The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
.MEADOR OF MARENGO
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR LIEUTEN.
 ANT GOVERNOR ExPDCTED.
Suggested That Conner and Neador May be the Bearers of the Anti Constitutional Banner in
 Next Election.

Marengo County friends of Hon. D. J. | Meador of Myrtlewood declare that he | is an avowed candidate for the offce of Lieutenant Governor. Montgomery friends of Mr. Meador declare that he Is not a candidate for any once. Newspaper re- ports have represented MT. Meador as a candidate but MT. Meador himself has not given out statement. Myrtlewood
 Is not accessible to telegraph lines and all efforts to secure an authorized state ment from MT. Meador have proved un- availing. t
 In answer to . telegram the correspond ent of The Advertiser at Demopolis sends the following:
 II have interviewed several of Mir -Meador's closest friends in this place ana have also communicated with number in Linden. None of them knows of any alliance between Meador and Johnston. Mir. Meador Is a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, but further than this nothing is known. tl4 .4 .----- s.+-.s Friends of MT. Meador in Montgomery continue to deny that he Is candidate for Lieutenant Governor. They argue that if he had decided to become candidate he would make a formal announcement of his candidacy.
 ."I cannot believe Meador is a candi- date" said a public man yesterday who Is regarded as one of the close friends of the Marengo County Senator 'I have reason to believe that he would support Dr. Cunningham and shall continue to
 think so until hear from him that he 1 is a candidate" Dr. R. Nj. Cunningham, an avowee candidate for Lieutenant Governor and Governor Jelks, was in Montgomery yes- terdays to attend Masonic committee meeting He declared that his visit here had no political significance He did not
 even go to tho State Capitol but lunched at a down town restaurant with few of his personal friends. among them Hon: John V. Smith. President of the Railroad Commission.
 While Dr. Cunningham would not dis cuss the political situation for publica- ton, is is understood that he told some of his friends that he had not received any information as to what position MT. Meador would take In the forthcoming campaign. This statement would seem to set at rest the statement repeated in sev-
 eral quarters within the past few days
 that MT. Cunningham had received a let
 ter from MT. Meador piedg1ng him his
 (Mr. Meadors) support in his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor.
 State officials express doubt that MT.
 Meador is a candidate in the absence of
 any authorized statement. One public man
 said yesterday that 1t had been known
 prospective candidate and that the re- port that he had announced his candi-
 dacy probably grew out of the fact that he had written letters to his friends in different parts of the State seeking ad- vice as to his prospective candidacy. The Demopolis correspondent of The Advertiser states positively that MT. Meador Is a candidate for Lieutenant Governor and it appears to be certain ty that an authoritative announcement will soon be made.
 MT. Meador has been regarded as po- litical friend of Governor Johnston and for this reason persons of political pre- affection place him in the political game with the anti-Consttuton faction. It is said that B. B. Conner of Birmingham is being importuned to become a candi-
 date for Governor and that the anti-Con- stftution ticket may be Conner and Mea- dor. A political wiseacre declared yes- terday, however, that if MT. Conner an- nounced his candidacy TOT Governor 1t would mean a half dozen candidates for this high office and lively campaign be- fore the meeting of the Democratic Con- vention.
 MT. Meador Is temporary President of | the State Senate and has served many | terms as a member of one or the other | branches of the Alabama Legislature. He | was a candidate for President of the | Senate at the time Governor Jelks was | selected for that responsible place. MT. Meador Is a large planter of Marengo | County. Mir. Conner Is a wealthy citizen of Birmingham who manifested lively l interest in the Railroad Commission dur inc ConotifntionoI