The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-27
READY FOR ELECTION
MOBILES MUNICIPAL PRIMARY OC-
 OURS TUESDAY.
Pat J. Lyons, SaffoId Berney and E. B. kfrkbrfde the Contestants For Mayoralty of the Gulf
 City.
Advertiser Bureau.

Mobile. Nov. 26.
 But a little while longer and the agony and suspense of some of the would-be office holders will be at an end Tuesday morning at s o'clock the race will be on and. for some of the offices the fight will be to the fin- ish.
 Of the entire number who qualified for the primary with the executive committee only one entry has been withdrwan. Dr. Joseph Patt, a candi- date for councilman from the second ward. His withdrawal leaves the field clear, so far as that position Is con- cerned, to Foster K. Hale, Sr., the incumbent. Of the eight councilmen to be elected Thomas F.. Smith, in the first; Foster K. Hale, Sr., in the sec- ond; John Craft, in the fourth. and Dennis Casltfn in the fifth wards, are resting easy. having no opposition.
 For aldermen at large there are thirteen entries, of these, however, on- ly seven are to be chosen. Those who will go before the people are A. s. Lyons, Francis J. Inge, Emile Tacon, J. Grey Thomas, Joseph H. Norville. w. c. Carrell, Thomas P. Norville, Branch E. Barlow, Edward w. Faith, Michael J. Vickers, William c. Ward, Joseph c. Thompson and J. D. Terrill. There is marked activity among the candidates named and 1t Is thought by knowing ones this will be a pretty race.
 Naturally the most interest centres in the head of the ticket, the mayoral- ty nomination. The candidates are Pat J. Lyons, the incumbent, who be- came mayor through the death of Charles F. Mclean. Mir. Lyons being chairman of the General Council at the time; Saffold Berney, at present a member of the General Council and E. B. Kirkbride, also a member of that body. At the head of MT. Lyons's campaign committee is Col. Edward l.. Russell. vice president of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. He has a remark ably strong committee of workers aid ing him and the colonel claims success for his candidate.
 Managing Mir. Berney's campaign is J. Blocker Thornton, who has a strong committee in the field. Mir. Kirkbride is managing his own campaign.
 For City Clerk there are three can didates, William T. Holt, E.. l.. Cahall and Adolph Dame. Each of these gen. tlemen have visited in every ward and made an aggressive fight. For Re- corder there are also three candidates in the persons of Norborne R. Clarke, Max Michael and Charles w. Tomp- kins. Men grown gray in campaigns of a municipal nature assert this Is to be the fight of most interest. All three of the men have a strong fol- lowing and some declare it will be any body's fight until the last vote is counted.
 For tax collector there are two con- testants. Cary W. Butt, the incumbent, who fell heir to the office on the death of Frank Petrinovich, he being elect ed by the General Council, and David D. Langan. While this is only two sided canvass the aspirants are mak- ing every move on the political chess board for the prize Another two- sided contest is that for member of the Board of Public Works. c. Lawrence Iavretta, the incumbent. is warmly op- posed by Louis R. Bart. More than or dinary interest is shown in this office. For City Engineer Aloerf S. Toyle, the incumbent. has no opposition. B. B. Boone, the incumbent, also Is without opposition for City Attorney.