The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-10
HARDW|CK MUST
 FIGHT FOR SEAT
Georgia Congressman Is Fac
 ing Strong Opposition.
A PLEA FOR CLEMENCY
William H. Mitchell of ThOmssviiic Seeks Pardon at the Hands of Prison Commission - Reports
 Made on Delayed Trains.

Atlanta, March 9.-(Speciai )-Aceording to reports from the Tenth congressional district, Congressman T. W. Hardwick is going to have an interesting time de- lending his title to his seat this year. l Report is that Maj. Charles E. Me Gregor of Warrenton is contemplating entering the race, and according to state ments from his friends an announcement of his candidacy may be expected in due course.
 Major McGregor is well known through out the Tenth district. He has cam paigned all over the district with Thomas E. Watson; he has also campaigned for others. In the campaign of 1906 he worked hard in the interests of the late Col J. H. Estill, then a candidate for governor. although he himself was a can didate for Congress.
 The friends of Major McGregor con- sider that he was crowded out of the congressional race that year by what they denominate the adroit manipulation of the district executive committee, and they are anxious to see him get into it this time. Major McGregor was mem Der of the house of representatives in 1SS2-1SS3 and of the state senate in 1894 1895. He has long been prominent in the politics of the district.
 In the last state campaign, 1898, he was an enthusiastic advocate of Gov. Joseph NJ. Brown, and was among those who strongly urged Governor Brown to enter the race before he announced his candidacy.
 Should Major McGregor decide definitely to enter the race for Congress it will make things decidedly interesting in the Tenth. Already there are two candi- dates in the race besides Mir Hardwick, who 1t is understood, will be a candi- date for reelection.
 One of these is Hon. Willis Evans of Washington, which is also MT Hard wicks home county. The other is Hon. o. R. Eve of Augusta, a well known lawyer of that city.
 It Is expected the situation will open up with considerable warmth in the Tenth about the time Congress gets ready to adjourn. Even that will not allow for very long campaign before the pri- mary which is expected to fall some where about the middle of August
 Plea of Mitchell.
 The second application of William H. Mitchell of Thomasville for executive clemency will be heard by the prison commission probably next week.
 Recently friends have been quite active again in Mitchell's behalf. Some of them, it is stated, tried to sound the prison commission as to whether it would be wholly a hopeless task to endeavor to secure some mitigation of Mitchell's sen tence of one year in the chaingang, fol- lowing his conviction of assault and bat tery upon the person of Miss Lucille Linton.
 It is understood the reply made was that the commission could give no indication whatever on that point; that it rested wholly with Mitchell as to whether he desired to make application for clemency, and if he did so. his application would be considered just as any other, entirely upon its merits.
 At this time there was filed with the commission a map of the scene of the alleged crime and incidents connected with it. This map was prepared by Mitchell himself who is now in the hos pital of the Thomas county chaingang, with view to showing that under any construction of the prosecutions evidence it was impossible for him to have commit ted the crime for which he was con- victed.
 Following the filing of this map there came an application for executive clem- ency which, in addition to grounds for merly urged. calls attention to the fact that Mitchell Is a hopeless invalid that he is confined to the camp hospital and that unless he is pardoned he will have to remain in the hospital during the re-