The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-30
CANDIDATES WILL SPEAK THIS WEEK Conner and Cunningham Have Several Engagements MAY HAVE JOINT DEBATE Possible That Mir. Conner Will Name J. Craig Smith His Campaign
 Manager-About Lleuten-
 ant Governorship.
MAY HAVE JOINT DEBATE

The race for governor seems to be on | in earnest. B. B. Conner left yesterday for southeast Alabama where he will de- liver a number of speeches in Henry county. pr. R. M. Cunningham leaves this morning for Wetumpka, where he will address the voters of Elnore county at 10 clock the occasion being the open ing of the fall term of circuit court. The probabilities are that there will be joint discussion between the two can didates in the next few weeks. The cam paign. however. is not expected to wax warm until after Christmas
 The friends and supporters of the gub- ! ernatorial aspirants are seeking to have the candidates pull off joint debate. Looking to this end both MT. Conner and Dr. Cunningham have been invited to speak at Russellvilie and Sheffield at the same time and place.
 The reports come from southeast Ala bama, where Mr. Conner is speaking this week, that he is very strong in that sec- ton of the st. te. Barbour county, which adjoihs Henry, Is MT. Comers native heath. He owns extensive farm lands in Barbour county, his farm being one of the largest In Alabama.
 The friends of Dr. Cunningham claim that he Is very strong in Fillmore county They point out the fact that the Doc tor has always been strong in Elmore, having carried the county in 1902, not withstandng the fact that it went against Governor Jelks, on whose ticket Dr. Cum ningham was running.
 So far neither of the candidates for governor has organized campaign com mittee. It Is rumored that MT. Conner will probably select as his campaign man ager, J. Craig Smith, the present state treasurer. MT. Smith has served several terms as state treasurer and has spent considerable of his life in the state capi- tol He is from Dallas county and knows the ins and outs of Alabama politics as well as any man in the state. He Is MT. Comer's son-in-law. So far however, neither Mir Conner nor pr. Cunningham have given any intimation as the per sonel of their campaign committees.
 Just who will be the candidates for lieutenant governor Is still doubtful. Henry B. Gray of Jefferson, J. B. Baker of Pike county and Edward M. Robinson of Mobile are probable candidates. It Is stated, however, on good authority that Major Robinson has not yet declared that he would become a candidate for lieutenant governor.
 Some effort has been made to get Sen ator D. J. Meador of Marengo to an- nounce for lieutenant governor, but so far he has declined to allow his name to be mentioned in connection with the of flee
 The lineup of the press of the state is being watched with considerable interest. Many of the papers are still on the fence while others are already waging a hot campaign of words on pending issues and the two candidtes
 The strong position taken by one of the Greensboro papers for MT. Conner Is sig nD.cant, inasmuch as that is the home of Col. Wiley Tunstall. associate member of the railroad commission.
 The indications are that the state press will be about evenly divided between the two gubernatorial candidates. Many of the state papers, however, have declared their opposition to both of the candi- dates.