The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-03
The Handsome, the Ugly, the
Tall and the Short-Every
Type is Represented
TOM, DICK AND HARRY ARE
SOME OF COMMON NAMES
Would Be Hard to Find Two More
Widely Different Physical Types
Than the Two Candidates
for Mayor.

parade introduced to the large horde of
voters and should 1t be necessary for
the voter to make a choice simply from
the physical or outward appearance, 1t
is interesting to wonder If the men who
are to be elected would be able to stand
this test of concentrated gaze.
The voter would see the long, thin, at
teuated fellow; the middle-weight POLL
tcian. with bland smile and lofty
wave of the forearm; the featherweight,
strutting about like a game bantam IN
pit; the man with square jaw and
"hammerlock" expression; the bust
ness countenance. the pleasant fellow,
the hustling man of today with the stern
mark of duty partially emblazoned on
his clear cut face. 1t would be a big
gathering of varigated types.
The Stern "Gee Whlz."
In the very beginning, there are the
candidates for Mayor. George Ward is
mddleweight from a physical stand
point, with a nervous, energetic tenn
permanent, with a determined countenance
and hurry always" atmosphere ema-
mating from his person. His friends de-
clare him a man without fear, morally
brave, sincere, dealing out justice to
the starveling and the fatted corpora
ton with the same stern hand. His enc
mics call him crank" his followers hail
him as one without whom the people
cannot do; those on the fence, moved
solely by his "hurry-up" policy, his ener-
getic movement, and his fearlessness.
term him Gee Whizz," and use other
expressions just as descriptive.
Many of Many Trades.
Then take Captain o Brien. He is Of
height with George Ward. though top
ping him considerably when the scales
are allowed to testify. His expression
is iovial, and unlike the present Mayor,
he has a disposition that the sun nor
rain can change. He is always pleasant,
''easy going" and filed with determine
ton that he will do" and imbued with
a confidence that has never as yet been
shaken. Captain OBrien has served in
more trades than any other citizen or
Birmingham. He has been an artist, an
interior decorator, a theatre manager
a brick mason, a newspaper man, pol
,tiean. a scholar, an office holder,
men are physically more different than
the rival candidates for Mayor. and no
men as different from physical stand
point. can boast of more inherent good
and "self-satisfaction."
Rut If the voter should be moved from
a point of personal beauty, 1t Is PROB
able that neither Mr.. Ward nor captain
O'Brien would get a vote. Chief Wler
is probably the handsomest man running
for office, and his next competitor is
his opponent C. w. Austin
The Tallest Candidates.
From the Eighth ward the tall men
are brought into view. Barnes, Morgan
and Dan Hogan are six-footers, II an
inch. and Barnes has no advantage save
that which a bald head might Indicate
In fact. in the Eighth alone are the can
! ddates suited for fashionable team
They could pull a brougham through
birmingham and the pouplace would say:
'eWhat weIl-matched team, to be sureP'
| Morgan has more of the politician
| "clear-cutness.'' Hogan has the look of
youth and political inexperience. The
person sizing up this candidate would be
impressed with the honest conviction
| that Is stamped on his face.
In the Third there is another tall can
| didate, Dick Eggleston. Compared with
| Dick Gamble, his opponent the case of
"before and after taking is brought to
mind. Eggleston is long, lanky and at
tenuated. Gamble is shorter. stouter, his
phvsioue indicating that he has always
been well fed. The contrast is indeed
striking Egglestons face is thin and
| without color CANDLES countenance is
ruddy healthy, tending to indicate that
| its owner has been bred In the open and
| brought to manhood by the sweat OF his
brow, This might not be true, but the
indications are there just the saroe.
Small Men Numerous.
There is an innumerable horde of small
] n,an of a class indeed, in which Mayor
| Ward Is not allowed to enter The small
est candidate is Bob Murphy, hardly
| larger than the big joint on big thumb
Murphy. however has loud and reso-
| nant voice, a statement which is proved
| when It is remembered that his cry FOR
| a cleaner ward has reverberated not only
! from one end of his little kingdom to the
| other but throughout the entire city
| Next to Murphy Is his opponent, little Joe
| Weiferich while the other opponent,
| George Estes, did he not POSSESS sucn d
stout frame, would be given similar
rating. There are many other small men
| scattered throughout every ward There
| is Joe Burke in the First, John ONeil in
| the Second Will Alternately, city electri-
| clan: Dave Wutzburger, running for the
| police commission, and others among the
| candidates for beat committeeman too
| numerous to mention
| There are numerous big men in the
race, too. Bob Waldrop and his oppo-
nent John McCartin. might be men
| toned in this class. Then there Is L. n.
| Archer. in the Seventh ward. who, when
! compared to his opponent. Charlie HEIDI.
| brings again to mind the before and
after" proposition. Then there is Walter
Moore and W. T. Parker in the Fourth
ward Dick Gambill in the Third and
numerous others. Yes, In the race there
| is every type.
The Fortunate Candidates.
AS is to be expected. the fortunate can
! didate is that who has no opposition.
There are several of this class. In the Sec
! ond ward, there is John O'Neill, whose
! smile betrays his happiness. In the
Fifth, there is solemn B. II. Cooper whom
| his admirers are already hailing as the
next Mayor of Birmingham" Then there
| is Ed Smith. who is so contented and con-
| fident that he is tickling the legislature
| with his wisdom down in Montgomery.
| Then there is serious Jim Boggan, so tall
\ that he carries his weight on bumped
! and well davalnnad patr Of shauldsrA