The age-herald., 1900-01-25
Will Make the Race as a Straight Out Popu|st WILL CANVASS ENTIRE STATE Says He Will Ask Other Candidates For Division of Time at Their Ap-
 pointments-His Strength
 in the Legislature.

Former Congressman Milford w. How ard, of DeKalb county, Is a candidate for the United States senate to succeed John Tyler Morgan.
 And thus there looms upon a scene, al- ready interesting a figure plcturesquely luminous.
 MT. Howard made his final decision yes terday, and announced his candidacy for the United States senate as a populist.
 The state executive committee of the populist party recently fin session in Bir- mingham adopted resolutions to keep in tact the party organization in the state and the committee at the same time demanded that MT. Howard lead the populist fight for the United States senatorship.
 It having been determined by the state committee to preserve the party and to nominate this year a full state ticket and county tickets, MT Howard and his per sonal and political friends took under ad- visement the matter of the senatorship; respecting which there have been numer- ous personal conferences between popuHsts and correspondence between leaders of that party in the various counties.
 In the end Mr. Howard Is persuaded to ask for the great prize, and he will engage. in the contest at the earliest moment s
 MT. Towards Announcement
 You are authorized to say that am q candidate to succeed Senator Morgan, and that I shall speak in every county in the state," said Mr. Howard yesterday to rs~e porter for The Age-aIerald. Tt is my pur- pose to make my opening speech at Gull man upon an early date yet to be fixed, and then shall proceed from one county to another until cover the state-untilsI I have told the truth to the whole people
 Moreover. ct is my intention to request of Senator Morgan and Governor John ston, my chief opponents. a division of time in the particular of addressing public meetings. It is my wish and purpose, and assuredly 1t should be the desire of all candidates that the people be given oppor- tunity to hear all sides to the questions that are Involved fin the senatorial contest. I am determined they shall hear me- I'd prefer they hear my opponents from the same platforms upon the same day.
 "As soon as practicable I shall issue an address to tine people setting forth my claims, my position, my belief end my po- Ntical faith. In that address it shall be demonstrated that I am the candidate of my party. and not t(he candidate of a few Individuals or any individualr'
 The pressure upon MT. Howard from within the popuhst party has been very great. He has yielded; and there ts added to the struggle for the greet prize of the senatorship an intensely Interesting ele- ment.
 Sketch of the Candidate
 MT. Howard was Born in Floyd county, Georgia, just over sfdrty-nine years ago: that is to say, on the 16th of December. 1862. He removed to Alabama many years ego, and was elected from the Seventh district to the Fifty-fourth and Fdfty-fifth congress as a populist. He declined to be -eandi- date for the present congress-; and was sue ceeded by John L. Burnett, democrat. of Etowah. The Seventh district consists of the counties of Cherokee, Cullman, DeKaib.