The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-12
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AND EIDE HENE
1.-THE midweek visit of Governor Johnston
| to Birmingham had no political signifi-
canoe" declared a friend of the governor.
HE came here on purely private business.
chiefly to meet and confer with a lawyer
| from Selma matters entirely discon-
nected from politics." The statement of
| the governors friend is gladly given pub
| LEFTY. The Age-Herald did not state that
the governor came home in the middle of
| the week to take part in city or county
| politics. 1t merely made note of the COVER
| nors unusual visit, and gave voice to the
! political gossip which connected that visit
| with existing politics in Jefferson county.
Representative William Henry Seymour
| of Sumter, was in Birmingham yesterday.
| Mr.. Seymour is a candidate for delegate
| from Sumter to the constitutional conven-
| ton, and he ought to be elected, for the
| reason that he is of the brightest,
pluckiest and most accomplished young
| democrats in the state. AS a member of
| the general assembly, he greatly enhanced
| his reputation and added to his prestige
| during the recent session of that lawmak-
| ing body. Mr.. Seymour is an intelligent
and faithful friend of the public schools.
| He is a scholar and painstaking student
| of public affairs; and a man of marked
ability, great integrity and courage. These
facts are appreciated in Sumter county, and
the voters there will doubtless send Mr..
Seymour to represent them in the constitu-
| tional convention.
Hon. John Mcqueen did not enter the list
| of candidates for delegate from Jefferson
county to the constitutional convention for
various reasons quite satisfactory to his
| friends and supporters In the first place,
| Mr. Mcqueen is the assistant solicitor for
| Jefferson county, and in that capacity he
| will be very hard-worked until June. That
| position entails work that he could not neg
| lect and would not. And he does not doubt
| that there will be a special session of the
| legislature to enact laws conforming to the
new constitution Indeed, nobody can rea-
| sonably doubt that proposition. Mr.. Nc
| Queen conceives that his duty to the peo-
| pie who elected him is to carry out the pur-
| port of their wishes, and that is to serve
| them as best he can in the legislature.
| Moreover, he has doubts as to his eigi-
| bility for membership of the convention.
| There is no doubt that Mr. Mcqueen would
| have won in the primary election if he had
| asked the democrats to vote for him.
James Swami, of New York one of the
| directors of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
| Railroad company, spent yesterday in Blr-
| mingham. In the afternoon he visited Ems
| ley and other points in the immediate vi
| entity of the city, and had pleasant day.
| He was seen at the Morris last night and
| to an Age-Herald reporter he declared that
he was amazed at the development of Biz
| mingham and the district since his last
visit here. Mr.. Swami expressed it as his
| belief that within few years Birmingham
would be the largest city south of ST.
| Louis.
| Henry Barnard is a candidate for police
commissioner, and it is very probable that
| he will be elected. He is one of the best
citizens of Birmingham and would make
| a faithful and watchful commissioner. Mr.
Barnard is a man of strong character, and
| can be relied upon at all times to do that
| which strong, straight man might be ex-
/ pected to do. He does not need introduce
| ton to the Birmingham public. 1t is suf-
| lClSul loI the peOple 70 hlOW tIldl he Is
| willing to serve as police commissioner
| The people are likely to see to his election.
Judge James B. Head desires The Age
| Herald to say that in a certain action in
| the city court yesterday morning his posi-
| ton or judgment was misunderstood, and
| that he craved the indulgence Of the public
until he could formally explain, which he
| hoped to do in Tuesdays Age-Herald.
Colonel Robert Mckee has returned to
| Birmingham, after a weeks visit to Mont
| gomery, where he spent eight years pleas
| antly as governors secretary. The colo
| nel's visit was an exceedingly pleasant one
to himself and to everybody in Montgom-
| cry who has the happiness to know him.
| w. G. Ledbetter, leading business man
| of Admission, was in Birmingham yesteray.
| August Hirsch, of the Hirsch Dry Goods
company, has returned from a prolonged
! stay in New York on business for his
| house.
w. C. Jemison is spending Sunday in Tus-
| calooSa.