The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-09
FIGHT EXPECTED IN
THE CONVENTION
May be Contest 0rer Race for
Associate Justices
Conner SEEKS CONTROL
A. M. Tunsall Announces His Retire
ment From the Race for Speaker
of the House-Walker
County Contest.
Conner SEEKS CONTROL

Montgomery, September S.-(Special)-
The impression prevails that the fight at
the state convention of the Alabama
democracy Monday will be on the nomina-
ton of the associate Justices of the SUI
preme court. with bare possibility that
there may be some effort to muddy the
waters in the race for chief justice. 1t is
also well established that the Conner men
will attempt to get possession of the
party machinery, as a result of the great
victory won by their man, 1t being under
stood now that a majority of the present
committee is composed of men not here
tofore in line with the political affilla-
lions of the present leader.
Neither one of the candidates for asso-
ciate Justice has a majority. BY adding
the vote for governor In the primary 1t is
shown that the total vote was In round
figures 5000. A majority. therefore, would
we 1850. The highest vote cast for any
aspirant for associate Justice was 5000,
for Mcclellan, Dowdell coming after him
him with IS, 657. 1t will be the duty, there
fore, of the delegates representing this
vote to cast 1t as shown. but will they
kept In line after that is the question.
! The two men mentioned are leaders, but
It will he possible for the others to come
In and have a chance after the first bal
lot
Blbro comes along closely with 1918,
and Coleman with 25.976. 1t would not be
hard to shift a few votes and put tho
leaders out of the lead ond some of the
| others up.
No Trouble Expected.
! However 1t is thought that there will
| be no trouble, and that Dowdell and Nc
Clelan will be named, as will be Tyson
j over Weal1ley for chief Justice In the
/ last named contest there are the two men
| in the race, and the leader has a ma
jority of popular votes and delegates.
As regards the matter of control of the
committee 1t looks as If Mr.. Corners
| friends will have no trouble to secure It..
1t is well known that they have elected
a large number of the delegates, and 1t
| Is not easy to see how anybody who
cared to could keep them out of it. And
1t is not at all certain that any one wants
to keep them out. Last night one "of the
old crowd nominated a Conner man for
! temporary chairman of the state conven-
ton next Monday and his associates Sc
lected him without a dissenting voice
This, with other like movements gives
the impression that the victors are going
to be allowed the spoils if they desire
them However, there is an impression
that Col H. S. d. Mallory, now at the
head of the committee, will be retained
as chairman. He is so well known for
honesty and fairness that no faction could
with any degree of reasona bleness be JUS
tinted in discounting his services.
Conner Men JubiIant.
The Conner men were jubilant, but at
the same time conservative over the
| great victory won by them and shown
officially at the count made Friday. Mr..
Conner was not here but his campaign
manager, w. d. Nesbitt. was. and spent
a great part of the day talking with
his local leader, Bib Graves to whose
good work the successful man carried
the county Reuben A. Mitchell of Ala
| bama. all sorts of n good fellow was
also doing more or less comforting, though
he said there was no established cor
ference.
For real dyed in the wool and not
| to wash out sort of a Conner man Mr..
Mitchell is the best ever. He has been
with the rate reform leader for years
| and has been a believer in his final sue
cess from the beginning I'VE are COM
ing right along" he said last night. "and
will be able to get many things now we
have never had before" Mr. Mitchell is
|
an Alabama raised man and one of the
most successful of the many advanced
manufacturers in the state. Next to Mr..
Conner he talks Gadsden, and talks ii
so well one would like to take a run up
there and see the wonders that are
| there
But there does not seem to have been
any Conner conference here yesterday or
last night. the leaders evidently saving
their thunder for the big Meetn' "
called for today in Birmingham.
Tunstal Out.
An interesting feature of the situation
is the announcement made by A. NJ. Tunt-
stall OF Greensboro that he will not stand
for speaker of the next house. 1t was
thought that with his reelection by Hale
county neighbors that he would ask to
be placed again in his position How
ever, he takes the position that such
honors should be passed along
you can say for me-" said Mr.. Tun-
stall, that | will not enter the race for
speaker, but will content myself with
what | am able to do from the floor.
I am very grateful for the many kind
nesses of my friends and will he ready
to serve them In any way possible
This will leave the race with Tapt
Tyler Goodwin of Montgomery; Joseph
J. Arnold of Jacksonville. and Henry B.
Foster of Tuscaloosa. 1t Is likely others
may aspire later on. and the fight for