The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-06
BATTLE IS ON IN
 TIE STEEL CITY.
Mayor Scott Will Again be in
 the Race
MASS MEETING IS HELD
Citizens Urge Present Executive to Aqain Announce for the Office and He Finally Yields to
 Their Requests.

Ensley, September 5.-(speeal}- }-The municipal campaign is now on in earnest Mayor N. ". Scott has suecumbed 10 the urging of his friends and has reluctantly agreed to run for mayor This action 1 was brought about through the efforts of over forty representative citizens who met In mass meeting tonight and de- manded that the mayor allow his name to go before the people in the coming primary.
 Fully forty Ensley citizens crowded the low office of Col. W. W. shortridge to- night and a special committed, appointed to decide upon some candidate for mayor reported to the mass meeting that 1t had settled upon Mayor Scott as the one to make the race. Chairman Shortridge then appointed J. W. Minor, Frank Deedmeyer and Dr. J. D. Robbins as the commit tee to walt upon Mayor Scott and per- suade him to announce. After an hour or two's conference with the committee Mayor Scott announced to a representa- tive of The Age-Herald that he would be in the race.
 The Report.
 The full report of the committee today was as follows:
 Your committee, appointed August %, 1904, for the purpose of ascertainng whether it was possible to prevail upon one of the three candidates for mayor of Ensley, viz: J. b. Hollingsworth, W. H. Henderson and A. W. Muckinfuss to withdraw in favor of any one of the three aboved named candidates, states: d) That none of the candidates Is able to yield his candidacy in favor of the other two; it Is our opinion that, thus divided neither of the above named candidates has even reasonable prospects of election in the primary. (3) Agreeable to further instruc- tions, we the undersigned a majority of the committee having in mind the true welfare of our city and mindful of the honest efficient and busness-like ad- mlnistration of the office of mayor of Ensey by the present incumbent, N. ". Scott. recommend that this meeting re- quest MT. Scott to become a candidate for said office of mayor (D We are fully satisfied that from expressions of opinion by number of citizens of Ensley that if MT. Scott will consent to allow the use of his name for the mayorality he will be overwhelmingly elected.
 Respectfully submitted.
 J. ". MINOR,
 FRANK DEEDMEYER,
 JAMES MERRIMAN,
 R. T. MCLOUD.
 Rerort Is Adopted.
 On motion the report was unanimously adopted and the following committee was appointed to confer with Mayor Scott and make known to him the action of the mass meeting: J. W. Minor, Frank Deedmeyer and Dr. J. J. Robbins. After the committee had withdrawn, motion was made that the meeting pledge it's support to Fariss Sugg as chief of police, and the motion was unanimously carried. Just at this time MT. Sugg came into the hall and on being called upon for g speech, made happy response in which he stated that he would be in the race. The meeting then adjourned.
 Mayor N. W. Scott was seen at his home last night shortly after the con- ference committee had retired. 'sYes, D said he, T have consented to enter the race. 1 am naturally very much grati- fled at the endorsement given me by my fellow citizens and my neighbors. How could l decline such a generous call of the people. with whom 1 have lived and labored all my life? All along I have stated that it was my intention to re tire from public life. l thought that after filling the office Of the chief executive of one of the most hustling cities in the south 1 should be permitted to once more take up the joys of private life For that reason 1 have been determined not to allow my name to come before the voters again, but who could Withstand the call that came forth from the mass meeting of citizens tonight?'
 Causes a Furor.
 The action of the meeting tonight has placed the city in a political furor and gossip is heard on all sides Consider able speculation Is heard also in regard to the action of the city executive com mittee that meets on September 15.
 Mayor Scott Is now serving his fifth year. as mayor of Ensley. He has beer the city's only mayor since it was giver It's charter by the legislature four years and was mayor one year before the city was incorporated. During the time that he has been the chief executive Ensley has grown from a small town to one oi the foremost cities in the state. Mayor Scott has lived in this district all his life, and has done perhaps as much as any man In the city for its advancement industrially and otherwise.