The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-27
MIR. SMITH WILL RUN
HALE COUNTY MAN A CANDIDATE
 FOR STATE AUDITOR.
Member of Democratic Committee An- n0unces and Gives Out state-
 ment fo the Public of His PrfncfnieN

Brooks Smith of Hale County, war rant clerk in the office of Auditor J. M. Carmichael yesterday announced his candidacy for State Auditor.
 The announcement of Mir. Smith lends double interest to the lively race already on for the auditors office. He is one of the best known young men in the State and has served several times on the State Democratic Execu- tive Committee of which he is now q member. He has long been influential in politics and numbers his personal friends by the hundred.
 MT. Smith was in the office with Auditor T. L. Sowell and was later retained by Judge Carmichael
 In announcing his candidacy MT Smith made the following statement
 T am a candidate for State Auditor subject to the action Of the Democratic primaries on August 27th, 1906, My experience as Warrant Clerk in this department of the State government for five years, has familfarized me with all the work and details connec- ted with this office; and feel will en- able me to discharge the duties of the position efficiently anu with satisfac' tion to the people of Alabama.
 'In order that my position 6n pub lie affairs may be known, I will say that, my record as Democrat is con. sistent and unbroken. I believe firm ly in the principles of the Democratic party and all my efforts have been, and will continue to be, to build up and strengthen that organization whicf has done so much to make Alabama g great and prosperous State.
 T am in favor of al. economical ad- ministration of the affairs of the State and believe that the tax rate should be lowered from time to time as financial conditions will admit. I favor liberal appropriations for public schools, and the support of the few remaining old soldiers and their widows who gave their service to the cause of our coun- try. I favor holding all the officials of the State to strict account in the discharge of the duties Of their respec- tive offices. and if elected I will be careful and diligent to see that every dollar is paid into, the State Treasury by those officials whose duty it is. to remit through the State Auditor
 T favor the enactment of all such laws as will more fully equalize the burdens of taxation and believe that every species of property, whether be- longing to individuals Sr corporations, should be required to bear It's just pro- portion of the burden of taxation, and that in all assessments, whether by
 
 Assessments of which I. as Auditor, would be a member,-this principle should be strictly followed and adhered to.
 T am also heartily in favor of every effort which will tenc to bring into this State a good class of immigrants as laborers upon our farms and indus trial enterprises. to supersede as far as possible, certain class of worthless and shiftless negroes, who infest our State. I also favor the building up and developing of all the resources of Alabama, mineral, commercial and in- dustrial. and the enactment of all such laws as will tend Go stimulate en- terprise and encourage investments in Alabama.
 Realizing that success comes only to the diligent, 1t Is my purpose to make an active and aggressive cam paign, and hope to visit each county in the State before the primaries
 Mir. Smith will be opposed by General w. w. Brandon, of Tuscaloosa. adjut- ant general of the Alabama National Guard, Horace Hood, Editor of The Journal and w. R. Rosson, editor of The Cullman Democrat.
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