The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-29

II HE eyes of many Alabamians, from
Madison to Escambia, and from
4 Sumter to Lee. will be turned upon
b. B. Conner and DR.. R. NJ. Cunningham,
the two ssplrants for gubernatorial hon
ors this week.
Following closely upon the announce
ment made yesterday to the effect that
Mr.. Conner would like to arrange five adj
ditional Joint debates with Dr. Cunning
ham. comes the rumor that the Ensley
physician is willing to accept Mr. Corners
offer, and to increase the number of joint
debates to twenty-five, if he can get the
president eff the Alabama railroad COM
mission to agree.
Mr.. Conner proposes that the first of
these five joint debates be held in Gads-
den on May :, and it is said that DR.. Gun
bingham will accept. The Madison Coun-
ty Fair association will meet in Hunts
vile Tuesday. and Dr. Cunningham has
been invited to make an address in that
city then and he has accepted. 1t is
said that the Madison county democrats
are anxious for lIr. Conner to come to
Huntsville, too. on that date in order
llidI JOlui Qtbdlt Hight ne diIdh5tus
1t is not known, however, whether Mr..
Conner can on such short notice accept
the invitation inasmuch as he has already
planned south Alabama trip, and is
scheduled to speak in Wilcox county on
Tuesday. Mr.. Conner will likely spend the
entire week in South Alabama. Dr. Cum
ningham will deliver an address in Green
vile, Butler county, on Monday, will
then so to Huntsville to fill his Tuesday
engagement, going to Athens in Lime
stone county on Wednesday, Oneonta,
Blount county Friday and Cullman Sat
urday. He win probably spent next sun
day with his family at Ensley.
Since the recent joint debate at Opelika
between the two aspirants for the COVER
| norship, political life in Alabama has
taken on a new lease of life, and to use
the old stereotyped phrase, 1.-The political
pot will boir' from now until the August
| primary.
As to politics in Jefferson county, Chair
| man j. b. Arid of the subcommittee of
| arrangements for the county primary has
not announced just when he will call his
! committee together to take up the work
| before it. This committee will have a
! big task on its hands. and many hard
| hours of labor to perform before 1t is
! discharged next 1all.
| The appointment Of this subcommittee
! by Chairman B. A. Thompson of the JEFF
| ferson county democratic executive COM
| mittee means that county politics will
| soon begin to warm up. Candidates for
members of the lower house from Jeffer-
! son county are coming out thick and
| fast, and there are now at least twenty
aspirants for the seven places.
who are the candidates for representa-
! tives?' was asked of a man we'll posted
on Jefferson county politics last night.
"It would be much easier for me to
| tell you who is not" was his reply.
! At present the place of senator from
| jefferson county seems to be practically
unsolicited but the indications are that
long before August dawns there will be
plenty of good timber to chose from.
| The retirement of Capt. Frank p.
| O'Brien from the race for sheriff has
naturally caused much comment over the
| county. Captain OBrien was considered
a strong aspirant. Former Probate Judge
j. P. stiles appears to be gaining strength
| daily and his friends say that he Is a
| winner Col. Il. l.. Higdon has made a
thorough canvass of the county, and he
has many strong supporters who predict
victory for him. Albert Stradford has not
| let any grass grow under his feet, and
although much of his time is taken up at
tending to his duties in the sherff's Office