The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-24
CAMPAIGN OF
 CLOSE RACES A Lively County Cam paign is Now on. COUNTY CLOSELY cANvAsSED
  Interest Ctnters on Races for Col
 Iector and Assessor. ssx Fisat for 'rrsssursr. County super intensent ana Members of the
 Bosra sf Revenue Of The County. z F
COUNTY CLOSELY cANvAssED

The action of the State Democratic Executive Committee forestalied the action. of the Montgomery County Dem ocratic Committee. and Montgomery County will not have the early pri- mary wanted by practically all of the long list of candidates.
 The State Committee put the State primary on May IS, and in doing so, 1t directed the County Committees to use the same date In Tuscaloosa and Crenshaw Counties early primaries had already been ordered. but the State Committee brushed them aside and di- rscted that the general State and Coun- ty primaries be held on May IS. IL was the purpose of the Montgomery County Executive Committee to carry out the wishes of the candidates and have the primary as early as 1t could be held conveniently. But there is no prospect for that now and the tired candidates will have to run on until after the mid- dle of May.
 Montgomery County has already been canvassed about as closely as 1t could be done. The campaign has already covered the county. except as regards q few of the offices, notably the race for members of the Board of Revenue. As general thing. if voter does not and has not personally met a number oe them, 1t is the voters fault.
 Letters have been sent out. The candidates have travelled from beat to beat and the passing crowds on the city's streets have been closely scanned, in the candidates efforts to meet and win some new supporters. The regis tration lists have been in possession 0f the candidates and they have been carefully scrutinfzed and checked on The canvass has been personal, from the candidates to the voter. In the
 neanwhile the candiate For a county office looks envious1y at the candidates for Q city office because ne has such an early primary.
 nrettiest fights is that for Tax Collect or. There are only two candidates top this place, but both are among the pest known men of the county and amonS the most popular.
 Tn this race State Senator Charles D. Teasley and W. M. Hudson are the op-
 Donents. Either man could make q lively race for any office in the gift of fine voters of the county. Senator Teas lev was elected to the State Senate .oy a handsome plurality over two populaF Moutgomerians In the last primary. For d number of years, in fact. sinee hovhood. he has been connected Witn tha ofF1ce of Tax Collector. m the Senate he was regarded as an auAnOS- tty on tax matters
 There is no business man in the coun- trv. better known than Mir. Hudson. HIS acuuaintance embraces not only tne people of the city but of the county as well. He has served by appoint y,anf m the Board of Revenue of Mont
 romery County and is familiar with the afrairs of the county. He has served several times in the City Council 2. Montgomery and the voters nf his Ward have elected him every time ne onsreo.
 For the ofice of Tax Assessor there
 will also be a neat fight with three nopular entries. The political wise- acras are not doing much prophesying or thta race. Charles P, Anderson one of the aspirants. has been promi- nen% In the affairs of the county and citv for a number of years, He mas a strong following and he Is recog- uized as a formidable racsor ID tne race. Morgan S. Gilmer, an aspaEAns A,t
 for the same honor, ia also one or the hszt known man of Montgomery Coun- ty. He is d Confederate Veteran and rnanv veara service in clerical positions ,v, tia Court House have brought him ,n nsrsonal contact with the great mass oT vaters of the county. s. A. Solomon is among the most popular men m ous- iness in Montgomery. While ne mas successfully. pursued his private pusi' AI2IF8 Att0A6eSA - torch with political conditions in the county. His business has carried him into every section of the county and hia wide circle of personal friends 1s-
 sure him of a large and generous sup"
 port. ,,..
 thera ia d field full of candidates. It Iooks like lively fight for the place. The town and the county are well rep resented in the five handed race. The candidates have all a large list or friends and it is embarrassing many voters in deciding which should have ths honor. The candidates are William
 B. Whiting. James P. Ferrall. I. D. Colliar, Jason H Smith and George H. Shackelford.
 The race for County Superintendent oR Education ts three-cornered and IiveIy. In the past two weeks it has narhaus attracted more attention than any other contest. The aspirants are e. W. Covington, S. M. Mitchell and
 D. W. Harrison.
 The law passed by the last Legisla- tura making the members of the Board of Revenue elective has added a new Interest to the county campaign. The Board members are elected by districts
 too, and this has increased the interest. | At present there are three announced 1 candidates for the places from the city, | They arc James H. Cook, N. J. Greil and A. L.. Tyson. A number of other
 gentlemen are understood candidates and their friends are urging their elec- ton.
 1 For Coroner. W. H. rice. the present holder of the of1ce, seems to have thu I field to himself -s
 Montgomery County altogether is 90 Ina, to bava a Iivalv urinary on May lS