The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04

beginning with them all. It does not follow, however, that all the leading places will be given to old Senators.
 In the House Messrs Tunstall, Foster, Bankhead and Benners are the old mem bers of the Judiciary Committee return ed. Hon R. H. Clarke of Mobile was the chairman of thIs committee.
 Of the Ways and Means, Messrs Hardie Powell and Jones are returned. There are so few of the old members returned that the committees will have to be made up of almost entirely new material.
 The Senate will have the election of a President pro tenn and provide for the selection of the committees and the House will have to elect Speaker. In the Sem ate chamber MT. Goidsby is the only can didaGe for President yet announced and in the House Messrs Wood of Macon and Tunstan of Hale are the candidates for Speakers Messrs Fillmore Garrett and Michel Screws are candidates for Sec retary of the Senate and Messrs Gunter and Julian are the candidates for Clerk with the usual number of candidates for for the other places.
 For Assistant Secretary of the Senate there Is only one announced aspirant, J. A. Kyle of Jackson, who held that of- flee during the last session of the legisla- ture.
 For Comparing Clerk of the Senate there are three candidates. All of them are ladies. They are Mrs. Laura J. Alley of Montgomery, Miss Kate Collins of Montgomery and Mrs. Acker of Calera Mrs. Lula Wood Francis of Birmingham, 1t is understood will have no opposition to her reelection to the place of Enroll ing and EngrosSing Clerk of the Senate Two candidates are announced for Doorkeeper of the Senate They are J. c. Ott of Lauderdale and W. S. Green of Clay. There are also two aspirants for Assistant Doorkeeper of the Senate They are W. H. Maybin of Montgomery and William Cook of Wilcox.
 W. F. Herbert of Montgomery, is said to be the only announced candidate for Assistant Clerk of the House, although 1t is said that the name of Daniel Cook of Wilcox will be presented.
 Judge s. Williams of Barbour has no opposition for Enrolling Clerk and Ernest R. Lacy of Jasper has the field to himself in the race for Engrossing Clerk of the House.
 Robert Hasson of Etowah and Thomas J. Fain of Dale. who for nearly twenty years have filled the offices of Door keeper and Assistant Doorkkeper. res pectively will again be in their places. No candidate against either of them has announced.
 A question in which the whole State in general and Montgomery in particular 's interested Is the enlargement of the State capitol. The capitol was built to meet the needs of the State fifty years ago. It was large enough for the needs of the State government half century ago, but 1t Is inadequate now. There Is hardly a department in the building that is not cramped for room. More than one head of a department is compelled to use 8 cloak room for an office and the clerks in nearly all offices are too crowded to do efficient work. The State in the past fifty years has grown steadily and pros- pered, but the capitol has not expanded
 All the State House workers will unite in asking the legislature for enlargement State Treasurer Craig Smith said yester- day that the State was never before in better condition to make the improve msnt that at present It is understood that the legislature will be asked to ap- propriate N0o000 for enlargement. The proposed Improvements do not contem- plate in any way changing the old struot- ure or in any way affecting the historic interest that cluster about 1t The old building will remain as it is, the intention being to build e wing on either aide of