The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-16
MIR. MALLORY
 TO RE SIGNa But Will the Con nmittee
 Accept lta COMMITTEE MEETS TODAY Messrs. Nesbitt and Sta1ll Are
 Mentioned. Governor Arrived Last Night and It Is Understood That For the .chair- manship, None But the | rue
 BIue Need Apply.
 

The contest of the two Dc procratic candidates for Superintendent or Edu- cation of Tallapoosa Cunty, Do settle which the State Executive c. nnmittee was called to meet in Montgo mery al noon today, promises to be O veTshad- owed by the more x int eresting problem of finding successor 10 Hon. H. S. D. Mallory, Chairman of Il 70 Com mittee. If the Committee shoulot ' decide to accept his resignation.
 MT. Mallory will tender his IL ssigna- tlon. This much Is certain. He Eili do
 T think as a matter of prop Eiety I should offer my resignation" said Chairman Mallory. In the EXC ahange Hotel last night. q have decil led to etee today. It Is right In the mi Sst of the campaign. you know. and think 1t nothing but right. 1t s,ould a too expensive to call q meeting late T for the same purpose. It costs mon sys to bring the committee together"
 But will the committee accept the resignation. A
 The advance guard of the orgai piza- ton which began arriving last lght were revolving this question uite freely in their minds after their ar viv- al in Montgomery. They discussed it. too. without reserve. and there vas enough opposition developed to acce pt- ing Mir. Mallory's resignation to " ST. rant the prediction of division on alle question before the committee today.
 It is long time before the time Eor choosing the next gubernatorfal no m- inee of the Democratic Party Wh He MT. Mallory is an acknowledged cam H. date for the nomination. 1t will be probably eighteen months or may te two years before the heat of the COD F hict can be expected. It Is arguet l, therefore. by the admirers of Chair I man Mallory, that his services will b Q entirely acceptable in the interim.
 Notwithstanding the talk of not ac. cepting the resignation of the Chair : man of the State Committee. who haR served so many years, gossip as to the probable successor or MT. Mallory be- gan working feverishly last night. There a. men with eyes on the job. They will not step to the front and say as much, but the center of talk last night was made up of Hon. W. D. Nes- bitt, a member of the Committee and Associate Railroad missioner. and Solicitor Henry B. Steagall. of Ozark. They were prominently mentioned for the place.
 Governor Comes Here.
 The early evening train from Birm- ingham brought Governor Colner to the city. He went straight to the home of Hon. J. Craig Smith, his son-in-law. It Is believed. however, that he has on the ground. and will have when the gong SQunQS, a T6PTSS6fft1IlNS LO klh1AS6 known his wishes in the matter. It is rumored that the Governor has really not spoken his choice in the contin- gency now about to happen. But as the political gossip gathered about Messrs. Stegal and Nesbitt, 1t is not improb- nbls that his preference will lie be- tween these gentlemen.
 The contest to occupy the attention of the committee at the opening today. will be between J. P. Oliver and G. l.. Bell, candidates in the May primary for the Democratic nomination as Su- perintendent of Education of Tallapoo- ga County. MT. Oliver Is making an appeal to the State Committee from the decision of the County Executive Committee, who had ruled that the candidates should run the race over at the general election November 8.
 It Is alleged that the count officially made showed vote of one majority in favor of Mir. Oliver at the late primary. MT. Bell carried the contest to the County Committee. / There the new County Committee, 1t is said. after in- vestigating the matter. expressed doubt as to the validity of Mir. Oliver's nom inatfon, and ordered the thing to be determined by a majority vote of the electors November 3.
 The committee will decide this mat ter today. After it is disposed of. the resignation of MT. Mallory will prob