The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
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Bessemer, April 4-(Special.-Th politi- cal situation in this city has not changed much within the past two days and it appears that every candidate is in the race to stay. Every man seems to be laboring under the impression that he is the very man needed for the place he seeks and before the race is finally de- cided it Is believed that there will be many wounded heart as the result of promised votes that never materialized.
 Of course the mayor has no opposition, but just the same he is trying to prove to his many friends that he appreciates their support and he is informing them daily that he is looking for them to come out on the day of election and give him a good vote.
 Neither has Clerk Stubbs any opposition, but he. too, is not letting any grass grow under his feet with regard to getting out among his friends and letting them know that he expects to see them on election day.
 The race for street superintendent is perhaps going to be one of the warmest in the whole crowd and the man that finally lands the job will at least know
 
 day warden is also going to be an in teresting one and no man in this class is sure of landing ere the strife is declared over. Ben Thompson, the present sani- tary officer will have no opposition and it is conceded by every one that he would be an extremely hard man to beat even if he did have an opponent He has held the position for several years and his work has been most satisfactory He is one man on the citys payrool that does take an extra amount of interest in the job. Of course, this does not mean that the others are not also in- terested in their positions, but Ben has the peculiar faculty of always wanting to work and he stays at it all the time
 The race between Chief Wallace and Frank Childers will hardly prove to be very interesting from the fact that most every one seems to be under the impress sion that Wallace will win out Both men are good officers but Mir Wallace has the advantage of having had a wide ex- perence and he has served in his present position for several terms.
 The aldermanic race is causing a good deal of talk, and the fight in the First ward is going to be a particularly hard one There are four men in the race, namely, Messrs Batson, Benton, Miller and Allinder. The first three named are working hard and it is a hard matter to figure out just who will be elected from this ward
 The race in the Second ward is also going to be a good one, and it happens to be a three cornered fight. The figat is between Lacy Edmundson, Rose Huey and Sam Stein. It was az first thought that Dr. Winters would also be in the race, but he passed it up for the position Of president of the councl. The Third ward race is going to be made interesting ter the men that finally win, and there appears to be a good deal of feeling among the voters over there as to just who should land the jobs The race i tEe Fourth ward might also be considered a good one and each man over there is cut to win. Steve Durricn. II. '. Cope iand, E. D. Thomas and Sam Wygransky are the men making the race in this ward and each man has pretty strong following.
 The race for committeeman IS one ot the warmest of the whole bunch, as far as the chairmanship is concerned, and the fact that Rush Randall entered at the last moment has made it doubly inter- esting A good many people seem to be under the impression that he will literally walk away with MeSSrS. Maddox and Sweet on the day of the primary but, ol course, this remains to be seen. It. vas reported at one time that both Mad COX and Sweet, were contemplating with drawing from the race, but when they were questioned along this line tkey both emphatically said that thek were in the race to stay and they wold stay there until the evening of April II, retiring only after the votes had been counted. All joking aside, this is a good race and each llan is looking over the field and lining bis friends up.
 The coming week will be busy one with all of the politicians, and every day I. om now on will be made to count.