The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-27

= | o-eA@DN~S~De Montgomery, January 26-(Special) The compromise board, composed of the Governor. the Attorney General and the State Auditor, today made one more compromise on the matter of privilege taxes for corporations in the state This was for the Central Iron and Coal com pany of Tuscaloosa, which admits that it had last year a capital stock of $6O0,- GOO, on which the tax of one-tenth of one per cent would have been $500. The mat ter was compromised for $500, and is about the fourth of the kind effected since the passage of the new section of the revenue law stipulating the charge This fee $ for the tax of 1904, and does not include anything for this year. It is understood that there will be no compromise this year, though this is not authoritatively stated
 The Chancelorshlp.
 The effort to have chancellor appoint ed for the Northwestern division, to sue ceed Col. J. J. Altman, deceased, has been pretty well fought out during the whole week. The two leading candidates are Sterling A. Wood and A. II. Benners, both of Birmingham. A new charge of the Wood brigade was made today when a delegation came down from Birming- ham and saw the Governor This crowd consisted of Hinds Peevey, w. E. Fort, w. S. Lewis of Birmingham; Judge ]. J. Ray of Jasper, Romaine Boyd of Ensley. On the side, but discalming any inten- ton of trying to influence the appoint ment, were James A Mitchell and Felix Blackburn, also of Birmingham The first named party went in to the private office of the Governor together, support ed by Phares Coleman, reporter of the supreme court, and took up most of the afternoon in presenting their case.
 Jackson Out of Race.
 For several weeks there has been much speculation about J. Kirk Jackson. pri- vate secretary to the Governor of Ala bama, running for Mayor of Montgom- cry, and two weeks ago it was announced that he would run. Today, however, he definitely decides that he will not run and will so state in the Montgomery pa- pers of tomorrow. MT Jackson has been a member of the City Council for a long l time and has had strong pressure brought to bear on him to make the race He has made a reputation in several lines Of discussion and has been especially in behind the enforcement of the gamb- ling laws In his card MT Jackson says:
 'ro have been Mayor of this historic and growing city, with a creditable ad- ninistraton, Is an honor to which our purest and best might aspire. Many of my friends think I can be nominated and have proffered their support. I am profoundly grateful to eacn and every one of them, and have to regret that I cannot see my way clear to offer for 1 the nomination.
 "I considered entering the race largely because I desired to see, among others, reforms indicated below inaugurated:
 T feel that Montgomery has now reached such proportions that its fran chises are so valuable that they should no longer be given away and I have now under consideration, as a member of the council, an ordinance along this line.
 "Conceiving that the policy in regard to public utilities operated by the mu- nicipality should be such as to insure only the cost of such operation and not 
 reduction of the water rate as would put the department furnishing that nec- essary of life on a self-supporting basis merely.
 q would so, far as the charter per- mitted, favor giving the Board of Educa- ton all possible authority and recom mend that every dollar of the revenue of the city that could be spared, go to the education and certainly that such schools
 
 care of every school child in Mont gom- cry.
 T would give my best endeavors to have provided an armory or comfortable ql-rters for our citizen soldiery. who patriotically give of their time and money
 in the interest of good government. "I a unaware that the incoming ad- m.nistration will have to fund bonds to the amount of about $2,0O0,OOO I believed that my long experience private sec retary to the governor, together with such additiona. experience as l will shortly acquire in that capacity in the exchange and funding of state bonds, would have enabled me to have handled this matter to the satisfaction of our peo- pie.
 l T would have given my best efforts to the enforcement of every law on the statute books and with equal rights to all and special privileges to none. If a l law was a bad one. public sentiment would suggest to the City Council to re- peal 1t, but as long as in existence 1t should be enforced and lmpartially so.
 'I would have given my special and earnest attention to the enforcement Of the vagrancy law, and thus have driven out of the city or put to work all those who have no visible means of support and also aid very greatly in the solution | of the servant problem.
 T would also give the question of ] gaming my profound attention. I would see that the professional gambler. with no visible means of support, did not four | ish in our midst. but never would l at- tach my signature to any ordinance that gave any officer the right to invade the sanctity of our homes without due pro- | cess of law.
 1 CT wo,ld have stood for government