The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-10

terday by J. o. Thompson. or Birmink
 Iia.ll, Ih.efiiai hcyenue Cuiector ioI
 A...sAiiia, aiio ode ot the refefees. SA
 Inompson said lie lid not reconASn
 ueu lne removal Vi MT. ColQultt pus
 tuat he was unaer the impression Una
 vacancy existeu 1ad that ne nao " commenced that if there was vaea
 cy Mir. Winters should receive tne 1S pointment. .,a It will be remembered that there wa a rerbrt to the effect that MT: Tnomp- son and Charles il. scott. oi Monsk cry, as referees of kcpuplcan paeion age in Alabama, had demanded tne Io.
 moval of air. Colqui.t because ne w1s n a Democrat and that Judge Thojnas V Jones of the United states Gour. ,'u, nas declared that no officer or ms cout' ,
 should be removed moved 0eGSmsf further ms stated that this had caused a contro, versy between tn referees and Judge Jones and that the latter mad ln-
 timatsd that ii of Mf his oDed, Dolit,cal affilia- tion that he, Judge Jones, would take n hand in the removing business, and
 moreover that be would order the re-
 moval of Mr Glqui;s nRwered Rspgeilean "a do sac- MT. Thompson was In Montgomery yesterday en route to Birmingham from his old home n Tuskegee where he spent Sunday and Monday. He sx. he had demanded u at Mir Colquitt be removed because of his politicc. He said that 1t was :, ffot that he had
 joined with Mr. Scott ir telegram to
 united states Marshal I. J: Bryan ask
 ing for the appointment of C. N-Win- ters, a Republican. 70 the place, but
 added that when he aid SO he thought
 there was a vacaI:y. Mir. Thompson
 said that some time ago charge had
 that he thought when he sent the
 telegram that MT. Colquitt had been
 removed on account of these charges:
 Subsequently he said he had learned
 and that SO far as he was concerned
 MT. Colquitt would ho,d his place.
 MT. Thompson declared that It was
 an injustice to him to suggest that ne
 Judge Jones. He said Judge Jones had been courteous to him and had shown
 him fnvariable k,"dnsss and that ne certainly did not. 'ntempiate makihs
 to interfere with the officials Of the court. -
 New York, did telegr2p ph Marshal bryan
 but Mir Thompson intimated that he
 had no knowledge of this telegram.
 While here yesterday Mir. Thompson had a conference with Judge Jones' put
 ture of their conversation. At any rate, Deputy Colquitt will continue to serve Uncle Sam in the Marshars of- fee. Bryan. caused by the resignation of Oifice Deputy Byron Trammeli. recent ly appointed postmaster at Dotnan, mas not been filled, and 1t Is said the va cant place is giving the Marshal some concern.
 Knox Booth. a Deputy Revenue Col lector. was slated for the place, but he
 has declined it. MT. Booth said yes,
 terday that his salary had peen ho ratseo af,ea deputy, and he would continue to be revenue collector.
 It was said at the Federal building ters for office deputy. but as yet the lappointment is in doubt MT. Tram Discussing politics MT. Thompson said yesterday that the Republicans or | for State office.
 We will put out a candidate against B. B Conner for President of the Rail
 road Commission" he said, and we will prised at the vote we will poll. too. The Democrats must not count too
 much on West Virginia" he went on
 that State by large majority. sena- tor Davis Is, of course, popular there among the people. but men do not al- ways vote for their personal friends. We expect to carry west virginia Dy | 15.O00 majority. It Is extremely doubt full too. if the Democrats carry New York. You Democrats seem to forget that New York is the Presidents home State and his friends there are not | asleep. Of course President Roosevelt will be elected. With all of the Vest ern States solid for him I fail to see wlfere the Democrats hope to win with Judge Parker"
 MT. Thompson said he and his friends were very hopeful of electing two Congressman from Alabama-in the Fifth and Seventh Districts. He did not have any figures on the subject. He went to Birmingham yesterday after noon.