The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-01
BRYAN OPPONENTS
 ARE IN THE FIELD
Walker Percy and Or. Cunning ham Want to Go to Denver
RACE WILL BE VERY LIVELY
Tickets for the Primary Will Be Printed Next Monday and Candi- didates Are Badly Mixed Up
 In Many Counties.

Montgomery April 30.-(Special.)- Walker Percy of Birmingham, opposed to the nomination of MT Bryan, and Dr. R. M. Cunningham of Ensley, former lieutenant governor and defeated candi- date for chief executive, have entered the race for delegates to the national con- vention of the democratic party at Ded- yer, MT. Percy from the Ninth district and Dr. Cunningham from the state at large All of which indicates that there is going to be opposition to the present state administration and to the effort to take over the delegation for the Nebras- kan.
 MT Percy who Is attorney for one of the large Birmingham corporations, has been in the attitude of opposing MT. Bryan for some time, and it is thought that his announcement means a lining up of the anti Bryan forces in the interest of some other man, possibly Governor Johnson of Minnesota A petition to have the name of Governor Johnson go on the ticket to be voted at the May IS primary has been circulated in some parts of the state, though not in Montgomery.
 
 ing up against Governor Conner, is surely not in love with the present status of the party organization, and he may be a party to an effort to get delegates to the national convention uninstructed. He is very popular all over the state, and it is quite sure that he will poll large vote for delegate at large.
 This makes the race a very lively one in not only the state but Jefferson coun- ty as we'll Already announced for the state positions are John W. Tomlinson the recognized Bryan leader in Alabama J. Thomas Hef1in and Henry D. Clayton, congressman, and E. w. Booker. In the Ninth district Mir Percy will have in op- position Sam Will John, administration leader in the lower house: W. T. Ken nedy and J. G. Oakley.
 Emmett O'Neal of Florence has qualified for elector at large and Frank S. Moody of Tuscaloosa has qualified to run in the primary of May for delegate at large Early next Monday morning the work of printing the 3500OO tickets which will be used in the democratic primary of May IS will begin, under the supervision of J. King Jackson of this city, who IS acting for Chairman H. S. D. Mallory of the state committee. The time to qualify will come to an end with Saturday, and the ticket published in the papers of Sun day Any errors should be called to the attention of. MT. Jackson by wire at once.
 The candidates are so badly mixed up of lxpf for each county. The largest bunch that will be all alike possibly will be the 4OoOo that go to Jefferson county. As there are many minor offices to be filled a sepa- rate set of tickets for each county prac- tically will have to be run off In order to get this done and the tickets mailed to county charmen in time to reach beat voting places the duty of printing must be quickly done.
 The Rate Hearing. In his testimony before the inter- state commerce commission Thursday Traffic Manager c. B. Compton of the l Louisville and Nashville undertook to show that the complaint of the Mont gomery freight bureau that the city gets the worst of it from Ohio river crossings is not well made. He said l that if there were discriminations in
 
 Birmingham, as had been charged, 1t grew out of either clerical errors or 1 the exigencies of the rate making sit- 1 uation.
 | It was argued that the rates are made on a basis of the water points | and that Montgomery comes in for it's | natural deferentia1. It is said, on the | other hand, by officers of the freight ] bureau that such is not the case and the city is not getting its proper defer | entials In maps of different territor- ies MT. Compton undertook to show the | plans of the rate makers and the l science of it. contendng that if Mont | gomery is given lower rates it win l cause those of other points to be high : l CT. The advantages given Pensacola are explained by Mir. Compton as in line with good business for the road.
 Negro Found Dead. Early this morning the dead body of Dan Chappelle was found in his | room on South Decatur street. He had evidently been dead several days. A 1 blow had been given over the right 1 eye which had resulted in death no | doubt The presumption is that the l negro was murdered.
 Seed To Speak.
 State Treasurer Walter D. Seed will | address the Alabama bankers at their meeting here May 15 and 16 on the new statee depositary law. This oct has been the means of getting the sur 1 plus money of the state into the banks but at such cost as to raise the point , in the minds of many that they do not