAREER Possessed of Great Deal of Personal Magnetism, and as an Orator
 Has Few Equals in the State.
SKETCH OF HIS BRILLIANT CAREER

1 nate thirty-three delegates from the state l at large to the constitutional convention l lends new interest to the much discussed 1 question of the presidency of the conven- ton. As stated in the Montgomery dis
 patches to The Age-Herald some days ago, 1 Montgomery will have a candidate in the person of Hon. Tennent Lomax.
 representative of The Age-Herald call | ed upon MT. Lomax this morning and in- l quired if he were a candidate. MT. Lomax replied that he had been considering the | matter since his district had given him | unanimous endorsement last Wednesday, l and should the state convention accord | him the nomination he would probably be | in the race for the presidency of the con- | vention.
 MT. Lomaxs candidacy is a matter of much interest, for he is one O. the strong est young democrats in Alabama. He has been in party harness a long time for one of his years. In 1875 he began his bright career as a page in the constitutional convention. From the date of that con vention to the present he has been a close student and his superior in parliamentary law and usage cannot probably be found in Alabama.
 MT Lomax Is young man in years At the age of 40 he has attained an enviable reputation lawyer. His father, Ten nent Lomax, Sr., was recognized as one of tho bravest and best soldiers in the confederacy. He enlisted in the army as captain of the Montgomery True Blues, was soon promoted to the colonelcy of the Third Alabama and then made brigadier general, but fell in the battle of Seven Plnes. Tennent Lomax, Jr, was born and reared in Montgomery. He was educated
 in the city schools and the University of Alabama, being graduated M. A in 1S7S and in the law department in 1S19 He was at once admitted to the bar and was in 1880 made assistant solicitor of his ju-
 dicial circuit. He served in this capacity until 1886, when he was elected solicitor of
 Montgomery county, which position he has
 filled with marked ability. He served as
 secretary of the state democratic executive
 committee from 1878 to 1888, and has al-
 ways been staunch democrat and an ac-
 tive party worker. He is experienced as
 presiding officer, having presided over
 the congressional conventions of his dis chairman of the city executive committee, and in 1888 and in 1896 was delegate from Alabama to the democratic national con- vention, honored as chairman of his dele gation in 1S96 In 1898 he was chairman of the good roads convention held in Annis- ton, gaining new laurels as an able and positive presiding officer.
 Besides his record in politics he is dis
 tinguished as a presiding officer In the
 several secret orders of which he is an
 active member. He is an active member
 of the Red Men and Odd Fellows; past
 grand chancellor of the Knights of Pyth- jas, and formerly member of the Order of Elks. In 1898 MT Lomax represented Ala bama in the supreme lodge of Knights of
 Pythias at Indianapolis and presided fo:
 1axt- fIA nf fhn
 tion. The editor of the Pythian Tribune. a leading Pythian journal, who has attended
 the supreme conventions since 1873, pays MT. Lomax this high compliment: There has never before been the equal of Supreme Representative Tenent Lomax, of Alabama, ar chairman. He is charming in manner, gel 'le, affable and courteous-quick in de- cidh.g, yet not at all offensive. We doubt If during the many hours when Brother Lomax so ably presided there was mem- Der dissatisfied with a ruling he made, and he made many important ones"
 MT. Lomax is possessed of great deal of personal magnetism, and as an orator and stump speaker he has few equals in the state He is progressive, good thinker and Is level-headed. He would grace the presidential chair of the const,- tutional convention.
 Some Appointments
 The following appointments were given out from the executive department this morning; Notaries public-g1. M. Robinson, Mobile; C. H. Burdeshaw, Kinsey; J. Il. Montgomery, Birmingham; J. A. Davis, Abbeville; B. s. Gregory, Florence. Jus tices of the peace-Sanford Barron, beat 16, DeKalb county. Notary public and ex- officio justice of the peace-W. P. Swindle, beat 27 Tuscaloosa county. Constable-J. w. Burgen, beat 12, Tuscaloosa county.
 Treasurer Ellis on yesterday morning re- ceved a telephonc message from h1s brother-in-law, MT. R. F. Anderson, or Selma which announced that the iatters house and household effects had been al- most entirely destroyed by fire at an early hour of the same day. MT. Ellis left on the afternoon train for Selma, and will be ab- sent until tomorrow or next day.
 Harry lennon, aged 65 years, who has been employed as watchman at the Jenney Iron foundry at the intersection of Court and Randolph streets the past three years, was the victim of a would-be assassin and robbed before il o'clock Saturday night To- day he lies at the Plant System hospital in an unconseiQgs eond,,.aion as 3 result of fracture of the base of the skull.
 The old man was found in the yard of flee near the center of the block about 5 o'clock yesterday morning by negro em- ploye of the same concern, who went into the yard to feed some stock as IS ms usuai custom.
 The body lay upon the floor, with the head surrounded by small pools of blood which had oozed from the ears, nose and throat. The battered substance had also escaped from the wound on the back of the head.
 The negro reported his discovery to the boarding house on the southeastern corner of the same block, and the intelligence was immediately communicated to police head quarters. Mounted Officer Taylor proceed ed to the scene. but there was no clue to the perpetrator of one of the most dastard- ly deeds ever committed in these parts.
 The officer found twelve-pound sash weight near by, which he believes the would-be assassin used on Tennon. there being small splotches of blood on It. He could not locate any tracks, the assault I