The age-herald., 1900-01-07
OFFICE SEEKERS
 QUITE NUMEROUS Nearly Every Visitor to the Cap
 itaI a Candidate. THE GOVERNOR VERY BUSY
It is Said No Candidate in History O Alabama Politics Ever Wrote as Many Personal Letters as
 Governor Johnston

 gomery, January 6.-CSpecial.)-S the beginning of the new year there has been little of interest to be learned about the capital. Politics is the one theme discussed. Most everyone about the capitol building is a candidate for something, and consequent ly there is a thick political atmosphere The state canvass has been kept quiet for several weeks, but dayly there are candi- dates coming into the city to learn some thing of the trend of matters. There are talks of combinations after combinations, but nobody seems to take much interest in these.
 The senatorial race still overshadows all else. As for Montgomery, it is strongly Morgan or artf-Johnston, but at the capi- tol building the chances for the success of the governor in his race are declared bright.>
 Governor Johnston has been spending nearly all of his time since the holidays in conference with his county leaders, and in writing letters. Probably no candidate for office in Alabama has ever written the large number of personal letters as the governor is sending out daily. Before he left for Birmingham yesterday afternoon he had written with his own pen about one hundred letters. This is not at all unusual for him. He reaches his office at o'clock in the morning, and he does not leave until in the evening.
 An Unusual Year
 This is such an unusual year in politics until it is difficult to find a visitor at the capital who is not a candidate for some office, or being prominently mentioned" To be elected this year are the following state officers:
 United States senator.
 Governor
 Attorney general.
 Secretary of state.
 Auditor.
 Treasurer.
 Superintendent of education.
 Commissioner of agriculture
 Seventeen state senators.
 One hundred members of the general as- sembly.
 Besides the above the following county officers are to be elected: Sheriff. Tax assessor Tax collector Treasurer. Superintendent of education Gin most of the countieS).
 Two justices of the peace for each beat. One constable for each beat County commissioners ranging from two to six in the several counties.
 All of the above elections come on the first Monday in August, and they will be followed in November by the presidential election, when Alabama will also elect nine congressman.
 List of Candidates
 The list of candidates for the state offices is believed to be complete, as follows:
 United States Senator-Wm c. Oates, John D. Roquemore, Joseph F. Johnston John T. Morgan
 Governor-Charles E. Waller, of Hale; Wm. J. Sanford, of Lee; Jesse F. Stalings, of Butler; John W. Tomlinson and Charles M Shelley. of Jefferson; Newton N. Clements of Tuscaloosa.
 Attorney General-Charles G. Brown of Jefferson.
 Secretary of State-Robert P. MeDavid, of Montgomery.
 Auditor-W. II. Mathews, of Marion; John J. Mitchell, of Lauderdale; sam J. Carpen- ter, of Greene; George w Ellis of Mont gomery; A. w. Bailey, of Lawrence. Treasurer-James MoMillan, of Escambia; J. Craig Smith, of Dallas; Walter D. Seed, of Tuscaloosa.
 Superintendent of Educat!on-John w. Abercrombie, of Calhoun.
 Commissioner of Agriculture-John Puri- foy, of Wilcox; Robert R. Poole, of March go; W. H. Lawson. of Montgomery; J. M. Thornton, of Talladega; Hiram Hawkins, of Barbour.
 From the above list 1t will be seen that thc-e are contests for only four state offices, the attorney general. secretary of state and superintendent of education now serving their first term, and by democratic prece dent being entitled to second term.
 In the congressional races 1t is by no means certain that the list of entries Is complete. But so far as is known here the candidates are as follows:
 First District-George W. Taylor, of Ma rengo; Hannis Taylor, of Mobile; B. L. IIiiy,ard of Monroe.
 Second District-A A. Wiley, of Mont eomery; J. N. Miller and Samuel c. Jen- kns of Wilcox.
 Third Dtstrict-Henry D. Clayton of Bar bour.
 Fourth District-Gaston A. Robkns, John Burns. of Dallas: Thomas s. Plowman, of Talladega; Robert Goodwin, of Calhoun Fifth District-Willis G. Brewer. of Iowndes: J. Thomas Hefiin, of Chambers; Thomas l.. Bulger, of Tallapoosa; w. H Blake. of Clay; Charles w. Thompson, of Macon.
 Sixth District--John IF. Bankhead, of Favette: w. w. Brandon, of Tuscaloosa. Seventh Distr:ct-John l.. Burnett. of Etowah.
 Eighth District-A probable dozen if Gen eral Wheeler is not in the race.
 Ninth District-Oscar w. Underwood. Of 1offersonI F. F. KERSH