The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-23
 BRICKEN AND
 HALL ENTER  Formally Announce for Congressional Vacancy TWO AvoWED CANDIDATES Gossip Forecasts Other Entries
 in Race. Erea.urer Robert Tait of Montsomery Formerly of wiieex is Among Possibiiitie.-csmpaign Begun In Earnest.
 

Monday brought two more avowed candidates into the race for Represen- tative of the Second Congressional District of Alabama--Colonel Cnaries R Rrfcken. of Luverne and Thomas J. Hall of Montgomery.
 The announcement of Colonel Brick- en makes a total of three candidates en and Mr. Hall makes total or touI candidates for the office made vacant by the death of Colonel A. A. Whey. They are Hon. William H. Sanford, or Troy; Hon. RsTyler Goodwin. Of Mont eomery: and Colonel c. R. Bricken of Iuyerne. and Thomas J. Hall of Mont romery. The entries have not been closed by any means. Indeed 1t IS ex pected that there will be at ieast half dozen additional candidates oeiore the primary election Is ordered.
 coionei Bricken. who commands the Second Infantry, Alabama National Guard. has been in Montgomery a week attending the rife practice near Pickett,s Spring. Tn announcing his candidacy yesterday he; said:
 .sr am candidate for Congress to i'll the vacancy caused by, the death of A. A. Wiley At the proper time ' shall make my position on all public oueHtfons known. At this time want to simply give the assurance that if am elected I will be active and vigor- oua fin the discharge of my duties and faithful 10 the trust imposed in me. I will do everything honorable to for ward the interests of the great masses of the people of the district. the state, the south and the country at large"
 There are fewer men in the District with wider acquaintance than Colonel Bricken. He is and has been Solicitor of the Second Judicial Circuit for ten years. His duties as Solicitor take him into at least two-thirds of the coun= ties of the District frequently. He has been Mayor and City Attorney of Lu- verne has served in the high ofsices of the Masons and Knights of Pythias of the state and is well known as mill itaTy officer and a lawyer. M
 Hon. Thomas ]. Hall who twice op- posed Colonel Wiley last night formal ly announced his candidacy. Mir. Hall is a well known engineer of Montgom- cry. He represented Montgomery County in the Legislature daring one term. He has twice canvassed the dis trict for Congress.
 MT. Hall said last night:
 T am not a wealthy man. My own resources were exhausted in the cam paign which ended with the primary of May IS. I had thought that it would be impossible for me to make the race this time. but some of my friends sug- gssted that they would among them selves make up s purse to dsfray my campaign expenses. Therefore I do not see how can refuse the use of my name. I will be in the race"
 Situation in Montgomery County.
 Meanwhile the situation in Mont gomery county Is complicated. It is realized that a number of counties of the District may present candidates. If there are several candidates from Montgomery--the largest county of the Distgict-each of them would be em- barrassed-
 Mir. Goodwin, before announcing his candidacy. drew about him, the friends of other prospective Montgomery caSl- didates and the situation was reviewed, It is said that he was not able to gef a positive statement from the others as to the course they would pursue Then he announced. Hon. s. H. Dent Solicitor lof Montgomery county. stfll has the, matter under consideration.