The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19
MANY NAMES
 FOR MAYOR Candidates for Office Are Numerous. CULVER AND TYSON LEADERS I've Aldermen Prominently Offered
 For Pace. Mayors Race Brings on Tight contest, with subsesuent Ccntest fer
 Presidency sf the City
 Council.

The Mayor--who he will be--that is
 the question before the voters of Mont- gomery town this morning.
 Why he will be--that is incidental, and they will neither ask nor answer until they have at least hallway made up their minds who may be 'ft" in game in which none has yet been tagged" even for the first time. IL is question that may not at first hand be answered as patty as the Hinky-Dee chorus In Gay New York tells the name Of the great, big Man, that wont catch ma. Already sev. eral aspiring persons are parleying. First of all, there was Gaston Gun ter. President of the Council, who was acclaimed by many friends,
 Then comes J. c. Tyson. for two Ward, strong citizen In politics as well as In the record behind him. h. Tyler Goodwin, member Of the Legislature from Montgomery County. and one of the most popular men in the city, Is talked about this year as he
 was last time municipal election was W. N Cox. formerly an Alderman. and q working Alderman, too, is men. tioned, and it Is understood that MT. COX would like the office, but whather or not he is willing to make a general race for 1t is doubted.
 C. F. Mcintyre. now the City Attor- ney, was begged by many friends last year to run, but he declined, and 1t ia sh pIoDaD.e LnaI tnis year he will make So, too, there has been mentioned !. ". Kennedy, member of the Conn. ell from the Third Ward.
 James J. Sullivan, for many va.rs an Alderman from Ward Six and ver,, popular man in the city. has been men.
 But in no case has there bean A.a mite announcement of candidacv ans the strongest talk yesterday was sho,,t MT. Gunter and Mir. Tyson. SSs
 whether Mayor TeaEue win ho
 canoidate ca, TOT re-election is problemati-
 Not less interesting. perhaps. w,,, n. rn sns race TOT the Presidency of tbe Councu. under the laws, in sncorSs ance with which the election tn Sons emoer VIII be held. the Presidant <, tne council will not be elected fras, the Aldermen. but will be chosan h,, popular vote, as Is the Mayor. Airea5y James 2: Parrish, Alderman iron, Wara yne, ana 1re H. Virgin. A1dernan-at- thsSs nave practically announced that position. seF tnS
 Gaston Gunter, who is now Pra.,- dent of the Council, Is expected to ia z candidate for Mayor. 60 that the neid 10 left open and vacant and afs lords plenty of space for a. wild. free run. Both Mir. Parrish and MT. cun- ter are new in municipal matters. but each has already made a, good as well as notable record. Each of them is d nara worker. and each seems to have widely comprehensive grasp of the eity's variant business.
 As in the case of the Mayoralty. however. neither MT. Parrish nor Mir. Virgin has said yea or nay loudly enough to be heard for the newspapers
 And 1t is suspected that some whis- pers of those who would. if they could, have not yet been reverberetoA so thuuderingly as to make impression upon the tynpana of the duly qualified. who may nevertheless be advised later
 Of the personnel of the Council. as 1t now is, there Is nothing that may be prognosticated. Of course, for evs cry Alderman that now steps out. there must be one to step in, except that the Council. under the new municipal