The age-herald., 1899-11-13
GUBERNATORIAL
 CONTEST OPENED UP
Six Candidates Are Now Be-
 fore the People.
LIVELY CONTEST PROMISED
Shelley and Waller Talk About Their Plans-The Contests in Congress sional Districts-O Cos
 sip Going the Rounds

The gubernatorial race has opened up in a lively manner. The candidates are talk ing to the people directly and exploiting their views through the newspapers. The avowed candidates, as the list now stands, are John w. Tomlinson and Charles
 M. Shelley, of Jefferson; Jesse F. Stallings, of Butler; Charles E. Waller, of Hale; | Newton N Clements, of Tuscaloosa, and William J. Sanford of Lee-six, all told. Mir Tomlnson, MT. Stallngs and MT. Waller are canvassing very vigorously, and it is said that MT Sanford will follow their | example. General Shelley purposes visiting most of the counties. The present state of | Colonel Clements health makes it imprac- ticable for him to do any canvassing on his own account
 The Congressional Districts Little interest is as yet being manifested in the congressional districts. Even the Sixth, about which so much has been printed, attracts little attention. The peo- pie of the various counties have not been stirred to any excitement, and well in- formed men from the district report that excitement of any sort is improbable. Con- gressman Bankhead is opposed by MT. Brandon.
 In the First district 1t is authoritatively announced that Colonel B. l.. Hibbard of Monroe, formerly of Birmingham, will be a candidate against Congressman G. w. Tay- lor Hannis Taylor will also be a candi- date.
 In the Fifth, it is understood that MT. Hefiin, of Chambers and MT. Bulger, Of Tal- lapoosa, will oppose Congressman Brewer. tha Second Colonel Wiley, of Montgomery, and MT. Miller, of Wilcox are the declared candi- dates.
 There is no evidence of probable opposl- tion to MT. Clayton in the Third MT. Rob- bins in the Fourth, MT. Burnett in the Sev- enth, General Wheeler in the Eighth, or MT. Underwood in the Ninth. General Shelley Talks "The press is especially kind to me just now, and it has been kind and considerate throughout my somewhat prolonged ser vice to the democratic party said General Shelley. For this I entertain a sense Of earnest gratitude, for no man more than myself appreciates the value and the per | sonal pleasure to be deraved from friendly newspapers.
 "But my respect for democratic newspa- pers and my appreciation of their great value to the party will not suffer me to ask them to aid me in aAy personal ambition of my own. A democratic newspapers S first duty is to the democratic party, and no newspaper owes it to any one man to support him for office until after he has been nominated by the party. If my friends amongst the editors see fit to support me in my candidacy for the democratic nomina- tion for governor, such support will be gratefully appreciated; but my respect for them prevents me from asking their as- sistance For more than thirty years I have known the great value of journalistic support.
 q am greatly encouraged by what Is be- ing said for me and done for me; and hope in good time to go into the counties and meet nay friends and talk matters over
 in friendly way. Meantime, I am great
 ly encouraged.''
 Hon. Charles E. Waller
 Hon. Charles E. Waller, of Hale, speaker
 of the Alabama house of representatives, is
 in the city. and will spend two or three
 days at the State Fair. Asked for news,
 Speaker Waller said:
 "I am more confident of being nominated
 for governor than I ever nave been be-
 fore. Fou may say, as coming from me,
 that l am perfectly conficent of success.
 l have been canvassing for some 200 days,
 and 1 assure you I have not wasted any
 time on counties which I felt I hadn't
 reasonable chance of carrying. As the sit-
 uation stands, my success is assured"
 Small you make any special effort in
 Jefferson?'' was aked
 q am very busy, elsewhere at present and
 both MT. Tomlinson and General Shelley
 are good personal friends of mine. I am
 on the friendliest terms with all my, oppo-
 nents, and I mean to remain so. You must
 excuse me from discussing Jefferson or any
 other particular county. l have my own af-
 fairs to attend to, and am doing Well for
 myself."I