The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
ONE LITTLE WEEK THEN THE SHOUTING Plenty of Excitement With One MayoraIty Candidate B0DEKER- WEIR CLOSE RUN President of Council Scrap One of the Issues-Races for Alderman In the
 Several Wards Increase
 In Interest.

Only one week remains before the mu- nicipal primary.
 Tke political mill race seemed checke< for few hours yesterday following the withdrawal of w. Melville Drennen as candidate for mayor However, before long the spirit of lethargy disappeared snd the campaigns went running on to- ward July 27 at the same old pace.
 Naturally the first thought after the announcement was, What effect will it have on the other races?'
 The race for the presidency of the council now takes the middle of the stage, but, after thinking it over, the street takers and politicians agreed thai reither Cooper nor Jones will be mate rially benefited by Drennen's action.
 Hence the fight will continue to rage between these two candidates. It is really the only feature of the campaign which Is bristling with issues. Cooper has issued his platform, a brief circular in which he describes his position and past record on municipal ownership. grade crossings and the famous street tax. He declares himself unequvocally against the latter.
 Harry Jones Is making, one of the most careful personal campaigns ever witness cd in Birmingham. He Is explaining to every man that the street taN is merely an emergency measure and that he does not favor it now He declares himself in favor of good, clean administration, and promises every man a square deal.
 Chief Fight Interesting.
 The Bodeker- Wier fight for police chief is second to none in real interest. The speeches of both Bodeker and Wier have been pronounced the best of the cam paign. The manner in which Bodeker easily shows that the responsibility for Weir's discharge rests on the shoulders of Copeland and Parker, and not on him, is generally commented upon. His stan1 for the enforcement of the law in the past, and his protection of the residence sections, are the main blanks in his platform.
 Chief Wier bases his claim to the office on the ground that he was wrongfully discharged and that the people should stand up for their tights. He makes a speech which arouses enthusiasm against the "typewrltten verdict of past his tory.
 Running for police commissioners are Carl Seals, F. B. Yielding, Tom Parker his undivided attention to the military features of the strike difficulties, but his friends are working for him faithfully. As a man with no political record to slur his past, he is said to be running q good race. The records of the others are well known. They were all elected com .nissioners at the last election.
 With the Aldermen.
 With one week remaining before the primary the election of these aldermen is generally predicted: Jack Greener in the First, A. Maben Hobson in the Sixth and M. J. Gregg in the Seventh wards.
 The Second ward is the scene of 3 warm fight between J. M. Bradley and Simon i<lotz, with the odds favoring the latter. In the Third ward D R. Cope land and J. T. Bickley are fighting, and only the count will decide, while the con test between John Copeland and Dr.
 
 Graham Perdue is giving pr w. R. Gum hot race in the Fifth ward, while in the Eighth Barnes Morgan is report ed in the lead. His political club met last night with a good attendance. Allen Nelson Is being strongly backed.
 The Bloody Ninth is a warm battle ground, and with three "hilr' people run ming against one from the bottom there is a possible chance for the cleo ton of Joe Weiferich. Jack Adams friends claim victory for him, but Henry Dean and Coffee Jackson are scoring their votes by the gross and each claims that he will lead the ticket.
 In the new wards the fight between big list of aldermen is bringing out many issues. Next Saturday night will end campaign unique in the history of Birmingham.