The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-20
CANDIDATES
ARE NUMEROUS
Many Desire to be Next
Governor.
HENDERSON HAS A FOLLOWING
Mallory VIII Prove Strong Con-
tender IN The Race.
suase weakIey, the Avewed Conner
CAsass. VIII De I'm the Fight
wsth suppert--J. Lee Long
Discusses satuatien
In Alabama.
HENDERSON HAS A FOLLOWING

mast week, both having their signifi-
canoe, one the announcement of
Charles Henderson for Governor and
the other the announcement by Frank
3. Moody that he was not candi-
date. have not unraveied the tangled
political situation in Alabama.
With Henderson's announcement
made Saturday In Birmingham by his
I friend, Senator John Gamble. there
are two candidates in the field for
Governor on the anti-amendment side.
Hon Emmett o'Neal having ANNOUNCE
ed some days ago. On the amendment
side there are three candidates. H. s.
d. Mallory, Judge s.. D.. Weakley and
walter D. Seed. SO In the Christmas
holidays, just before the formal OPEN
ing of the State campaign, this situ-
alton Is presented in Alabama politics:
five candidates for Governor and the
lists of entries not yet closed.
In Montgomery there Is one SEN
tence OF Senator Moody's letter deciin-
ing TO run for Governor which liz re-
garded as significant. He writes his
fellow citizens who urged him to be-
come q candidate, that he would not
make the race. but II anything arose
to change his decision, he would In
form the committee. This is taken to
mean that Moody did not want to en-
ter any "sweepstakes" race for Gov
ernor. but that II he were urged to
become candidate by anything like
8 unanimous voice of the defenders
in the recent campaign he would
make the race.
strength Anticipated.
Henderson's announcement is views
ed as a significant political event as
he Is expected to be a strong candi-
date from start to finish. Many of the
strong men who took such an active
part against the amendment are his
friends, and In Southeast Alabama, one
Of the strong voting sections of tho
state. he is sure of a big vote. He
has twice run before the people. once
for associate member OF the Railroad
Commission and once for president,
and in each race he received a spien-
did vote, WANING easily. He 10 a man
of large private means and can afford
the expensive luxury OF race for
Governor under the conditions which
now prevail In Alabama.
Emmett O'Neal has been In the race
for two weeks and he has developed
strength in various sections of Ala
bama- He has had q number OF active
supporters and. In the cities especial
~. his candidacy has received encour-
agement He il an effective stump
speaker and when the campaign for
rnaliy opens, he expects to make a
thorough speaking canvass of the
state.
BY all factions II. 8. d. Mallory is
regarded as strong candidate. Even
the defenders in considering men as
candidates for Governor have regard
ed Mallory as the strongest OF the
men who supported the amendment.
He is considered by local politicians
as the hardest man for a defender
or any other candidate 20 go up
against. ~ t5f
But the defender" leaders believe
that so much excitement was stirred
up by the recent campaign that the
lines will be largely maintained In
the coming campaign for Governor.
In the past week. an evidence of NAL
Iory's strength is shown in the fact
that eight or ten Alabama papers, in
Guiding The Birmingham Ledger, have
declared for him for Governor. AL
though these were amendment papers,
their endorsement of Mr.. Mallory in
dicafes that the amendment forces are
consolidating on him as far as practi-
cable. That Mallory will be a strong
factor to the end Is conceded by all.
1t looks as though Judge s. d.
Weakley, the father OF the amend
ment, Will stay in the race Judge
Weakley wrote all the recent severe
prohibition laws; he was author and
sponsor for the amendment and he
made more speeches advocating it
than any other man in the campaign.
II was freely predicted during the
campaign that Judge Weakley would
Withdraw from the race for Governor
II the amendment was defeated But
three weeks have passed and Judge
Weakley is still In the race. Local
leaders express their belief now tina,
Judge Weakley will stay In to the
finish. e
Conner Candidate.
AS Is well known Judge Weakley
was favored by Governor Conner and
his announcement for Governor was
made after a conference with Cover
nor Conner. IN other words. Judge
Weakley time and again was accused
OF being the administration candi-
date"
Now Governor Conner does not regard
the overwhelming defeat of the amend
ment as any sort of reputation of his
administration. He has told his close
personal friends that the big vote
against the amendment was not a re-
Duke to his administration. He has
said The administration had nothing
TO do with 1t, except to endorse 1t as
moral issue. The ministration was
not defeated when the amendment was
voted down." he has said So it be-
heved the Governor. holding. these
views, Will want Judge WeakIey to
continue in the race and will not will
lingly consent to his withdrawal
In the meanwhile State Treasurer
Walter D. Seed Is making his personal
canvass for Governor. He has been
practically an announced candidate for
Governor for the past two years. In
these two years he has gone from one
m l.