The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-04
TEASLEY MAY GET IN IT Has a Card on the Con gressional Race. NEVER SIGNED STATEMENT New Development in Second District Race. --s--
 Does Not Want to bs saisunder.tsoa.
 Race is Expected to Berin ia
 Earnest With cemmittes Meeting.
NEVER SIGNED STATEMENT

| The most interesting development yesterday in the Second Congressional District situation was the announce
 nent by Hon. Charles B. Teasley of Montgomery that he might become a candidate for the nomination to suc- ceed the late Colonel A. A. Wiley. MT. Teasley who is State Senator and Democratic nominee for Tax Col. lector of Montgomery county declared that his name had been signed to a statement published by the friends of Hon. R. T. Goodwyn and Hon. S. H. Dent, without his authority. This statement was published as an adver- tisement in The Advertiser Thursday morning and bore on the retirement of Mr. Goodwin from the race and the an- nouncement c< the candidacy of Mir. Dent. It was said by the men who signed the statement that this arrange ment had been agreed upon by both Messrs Goodwin and Dent to prevent an unseemly political condition in Montgomery county. With emphasis Teasly declares that he knew nothing of this agreement and that he was greatly surprised that his name was used.
 "I cannot understand this" he says. T have not attended any conference nor was aware of such being held. I presume some close friend who felt at liberty to do SO, knowing my mutual frfendskip for the two gentlemen in question. signed my name thinking would acauiese in their views. T had promised to support Mir. Good wyn, had he remained in the race. but since his retirement there is a possi- biIity of my becoming candidate at the proper time.
 T don't want to be put in the atti- tude of endorsing the candidacy of q friend and then opposing him, and until my final determination in this regard l am not prepared to state my posi-. tion''
 For several days Mr. Teasley has been indisposed at his home on South Perry street and this statement was prepared and sent to the newspapers.
 The statement of Mfr. Teasiey fs es- peeially interested in view of the crit ioisn made by Chairman ". A. Hen- dsrson of the District Committee of the agreement entered into by Meesra Goodwin and Dent. MT. Henderson in. timated in an interview published yes- terday morning that, Messrs Dent and Goodwyn had made a trade for the omces of the people and declared his unalterab1e opposition to it. It is very probable that Mir. Henderson will be candidate for Congress.
 It Is expected that early next week Governor Conner VIII order a special election in the Second District. When this is done a meeting of the District Committee will be called in Montgom. cry by Chairman Henderson. At this meeting 1t will be decided whether the nominee will be chosen by a primary election or by convention. Until the committee meets 1t is not believed there will be other announcements by candi- dates.
 Meanwhile the avowed candidates Hon. H. s. Dent and Hon. T. J. Hafl of Montgomery Hon. W. H. Sanford. of Troy and Colonel c. R. Bricken of Lu. verne have been busy with their cam paigns Mr. Dent has gone to Denver as delegate to the Democratic con- veption but he left his interests in charge of close friends who are losing no opportunity to further his cam paigp.
 The announcement that Hon. Samuel c. Jenkins of Baldwin county has gone to Wilcox county to confer with Hon. Joseph N. Miller is of much interest. MT. Jenkins has said that he will be candidate for Congress if MT. Miller does not wish to run. This will make the contest in the southern mart of the district interesting.
 1t is known that Hon. J. Lee Long of Butler, Hon. James F. Jones of Cone cuh and Hon. G. w. L. Smith of Es- cambia are still considering the matter of running for Congress and there may be others.