The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07
.CRENSHAW GETS
NAME ON TICKET
Independent Candidate for Rail-
road Commissioner
THE SECRETARYS DILEMA
Attorney General Hart Decides That
Any Individual Can Get His Name
On the Ticket for the
General Election.
THE SECRETARY'S DILEMA

Atlanta, September 6-(Special.)-T. c.
date for railroad commissioner to sue
coed Com missioner Joseph NJ. Brown.
Mr. Crenshaw has not only announced
| as an Independent candidate against s.
G. McLendon Of Thomasville, who was
nominated by the state convention, but
he has succeeded In getting his name
placed on the election blanks which will
be sent cut tomorrow by Secretary of
State Phil Cook for use In the coming
| October election.
There is an interesting story back of
| this. Mr.. Crenshaw has been talked of
for sometime in connection with the rail-
road commissionership. but his candidacy
did not get before the state convention.
| Talk of Mr.. Crenshaw originated chiefly
as the result of the fact that he held a
position as railroad commissioner for six
| years under appointment by Governor At
kinson, as the railroad member of the
board.
Mr.. Crenshaw called at the office of
Secretary Of State Cook Wednesday and
demanded that his name be put on the
|
In making the official returns. Mr.. Cook
was absent at the time and his assistant.
Goode Price, told him he would have to
await Mr.. Cooks return.
Later Mr. Crenshaw saw Mr.. Cook and
repeated his demand. Secretary Cook
said that he was ready to put the names
| of candidates of any party on the blanks,
but did not know that under the law he
| had the right to put on the name OF an
| individual.
| However SECRETARY Cook asked Mr..
Crenshaw to file with him formal state
ment that he was candidate and de-
sired his name printed on the election
blanks.
Attorneys Opinion.
This was done and Secretary Cook took
the matter up with Attorney General
John G. Hart. Judge Hart rendered the
opinion that under the law the question
confronting Mr.. Cook was one of prae-
| ticability only If practicable to put the
name on the blank he should do so; If
not, he could leave 1t off
| Secretary Cook then communicated with
| the state printer and found there was
just time to get Mr.. Crenshaw's name on
| the blank, which was done.
1t appears, according to this view OF
| the case that any individual who wants
to run for any office Is entitled to have
his name placed on the election blanks
sent out by the secretary of state, pro-
vided he gets 1t In In time. The blanks
were printed today and will be distributed
over the state tomorroww, so that there Is
no further chance at this time for any
other Independent candidates to get their
| names on them.
Ebert Garrison. a negro, arrested at
| Farplay. S. c., was brought to Atlanta
today on suspicion of having been the
negro who so outrageously assaulted Miss
Mabel and Miss Ethel Lawrence near
Copenhll about three weeks ago. Neither
of the Misses Lawrence has yet seen
the man, but steps will be taken at once
to see If he can be identified as the man
wanted. Garrison is a desperatue char
acter and on the way here from South
Carolina had four fights with the officers
who had him in charge He came near
escaping two occasions, at one time
| jumping almost out of the car window.