The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
PRIMARY IS ONLY
 THREE WEEKS OFF But Little Interest Has Been
 Aroused Here So Far CAMPAIGN IN JEFFERSON With Seven Candidates Tlainainn 1 ead
IN JEFFERSON
With Seven Candidates Claiming Lead for Sheriff No One Seems to Be Able to Pick the
 Winner.

the primary, the people are not warming up as a rule. In the guebernatorial con test both sides are claiming a victory, but only a few of the close friends and supporters of the two candidates are talk ing enough interest to even make claims and advance figures on the probable re- suit
 To the conservative man. taking but lit- | tie interest in the candidates and issues. there seems to be some uncertainty as to the result. and the general opinion of this class of people Is that neither Dr. Cunningham nor MT. Conner will re- ceive very large majority.
 There seems to be 8 large vote in the state that Is non-committal or undecided, and this feature makes the contest very uncertain. It Is hard to figure on the l temper of this class of voters, and sur prise may be In store for the advocates of one or the other Of the candidates. Both candidates are running on the same platform. Personal preference will figure | largely In the result of the election.
 Make Close Canvass.
 Both candidates are making q thorough canvass of the state, and are making l speeches almost daily in different sections of the state They are being greeted by large audiences, but little enthusiasm is shown.
 The candidates for most of the other offices seem to be on a still hunt Per haps no campaign in the state in recent years has been so nearly void of interest. In Jefferson county the various con 1 tests are, as a rule, equally void of in- terest Nathan l.. Miller, for state sena- tor, has developed large and sturdy fola lowing. and his friends predict for him big majority
 Though there are seven candidates in the field for sheriff. no one candidate seems to have a distinct lead. As many as five are laying claim to first place. It seems impossible for any one to pick the winner. Albert Stradford's friends re- port large gains for him.
 A feature in the race for the legislature is the varied local issues that are being | injected into the campaign. These issues are purely local and vary in different | sections of the county. For instance Warrior Is interested in local option law, and will listen to the discussion of no other issue, 1t is said. while the peo- 1 pie of Bessemer are interested in the question of reinvesting the Bessemer city court with its original powers and au- | thority to try all cases. Birmingham 1 and it's suburbs are interested in the Greater Birmingham proposition. Other sections of the county have their pet issues, and the nineteen candidates for the legislature are kept busy familiariz- I ing themselves with the various ques- | tions that have been raised and trying | to equalize favors and policies. At the present stage of the campaign, it | server to pick the winning seven
 Sorsby's Candidacy. l W E. Sorsby of Birmingham, candi. date for secretary of state, is making an aggressive campaign, and claims to be gaining great favor with the voters of 1 the state.
 l He Is running on broad business prn- i ciples as business man and a democrat. 1 He favors railroad rate reform, advo- cates B. B. Conner for governor, and is an earnest advocate of better schools and school buildings. He also favors strict regulation of insurance companies in the state.
 There was political barbecue yesterday at Jugtown, in the northern part of Jef- ferson county. Nearly all the candidates were present, and the crowd was very large.