The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-29
LIVELY CAMPAIGN
FOR CITY HONORS
Eighteen Citizens Would Like
to be Aldermen
SOME HAVE NO OPPOSITION
There Are Seven Candidates for the
Three Vacancies on the Board of
Police Commlssioners-of-
fees Without Salaries.
SOME HAVE NO OPPOSITION

The races for the three members of
the police commission and for the nine
members of the board of aldermen, which
elections take place at the municipal pri-
mary November 2, are becoming quite
interesting.
l For the three members of the police
| commission to be elected there are seven
| candidates in the race, as follows: r. II.
Allison, Ed Warren, Jr., DIR. James e.
| Dedman, Sid B. Jones, Lige Loy Hal ].
| Copeland and Capt. Lucien c. Brown. Mr..
| Jones is candidate for reelection. The
board of police commissioners is COM
posed of seven members, and this year
| there are four hold-overs. The commits
sion elects it's own chairman and secre-
| tary.
In the races for police commissioners
and for aldermen, where there is opposi-
ton, there will be run-overs, and these
second contests promise to be interesting.
| The contests in some of the wards for
aldermanIc honors are especially interest
| ing now In the First ward Alderman
| John G. Greener will stand for reelection
without opposition. The Second ward,
| which by the way has two candidates in
| the race for mayor, presents the names
of two of its citizens for the one place
on the municipal board to be filled. They
| are Simon Klotz and w. L. Lavender.
D. r. Copeland Unopposed.
| D. R. Copeland is unopposed in his race
for reelection from the Third ward. In
the Fourth it is different. There are three
| candidates out there for election, towit:
| John r. Copeland for reelection, Robert
| N Bell and B. B. Martin. This ward has
| increased considerably recently, and in
stead of 1t being the smallest ward in the
| city, it is now the eighth In point of
| qualified voters. 1t is ahead of the First
ward
| r. N. Wheeler and w R. Gum are the
candidates for alderman from the Fifth
ward, Mr. Gum standing for reelection.
| This is the largest of all other wards in
| the city.
Fred A. Fulghum and A. C. Chambers
| are candidates from the Sixth ward to
| take the place on the board now held by
John C. Forney, who is candidate for
mayor of Birmingham.
Three in the Seventh.
The Seventh furnishes three entries in
the race for alderman. They are r. H.
| Thach for reelection, J. f. Graham and
| John L. Parker. In the Eighth ward, Al
derman Henry B. Gray is without oppo-
sition for reelection.
H. A. Stockmar and Henry Unrath are
| the candidates for alderman from the
Ninth ward Mr.. Stockmar is now men,
Der of the board and he is standing for re-
election.
There are at present two Copelands and
/ one Wheeler in the city council. D. r.
| Copeland will be reelected and Thomas
Wheeler is hold-over John r. Copeland
| is standing for reelection and R. N.
| Wheeler is also a candidate, Should they
| both be elected, there will be two Cope
! lands and two Wheelers on the board out
| of a membership of nineteen.
| The campaign for mayor is growing more
| interesting every day. The friends of the
| five candidates for the office are hard at
| work, and are leaving no stones I'M
turned to show why their man should
| be given the office.
Judge NJ. H. Crittenden has opened up
campaign headquarters in the Florence
| hotel