The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-02-06
GOVERNOR NOT
A.CANDIDATE
Has No Ambition to Go
to Denver.
has MORE PRESSING DUTIES
VIII Uphold Any Plan Committee
Sees Fit to Adopt.
believed Now that Delegates WIN BE
selected BY Primary-Comn'it-
tee VIII Commence As
sembling Today.
has MORE PRESSING DUTIES

One Of the most interesting develop
nents in the political situation on the
eve Of the meeting of the State Demo
cratic Executive Committee was the
declaration of Governor Conner yester-
day that under no circumstances Will
he become q candidate for delegate to
the National Democratic Convention at
Denver.
when asked II he has any interest in
the Denver Convention and the plat
form to be adopted by the Democratic
party, Governor Conner replied that he
il much Interested in both the proceed
ings OF the convention and the platform
on which the party will go before the
"But I will not be candidate for
delegate to the convention in Denver"
said the Governor. 81 have other
things of more pressing nature which
demand my attention here in the state
The platform of the party. State or Ma
tional, should come Is near as possible
to expressing the will of the people,
and I should like to see men go to
Denver who will make the platform
harmonic with the platform of the
State, as we are now engaged in carry
ing out the planks of that platform
which is the latest expression of the
people"
Asked for his opinion as to the meth
cd of selecting these delegates to the
National Democratic Convention, the
Governor put himself down as squarely
in favor of what the State Executive
Committee shall do in the matter.
II am with the Executive Committee
on whatever they decide in providing
for the election of delegates" he said.
Adds Interest to Situation.
These utterances of Governor Conner
serve only to heighten the interest in
the probable action of the State Execu-
tive Committee which will assemble in
Montgomery tomorrow. Later gossip
runs hand in hand with the early pre-
dictions OF the course of the Executive
Committee with reference to selecting
delegates to the Denver Convention. The
preponderance of opinion points to a
primary, not only for the election of
the delegates to the Denver Convention,
but for the election Of two two Assoc
ciate Justices Of the Supreme Court.
Today the members of the Executive
Committee are expected to arrive, or
the majority. at least. BY no means
has the project of convention been
shelved in favor of primary. for all
choosing purposes during the year Of
1908. There Is to be found in the ranks
OF the Democratic party in this state
q most formidable faction, In favor of a
primary for electing delegates to con-
vention to be held at an appointed time,
which delegates will be authorized to
name the delegates to the Denver Con-
venfion. This, plan has a strong ele-
ment OF the party behind II, according
to rumor, and is expected to put up an
interesting aght when the Committee
begins it's deliberations Friday morn
ing. It is belieV sd. however, that the
administration element OF the Commit
tee will throw Its weight on the side
of a primary for an selections through
out.
The total number of delegates to
which Alabama is entitled in the COM
Ing National Democratic Convention is
twenty-five, four from at large and two
from each Of the nine Congressional
districts. There are but few announced
candidates for these positions. After
the meeting OF the Committee, however,
announcements will come thick and
fast for these honors, which are not to
be disregarded by any successful poll.
ticians.
races for Associate Justices of the
vacancies to be made by the expiration
Of the terms of Justices r. T. Simpson
and Jonathan HARRISON. 1t Is reason
able to suppose that Justices Simpson
and HARRISON will stand for recollection,
though neither has announced, consid-
ering 1t somewhat early to give any
utterance on the subject as yet. Judge
J. nj. Chilton,a prominent lawyer of
Montgomery. whose father served on
the Supreme Court bench in this State.
is among the possibilities in the Justice
ship races. State Senator John A. Lusk