The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-12
WILL MEET
 MARCH IS Central Council Will Dr. ganize on That Date. POLITICAL INTEREST HIGH Run-0ff Predicted Between Two Highest Candidates. J. Kirk Jackson Announces for Ald- erman at Large-Dr. A. S. Ten
 nille Also Enters That
POLITICAL INTEREST HIGH

Colonel Charles P. Jones, President of the Central Council. the Democratic organization. having in charge the con- dnct or the city primary has announced his intention of calling the Council together. March IS. The formal call for the meetig of the Council will be issued in the next day or SO.
 The first meeting will be held for the purpose of organizing the Council. The members of the new council, the body which will have charge of the primary, were elected at the last municipal pri- mary and the meeting on March IS will be the first time they have assembled Colonel Jones as president of the old Council will call the new council together and preside over the meeting It is un- derstood that three vacancies on the Council will be filled at the first meeting. One or two members of the Council are candidates for municipal offices and they will probably resign and one or two other members have moved into another ward from the one they were elected to repre- sent
 Colonel Jones said that at the first meeting nothing would probably be &C., complished beyond the organization of the Council and the naming of a date for another meeting at which rules and regu- lations governing the municipal primary include the election of officers of the Council and the filling of all vacancies.
 It Is generally believed that the Council will adopt a majority regulation for the candidates should receive a majority of the votes cast the two highest should enter another prtniary which should de- eide the nominee It is generally agreed that the Council will adopt the same plan that controlled the State Democratic pri- mary of last year and which required a majority vote for the nominee. The de- cision of the question rests with the Central Council, but most of the men in- terested in municipal politics appear to be united in predicting the probable action of the Council.
 It is also generally agred that there will be run of. There are eight can didates for Mayor and each man has a is held that 1t will be practically im- possible under the conditions for one man in the first primary with 90 large held to receive a majority of the votes cast. The run off between the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes, 1t is believed will be hardly less exciting than the first primary.
 The we'll informed in city politics pre- dict that the registered vote of the city will be in the neighborhood of 2,000. Some predictions afe made that 1t will be 2.2OO and othegs fix the number at 1.SOO. but the majority of the local political prophets name 2,oOo as the probable city registra- thion.
 The interest in the city campaign Is heightening At this stage of the cam paign the most energetic work is being done.
 Yesterday was marked by two interest ing developments in the race for Alder men-at- Large J. Kirk Jackson and Dr. A. S. Tennille announced as candidates for Alderman-at-Large MT. Jackson had previously announced a candidate for Alderman from Ward 3. He developed considerable strength in the ward and was regarded as a formidable candidate, but yesterday he made known his deter imitation to make the race from the entire city rather than from the ward.
 Mir Jaokson's withdrawal from the Ward race robs the contest In the ward of interest. It leaves the field exclusively to the candidates endorsed by the Muni- cipal Union of the Ward. They are N Iobman and Captain A. c. Forbes. It Is predicted that there will be no further opposition In the Ward to the Municipal Union candidates.
 pr. Tennille, who yesterday announced his candidacy for Alderman-at-Large is one of the best known men or one city. He has been actively connected with number of prominent business enterprises of Montgomery. He Is one of the promi- nent planters and agricultur1sts of the State and in the organizations for the benefits of the farmers of the State ne hoe taken an active part.