The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-18
HOWARD COLLEGE
 TO OPEN TUESDAY
ARE THAT ENROLL MENT WILL BE UNUSUALLY LARGE-LIBRARY AND SCIENCE HALL WORK PROGRESSING.

Howard college will begin the fall term next Tuesday, September 19, and from all present indications the enropnAnt will be larger than in previous years Already a number of boarding pupils have arrived and the attendance from local people promises to be very large.
 Many repairs have just been completed on the main building. The work on the new library and science hall is progress ing satisfactorily and the building Will be entirely completed by January ], 1906, If not sooner. The work will represent an expenditure of s15,o0o
 The only material change in the facul- ty Is that of the Rev. J. A. Hendricks at the head of the department of Eng fish Dr. Hendricks was lately of the Baptist church at Pratt City.
  and his contemplativeness is not un- touched with wisdom. "Whatever Is, Is best" seems to be one of his political maxims. Ills opponents say that he is as variable as the weather vane, while his supporters insist that he is as true to the people and their interests as the weather vane Is to the wind or the nee dle is to the pole.
 pr. Cunningham "TremuIous."
 If the truth be told the needleto-the- pole figure hits off Dr. Cunningham more exactly. The needle, as every one knows, always points to the pole but, in thus pointing, its position is never fixed; 1t is always-trembling. Not a few of Dr. Cunninghams friends are inclined to think that this needle-lke tremulousness of his Is not likely to strengthen his po- litical fortunes They would like 1t bet ter if he should be more decisive, and make known at once what are hls plans and purposes. Let him but do this now and follow 1t up later with a confident. aggressive fight on the stump, and he will, they say, make 1t interesting for all corners.
 Mir. Samford's Withdrawal.
 w. H. Samford's withdrawal from the race for lieutenant governor and entrance into the race for the nomination for the attorneyship-general is thought to be highly significant. Inasmuch as MT. Sam ford had been regarded throughout the state as Dr. Cunningham's running mate, his change of base Is interpreted in sone circles to mean that he is disturbed by the gathering of the Conner clouds on the political horizon and lFs prudently hoist ed an umbrella.
 Mir. Samford's withdrawal leaves the race for lieutenant governor, at tffis efa fA of fy,oIa aat,, whose candidacy had, even before Mir. Sanford withdrew, bcome extremely formidable Since Mir. Sanford got out of the road, MT. Gray's candidacy has been given remarkable impetus, not a few of the Sanford men in Southern and Eastern Alabama having come out for the alderman-banker of Birmingham.
 Conner and Gray.
 While MT. Gray is not yet publicly com mitted to the candidacy of any man for governor, it Is known that many and powerful influences throughout the state are endorsing on the one hand Mir. Co., mer for governor and Mir. Gray for lieu tenant governor. It may be stated au- thorittively that, in case the Comer-Gray ticket Is slated Mir Gray may be relied upon to support enthusiastically and loy- ally the policy of the incoming state ad- ministration regarding railway rate re- form.
 Sixth District Fight.
 Over in the Sixth congressional dis trict, the Bankhead-Hobson fight is be- ginning to assume interesting proportions. Captain Hobson. like MT. Conner, Is de- iiverins patriotic lectures with brief ex- cursions into politics and keeping his powder dry. Large crowds greet him wherever he speaks and interest in him and in what he represents seems to be waxing rother than waning. He is mak- ing this year speeches differing in tone and scope from those delivered by him a In foh ha bv ox-