The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-30
WARM FIGHT OVER ECGLESTON'S SEAT Opponents Of GambiII Are Ra' :
 lying Around Hoyt TWO MEETINGS FOR TODAY City Committee Will Canvass the Re- turns From Recent Primary.
 Bethea and Silk Discuss
 Third Ward.
TWO MEETINGS FOR TODAY

There seems to be quite an exciting fight over In the Third ward for the office created by the resignation of AL derman R. H. Eggleston. Opposition to A. A. Gambill is said to be centering in favor of A. L. Hoyt. and at future meeting quite a fight is expected to arise in the council chamber. MT. Eggleston will resign at the next meeting.
 Two political meetings will be held to- day. At noon the democratic city com mittee will canvass the returns and im- mediately after they adjourn the new committee which was elected in the pri- mary will probably meet and elect It's chairman.
 At 8 o'clock tonight faction of the republicans will meet in Magnolia hall for the purpose of putting out a full ticket for city officers. Some time ago pr. Mas terson was nominated for mayor, but the for all the other offices.
 The election comes off on the third Monday in September.
 There has been some talk of an inde- pendent ticket, but no names are men, toned in this connection, and 1t is not expected that anyone will come out.
 The discussion in the Third ward will be understood by the following letter from the committeeman of that ward:
 To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 We notice that several statements have appeared in the daily papers that Alder man Eggleston will resign at the next meeting of the council, and that A. A. board as his successor.
 It is the very essence of democracy that the people are the best judges as to who should be their representatives, and a campaign has just ended in which the principle of fair play and a square deal has been frequently expressed with ap- proval. The qualified democratic voters of the Third ward in an election two years ago defeated Mir Gambil by an overwhelming majority, and a large ma- jority of the qualified voters of the Third ward have signed a request addressed to the City Council that A. l.. Hoyt be elected by the council to fill the vacancy that would be caused by MT. Eggleston' s resignation The voters of the Third ward ask the council to heed the wishes of the people of this ward In a matter in which they are so vitally interested. The people of this city have just ex- pressed by a ballot their demand that the heads of departments be voted for by the people, and 1t would be incredible that any alderman holding his office by g vote of the people of his ward would vote to deprive the people of the Third ward of the right ot be represented by an al- derman of their choice
 By all that Is fair and democratic let the Board of Aldermen order a special election for the Third ward or let them heed the petition signed by more than two-thirds of the qualified voters of that ward. JOHN B. BETHEA. w. w. SILK.
 Carl Seals, the newly elected police commissioner, makes this statement
 wish to take this means of thanking those who supported me for police com missioner in the recent primary election and also to express my regard for the ex- treme fairness with which I was treated by those who opposed me.
 The votes cast for me were given in the belief that I would live up to the plat loiHi WiiiSi auNoeatcu, anu NiSn tu say again, as before the election, that when seated in office I will do my ut most toward enforcing the law without fear or favor, and give the people of Bir- mingham a good. clean administration.
 CARL H. SEALS
 J. c. Lamont said yesterday that he was very sorry to disappoint his friends In, I,a a,d ba l,o come a candidate for alderman. How ever, he Is being urged to run independ- ent for justice of the peace from Beat 45. and states that he will probably make the race