The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-13
SANFORD WILL NOT
 RUN FOR OFFICE
CHARLES HENDERSON OF TROY WANTS TO BE RAILROAD CON- MISSIONER, AS DO OTHER clTI. zENs-GARBER' CHANGES.

Montgomery, December 12.-(Specla1)-
 Several weeks ago the Montgomery cor
 respondent of tha paper made the state
 ment on authority of the family that
 William Dodge Sanford of Troy would
 not be Il candidate for lieutenant gov
 ernor at the next election. Today he ls
 authorized to state that Colonel sam
 ford will not ask for any state office at
 the next election. This information is
 authentic. IL Is also given out from Troy.
 his home, that Charles Henderson of that
 city will be IL candidate for associate
 railroad commissioner.
 While il had been known for quite n
 while that MT. Henderson would very
 likely run for the office he ls to ask for,
 the fact that Mr Sanford will ask for
 none Of the capitol places Ia important. Some time aince it was made known that he had practically decided not to
 run for lieutenant goVernor, even before the absolute statement To that effect Wns mndo in this corrospOndcncei It was then
 thought that he would ass to be mado | attorney general. When here last he would not say much about it but n number of his close friends insisted that he would seek the nomination for the place of attorney for the state. The as- aurunce that he is out of the running is, therefore. of moro than usual import ancc because he is man 80 well known and so popular that his defeat in any cvcnt would he extremely hard to encom- pass.
 With MT. Sanford out of the talk for attorney general, A. M. Garhcr of Talla- doga, who made good race four years l ago, ia the only known aspirant. The l certainty of this makes the chances of
 Mir. Garber very bright His acquaintance | made in a former racc, his ability and | his wide acquaintance In secret orders 1 give him strength that will be hard
 to overcome. The fact is. well posted
 men believe that he will now have no op- 1 position.
 1 With the entrance of Mr. Henderson ] there are three men known to he In the
 race for associate railroad commissioner
 ships, ihe other two being John IL Rog-
 ers of sumter and I. 1T. Harris. formerly
 state superintendent of education. All | lean to the reduce the freight rate idea
 SO much in vogue just now. MT Rogers l Is member of thc state senate. while MT Henderson ia a leading farmer and l business man,
 Mr, Sanford is a son of the late la-
 meuted Governor Sanford, who died in office.
 A check was received by tho governor
 today for $G89.04 being tho part of Ala
 hamn on the two and three per cont funds
 for the salo of public lands, under acts o March 9 tsl0, and September 1, 1si oi l Congress, rho check was drawn on New | Orleans
 The governor will appoint any who show | an Interest In the movement to attend
 n meeting to he held in Washington Fri. l day in tho interest of tho delinquent ana i dependent children of the southland. Tn, i matter was brought to his attention by l Crawford Jackson chairman of the Con
 tral Juvenile Reformatory committee. 1 Judge C. K, Miller has been appointed l to succeed himself as judge of the city court of Talladega.
 The offices of Randolph county hay, l been reported on hy state Examiner Cor | man All arc In good shape | D. w. Lapsley, second lieutenant of Bat. tery n. A. N. C., Birmingham. has re ] signed, and an election ordered to fl l the vacancy