The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-15
POLITICAL EVENTS OF COMING WEEK E. C. Janney to Oppose John
 H. Wallace INTEREST IN RACES Call for First Meeting of the Under wood Executive Committee
 Will Be Issued in a
 Few Days

From a political standpoint the fea- lures of the current week will be:
 l. The presentation of a petition to the subcommittee or the state demo cratic executive committee, the object of which Is to have the name of oscar w. Underwood as a presidential can didate placed on the state ticket to be submitted to the voters April l. 2. The issuance of call for the first meeting of the executive commit tee of the Underwood campaign in Ala bama
 | 3, The announcement of Cyrus B. Brown that he is a candidate for the office of president of the railroad com mission.
 In addition to the above, the an- nounoement of Judge D. B. A1mon as a candidate for the position of congress- man at large and of Leon McCord, as candidate for congressman of the Seventh district, are expected.
 Janney to Oppose Wallace Last night b. c. Janney authorized tho announcement that he will be a candi- date for state fish and game commits sioner to succeed John II. Wallace. MT. Wallace is a candidate for reelection.
 Mir. Janney is a native of Montgomery county and is well known in south Ala bama, although he has been a resident of Birmingham for about 10 years. He Is a lawyer by education and has been | with the Tennessee Coal Iron and Rail- | road company for the past year. | While Mr. Janney has never taken  sportsman, and Is said to be especially well equipped for the duties of fish and game commissioner.
 5000 Sign Petition It was first thought advisable by those In charge of MT. Underwoods campaign to present the petition to the committee today However, it has developed that so many names have been attached to the various cards that have been employed in the counties of the state that some little time will be required to tabulate the list. It Is expected that instead of the Under wood petition containing the requisite 300 names. 1t will bear practically 5000
 It is anticipated that the Underwood executive committee will be called to meet in Birmingham next week. The call will go out this week. The com mittee will meet to discuss plans for furthering the campaign of Mir. Un- derwood. and will go about immedi atey thereafter In the work of organ izing clubs in the beats and counties. Another function of this committee will be the securing of the delegations of sister states. Already, as has been stated, in this regard, some work has been accomplished.
 Brown to Announce Secretary of State Brown will make his formal announcement as a candi date for the presidency of the railroad commission tomorrow morning. Charles Henderson. incumbent, has already started his campaign for reelection, and has organized headquarters in Montgomery. Mr. Brown will name a campaign manager and get actively 1 in the running before the conclusion of the week. This race is expected to be exciting to the finish, as both men are popular throughout the state and have records of having made good public servants
 As to whether or not Judge Almon will announce for congressman at large this week is 8 matter of doubt. How ever, it is generally admitted that he will run. Others in the race at the present time are Isaac w. Hill of Gads- den, V. B. Atkins of Selma. Fred Wall of Athens, H. Y. Brooke of Crenshaw. John w. Abercrombie of Tuscaloosa and Kyle B. Price of Elba. It Is thought that the entry of Judge Almon will complete the list, although there u still an occasional mention of the pos sibility of ]. Fritz Thompson of Gen. treville getting in the scramble.
 McCord May Enter
 Politicians throughout the state con ktend that Leon McCord will make an Announcement in the immediate future against John l.. Burnett, congressman of the Seventh district. MT. Mccord has not made a statement to this ef- feet, however, but 1t is known that considerable pressure is being brought to bear to the end that he might op- pose the incumbent Other congress- men who have opposition are William Richardson of the Eighth, in the person of Samuel Blackwell of Decatur. and Hugh Dent of the Second. in the per- l son of o. C. Wiley of Troy.