The age-herald., 1899-12-30
CONFERENCE HELD
 IN THE CAPITOL Johnston, StaIIings and Others Hold Executive Session. SOMETHING IN THE WIND Owing to the High Money Rate the Governor Did Not Think it Ex-
 pedient to Borrow Money for
 Montsvallo School
SOME THING IN THE WIND

Age-Herald Bureau. Hotel Mabson. Montgomery December @.-(SpeciaL)- While the friends of Senator John T. Nor gan were confering in Birmingham today to devise plans for his reelection to the
 senate. there was a little conference in the | governors office The conference was not largely attended.
 The governor returned from New York | last night, and his earliest callers today were Congressman Stalngs and Col. AL bert Steinhart of Butler; Solicitor Charles | R. Bricken, of Crenshaw Chancellor R. H. Parks, of Pike; R. H. Arlington of Golf fee Gesner Williams, ei Marengo, and | others, including of course, Private Sec | retary Cory. It was denied that the con- 1 ference was prearranged, yet MT. Bricken ] brought the information that the demo- 1 cratic committee of Crenshaw had met yesterday and passed a resolution declar- | ing for direct vote in the primaries to be l held on the 27th of January for the federal senatorship, governor, congressman and | state senator, together with county of- | cers.
 "Our county committee met yesterday and passed resolutions declaring for di- l rect vote on United States senator, gover- l nor, congressman and state senator" said i Mir. Bricken to 0 representative of The Age 1 Herald. "The primary election for 1 Crenshaw was ordered for January 27 sev- 1 eral weeks ago, but action was not taken as to the state officers. In my opinion | Stallings will have no trouble to carry the
 county for governor The race for senator 1 will be between Johnston and Oates, with
 the chances probably in favor of Johnston. | Wiley will receive the vote for state sena- l tor The other candidate for senator is l Richard H. Arlington, of Coffee There are | four candidates for the lower house, Dr. s. 1 s. Thrower, J. T. Watson, NJ. W. Rushton | and J. O. Sintelle. These candidates have
 been required to sign a written pledge to | support the candidate for United States | senator who may receive the highest vote | in the county
 Mrs Johnston ts Improving
 Governor Johnston was in his office today
 after an absence of a week, spent with Mrs.
 Johnston who is in New York receiving
 medical attention from celebrated special
 ist.
 The governor was in an apparent happy
 humor this morning when he received
 representative of The Age-Herald
 He said that he had enjoyed his trip east,
 and had found Mrs. Johnston improving.
 He refused to discuss political matters,
 saying that he had been out of the state for
 several days and did not know anything 1 new He stated that he was not prepared
 to say when he would renew his speech
 making campaign. but would probably an- | within the next two l weeks.
 | On account of the high rate for call
 money in New York, the governor said that | he did not deem it expedient to try at this
 time to negotiate a loan for the Montevallo | school that the work on the new building
 might be completed. Call money was worth | ? ner cent when the governor left New | York.
 Morgan win Get Chambers
 Hon. Armstead Brown, one of the bright | est young members of the Chambers coun- | ty bar. is in Montgomery visiting the fam l ily of his uncle, Judge James R. Dowdel' | of the supreme court. "ChamDers county | Is solid for the return of Senator John I. 1 Morgan to the federal senate Mf. Brown | said this morning. Were the election heiu
 today, believe that Morgan would receive | 90 per cent of the democratic vote Ill the | county. In Lafayette beat there are prop- 1 ably 300 white voters, and 1So Of these are l already members of the Morgan club re- | gently organized in Lafayette. do not believe that there are more than nah | dozen Johnston men in our beat Cham- l bers will send to the state convention 1 Sanford delegation for governor. Colonei l Sanford resides in the adjoining county to l us, and he has many strong friends in 1 Chambers"
 l Politics In Marengo | Hon. Gesner Williams, of Marengo, was l in the city today. Politics are getting pretty hot in Marengo.' he said. "Our l county will act on the 27th of January, the committee ordering a convention for that | date Interest is largely centered in the 1 race for members of the general assem- l bly. There are four candidates in the field, | Representative Jim Miller, Judge s. G. | Woolf, Jake Williams and D. J. Proweh. | The county will probably instruct on the l senatorial question, and if it does 1t will | be for Morgan. Marengo has but one can | didate for a state office. Everybody over 1 there is of course, for Bob Poole for com- l missioner of agriculture"
 The governor made the following ap- pointments today: To be notares public | and ex-officio justices of the peace-FNran- | cis M. Purifoy. beat Is. Tuscaloosa county; | Thomas Salmonds, beat 19 Pickens county; | J. c. vokes, beat 12, Culfman county; Esom | D. Kelly, beat 5, Walker county. Notaries public-James M. Baldwin, beat 2, Chero- | kee county; W. H. Barnard beat %, Jeff | ferson county; W. M. Hendon Tuskegee. | To be constable-R. E. Holmes, beat B. &l.o~. Tsot.