Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-09
BANKHEAD MAY BE
 ALABAMA SENATOR

IuuCu lmpOIl lduL lcSISIdtloI ISludiul1S on the calendar and United States senator to elect, the Alabama legisla- ture convened today for the secand session of the year. Only thirteen of the fifty days decreed by the consti- tuition remain for the transaction ot business. Balloting will probably be- gin tomorrow for United States sena- tor to occupy the place made vacant by the recent death of Senator John T. Morgan, temporarily filled through the appointment of John H. Bankheal by Governor Conner. It is likely that Bankhead will be elected without ssri- ous opposition, as he ran first in tha Democratic primary for alternate sen- ator last August. He and ex-Governor Joseph F. Johnstone were selected at this primary to fill any vacancies that might occur through the death or inca jacity of either of the aged senators from Alabama. Governor Conner YVES understood to. have been opposed te primary instructions for the filling of dead mems shoes, but bowed to the will of his party in appointing Bank head, thus greatly increasing the lat ter's chances of election. It is nt believed that he will meet with any op- position On the part of the forces of the state legislature, heretofore hos tile.
 If elected, John Hollis Bankheao will not be as tranger to Washington, having been in congress for eighteen years. He is the retiring repres ansa- five from the Sixth Alabama district, which will be represented in congress next winter oy Captain Richmond r. Hobson. Bankhead was a Confed- crate soldier in the late unpleasant ness and his popularity with the vet erans of the state was largely respon- sible for his election to congress Ill
 1889, Defeated for reelection ne entered the ranks as a candidate TOT the successorship to one of Alabama 5 perpetual senators and won out at tHe rf;maii ies.
 Bankhead does not belong to the Ti1lman-Jefferson Davis crowd or Southern statesmen. During his eight cen years in the House he has nat once been in the limelight as a spec tacular character. He is not an or'- for and seldom speaks, but is c.ea: and practical talker when he does. It is his honesty, his democraiy os manner and his unswerying deVoloh to the interests of his constituents that have made him highly popular with the people of the state.
 Colonel Bankhead is of commanding appearance, six feet tall and weighs over 200 pounds. He is GA years Of age He was wounded three times durlaS the war. retiring from that bloecy struggle with high honors as so,' dier. He became member of the state legislature shortly after the close or the war, and in 1876 was elected to the state senate. From 1881 to 1885 he was warden of the state penitentlarT
 His home is at Fayette, in Fayetfe county. where he resides with h's wife. He has three sons and twc daughters. Two of the sons are pron- inent attorneys, while the third is a lieutenant in the United States army One of the daughters is Mrs. Thomas M. Owen of this city, while the other is the widow of the late Congressman Thomas Perry of South Carolina.
 In Apri 1906, Colonel Bankhead was defeated for congress by Captain Rich mond Pearson Hobson, after stump ing campaign in which both men ap- pealed proudly to their war records The youthful hero won over the vet eran of 61, and thereby has probably aided in sending the latter to the sen-