The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-23
POLITICIANS ARE
 NOW IN L|MEL|CHT Hundreds Turning Toward
 Montgomery Today OFFICE SEEKERS IN CR )WD Meeting of Executive Committee Ex- pected to Be Largely Attended Be- cause of Unusual Interest In
 Coming Campaign.
OFFICE SEEKERS IN CR )WD
By HUGH w. ROBERTS.

storming the cradle of the Confed- eracy-"on to Montgomery!'
 Toward the Capital City the politicians have turned their faces and before falls the mantle of night full many hund- red from the hills and the plains will have gathered.
 Great work is theirs, these crying aloud "On to Montgomery!"
 1 The repairing of the firm foundation on which Alabama rests, the stitching together of the banners torn in recent conflicts the healing Of the wounds Of those who have suffered, the extending of the hand of help in mercy! Alabama Is to be made to blossom like the rose. l Prosperity. approaching, is to be bound hand and foot and forced to remain.
 It is the time 1f the year that the politician turns patriot It is for tho state, the good commonwealth and It's people, that these hundreds of honor able citizens are going to Montgomery today. None has selfish ambition to tweedle to; none a grievance to avenge. No man will dare advance an idea or further scheme or hatch a plan which does not mean well for the state and its people. For these are +te repre- sentatives of the people. these the men chosen to put into operation the ma- chinery of the government. And all of them are honorable men.
 The state democratic executive commit tee will meet tomorrow. The purpose of the meeting is the setting of date [ tha ba11 1F t{o ,rgp a for the nomination of candidates to fill the various offices in the government of the state.
 To attend this meeting all members of | the committee will go to Montgomery. The full membership numbers 47. a chair man and a secretary, four representatives from each of the nine congressional dis tricts, and one member in addition from each district, these known as committee men from the state at large.
 But these members of the committee compose only a fractional part of the 1 host which Is en route to Montgom- cry.
 There Arc the Candidates.
 In addition there are the candidates, the men filled to the brim with a keen desire to serve the state and it's people, men who recognize the need of conserva- tism-four long years of peace, peace, peace-and men each of whom believes he has received a call which he cannot do otherwise than heed. This brigade numbers the candidates. the near can didates and the candidates of future years. There are those who would serve as governor. There are those who would serve as lieutenant governor, as secre- tary of state. as treasurer. as superin- tendent of education, as railroad com missioner, as commissioner of agrfcul- ture. There are those who would serve as senator in- waiting There are those who would represent the people in the Ieglslature and those whose clarion voices would ring out jubilantly in the senate of their state. There are those who would become a secretary to commit tee and those who would stand guard at the door of the legislature. A vast bri- gade is that of the candidates
 And there are those grown old In the service of their country. Grizzled war riors these! Their purpose Is to advise cajole and wax reminiscent of glorious periods long gone. They have been gov ernors, senators, representatives; they have been orators to move mountain Of suspicion or doubt; they have taken hold of campaigns of mysterious outcome and brought them into havens of success and delight
 And there are the officeholders of to- day-a vast battalion thisl They feel that the right is theirs to advance an Idea, these who have on other occasions bold ly scuttled ships of enemies and forced fallen men to walk the plank Some are strong and able and bold and determined. Some have served their purpose and are old. All are patriots.
 And there are the "onlookers' and the "hangers-on." There are those who go to work and those who go to play. There are those who go to find a fault. and those who go to laugh and make merry There arc the serious and the frivolous along with the blind and the halt.
 It's a great day for Montgomery. The city. according to reports, will do itseif proudly Furious banners are strung across the highways. Furious policemen are there to direct the stranger. The host is en route and Montgomery is awaiting with arms outstretched.
 Big Attendance Expected.
 It Is probable that the largest attend ance in the history of the executive com mttee will be in Montgomery today and tomorrow. The ensuing campaign, fol- lowing recent turbulences and political catastrophes, is considered most impor- tant one-perhaps the most important of recent years.
 It is expected that the work of the com mittee, save the routine, will be accomp- Iished in caucuses. The committee Is ex- pected to set date for the primary and to arrange plan. There Is cry from the people for an early primary. On this point the committee Is divided. the ma- jority. according to the reports. being for late date Governor Conner favors an August primary. and Governor Conner according to the understanding, still has influence with the members of the com mittee.
 There has been little discussion as con- cerns the pan-whether majority or plur-