The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11
MEETS TUESDAY AT NOON
Houses to be Organized by
Temporary officers.
Two Candidates onsring for Speaker
Of the House Senator ooldsby
Of Mobile win Preside
Over the Senate with
out Opposition.

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Legislators of Alabama are in town.
Indications of their presence are on ev-
cry hand They win be here sixty days
and hotel men are happy. Those VINO
reached Montgomery last night were kept
busy meeting and greeting candidates
for minor Offices.
The lobby Of the Exchange Hotel, the
famous hosiery OF Alabama, where so
much of the political history Of the State
has been made, was partially filed last
night with cordial. smiling, hand-shak-
ing crowd. Law-makers and candidates
apparently vieiag with each other in cor
diality, moved hero and there in the
crowd that eddied about the rotunda-
To those who follow politics in Alabama
the scene VS. familiar. Il indicated that
either a political convention or a session
Of the Alabama Legislature was APP
preaching.
The crowd last night, small in numbers.
was the advance guard of the first Legis-
lature of Alabama to convene after the
adoption of the new Constitution.
An Important Body.
The Legislature which will convene
Tuesday at noon is perhaps the most I'M
portant OF the generation, charged as IL 10
with the duty OF harmonizing the statutes
with the provisions Of the new Consti-
tuition.
The significance Of the important SEES
sion was forgotten for the time being
last night The lawmakers were not
busted with impending legislation and
their discussion pcrtained not TO laws but
to candidates and Contests.
The candidates for places OF honor IN
the Legislature in the crowd last night
far outnumbered members OF the Lesie-
lsture who came in three days 4heaA nf
the session were comparatively few In
number but the candidates sheN1eas up
wei. There was but little material for
the candidates to work on. however. and
the hotel Hobbies were practically desert
ed by 10 o'clock.
Candidates for Speakers.
The two candidates Of Speaker. Hon.
A. NJ. Tunstall OF Hale and Hon. J. r.
wood having headquarters in room lol
the lobby crowds. Both nave opened
headquarters at the Exchange Hotel Mr..
Wood having headquarters on room ioi
and Mr., Tunstall being ESTABLISHED In
room 2oe.
At the Exchange Hotel. Railroad Com
missioner w. c. Tunstall OF Hale and
solicitor ". c. Tunstall Of Calhoun, ia
Their and brother respectively OF Hale s
candidate for Speaker, are staying.
Prominent in the ever changing crowd
were F. N. Julian Of Colbert and W. A.
Gunter, Jr.. of Montgomery, the contest
ants for Clerk OF the House. Each Of
them were receiving help from number
Of interested friends.
Carpenter Gets In It.
The interesting development OF the night
was the announcement Of Sam ]. Carpen-
ter OF Greene as a candidate for Assist
ant Clerk of the House. 1t was at one
time thought that w. p. herbert of
Montgomery would save no opposition for
Assistant Clerk, but Mr.. Carpenter
friends say that he Is very much in
the race. 1t was also said that
Daniel Cook OF Wilcox would try for the
same place, but Mr.. Cook has not arrived
and no official announcement Of his can
didacy has been made
The candidates for the minor positions
in the House evid entity did not deem it
necessary to put in an early appearance.
as none was on the scene of action last
night
Senator Joel Goldsby of Mobile. who
will, in all probability. be chosen Presi-
dent pro tenn. of the Senate, and as such
organize the upper body, was in the city
but not among the crowd OF legislators
and candidates. Mr.. Godsby reached the
city on the o'clock train from Mobile.
1t Is said that he will be chosen Presi-
dent pro tenn. without opposition.
Secretary Of Senate.
The two candidates for Secretary Of
the Senate, NJ. H. Screws of Montgom-
cry and Elmors Garrett Of Calhoun, were
early on the scene, and they remained I'M
I'll the crowd was gone.
The candidates for Assistant Secretary
of the Senate. ]. A. Kyle OF jackson and
Horace Hood. Jr., Of Montgomery, were
absent as were the candidates for the
minor positions in the Senate.
Mrs Lula Wood Francis OF Birning-
ham, the only candidate for Enrolling
Clerk of the Senate, was, however, reg
istered at the Exchange.
The members of the House who reached
the city last night were Calvin Young.
ST., Dallas: Clifton johnson, Perry; John
r. McTyer, Barbour; william siglin.
Cherokee. and W. F. Fulton, DeKalb.
The Senators in the city last night were
w. D. Dunn. Clarke; Joel Goldsby, NO
bile; w. s. Smith, Clay, and Fred W.
Blackmon. Calhoun. y
Wallace and Craft Here.
Hon. John H Wallace, Jr., OF Madison.
a member of the last General Assembly,
was among the early, arrivals. and Hop.
John Craft of Mobile, another member of
the last House. came in on an evening
train.
The various contests had assumed no
definite shape last night. There was no
way to make a prediction as 10 any re-
suit of the various races. except upon
the ever-conhdent claim Of each OF the
candidates. The advance guard Of legiS-
la tors had but little to say as to the races.
A reliable prediction on the contests can
ha rdly be made till all the lawmakers
reach Montgomery. An unusually large
number of legislators, II Is said. wiz
&C me unpledged to any OF the candi-
d ates. On them rests the uncertainty that
.Nas SO noticeable last night.
A Remarkable Circumstances.
Z A remarkable circumstance will attend
THE organization of both the House and
he Senate Tuesday at noon. At the
opening session OF the Legislature, the
President of tine Senate Of the previous
osssion and the Speaker Of the House Of