The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-10
]. A. WILKINSON
OUT FOR TREASURER
New Candidates for Commits
sioner of Education
ONE Is BlRMIN CHAM MAN
Holding a State Office lie Not the Snap
That Il Was In Earlier Days
Early Primary Seems to Be
Choice Of People.
ONE Is BIRMINGH MAN
BY HERvEY w. LAIRD.

Montgomery, January S.-(6pecial)--I
a card to voters. In which he outlines
briefly his desires. J. A wilkinson. COM
missioner of agriculture. announces his
candidacy for the democratic nomination
for state treasurer. the position now held
by Walter d. Seed. ITO announce a plat
form Of principles Ii unnecessary" he
says. FOR I shall stand with and ON my
party's platform and contend that tho
principles and spirit of the game be
made effective Also he says: ST oppose
extravaganza in office:'' also, at believe
in greater Alabama, by Industrial and
farm development. and will ever be
found by those working to this end"
Two New Men Mentioned.
The week has brought out only two
new men as probable candidates for state
office. one being c. K Sharp of Luz
verne, who threatens to enter the race
for head Of the educational department,
and the other Walter Hawthorne. trav-
cling man of Birmingham, who intimates
a desire to stand for secretary of state
Neither 10 widely known in the state. and
just how much influence they would have
is problematical The well-known candi-
dates for the places are H. ]. willing
ham, secretary of the state board for
examining teachers, and ]. C. DuBose of
Birmingham. for the educational place.
and c. B. Brown, private secretary to the
secretary of state. for the other.
State officer Must Labor.
In these days the holder of state
office must know a lot and have great
deal Of experience to keep out of the
woods. With the advance in the business
1t takes a high order of intelligence and
long experience to do the work. In the
office of the secretary of state there are
enough legal complications to require
not only slave to detail, but q fne law
yer to untangle. The auditor, with
flood of detail that would appal an ordi-
nary man, must know the laws or lose
every cent he pays out without authori-
ty. Just as an instance there are 1900
pension warrants to be made out every
quarter. or four times a year. And tho
same thing is so of every department
that now exists. Alabama has grown so
fast that Its official demands are heavier
than any one can guess.
Governor Situation.
Nobody knows what is going to happen
in the race for governor. Mallory, Weak
ley, Seed of the amendment crowd, seem
to be fixed to the end, while O'Neal, the
most active speaker for the anti side.
seems to take no stock in the reports one
hears once In while that he may not be
allowed to bear the banner of the consti-
tuition defenders A practical politician.
who knows Alabama like a book, came
back from Birmingham this week with
the firm belief that ONeal Is in the race
to stay, and made the assertion that the
Lauderdale man is far stronger than
many are now giving him credit for.
This man said that he was not only
showing a following in north Alabama,
but in many sections of the wire grass,
where there was much resentment against
the amendment.
Talk of Primary.
Most men who come to the capital in
dorse an early primary. J. T. Ellison. a
Bib county man, says there is strong
sentiment that way in his section. State
Senator Reid of Covington thinks the
date ought not to be later than the early
summer, and would not object to late
spring. L. E. Jeffries of Selma, men,
Der of the committee, is in favor of get
ting the matter out of the way quickly.
and eight out of ten men one sees seem
to lean to this view. However. it Is yet
believed that the committee will call 1t
for August, tracking the platform In that
way, and that 1t will be plurality, no
matter how many men get In the run
ming Men close to the committee say
that this In what will happen.