The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-08
MAKE ASSESSMENTS ON THE CANDIDATES Sub-Cemmittees Expected to Make Announcements UNDERWOOD COMING SOON Judge Weaver Spends Day In Blbb County, and Drennen Is lnvesti-.
 gating In BIount-other
 Political Gossip.
UNDERWOOD COMING SOON


 of the dates of meeting of the sub-com- mittees of the county and congressional executive committees for the purpose of fixing the assessments for candidates seeking county offices and the office of congressman from the Ninth.
 Interest in the county campaign is growing every day, and the candidates are getting busy doing campaigning. The county offices to be filled are coroner, county assessor, tax collector, superin- tendent of education, treasurer, two judges of the city court, and five members of the Board of Revenue
 George B. Tarrant, tax collector; F. A. Hewitt, tax assessor, and H. c. Miller, treasurer, are without opposition so far. Coroner W. D. Paris has opposition in W. l.. Brasher and w. S. Russell. Super intendent of Education l. " MeAdory has opposition in H. P. Burruss and P. M. McNeal. Judges c. c. Nesmith and H. A. Sharpe have opposition for reelection in the persons of Von L. Thompson and w. C. Garret.
 There are nearly 70 candidates for the five seats on the Board of Revenue, and an interesting feature of this race is that every candidate has announced his platform with "good roads" as the pri- mary plank.
 The county, congressional and state pri- maries will be held on May IS.
 The congressional primary is held for the purpose of nominating a congress- man from the Ninth district There are two announced candidates, Oscar ". Un- derwood, who has represented the district for number of years, and Judge Sam uel L. Weaver of the criminal court of Jefferson county.
 In addition, rumor has it that " M Drennen will announce his candidacy this week. and that J. A. VanHoose, president of the Southern Wholesale Grocers' asso- citation, and for many years prominent in the political and commercial developraent of the district, is thinking seriously ofaen- tering the race.
 Congressman Underwood Is expected in Alabama within a short while for the purpose of canvassing the district which he has long represented, and in which he knows the majority of voters. Judge Weaver has entered upon an aggressive campaign, and yesterday spent the day in Centreville. Before leaving he stated that his chances for election are good. T will get a good vote in Jefferson county, am strong in Bibb and will carry Blount, in case there are no other announced candidates, by a three-quarter major ity," he said.
 For the past several days MT. Drennen has been in Blount county, and it is re- ported that he is feeling the ground be- fore making a decision as to whether or not he will run He will be in Birming ham Monday and his friends believe he will have something to say on that date.
 The state primary Is held for the pur- pose of electing a president of the rail- road commission, a fish and game con- missioner two judges of the supreme court and delegates and electors from the state at large to the national demo- cratic convention to be held at Denver
 The state ticket. in addition. will pro vide for the nomination of two delegates, electors and alternates from each district of the state.
 Charles M. Henderson and John H. Wal lace have no opposition for president of the railroad commission and game coin- missioner, respectively.
 The candidates for delegates at large to the national convention are Congress- man Henry D. Clayton, Congressman Thomas J. Heflin, Col. John ". Tomlin- son, Capt. E. w. Booker and R. N. Rhodes. There are four to be elected.
 It is believed that the most spectacular race will be for the two seats on the bench of the supreme court to be vacated by Justices aralson and Simpson. Justice Haralson has announced that he will not be a candidate to succeed himself. Jus tice Simpson is already in the field and the other announced candidates are Judge A. IT. Aston of Clayton, supernumerary circuit judge of Alabama; Judge James J. Mayfield of Tuscaloosa, state codifier; Judge J. A. Bilbro of Greensboro, who in the last campaign received 30,000 votes; State Senator John A. Lusk of Gunters- vile, who has the influence of the state administration behind him. and J. M. Chiffon of Montgomery, who has done great amount of practice before the su- preme court. Each of the candidates is well known and a man of admitted legal ability.