The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
MALLORY BEE IS
 STILL BUzlNG Selma Man May Yet Get In Gub9rnatorial Race NICE FIGHT IN FOURTH If Garber Opposes Blackmon Things VIII Be LIveIy-Bush of Mobile May Run Against Congress
 man Taylor.
By HERvEY w. LAIRD.

Montgomery, December 4-(Special.)- Indicating the hold he has upon the peo- pie, there Is hardly a man who comes about the capitol these days who does not express the belief that Col H. s. D. Mallory is yet formidable prospect for the gubernatorial nomination next year, even though he did lead a forlorn hope for the prohibition amendment. It Is day of conservatism. they say. and that, from the very beginning, has been the accusation laid to the door of the Dallas county sage.
 Undertaking to get at the sentiment along this line. the correspondent of this paper asked, during the past week. many men what they thought about 1t. Perhaps 90 per cent thought that Mallory has fighting chance. These opinions are not of partisan Mallory men, but close students of conditions. He is taken to be a fair prohibitionist, sane on most public questions and conciliatory in his ways and manners. These are the argu- ments made for the belief that he is not out of the race by far, and, if he is found to be in the hard-to-beat class sure enough, the anti-administration forces may decide to take him up.
 Feeling Against Him.
 But there is fearful feeling against him among the leaders of the anti forces. The main thing is their fear of his Judg- ment. His adoption of the prohibition in- fant and getting 1t passed through the senate was such 8 shock to many of his friends that they have never recovered. This undone he might be the compromise leader now. AS it is, there is going to be a fight on him that may, and no doubt will. get a man out against him. That man would likely be Moody, if he would run. but the dope is that he will not. Second in the talk is Charles Henderson. However, O'Neal and Spragins are also talked of and have many good rriends.
 Some time soon there will be con ference. either here or in Birmingham. when a man to lead the anti-administra- tion flRht will be selected. It is given out that there will be no dividing in the race. but that all will be for one man. This IS thought to be the wisest course, especially if the conservatives for Mallory insist on giving him support. The belief that Judge s. D. Weakley will not run further is prevalent. though the judge has not let anyone know what he has in mind. But this much is so, with Weakley out or the race 1t will take mighty strong man to defeat the Selma candidate.
 Congress Race Is On.
 Fred Blackmon, senator from Calhoun, is in the race for Congress in the Fourth, and that no doubt means fight bet tween him and Col. A. Ms Garber. at present attorney general of the state, his home being in Talladega- BlaEkmon Is anti-Comer and anti most everything the last legislature did He was against most of the railroad acts, disapproved the radical prohibition laws and, in the main, was an anti most of the time. Hence, with O B. Teasley, Montgomery sena- tor, he was recognized as the man against the administration most of the time.
 Blackmon Is strong in his district. es- pecially his home county. In the midst of the most radical anti-railroad agita- ton he beat the field in his county, and his strength Is of that kind that is de- pendable all the year around and all the years Garber is strong in Talladega, which he would carry, no doubt. That would leave Dallas, the only other big county, fighting ground. with the smaller vote that is not so valuable It prom sises to be . great race if, after all Colonel Garber, who is allied with the present administration, decides to enter. Friends of both sides are holding back to rec tho fun. Few men in the state are better known and liked than Colonel Gar Der.
 Bush May Make Race.
 A. P. Bush of Mobile may make the race against Col. G. W. Taylor in the