The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-28
The Fourth National Bank
EARLY PRIMARIES
CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS IN
 THE SPRING TIME.
Both Parties seem Anxious to Pick Their Candidates Tsong Before the
 General Election Is to De

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 1 By Alfred !. stofer.
 | washinatou. Feh 27.--(SreclaI.l - | Congressional conventions ana priuiar' les arc being held earlier trls yea' l than usual It iS the same win r9- spsct to both parties Members natt varying views as to whether the noni' ! nations should be made early or late Some say that they would ike ,neu l ostno1ed as late as possible. because If the nominations are made during tnt I.spring and early summer months Ill makes a long campaign and it requires them to leave Washington at rfnlt when pressing legislation IS oetore the House. Others think that the sooner the contests are settled the better tos every one concerned. Nearly all agree that representa.lt.t {. fs. as a rule, powerless to regulate inc matter. for the reason that there is conRressional committee in each ofs. trict. Few of these committees are absolutely controlled. they say, oS
 members. They do pretty much as they please It is pointed out that in Ala hama. for instance, there VIII ne Stat" primaries in the summer and the sehtl-
 nent seems th be that the rontests ln the districts ought to be settled n au vance of the other primary. So Tar as ean he aseartainAd most of the South- ern states, with the exception of Mary- land and Virginia, will have the con prAssionai conventions and primaries ear1fer this year than usual. They are always held rather late in the two States named.
 Practically all of the members or me Democratic Congressional Campaign c,or,mittee have heen designated. The coronoittee. however. will hardly he or panfzed bv the election of ofncers hh- t,l after the adjournment of Congress- The Democrats do not seem to nave settlsd upon a chairman. They are nroceeding slowly with the matter. The S,ufheru Democrats, generally, think that 1t would be wise to have a North- arn man for chairman this year.
 Kerr for Chairman.
 rx-congressrnan James Kerr of pennsylvania Is reported to be willinS q to take charge of the campaign. There is no iron clad rule against going out eide of the committee ranks for chairman It never has been done. put
 members say 1t can be. MT. Kerr mas told some of his friends that he VIII not enter into a scramble forbthe posi- tion hut if his Democratic friends want him he will be willing to serve. He was for two terms a member Of the House and after his service terminaten in that body he was for four years clerk of that body. Tn one campaign he was secretary of the campaign com mittee. Since then MT Kerr has been very successful in his business unne: takings His fortune IS ampie dnu L,a those who know him assert that his rnonev was honestly acquired. and inst he has been consistent party man.
 Mir. Kerr is also said thoroughly to rndarstand tho conditions in Pennsyl' vania. New Jersey and New York states tn which it ts absolutely necessary TOT the Democrats to make suostantlal S,ras+ SSr,as control of the House from the
 Representative Lloyd of Missouri is candidate for the chairmanship, and number of votes have been pledged to him.