The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
CONGRESSIONAL RACE NEXT IN INTEREST Committee Will Meet In Bir-
 mingham Tuesday OTHER POLITICAL GOSSIP Little Opposition Has So Far Manl- fested Itself For Any of the State,
 Congressional or County
 Offices.
OTHER POLITICAL GOSSIP

ihe ueInocrdtlc executive committee of the ninth congressional district will meet in Birmingham Tuesday, At that meet ing the date for the congressional pri- mary will be named as May 1s By the action of the state executive committee May IS has become the cleo ton day throughout the entire state. On that date all county, congressional and state primary elections will be held. The state officers to be nominated are two justices of the supreme court, pres- l ident of the railroad commission. fish and game commissioner. In addition. there will be four delegates from the state at large elected to attend the na- tional democratic convention at Denver
 In the congressional primaries, each of the nine districts will nominate a con gressman. In addition, two delegates from each district to the national conven- tion will be chosen.
 In the county primaries, the following will be nominated Two judges of the city court, a judge of the circuit court, a tax assessor, a tax collector. & coroner, a superintendent of education, a board of revenue. judges of the inferior county courts justices of the peace and consta- l bles
 Only Four Announced.
 On account of the adoption by the state committee of the primary plan, announce ments for delegates at large are few. l There are four candidates for the four positions, Col. John w. Tomlnson, Capt. E. w. Booker and R. N. Rhodes, all of Birmingham, and Congressman J. Thomas Hefln of the Fifth district The report is that Congressman Clayton of the Third district. will be in the race, but he has made no announcement It is considered certain that in case Congress- nan Clayton represents Alabama in the national convention, he will be made tenn porary chairman of the convention. He 1 is the oldest national committeeman in l the democratic ranks.
 The announcement of candidates for the positions of district delegates are few, also. Escar Floyd has announced from the Ninth district and Senator N. L. Mill Ter is discussed.
 According to the present indications, Charles M. Henderson president of the railroad commission, will be elected for another term without opposition. The l same is true concerning John H. Wallace, fish and game commissioner. There are several candidates announced for the su- preme court bench for the vacancies oc- casioned by the expiration of the terms of Justices Haralson and Simpson. The announced candidates are Judge James J. Mayfield of Tuscaloosa, Senator John ! A. Lusk of Guntersvile. J. M. Chiffon of Montgomery, and John A. Bilbro of Greensboro. Judge Haralson announced yesterday that he would not be a can didate to succeed himself. It is thought, however, that Judge Simpson will ask for another term. Judge A. D. Sayre of Montgomery is considered another prob- able candidate.
 Tame Congressional Fight. The congressional fights this year are expected to be tame, also. There is as yet opposition to but one of the nine 1 incumbents.
 Thomas J. Hall will oppose Col. A. A. Wiley of the second. According to the report, Fred Blaclmon, state senator, l will oppose Congressman Craig of the Fourth, but no announcement has been made as yet. In the Ninth, there Is no | opposition to the candidacy of Oscar w. l Underwood, although the friends of w. M Drennen are uging him to enter the 1 field J. A. Van Hoose may also decide to enter the race.
 l It is stated that there will be no op- position to Congressman Washington Taylor of the First or Congressman Hen " D. Clayton of the Third district. Con- l gressman Hobson in the Sixth have found no opponents as yet Congressman Bur- nett in the Seventh, and Congressman Richardson in the eighth, anticipate a re- turn to Congress without the necessity of overcoming an opponent.
 In Jefferson county, the majority of the incumbents in the county offices are | without opposition.
 l This is true as concerns one judge of the city court the judge of the circuit court, the tax collector, the tax assessor, | the judges of the inferior court, and the constables. There is opposition to Coro- ner w. D. Paris, Superintendent of Edu- cation McAdory, and for judge of the city court. There are about fifty candi- dates for the Board of Revenue, and the 1nQ1caI1OnS are tiidl lIle tillcl lntcIcSt ol the campaign will center about this race. Each of the candidates has announced in favor of good roads, for which there has been such a campaign waged on the part of the public spirited people and institu- tions.
 This is considered an off year in poli- ties This is true because no governor of the state, and other state officials are elected, and because no sheriff and judge of probate is elected in the several coun ties Inasmuch, however. as this is presidential year, congressional year, and the year in which several state off cers and county offices are to be filled, the voters will have great amount of work to do.
 In Birmingham the year, from politi- cal aspect, is exceptionally interesting, because in addition to the above men toned primaries, the voters of this city will be called upon to elect a mayor, and number of city aldermen.
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