The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-11

state Treasurer to sacceed Hon. J. Craig smith. Commissioner Poole g fh at his home in Mafengo County and no definite line can<4e had on his in- tentions in the matter. if at present. ne has any intentiorSs.
 1t is understood that the present Chief Clerk in tTe Agricultural Depart ment. Jesse C{ Adams of Dale, may become candidate for Commissioner. MT. Adams has not expressed himself upon the matter but 1t is said by his friends that hs is seriously consider ing making tf}e race.
 There is goseip, too, when 1t comes to the office of State Auditor. It is gem erally believSa that Warrant Clerk c. Brooks Smith of Hale will make the race to sucEeed Auditor Sowell. al- though he Jertainly has not authorized any annoufcement of his candidacy as yet
 It is understood that J. R. Rosson. newspsper editor and we'll known citizen oflCullman, Is seriously consid- ering anpUuncing for Auditor.
 A new Superintendent of Education will have to be selected There may be a racd for this, although Chief Clerk H. c. GHnneis of Calhoun Is the only name mentioned just now. MT. Gun several months having been appointed by Governor Jeiks to fill out the va- cancy caused by the resignation of Su- perintendent J.. W. Abercrombie, who stepped into the Presidency of the State University. His friends regard 1t as very likely that Mir. Gunnels will enter the race.
 At the present time there appears to be more prospective candidates for Sec retary of State than for any other State office with the exception of Governor. The entry of Chief Clerk A. C. Sexton of Cullman Is regarded as very prob able. MT. Sexton has served as Chief Clerk under three Secretaries of State and is regarded as a very efficient off, ficer.
 1t is also understood that Insurance Commissioner H. R. Shorter of Barbour has been considering and Is still con- sidering the possibilities of the con- test for Secretary of State. However, it Is safe to say that there will not be two candidates from the office force of Secretary McDavid. MT. Sexton will not be a candidate if Mir. Shorter runs, nor will MT. Shorter be a candidate if MT. Sexton runs. At least that Is what their friends say.
 There is a strong possibility that Ad- jutant General W. W. Brandon of Tus- caloosa will want to move out of the military department into the office of Secretary of State. Rumor for a long time has connected his name with the office. He has not yet declared his in- tention. however. Moreover. Frank N. Julian of Colbert, Clerk of the House and late Secretary of the Constitutional Convention, is regarded as a very strong possibility. He was close second to Hon. J. Thomas Heflin when the latter was nominated.
 Convention or Primary.
 All in all, the next twelve months will not be a dull year in Alabama poll tiles. To begin with there will be the hottest sort of fight raised to restore the convention system to its former prestige and to lay the State primary system on the shelf. That is a predic- ton of the most astute of the State politicians. It has been said that there is even right now a movement on foot to have the convention supplant the primary for next year. 1
 The State Committee says whether the nominations shall be made by convention or a primary. The commit tee had to order a primary last year because popular sentiment demanded 1t. The stateemnt was made at the time that f. the members of the committee had voted for what they wanted and not for what the people wanted a con- vention and not a primary would have been ordered. The next time the primary advocates arc going to have harder time in getting what they want than they had last year.
 As a well known State politician ex- pressed 1t, "The primary advocates will nave to fight for 1t if they get a prim- ,ary next year.I