The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-04
Prohibitionists Have En-
 tered the Field.
MAKES THE FIFTH PARTY
 TO GO ON THE BALLOT
Republican Regulars" Got Busy
 Saturday in Name of Harmony.
secretary s>- State Julian Threatened To Certify Davidson Faction To Probate Judge To Go On BaI-
 lot Unless withdrawn.


 There was l. .lch scurrying among the Republican Regulars" Saturday when Secretary of State Frank N Julian made 1t known that unless by Monday midnight a formal request in legal style is made to the contrary, the nom inees of the so-called Davidson Fac tion of the party we Id be certified out to the Probate Judges to go o: the official ballot November
 More than once Republican organiz- CTS at State headquarters in Birming. ham Saturday engaged the Secretary of State in long distance converse tions with the purpose cf wiping out the Davidson slate. But the Secretary of State, without making any positive ruling in the matter, said the nominees could not be officially withdrawn ex- cept by the same authority as that by which they were certified.
 The administration Republicans se- cured the consent of the Secretary 0f State to withhold the nominees from the Probate Judges on only one con- dition. The informal though written request of Jules W. Davidson alone to withdraw the nominees would not suf- flee under any circumstances. What is regarded as sufficient Is a legal re- quest by the Fame officers of the nom- mating convention in Birmingham who made out and signed the original cer- tificata tot the Secretary of State last summer. It is barely possible, too, that before the end of the controversy comes. the enterprise of the Taft sup porters will be taxed to getting a signed request from every individual nominee on the Davidson ticket to have his name withheld from the coun- fy officers
 At least the stalwarts under the Vulcan emblem are bestirring them selves with such an understanding. They wish to take no chances. They are in Birmingham packing and mailing raft literature and nti-Democratic ing vote for ,he ponderouB Judge who seeks the White House. Nothing could command their attention so well and interrupt their lRbors as to be threatened with divers sets of nom- inees on the official ballot It would certainly split the Republican poll.
 How many Republicans in this State and Hammer and "VulcapT 4 con- fused follower of the c. o. P. mignt set his cross under the Arm and Ham, mer list .-en he intended to cast Q vote for the administration crowd.
 win Get Each Nominee.
 Judging from t-ie conversations held over the phone Saturday with the Sec EGLAEy OL OtGbce AAG AhVAApoOAAhCb mediately accepted the formers declarations at his word. They asked for the name of every nominee for State oflces, CongFessmen and eleet- ors, with the supposed purpose of wir- ing each and requesting him to mako formal request of the Secretary ct State to have his name withdrawn. It will be e big task of much Getail. But unless 1t is completed by Monday night the names will go out to the Probate Judges with the mass of other election blanks and instructions for making up the ballot.
 With the prospect of two Republf- can sets of nominees and the filing Saturday of the Prohibition nominees with the Secretary of State, together with the possible ruling of the Attor- ney General that two of the Constitu- tional amendments must go on the offl- cial ballot, that voting affair promises to contain no less than seven columns. This would make 1t decidedly the most cumbersome ballot on record in this State. And in the counties of the