The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-25
TIME is ABOUT Up
FOR THE CANDIDATES
Entries Must All Be In by To-
morrow Night
McCARY GROWS LUKEWARM
Man Announced as Certainty for the
Mayoralty Race Is Not So Certain
After AIl-Several Seekers
for Smaller Places.

From this morning until tomorrow night
there will be quite a furry in municipal
politics, occasioned by the rush of the
many candidates to qualify themselves
before the expiration of the limit
According to the directions of the exeeu-
tive committee last night no candidate
can qualify himself for office later than
Saturday night at 9 O'clock and after
that hour the probable candidate" will
be eliminated.
Yesterday there was considerable ac-
tivity noted in the political market Mayor
Ward walked quietly out of his office
yesterday afternoon and notified his
friends that he was in the running. He
and Captain O'Brien, the only two an
nounced candidates for mayor, are urg-
ing the voters to qualify themselves by
paying their poll tax and registering.
Both of the candidates expect no other
announcement, and both are confident of
winning. The race is beginning to Gre
ate comment throughout the city, sure
sign of the dawning of interest.
chief Wier Confident.
Chief Wier also walked among his
friends yesterday afternoon and found
that he was quite popular. He stated. ON
returning to his office, that things indi-
Gated that he would win over all his conf
petitors Detective Bodel<er has expressed
himself in the same vein. The formal
announcement of C. w Austin is expect
ed today. Other candidates mentioned for
this office are j. Bruce Morson and L. II.
Perkerson.
The practical certainty that ]. II. Nc
Cary would announce for Mayor dwindled
down towards nightfall until it was
doubted. Seen by an Age-Herald reporter,
Mr.. McCary did not make an expression
that carried with it any degree of GER
tainty. He said that his friends were
urging him to run, but that he had not
made up his mind. s.
New Announcements.
Yesterday John Shanan announced his
candidacy for treasurer and tax collec-
tor, and Jacob Burger made a formal an
nouncement of his entrance into the race
for a position on the police commission.
1t is also now firmly believed that Judge
Garretson, formerly tax collector of the
city, will also be a candidate for the posi-
ton now held by George Eustic. The
three-cornered fight for this position will
prove interesting.
Another probable candidate was groomed
yesterday in the person of Robert q.
Waldrop, the present city jail warden,
who is said to desire the position of
Street Commissioner McCartn: who is
an avowed candidate Mr.. Waldrop was
seen Yesterday anent the rumor connect
ing his name with the race, but did not
confirm it. He is thinking of making the
race.
Several Unopposed.
So far no opposition to City Engineer
Kendrick, City Attorney Smith, Building
inspector Lind, Electrical Inspector Abb
ernathy, Plumbing Inspector Eckerle has
been made known.
The races in the several wards as has
been published on several occasions in
The Age-Herald will be interesting. In
but two wards is there present lack
of opposition. These wards are the Sec
ond and the Sixth, which are represented
respectively by John w. O'Neill and John
C. Forney.
Coffee Jackson stated last night that
he would not enter the aldermanic race
i'm the Ninth. In that ward there are
already four candidates: Thomas Simms,
Robert Murphy George III. Estes, and 10
seph Weiserich.
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man. one skilled in his subject, and tech
nically equipped"
There was some laughter in certain por-
lions of the room, and broad smiles
everywhere.
Committeeman Alternately then rose TO
his feet. asking: May / answer the ques-
tion propounded by Committeeman Dom
olson AS to what authority we had to do
this or that?"
lie was given the permission he deg
sired.
Committee Is Sovereign.
Then said he: Because the committee
is sovereign within itself"
Just prior to this, Committeeman
Hawkins had declared himself opposed
to placing the names of city officials on
the ticket, and that he acted because the
people had demanded that 1t be done.
Committeeman Donelson then answered
the explanation of Committeeman Green
wood
Il declare to you that If technical
training is considered a-reason why a
candidate should be kept off the ticket,
the name OF Julian Kendrck should not