The age-herald., 1902-03-09
Chairman Lowe Says There is No Demand for Early
 Action
HARRISON'S EAR TO GROUND
He Is Writing to Friends Over the State to Find Out the Lay of the Land-He May Enter
 tho Race.

MT. Robert J. Lowe, chairman of the Democratic State Executive committee, said yesterday that he did not intend to call a meeting of the committee earlier than July 1. As the state election will not take place until November, the month of July would be soon enough he thought, for the committee to meet to arrange for primaries and beat meet ings and for fixing the date of the state convention
 Chairman Lowe said he had travelled through many counties recently and hac heard a good deal of political talk but so far as he could learn there was no agitation for an early convention.
 Harrison to Be In Race.
 News comes from Montgomery and other political centers that Gen. George P. Harrison of Lee county Is going to be in the race for governor, or rather that he is eagerly feeling his way. It is said to be fact that he Is writing let ters to friends in various sections of the make contest for the nomination pro- vided ke could command the support of considerable number of leading Dem ocrats.
 Montgomery politician who was in Birmingham a day or two ago said that General Harrison's friends were empha- sizing the importance of having for the next Governor a lawyer, because of the large number of bills that would be pass ed by the Legislature along the lines of the new constitution. The Harrisonites. in pointing out the desirability of having a lawyer in the executive chair, say that their friend would be the lawyer above all others because of his thorough knowl- edge of the new instrument. General Harrison was member of the last con- stitutional convention and of the consti- tutional convention in 1875, and if he were Governor, his friends protest, no measure that had the shadow of unconstitutionali- ty about it. would receive his support or | signature.
 It Is further said by partisans of Gen. eral Harrison that while he would com mand the support of anti-ratifiers In gen. eral, and of former Governor Joseph F. 1 the principle of anything to beat Jelks. he would not antagonize any wing of the party.
 Ills Strength ProbematicaI. What strength General Harrison will develope can not be estimated or guessed at this far ahead. If hs decides to an- nounce it is supposed the race would be entirely between Governor Jelks and him. self.
 MT. Henry B. Gray, in speaking of Harrison's tentative candidacy, said: | "There are several reasons why General | Harrison would not be a strong man In the race and one of these reasons is that he bolted the Democratic ticket in 1896 and supported Palmer and Buckner. The Democracy of Alabama have not got over that I am thinking that General Harrison will decide to keep out of the fight after he has canvassed the ques- ton a little further"
 Politicians do not believe that ex-Gov- ernor Johnston wants to make fight for the nomination; that he would only enter the contestif the candidacy were forced on hlm Dy ms paTIlSdHS' Auu uo oie ScShb V to be authorized to say that he would allow himself to be forced into the race It is the supposition in political circles that Capt. Johnston wants to hold off for the United States Senate.
 JeIks an Easy Winner. A close friend of Dr. R. M. Cunning ham said last night that the Jelks-Cun- ningham ticket would be an easy winner.
 "Dr. Cunningham Is one of the best known and most popular Democrats in Alabama" said his friend, land his can didacy for the Lieutenant Governorship has been well received in nearly every section of the State. Senator D. J. Mead or, of Marengo. is a popular Democrat and, is like Cunningham, well known all over the State, but he cannot begin to get the party following that our Jefferson county candidate will command. One great advantage that the Jelks-Cunning- ham ticket has is this: A big majority of the State Executive Committee is for these men and all the Democrats who took leading part in the campaign for the ratification of the Constitution are for them. Jelks and Cunningham are looked upon by friends of the new Con stitution as the logical candidates"