The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-23

who are seeking the political scalp of
A. A. Wiley, congressman from the
Second district, the aforetime holding
of Jesse Stallings. Only few days
ago ]. C. Fonvile, an old time populist
and candidate for secretary of state
on the Kolb ticket in the palmy days
of populism, announced his candidacy
before the general election and gave
1t out that he was making 1t possible
for the people to elect zone congress-
man who would care for them in an
honest way" or words to that effect,
and now comes Thomas j. Hall, run
ming for the nomination two years
from now, getting in ahead of any
other aspirant to knock out the Wiley
props. Mr.. Hall said he had already
spent much money in this effort and
he was going to either send good
money after good, or bad after bad, as
the case may be.
Talk Of Mr.. Fort.
There has been talk of Mr.. w. e.
Fort of Birmingham as a probability
for private secretary to Mr.. Conner
when he becomes governor after the
beginning of the new year. Such a
thing would meet the approval of
every man who expects to have deal
ings at the capitol and knows Mr..
Fort. Nothing would suit me bet
ter" said an old Montgomery news
fellow and one of the most courteous
of gentlemen. He would make
mighty good man. However, as he is
one of the prosperous young lawyers
of the Magic City 1t is not thought he
would accept the honor If offered him.
Mr.. Fort made a good impression at
the meeting of the state convention,
being one of the talking members of
the Jefferson delegation"
Conuressmen In Line.
There is in the city of Washington
an organization for the promotion of
the old populist idea of referendum,
and it is feeling the public officers
as to how they stand Some days ago
a list of questions was sent asking
what they would do in the event 1T
was possible to further this idea In
Congress. Congressman Wiley of the
Second, Mr.. Taylor of the First, and
the democratic nominee of the Sixth,
Capt. r.. p. Hobson, writes that they
would seek to push the plan along. No
others seem to have spoken out yet,
though the latest circular sent out
goes on to say that Alabama is leading
in the response of its congressman to
the questions of the organization. Lo-
cal politicians have given the literature
of the association more than ordinary
attention because it is encouraged by
Senator LaFollete of Wisconsin and
William j. Bryan.
Craig Getting Posted.
w. 3. Craig. he nominee for Con-
gress in the Fourth district, who is to
come into the place voluntarily re-
signed by S. j. Bowie, will be here
Monday to meet Congressman t. E.
Burton, chairman of the rivers and
harbors committee of Congress, who
is making an inspection of those south
ern waterways which are asking gov
eminent aid. He is getting on to the
ways and wonders of being a con-
gresham, and will have the tutelage of
old hands like Bankhead, Associate
Chairman Burton, on the committee;
Taylor, of the First; his predecessor,
Bowie; and of the limited experience
of the handsome member from the
Fifth, who has been there only short
time. The party will run down to Selma,
where Judge Burton will pay his re-
spects to the venerable Alabama sem
ators, as we'll as have a look at the
namesake of the state-the Alabama
river.