The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-13
ANY MORE FOR COMMISSIONER Field Gets Bigger Now
 Every Day. MERRITT IS IN THE RACE Friends of W. D. Mecurdy Are
 Urging Him. ". c. Fitt. of noslle. A. D. kirby of Madison, s. F. Kennedy of cai- Aou.. 5oas A. Lusk of Mar
 shall Awaitlas Cover
 nor's Choice.
MERRITT IS IN THE RACE

proeneetiye applicants for the x.csnev son the Railroad Commission continue to increase in numbers. tne fhn appears to be a plum much as ~3raA though not, by any means, hananza. Also the pay is not bad' an ann1,sl stipend of 5000 being sum not to be scoffed at in these pinehy times 4. na ,,,s..sfNarad fine future wrapped in the scn Tt gives ample opportunity as 2 sferniy,r stone to aspirants for higher nonors. There is precedent Tor suSn s,opx tu the present Governor. ne ~sarrad at a single bound from the Tfeilroad Commission to the Guosr- naforial chair. The successor ot ns late Major John c. Harris will nave just two years and a hali in wnieH u.r,t,,,s sS show himself a good aominis'i@ssse mas. aa..
 Ynferast of personal nature was add es yesterday by the announcement that Renresentative A D. Kirby or Mao.- ~on County, ts in the contest He is natd fo be in earnest about the mater ana is on the ground awaiting the ar, rival of the Governor The latter wAA hn sn his office today if nothing un-
 wns~e ss another man seeking the x.arffIon. in Senator H. P. Merritt ot ss~~sn County The Senator. known tr. hava haen a close adherent of the fsnvnrnor in the last Legislatures IS surrounded by influential frtends ln this contest. He has not been qnoteu as heing an applicant put gossip puss him In the almost sure class anu ms friends have received letters.
 Wr. Kirby, also recognised as a an,rhkw friend of Governor Conner m fnn srMnsd doings of the last Legisla- 4ssrA "A not without substantial friends n hla possible application. He was quite active in the support of tns Gdvernorse Administration ana nlS friends predict that placing him on Ine waiiroad Commission would be put rasonnition of the services thus rem
 Tnen. afeo, there are the men whose ,aenAn Huraux to the tongue of rumor vvAew4thas,fiIling of the vacancy was Tgrat discussed. The friends of 8 P Kennedy add force and influence daily to his application. He is secretary os tha Commission. H. P. Ske6gs. o1 DeeaEur. sla z no mean guess and his friends are pushing his boom harder than ever, v. D. Mccurdy. of Lowndes County, will be .an avowed appi.st,, cant for the honor. His rrienas VII ..s xha nifv Saturday 1on what was be- Ifeved to Gbe this mission.
 w. C Fitts, of Mobile. q lawyer or nrofnfnence. and candidate for the sifernate United States senatorship in I90e. ig pressing his friends for support n asking for the honor. The friends are responding, 1t is said. and with him and the others and the Senator from Marshall. John A. Lusk. in the running, there is eongested field :.
 Verify the Governor will have plenty of timber from which to fill the vacan- cy. And some do say that there are chances of his reaching over into a section 90 far unnentioned and pulling out a man from the ranks of his sup- porters who though having done no conspicuous service in his behalf, yet Is capable of filling the position. He may decide the matter this week.