The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-21
LAST OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE CANDIDATES
Today Is the Limit for Filing
Qualifications
A BIG LIST YESTERDAY
VIII Probably BE Rush Today, How
ever, as Over 80 Known Candi-
dates Have Not Yet For
mally Qualified

This is the last day on which candidates
for the various city offices to be contested
for in the democratic primary of June 20
may qualify The books will remain open
until o'clock tonight In the office of
Roger w. Snyder, secretary of the sub
committee at 2120 First avenue.
There will be a meeting of the execu-
tive committee at noon Monday, in the
council chamber at the city hall, for the
purpose of passing upon the qualifica-
lions of the various candidates and to ap-
portion the assessments for the various
offices.
There have been 81 candidates to quali-
fy. Today, however, is expected to be a
rush one, as there are over go men who
have announced themselves as candidates
who have not yet qualified.
Culpepper Exum qualified for mayor
yesterday, being among the first to quail
fly during the day.
Others qualifying were as follows;
Frank j. Plosser for license collector.
Lee Dillon, for plumbing inspector.
John Wright. for alderman from First
ward.
John E. Morris, for alderman from Sew
enth ward.
Sam Foley, for alderman from Four
teenth ward.
Frank w. Smith, for alderman from
Fifteenth ward.
p ]. Rogers, for alderman from Six
teenth ward.
W. II. Mcdowell, for alderman from
Sixteenth ward
Those to qualify for committeeman from
the various wards were as follows A. B.
Sudduth, from the First ward; Mike Sui
Ivan, from the First ward Benjamin
Leader, from the Second ward; A. P.
Rich, from the Second ward; John B.
Bethea, from the Third ward; Walter
Newberry, from the Fifth ward;
John B. Rosenthil, from the Eighth
ward; H. ]. Martin. from the Tenth ward
Roger w. Snyder, from the Fifteenth
ward.
An interesting feature of the days reg
istration was the reistration of Frank w.
Smith of the Fifteenth ward for alder
man, and of PSI. Rogers of the Six
tenth ward for alderman. Both of these
men are now on the Board of Aldermen,
having been elected by that body for the
long term.
1t will be remembered that the city
democratic executive committee worked
on the idea that the Board of Aldermen
could not legally elect members of the
board to serve beyond the time of the
next general election At the time of the
annexation of the suburban towns on the
first of the year, Frank w. Smith Of Ely
ton was elected to the long term by the
board. the term to expire two years from
October l. 1910. p. j. Rogers of Ensley
was given the long term on the Sixteenth
ward
These two men stated when qualifying
that they "believed In democratic princi-
pies and wanted to give every man a
square deal, and were not afraid to go be-
fore the people for election: that they
had been advised by some that they did
not need to run for the office, because
they had been elected by the council, but
decided not to make a contest for the
seat through election by the council but
offer for election by the people,"
There s a difference In legal opinion re-
garding the right of the council to elect
members of the Board of Aldermen be-
You'd the time of the first general cleo
ton. Messrs. Smith and Rogers are the
only ones of these 'long-term suburban
aldermen" who have qualified.
The qualifying of Frank w. Smith as
alderman set at rest the rumors which
had been going the rounds regarding
him. He was persistently talked as can
didate for president Of the council and
also as a candidate for city attorney
and really never made .up his mind fully
in the matter until yesterday morning.