The age-herald., 1900-05-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Ask favors and seek work till 1 p. m;
 then be careful"
 Beware of law and losses. and avoid all speculative undertakings; with care thou
 mayest keep thy business together"
 "A child born on this day should keep in the employ of others and not attempt any business on it's own account
 It is perfectly fitting that John V. Smith ! of Russell lead the impending campaign of the democratic party in Alabama, for he is thoroughly democrat, is possessed of consummate tact, great ability and rest
 less energy, and enjoys in remarkable | measure the confidence and good will of
 the people at large. Moreover, personally
 and politically, he enjoys relations of l closet intimacy with the distinguished | leader of the party, Hon. William J. Sam | ford, whose canvass for the gubeTnatorial
 nomination he conducted with rare wisdom
 and complete success. Between the next | governor and MT. Smith there is a perfect | understanding and perfect confidence, and | the selection of Mir. Smith campaign l chairman is very gratifying to Colonel | Sanford. Likewise it is gratifying to the l chairman himself, since Colonel Samford's | success has long been on of his most cher | ished wishes, and his work to that end | has given him great personal pleasure. | Few young men in the states political | history have risen so rapidly and so high
 in public estimation John Smith of Rus
 sell; and none has builded reputation | upon foundation more secure or more | likely to be permanent. Morally and in
 tellectually he is a ful-statured man. and l at forty he is splendid leader of a great
 state. He is man of action, man of
 courage; and, in the homely vernacular of
 our dear fields, hell do to tie to!'
 | Very happy indeed was the state demo- ! cratic executive committee in the select
 ion of John Cochran Pugh of Birming-
 ham for the secretaryship, made vacant 1 by the resignation of Nathan L. Miller.
 The naming of MT. Pugh will give entire ] satisfaction to all the party leaders in i all the sixty-six counties. It would not | have been possible to make a more ad- | mirable selection for the most exacting of 1 positions of actual labor within the party | organization. The suggestion of MT. Push | is said to have come from Chairman Lowe, | and it was adopted with unanimity and | enthusiasm Thus MT. Lowe places the
 party under renewed obligation to himself. | MT Pugh is the third son of former United
 States Senator James L. Pugh, and he is
 .---rry-four years old He is lawyer, and | hard-worIdng. pains-taking student of
 politics and political economy. For several
 years he has actively engaged in party | work. He is the president of the silver | club of Jefferson county.
 | The party leaders take leave of Mr. Miller | as committee secretary with unaffected re- l gret. MT. Miller has done the burdensome work of the secretaryship for number of years and has done 1t perfectly His quick | intelligence, his accuracy and his business | like methods have combined to make his | services of greatest value to the state com
 m- tee. And his dignity, patience and court | esy have won for him the warm esteem of | the partys leaders from all sections of l the state. Mir. Miller retires in order to l devote his entire time to his law practice l and his private business
 The campaign committee is one of the | strongest that could have been chosen. | Mir. Pettus of Dallas, who is almost cer- | tain to be speaker of the next house. took 1 no active interest in the canvass for the | gubernatorial nomination, his county hay 1 ing candidate for state office, and Mr. | Pettus himself being Morgan leader; 1 Mr. Sanford of Lee is a son of the nomi- | nee, his fathers law partner, and possess | ed of much of his fathers ability MT. | Mccain of Clay is a state senator MT. l Burgess of Mobile is one of the leading business men of Alabama; Mr. Booker of l Fillmore is a convict inspector; MT. Hen l derson of Pike is leading merchant; MT. 1 Musgrove of Walker is interested in min- | eral lands; MT. Altman of Jefferson is a | representative lawyer and was General | Sheleys leader in the recent canvass; MT. 1 Brown of Colbert has been for years | leading member of the legislature and as
 a political manager is unsurpassed MT. | Greene of Jefferson is former legislator | and chairman of the recent Morgan com
 mittee of that county; MT. Moore of Bibb ! is a state senator and distinguished in the l development of the mineral region MT. | Sanders is a man of deserved influence | in Limestone, and MT. Thomas of Mont | gomery is lawyer, and, it is understood, | family relation of Colonel Sanford. The | headquarters of the committee will be in | Birmingham. Three of the members have | offices in this city, and all the others are | within easy distance except MT. Hender- | son and MT. Burgess.
 1 There has been much discussion in the | newspapers and amongst party men re- | garding the proposition that Hon. Alfred | M Tunstall of Hale would be a candi- date for the speakership of the next house of representatives. It may be stated upon the best possible authority that MT | Tunstall is not a candidate for the speak | ership, and has no intention of seeking that | honor. He is very grateful to the numer- | ous friends who have written to him and | who have spoken to him in person con- l corning himself candidate for speaker; | but his own views and purposes will keep l him on the floor of the house. It is fortu- | nate for the people that MT. Tunstall will
 continue in their service as a aw-maker, | for there is none amongst them more capa- | ble or earnest or sincere or more inde-