The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-18
SPECIAL ELECTION TO NAME SECOND DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN
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 Governor does not appoint Congress man under any circumstances. Most voters understand this but yet there are good number who have thought { that the Governor appointed for the unexpired term. The Governor does. however. call the special election ct which the Congressman is selected There are certain time limits set by the Copstitution and in issuing his proclamation. duly observing the con- stitutional requirements the Governor discharEes his full duty. So. the new Congressman win be elected at a special election held. in observance of the Governors proclamation.
 It should also be borne in mind that the new Congressman will i'll out Col onel Wtley's unexpired term. which is from the date of his election until the fourth of next March For the full term of two years he will be elected at the regular national election in Mo- venber.
 Party Authorities to Act. His selection after all resolves it. party authorities will do. The Exec
 utive Committee of the Second Con gressional District will call primary as soon as the Governor issues his proclamation. At this primary the
 man for the short term and the long term wtll be selected. The winner will win, both honors. The proclama- ton and the action of the Congreasion- al Committee will give the candidates time to make a short and active cam pafgn. The ticket may be so provided that the voter will vote for man for the short term and for the long term. The next question which arises is. will the new Congressnnan be nominat- cd by q plurality or q majority voter The Committee wial decide this. If he Is nominated by plurality vote the man who leads In the frse-for -all scramble will get the place If nom nation by q na5orfty is determined | upon 1t will mean ewo primaries. The two leaders in the first race would shape up for the second primary and the man getting the big vote in that contest would win the honor.
 All the pnernbera of the Congression- al Committee have not expressed them- selves, but 1t Is said that the Commit tee, in view of the certain large field of candidates will decide upon ma joFity nomination, that is two prima- ries unless some one man would get more than half the vote in the first primary. It is considered very im- probable that my man. with such a field full of runners, could get such q lead.
 The call for the meeting of the Con- gressional Committee will be Issued by Chairman W. A. Henderson as soon as the Governor calls the special election.
 Montgomery's Politics.
 Tn the meanwhile the talk of the various candidates has flown thick and fast for. the past several days. It looks as though Montgomery County will have at least three candidates in the race. Of course no formal an- nouncement has been. made but the politically well informed believe that the three candidates who will offer from Montgpmery County are R, Tyler Goodwin, Representative< in the Legis- lature, S. H. Dent, Jr., Solicitor of the City Court of Montgomery and Thomas J. Hall who was twice the opponent of Colonel Wiley. If this situation would develop 1t is possible that the friends of the various candidates would Insist that Montgomery should get behind one candidate and that a county primary should be held at which Montgomery's candidate could. be selected with some hope of winning in the district Of course this Is largely speculative.
 ,Covington County Is not behind Mont gomery in this respect, for gossip names three citzens of Covington as prospective candidates for Congress sional honorss. The report has 1t that senator .CllVe tttelu, JuOBG W. L. EafkB and Mayor Henry Opp of Andalnsia may decide to get into the fight. Just how reliable that gossip may be Is not cer- tain, but 1t has been floating around for several days.
 Crenshaw County may present two candidates Assistant Examiner of Pub lie Accounts HI. r., Brooke yesterday told his friends that at the proper time he would announce his candidacy for Al Al HvNA aR verne is also regarded as certain can didate for the vacancy.
 Pike may present only one candidate, Hon. " H. Sanford. It Is believed in Montgomery that Mir Sanford will make the race. ?, ~
 Butler Is to-. be considered. Hon. Dempsey Powell has been gossiped about considerably in connection with the Congressional vacancy Then there has been talk of a Conecuh County candidate. Rumors gives this place to Hon. John D. Burnatt, but with what authority no one can say.
 It is looked upon as certain that Baldwin County will have 8 candidate In the person of Hon. S. c. Jenkins at present in the Legislature from that County
 Other Parts of District.
 From the western edge Of the dis trict there comes word mat Hon. J. N. Miller may make the race. Mir Miller Is a leading attorney of Camden and in the first race in which Colonel Wiley was elected he made splendid run.
 At this juncture it looks as though these gentlemen will constitute the field in the big Congressional race. There are a number or near candi- dates" and 1t is more than probable that a fresh candidate may enter at any time. On the other hand 1t Is regarded as reasonably certain that one or more of the mentioned candidates win drop out on learning that some other cer- tain candidate is making the race. The one thing is certain--there will be a big field of candidates. Another thing is probable and that is that the congressional committee will weed them out to prevent a minority nomination which would be easily possible with the big field.
 The nature of the campaign cannot be forecasted. It will in all probability i he fast and furious It is hardly thought that the candidates win have btime for a speaking campaign. The mails will be largely depended upon to make the canvass.
 And in the next few days one Of the