The age-herald., 1900-02-23
". M. BURGIN WILL STEP DOWN AND OUT Announces That He Will Not Ask
 disappointment. CRIMINAL COURT CLERkSHlP Meeting of the Morgan State Campaign Committee Will be Held Today
 and dFullAttendance Expect
 ed-In Political Circles
CRIMINAL COURT CLERKSHlP

The action of the county democratic exec
 utive committee in ordering the names of
 applicants or candidates for the clerkship.
 of the criminal court placed upon the ticket
 in the democratic primaries to be held on
 April IA was one of the chief topics of con-
 versation in political circles yesterday, and
 was the means of bringing out several can
 didates.
 The present incumbent, William M. Bur
 gin, announced that he would not again ask
 for re-appointment, having filled the office
 for the past twelve years. In so doing he leaves the field open to some new man, and there are several applicants for the place. Among the candidates who have announc- ed for the cerkship are John G. Bradley and B. A. Thompson. MT. Bradley Is one of
 the best known men in the county, having
 been a deputy in the clerks office for the
 past seventeen years. He has thousands of
 enthusiastic friends who will give thim their
 enthusiastic support. In all the years that
 he has been connected with the office he has been uniformly kind and courteous to those
 having business in the count, and pleasant
 towards all with whom he has come in con-
 tact. He is a true blue democrat and has uOIt SOOu StlNlCS uOl tiiS peiiNJ'
 MT. Thompson was mayor of Birmingham for one term and served as chief deputy to
 Sheriff George M Morrow from 1892 to 1S96 He has had prominent place in the coun- cils of the democratic party of the county ever since he came to Birmingham
 The names of the candidates for clerk or the criminal court will be printed on the ballots to be voted in the Jefferson county
 
 the highest number of votes will be recom- mended to the judge of the criminal court for appointment to that office. This Is new method of selecting clerks Of the
 courts in this county, but it seems that considerable element of the party wanted chance to vote on the candidates for that office. The judge of the criminal court
 Is vested by law with sole power In the
 matter of appointing a clerk for his court but it Is hardly probable that he would ignore the will of his party in matter of that importance.
 Meeting Morgan Campaign Committee The Morgan state campaign committee will hold a meeting at the headquarters in the Morris hotel today. Several mat ters pertaining to the campaign will be considered and plans mapped out. Among the out-of-town members who | came last night were the following: Judge l J. J. Harlan, of Dadeville; J. B. Graham, | of Talladega; w. w. Quarles, of Selma; | G. W. Hooper, of Selma; C. Brooks Smith, | of Hale county, and Lee H. Veil, of Mont | gomery.
 Hon. H. s. D. Mallory of Selma has an appointment to speak in beahlf of the | senator att East Lake tonight, and came ito | town last night.
 The Woodlawn Morgan club has invited | two of the leading speakers of the cam paign to address the club members on the night of March 6. The club in fixing this date and selecting speakers, also, decided to have an open meeting and to extend an invitation to all candidates who felt so inclined to attend the meeting and make speeches. All who wish to address the club on this occasion are requested to send their names to R. D. Thompson, chairman of the arrangement committee, who will assign time and make other necessary arrange ments. There will be two Morgan speak CTS present.
 Judge Harlan Talks Judge J. J. Harlan, probate judge of Tal- lapoosa county, is in the city to attend the meeting of the Morgan campaign committee today. In speaking of the political situa- tion in Tallapoosa county Judge Harlan said: "I believe Tallapoosa is all right for Senator Morgan. l have made 1t a point to inquire of the people coming to my office recently as to their preference for senator and the sentiment generally in their re- spective communities and in this way have been able to form very fair estimate of the probable strength of the different can- didates. It Is my candid opinion that Sena- tor Morgan has majority of the voters in the county and do not believe they can be changed. We have got to keep up the fight however and this we intend doing. I consider the outlook very favorable for Senator Morgan" iayors Dispensary Charles B. Powell does not want to be misunderstood in the matter of the dispen- sary. which question came up for discus sion in the meeting of the Jefferson county executive committee Wednesday. He says he favors a dispensary law, and that he signed a petition requesting Gle last legis- lature to pass a law establishing the dis pensary in this county. In his remarks be- fore the committee he stated that he had signed such a petition, but that he did not want the matter referred back to the vot CTS, as that was what is known as the referendum, a popudist doctrine, and one that has never been adopted by the demo- cratic party