The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06
O. NEAL STOCK HAS
RISEN DURING WEEK
Mallory Forces to Have Inning
for Few Days
ISSUES TO BE CLEAN CUT
Senate Fight Between White and Bank
head-Ncsmith for Chief Justice.
O'Neal Campaign COMMITTEE
Announced
ISSUES TO BE CLEAN CUT

The political situation at the end OF
the week of live events might be summed
up as "ONeal stock rising" The ire
mendous popularity of this man is just
being realized Like Weakley, he was
really a candidate long before the amend
ment fight but he lived through it; based
his arguments on high plane, made few
enemies and hosts of friends
1t must be admitted that last week
was an O'Neal week. In it he announced
his platform, opened his state headquar-
tiers. held conference of friends, was
indorsed by prominent newspapers and
was given a free field with practically
the full strength of the anti-amendist
force behind him. Among the papers
which ave indorsed his candidacy this
week is the Mobile Item.
This week Mallory will have his inning.
Tuesday his friends confer in Montgom-
cry and an effort will be made to rally
the strength of the scattered forces He
may be able to get Seed out of the cam
paign. 1t is hardly probable that Hen
derson will withdraw at this point, al
paign and establishing headquarters has
been the cause for wonder. However, the
Selma candidate will do his best this
week. and after the real start be on
a three months race to q
No Man Can Strnddle
There is no question but this will be
a campaign of clean-cut line-ups. The
man who was on the fence, or has tried
to straddle at any time, has committed
a fearful blunder and will have to come
down. Most of them have come down.
This will be true In both county and
state primaries. There will be tickets,
and all the way through the men who
stood by and fought for the Montgom-
cry platform, the protection of the home
and the constitution, and a fair trial for
the state laws, will be found on one
side.
1t Is not considered at all probable that
any further entries will be made in the
ace for United States Senator. No
Ioubt one faction would be delighted to
see several more candidates in the field,
hut the battle, and an interesting one IL
5ill be, is between Frank s. White ana
John Hollis Bankhead.
The announcement this morning of the
candidacy of C. C. Nesmith for chief JUS
ice of the supreme court is that of the
irst Birmingham man to go after big
state office. Judge Nesmith is the only
announced opponent to the present In
cumbent, Judge L. j. Dowdell, and with
the vast strength which he can muster,
will stand a fine chance of election.
O'NeaI Campaign Committee
The special committee appointed at
the O'Neal conference has announced
the state campaign committee for Mr..
0 Neal as follows:
Gov. William c. Oates, Montgomery
George s. Houston, Limestone; e. l..
Russell, MOBILIZE j. J. Willett, Calhoun,
James Weatherly, Jefferson; Wallace
w. Screws, Montgomer; John A. Rogers,
Sumter; Judge Ed B. Almon, Colbert;
DR.. Luther L. Hill, Montgomery; Pat
Lyons, Mobile; P. G. Bowman, Jeffer-
son; DR.. Erwin Craighead, Mobile;
ed DeGraffenreid. Hale; e. w. Barrett,
jefferson; R. B. Kyle. Etowah; Marcus
Well, jefferson; Howard Douglass,
washing tollt ItObeIl y. IoWe, bdi poui
A. J. Quinna, Mobile McLane Tilton,
Jr., ST. Clair; Francis J. Inge, Mobile;
Iuttenhouse Moore, Mobile; John w.
Tomlinson, Jefferson; Thomas l.. Long,
Walker; Emil Lesser, Jefferson; J. v.
Allen, Jefferson; Byrd w. Farmer,
Houston Parker Hudman, Lee; Jesse
p. Stallings, Jefferson; Judge Joseph
II. Nathan. Colbert; David M. White,
Coosa; A. r. Walker, Lauderdale; Capt
a. T. GOODWIN; Elmore; Oscar Lewis,
Macon; DR.. J. M. Miller, Walker; J.
G. Farley, Calhoun; John c.. Webb,
Barengo; Charles Burkhart, Cullman
W. R. oliver, Shelby; A. Sheinhart, But
Ter; Guy w. VIM. Barbour; w. w.
Hill, Montgomery; Charles E. Meeks,
James Cook. Montgomery; L. H. Nun
nely Bib; J. e. Foy, Barbour e. W.
Booker, Jefferson; Ed Graves. Blount;
II. s. lNolen, Tallapoosa; r. F. Wealth
ers. Randolph: w. F. Clardy. Lamar;
Henry Barnard Marshall; A. A. Berger,
.4auderdale; w. B. Francis, Morgan;
A. A. Berger, Morgan: James Shelton,
Jackson; w. B. Oats, Henry; James
Gallag err. Montgomery; s. d. Bloch
Wilcox; r. V. Evans. Walker; j. G.
bloch, Mobile; Thomas H. Motion,
chairman. Jefferson: John c. Pugh. Sec
/ etary, Jefferson.