The age-herald., 1900-04-18

thy family circle thou mayest have sick
 ness; those in love will have trouble
 A child born on this day will be of an active and ambitious turn of mind, and will
 rise in life"
 Jefferson county" said a prominent democrat yesterday, will present to the forthcoming state convention of the demo- cratic party the name of General Charles M. Shelley for governor: and in this partic
 ular the wishes of Jefferson will be sup ported by various other counties which have chosen Shelley delegates
 Ut being now apparent that one of the candidates will control a sufficient
 number of delegates to secure the nomina-
 tion the first ballot General Shelley's chances are next to the best, and the best
 is a majority. General Sheley's record in
 war and in peace is at no point vulnera- ble. For more than thirty years the dem ocratic party in Alabama has honored and | trusted him. At the outset of the struggle l of white men to regain control of this state l General Shelley stood at the front of the | fight with Morgan and Pettus, Clanton, | Oates, Langdon, Watts Boyd and the oth- | CT leaders to whom, living dead, Ala | bamians must remain always grateful. l l elected to congress after the reconstruction | era, and for many years he served the peo- pie faithfully in the national legislature 1 And since his retirement from congress he
 has ever held himself in readiness to devote | all his energies to the cause of democracy
 How well he has discharged his party du-
 ties as private citizen, the political his- 1 tory of the state to this hour is eloquent l vii And 1ai,
 regarding General Shelleys distinguished
 career will unquestionably have their I weight with the state convention which will assemble at Montgomery one week 1 from this day.
 General Shelley needs no introduction | to the people, and Jefferson presents him
 for the governorship with pride and confi- dence."
 me first Alabamian to be nominated for | the next congress is John Hollis Bankhead | or the Sixth district, who, in the demo- | cratic primary election last Saturday, was unanimously named as his own successor l Ill the mousse This was a foregone con- l ciusion, as MT. Bankhead had been for
 many weeks without the semblance of op- position. The honor thus shown him by | the people whom he has represented at Washington for fourteen years is eminent | iy deserved and is doubtless most earnest l ly appreciated Mir Bankhead is one of | the best of the southern congressman. and | IS one Of the most useful of all the mem- | bers of the national legislature Alabama | Is greatly in his debt for successful aid in | securing continued work on river and | harbor improvements, and for other nota- | ble services rendered in his capacity as a | representative. MT. Bankhead is true to | the people, true to democracy, true to his friends; and there will be general gratifi- cation over his return to congress- It appears that the result of the primary elections will be the nomination and cleo ton of Colonel Ariosto A. Wiley of Mont gomery as the successor of MT Stallings from the Second district the returns as 1 reported giving Colonel Wiley a clear ma- jority over his only competitor. MT. Miller | of Wilcox, in the congressional conven-
 tion which is yet to be called. Colonel Wiley is now state senator from Mont gomery. He is about fifty years old and is a strong member of the state bar He has for years aspired to congressional honors, and his success now makes him
 the recipient of great many hearty con-
 gratulations Colonel Wiley is a man of
 notable ability, sleepless energy, and great
 ambition, and he is certain to make his presence in congress known there and to
 the country at large.
 It is not known when or for what date Governor Johnston will issue his procla- nation for a special election for suc-
 cessor to General Wheeler from the Eighth district; but it is not improbable that the
 date fixed for the election will be identical with the state election in Auugst This would avoid expense and annoyance Un- der the law, thirty days notice must be given by the governor, and if the notice were issued now the new congressman would scarcely have time to take his seat before the summer adjournment of con- gress; it being generally accepted that there will be early adjournment this year on account of the presidential cam paign. It does not appear to be definitely known who will be the democratic con- testants for the place so long filled by General Wheeler. In the First district the contest is between Congressman George Washington Taylor, MT. Hannis Taylor and Colonel B. l.. Hibbard formerly of Birmingham, now of Monroe. In the Third district there is no opposition to Mr. Clayton. MT. Thomson of Calhoun seems to be so far the only avowed democratic
 candidate in the Fourth district to succeed
 Congressman Aldrich, republican. In the
 Fifth district Congressman Brewer is op-
 posed by State Senator Thompson of Ma
 con and MT. J. Thomas Hefin of Cham-
 bers. In the Seventh district MT. Burnett
 is unopposed, and there is no opposition to MT. Underwood in the Ninth.
 
 ''Too much praise," said a prominent legislator yesterday, "cannot be awarded
 to ''the Flying Squadron" and to all
 others who presented on the stump the is-
 sues of the canvass in every county of the state in a clear and dispasionate manner; but behind the men whose services were
 recognized because they were seen, stood a directing force that few saw and recog-