The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
REST IN SIGHT
 FOR BUSY ONES Campaign Will Close ON EVE OF PRIMARY Candidates for Offices Had ArduOus Task. Race for President of Railroad Con-
 mission is Warm Toward Clos
 ing Days-Four Congress sional Contests.


 | win come with Monday
 The results Monday will be the results of the most sweeping primary that has, | perhaps, ever been held in Alabama. It | Is particularly unusual in that 1t provides | for nomination of a Chief Justice and | six Associate Justices of the Supreme | Court, a nomination which is equivalent to an election. The direct selection of the | Supreme Court Justices have never before | been with the people.
 In this Democratic primary will oe named a President of the Railroad Com mission. The people of Alabama have never before by a direct vote named the | President or any associate member of | the Railroad Commission. The Supreme Court Justices and the President of tine | Railroad Commission are the State off CTS | to be named Monday, although the Solici- | tors, Circuit Judges and Chancellors are placed in the same class of officials. The Circuit Judges the Solicitors and the Chancellors will be named Monday by the voters of their political subdivisions. Moreover. all county officials will be named by their respective county voters.
 Contests for Congress. The nine Congressmen from Alabama are to be named in the Monday primary. In five of the districts all is peaceful and | serene. The present incunbents are going back to Washington without opposition. | The four contests are located in the Sec ond, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Districts. | Not only have the voters to express their | choice for this long list of officers, but they have. according to the method laid out by their County Executive Commit. tees, to name county delegations to the 1 State Convention, which meets in Mont- gomery, May 25.
 It has been an arduous campaign for | the candidates The candidate does not l hesitate to say that the work of the cam | paign under a primary is much greater than when the nominations are made by convention For instance. the candidates | for President of the Railroad Commission have gone into every county of Alabama. Some of these counties they have visited several times. They have spoken in every | section of alabama. For the past two l months the prominent candidates for the | Presidency of the Railroad Commission have had no time for rest or quiet.
 This race for the Presidency of the Rail- road Commission has been the center of interest in the campaign. There are four | qualified candidates for the place-John V. Smith. the incumbent; B. B. Conner of | Birmingham, Reuben F. Kolb of Butler l County and H. c. Compton of St. Clair. | Mir. Compton's candidacy has attracted but little attention. Captain Kolb has been quite active in his canvass and he has sent out considerable literature. | Messrs. Conner and Smith. however seem to have pre-empted the center of the | political stage. Their campaign, which seems to have been addressed against each others candidacy has been alto | gether vigorous.
 MT. Conner preceded other candidates in the field He has for twelve years past been attacking existing railroad condi- | tions in Alabama. Only two years ago he was at the head of a committee which had for its purpose the agitation of an elective Railroad Commission. Certain merchants and shippers were associated with MT. Conner in thls and other fights. From campaign to campaign their or ganization was kept up. This organiza- tion, which MT. Conner was at the head l of, was in fighting trim when MT. Conner announced his candidacy. This fact alone gave his candidacy an impetus at the initiation of the campaign MT. Corners | headquarters have been located in Bir- mingham. where he Is large mill opera tor and merchant. He has sent out great quantities of circulars and reading mater. Possibly there Is not a registered voter in Alabama who has not heard from MT. Conner
 Smiths Friends Active.
 The friends of MT. Smith and the opppo- nents of Mir. Conner were a little late in l beginning their fight What their cam paign lacked in length, however, it has made up in vigor. The opponents of MT Conner have had three headquarters Hon. John V. Smiths headquarters have been located in Montgomery, in the Ex- | change Hotel, where Hon. B. F. Elmore has been in charge. The Pro Bono Pub lico Club of Birmingham has been active | in sending circulars refining h.. literature disseminated by MT. Conner. In | Montgomery the Democratic Conservativ Club. an organization of similar purposes, has done much work in sending out ciTcu- lars and statements designed to show the | naccuracy of assertions made in the cir culars of the Birmingham candidate This work has been done under the supervision of Frank N. Julian, clerk of the late House of Representatives. The headquar- ters of this club has been located in the Arlington Hotel.
 During the past week more than twenty youths and young ladies have been en- | gagged al the Capitol in sending out print ed matter to the voters of Alabama that they might inform themselves upon the issues of the campaign. Their task. which was performed under the supervis- lon of Virgil Griffin. Secretary to the Ala bama Railroad Commission, was finished | last night
 The work of all other headquarters will end today. The last circulars will be sent out with todays mail. The campaign managers will have brief period of rest | tomorrow. before the strenuous labor at the polls Monday.
 l The judicial candidates have practically | finished the sending out of their letters l and circulars to the voters. The cam | paign for them has been less strenuous than for the other candidates for State | officers.
 Sixth is a Warm Spot. The congressional fight in the Sixth Dis | trict in which Captain Richmond Pear son Hobson is opposing Congressman | John H, Bankhead has attracted and Is | attracting more attention than any other Congressional fight in the State News | from the Sixth will he looked for with more interest than from any other dis | trict
 i Tn the seventh District Congressman | John l.. Bur7et has been engaged in an extremely warm campaign with John A Lusk.
 The renomination of Congressman A A l Wiley is being opposed in the Second Dis
 rict bv Hon. Bbb Graves of Montgomery and pr. j. D. TrammelI of Bay Minette 4 Colonel Wiley has remained in Washing | 'on throughout the camaign, but his in- terest has been looked after by friends In the district Mir Graves has conducted an extremely active campaign. A friend