The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-19
Commun l.. MILLER FOR STATE NATE

amendment or new act necessary to authorize the city of Birmingham and other municipalities of the state, to own and maintain municipal water works system"
 The True Friend of Labor.
 A man with such views cannot be un- friendly to labor. MT. Miller maintains that worlzingmen have as much right to form unions as capitalists have to organ ize corporations, but both should be sub ject to the laws of the land: and he would therefore oppose the repeal of the anti boycott act. which forbds boycotting by persons and blacl1-listing by corporations, He Is also opposed to any amendment of that law which would in any wise impair It's efficiency.
 Against Bucket Shops and Gambling.
 In his opposition to gambling, MT. Miller draws no distinction as to the form un- der which it Is conducted. In its results it Is immaterial whether a young man Is ruined by his dealings with bucket shop strictly so called, or with a brokerage concern. or in betting on horse races. MT. ] Miller favors the suppression of all those ' concerns in dealing with which many of l the youth of the land are ruined and all | are tempted, and he favors laws which | will drive out of Alabama all concerns
  ] of the methods used, which afford fa- | cilities for hazarding money In stock | speculation and dealing in futures. MT. | Miller will make the enactment of laws, abolishing exchanges, brokerage houses, | bucket shops, and all similar institutions, ! a matter of special importance in his sen- atorlal career; and any bill seeking to legalize pool-selling or any other species | of gambling or betting will receive his' | earnest opposition. | Mir Miller favors such increased faciii- ties for the despetch of judicial business as the growth of the county requires
 A Self-Made Man.
 | So much for his principles and con- | victlons. We shall now briefly sketch | his history. Mir. Miller is a self-made man, in the sense that he has reached his present position in life by his own exertions. Born in STorgan county, in 1S66 he came to Jefferson county with his father. a practicing physician, in 1883, and in 1885. at the age Of 19 years went | to work as deputy clerk and register of the city court. He was appointed clerk and register three years later by Judge l H. A. Sharpe and filled the office &C., ceptably for nearly eleven years, retiring 1 in September, 1898, to practice law, The !, duties of clerk and register are laborious and exacting. The fact that MT. Miller | discharged them faithfully. and yet 1 found time in which to study for his | future profession shows great capacity | for work, but does not realize the full measure of his energy and zeal. During | the greater portion of that period he was | secretary of the county democratic ex- | ecutive committee, and part of the time 1 secretary of the state democratic execu- l tive committee, as well as secretary of 1 campaign committees in several state and | county campaigns.
 I Trained In the Best School. l There is no better place than court | house in which to acquire working 1 knowledge of the complex life of the peo- ! pie and the varying conditions which ob- ] tain in the county Mir. Miller could not | have selected a more suitable school wherein to prepare himself for high public 1 service and to prove that he is a born servant of the people, by the unfailng courtesy, which he extended to jurors. witnesses, litigants and attorneys and the public in general. and all persons having business with that court during his term of office will recall his efficisncy and courtesy in conducting the affairs of the office.
 A General Practitioner
 MT. Miller continued to practice law alone until 1904. when he formed a CO., partnership with Judge Sharpe. his old friend, who had just rounded out bril- liant term of service as one of the justices