The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-14
GOVERNOR SMILES BUT SAYS NOTHING ReveIs In Some Mysterious
 Happiness SIDESTEPS BIG QUESTION Only Laughs When Asked If He Will Resign Governorship To Run for
 senate-offcial Call May
 Come This Week.
BY HERVEY w. LAIRD.

Montgomery, July 13.-(Special With a smile of welcome that gave brightness to his whole countenance, Gov. B. B. Conner gave all corners the glad hand this after noon and his talk was of the kind that a contented man indutses in. His afore- time private secretary. Judge William E. Fort, of the Birmingham criminal court, was with him for talk over old times, and took a part in the cordial welcome that found it's way to every section of the executive department.
 Finding the door open and the office force unwary. the correspondent of this paper walked into the very fragrance of the welcome, and was told to make him. self atNhome. very much at home. After shaking hands with the young judge, who, by. the way, seems to be improving in health and weight under the pleasant n- fiuences of his new duties, the newspaper man asked the governor if he had re- signed to enter the race for the United States Senate, or any other position; also he was asked if he would not turn over for the note book of the press ex- actly what he was going to put in the call for an extra session.
 nS lQtd Ol TcSiB lilB SttIiltu d BTedI joke to the head of the Alabama house. He laughed as If it was very amusing, but made no sort of comment one way or the other. Whether the story pleased or displeased him was not manifest from the tenor of his comment. He did say this much, however, that may be regarded as in a small way related: "A man asked me what l was going to do. l told him what I wanted to do, or be. He asked what. l said be governor four years longer" That is the full of the attention he gave to any reports about his connec- ton With the office he Is filling.
 He was as reticent about the subject matter of the call to the solons who are coming this way soon. Further than that 1t would not be out Wednesday he was not willing to ss>, but did say that 1t was not coming Wednesday. Once he told a newspaper man that 1t would contain "legislation;" another time that 1t would contain everything" But the full con tents remain a secret. No man who is permitted to talk out loud knows yet what it will contain. Perhaps 1t will have another of those mysterious sections that puzzled the people 80 in the last extra session, out of which grew the law to prevent the attorney general or other state officers from trying to enforce the railroad laws.
 There Is one thing that the governor is showing a liking for just now that has been very little talked of on his side of the house, save In his speeches on the out side. and that is the prospect of deficit Many have argued that deficit Is coming with the winter time, and the weakness of the strong box has been quite often dis cussed. The governor takes the position that it is best to have the money in the hands of the people. There it will do more good than In any sort of strong bny FTbara bo Yocc fhop tc lad but what Is the odds, so long as the de- ficiency can be met and the outlay Is put out in a good cause.
 He asked the question at one of his re- cent appointments: What shall we cut off first?' Then he tolled off on hls fingers Shall it be the money to old soldiers, to the common schools to the university, to the increased pay of judges to the in- sane hospital to the blind and deaf schools. to the asny other of the important institutions?" And the answer is, 'No mo- Not from any can there be any thing taken away. Then what is to be done? Why, all is well, and the people are satisfied and the expenses will be met and the state will have all the money 1t needs to take care of It's obligations.
 The chief executive will not be dis pleased about anything. He had a fine time last week. He spoke at Samson, where he laid down the policies Of his service from then on in several thousand words of composition and figures. He likes the way the citizens of that community remember him. One of them told him that he was not as much for him in his race for governor as he should have been, for which he was very sorry but he is for him now no matter what he is after. T like that Samson citi- zenship," said the governor. They re- member so we'll.
 The chief of the state government will be here the rest of the week. He will very likely give out the call to the leg islature Thursday, and on Friday he has called his staff to meet to make an n- spection of the Second regiment. On Sun day he will be with the staff to have look over the Third regiment. which will be in camp at Oxford Lake. Later he will have his decorated associates of the the war department with him for look in on the First infantry, which will fol- low the good fellows of Colonel Bricken at Pickett Springs.