The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-19
POLITICAL RUMBLINGS
 HEARD AT MONTGOMERY
BY HERVEY w. LAIRD.

I the race for the place; in fact it is un- | derstood that this will be the only way
 in which Mir Adams will stay with the I department longer. He has made a sue cess of his part of the work and long | experience has given full familiarity with 1 it. every feature. MT. Adams Is from I ale county, where he owns a fine tract | of land and makes money at farming. | In the same office Is Capt Billy" Sell I den, the farm expert of Marengo, known l to as many people in Alabama as any man in it. He has been long In the place l he now holds and would take to the 1 head of the department wonderful knowl- | edge of the details if he secures the en- l dorsement of the voters. new man In 1 the talk for this position, however, is MT. J. A. Wilkerson of Autaugaville, brother of Assistant State Examiner w. F. Wi1kerson of Prattville. He has long
 been recognized as a farmer of skill and
 leader in the thougth of his county It
 Is heard that the report that Col. M. B.
 Houghton of Montgomery might offer, is erroneous.
 Local Tax Popular.
 The state educational department is developing some politics these days in negative way, that brings out a number of interesting stories and features. For some months there has been a fight on by Superintendent of the State Schools I. w Hill and his associates to help the southern education committee in Its work especially in getting the counties to adopt the system of special assessments for school purposes. The secretary of this
 committee and it's working officer Is
 Chief Clerk Harry c. Gunnells of the state educational department. At the opening of the recent campaign MT. Hill | asked several office seekers to make speeches for local taxation and urge 1t on their people. One young fellow es- l pecially bucked at the idea fearing it woulG not be popular. Before the end of the campaign, however, he came to MT. Hill and asked to have appointments | made to discuss the question: Acting e. vernon Cunningham has made several speeches in behalf of the plan and Is for l it enthusiastically.
 This leads up to the mention of prob | able candidates for the place now held by State Superintendent Hill. It is quite likely that the most prominent men to be in the race will be Mir. Harry c. Gun
 nells. now chief clerk. Mir. Gunnells held the place for a few months between the time of the resignation of Dr. Abercrom-
 bIe to become president of the State un- iversity and the election of MT. Hill. Since that time it has been regarded as prac- tically certain that he would ask for the place after Mir. Hill retires. If MT. Gun nclls is in the race there Is no likelihood of either W. F. Feagin, secretary of the state board of examiners or H. J. Will lingham, president of the Fifth District agricultural school at Wetumpka, com ing out. They will be for Gunnells 1t is thought if he is in the race, which he VII no doubt te. So far there have been no others mentioned in general way, though there may be one or two more AAf< tho 4e. Lieutenant Governor.
 There are no new entries, so to speak, for the lieutenant governor race, the only two men known to be in the race being w. H. Sanford of Troy and H. B. Gray of Jefferson. It Is known, though that others are undergoing convictions and may announce conversion in a few weeks. There does not seem to be any truth in the world in a report printed recently by a local paper that J. Kirk Jackson, private secretary to the governor would stand for this position In fact MT. Jack son who has just announced for Mayor of Montgomery laughed at the story. saying he did not care to get at the governorship by so long a route. It has been said that MT. Jackson hopes to be governor one of these days but is willing to wait, feeling that he has plenty of time. There are some who think J. Craig Smith. state treasurer, will offer for the second in command in the executive of- fee, but there is reason to believe he has his mind set on another place If he runs at all.
 Railroad Commission.
 There is great interest around the rail- road commissionership prospects. The new president MT. B. B. Conner comes in the first of March, and he is in favor I. railroads. He was elected on the idea that he would endeavor to get lower rates and to make the railroads be more liberal in many ways than at this time to the shippers. The two associates are ap- pointees of Governor Jelks and 1t Is thought they do not altogether agree with MT. Corners way of thinking as to the best way to manage the commits sion and the railroad interests that come into its hands. Commissioner Sanders was asked if he would stand for election. He
 would not say It is not known either what Commissioner Tunsta1l expects to do. Because of the radical change in the policy of the commission which Mir Conner hopes to introduce the future of
 tie commission is one of great interest all over the state.
 Other Positions.
 It ir thought that A. c. Sexton, now chief clerk in the office will be a can didate for secretary of state. and that Flank Julian of Colbert, former clerk
 of the legislature and of the constitu- ton convention, will also be in the race.
 It is also thought by many that Adjutant
 General Brandon will run for this place instead of for auditor. as reported above. Rrmor Las it that R. R. Poole commits sioner of agriculture, will stand for state treasurer and A. M. Garber of Talladega for attorney general.
 The election takes place November. 1906 and state officers can hold only one term according to the constitution.
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