The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-13
FOR THE SENATE PEGRAM IN FAVOR OF WALKER PERCY Says He Would Not Have Voted to Retain
 LOrimer MULKY FAVORED
 FOR GOVERNOR Marengo Representative Issues Live ly Interview-He Thinks Har- mon Is Logical Man for
 the Presidency

George Pegram, representative in the legislature from Marengo county, while in Birmingham yesterday. interestingly discussed politics Judson Harmon, in his opinion, Is the logical man for the democrats to nominate for the presidency In 1912. He nominates, too, Walker Percy 0. Mullxy Of Geneva as the next gov ernor.
 His interview follows:
 The present legislature has developed many strong men, and naturally their political futures are being discussed to some extent among the members. We
 take great deal of interest in politics, and while we of course would not think of trying to make up slate, and would not. for that matter, even commit our
 selves this far in advance. we have our present favorite prospective candi- dates. For instance. personally I think
 Judson Harmon of Ohio Is at present the logical democratic nominee for the pres idency In 1912 and to that end I intro- duced a resolution recommending the
 consideration of his candidacy to the dem- ocrats of Alabama and of the nation. I
 did not seek to make any one commit himself, nor did I commit myself to an
 unqualified indorsement of MT. Harmon, but merely sought to induce the people
 to keep up with MT. Harmon's career in
 order to be able to determine in 1912 if he is the logical candidate for the demo-
 cratic party.
 "So it is with prospective candidates for state offices. In Montgomery we
 have our favorites and want them kept
 before the public. Senator Johnston is
 being boomed to some considerable ex- | tent for vice president, and then, too, the opinion seems to be pretty we'll dis seminated through the state that he will
 not be a candidate to succeed himself
 at the expiration of his present term | in 1915, and even should he be in the race again he will probably have opposi- | tion.
 If the selection of United States sen- ator was submitted to the present legis- l lature I do not believe that any one ele
 would stand the ghost of show if the
 name of Walker Percy of Jefferson was | submitted. Of course. MT. Percy was
 widely and favorably known in the state before the present legislature convened
 and we know that MT. Percy has added a
 great deal more to the legislature than | the legislature has added to his fame. We who have come in daily contact with
 him have learned to honor respect, ad-
 mire, and, yes, love him. All of us dif-
 fer with him at times, on some subjects,
 but we respect his opinions and know
 that he Is sincere; and he is such a force- l ful, effective speaker, and he is so cour- 1 teous in his arguments that it requires
 considerable temerity to take issue against l him. He is a great lawyer, a splendid, | fluent and convincing speaker and apso- | lutely fearless, both physically and polit- | ically. After his speech on last Wednes- day the favorite remark in the house was,
 "A man who would make a speech like
 that would never have voted to retain
 Lorimer in the United States Senate Yes.
 Mir Percy is our favorite for United 1 States senator at present, and I hope
 that the people will keep track of him, and if he can be prevailed upon to rep resent Alabama in the United States Sen ate we know that he will measure up to
 the high standard set by Morgan and Pettus.
 We have our favorite for governor,
 also, a man whose qualifications are un-
 questioned, but he is of such modest, | retiring nature that 1t will require strong persuasion to bring him into the race. He
 is man per SC, and to. know him is to honor, respect and admire him. w. O.. Mulky of Geneva is a man who would | fill with dignity, honor, distinction and | ability any office in the gift of the peo- pie, and when the people of Alabama be- gin to look for gubernatorial timber they will not fail to consider the pleasant, | lovable, able and efficient gentleman from 1 Geneva"