The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-04
PROMINENT POLITICIANS. BY THE SCORE ON THE SCENE
 FOR TODAY'S CONVENTION
Fly HUGH w. ROBERTS

Governor 0Neal. after the convention of democrats today. will return to Mont gomery this afternoon. He will go soon to Pennsylvania in the interest of the national democratic ticket.
 R. Tyler Goodwin. chairman of the democratic executive committee, states that there might be impromptu discussion at the committee meeting concerning the raising of the hars' for the primary next year; by which he means the en- forcement of the law requiring all voters to be formally enrolled before casting their ballots.
 C. Brooks Smith, state auditor, and chairman of the central committee oi Wilson-Marshall clubs, is a tentative can didate for the office of treasurer To date no man has been mentioned to op- pose him.
 John H. Wallace, Jr., fish and game commissioner of the state, is interested in the election of Wilson, but is probably more interested in the conversion of state lands into preserves for the protection of the game of the state
 Gen. Bibb Graves. who has recently returned from the east where he did some work in democratic campaign headquarters for the national ticket. is confident that Wilson will be elected. He will carry every doubtful state, ? was his way of expressing 1t.
 
 Charles Towne, W. F. Wilkerson and A. E. Singleton, state examiners of pub lie accounts, reached Birmingham last night. Following the convention they will remain in Birmingham for the purpose of examining the books of Jeff ferson county officials.
 J. Henry Edmundson of Anniston, a member of the electoral college. was one of the first of the out of town vis- itors to arrive yesterday He saw the fair shortly after reaching the city, and today will attend the convention and meeting of the state executive commit tee
 John Moffett, who aids James Hickey in running the Exchange hotel in Montgomery, is at the Morris. He will attend the convention today. Colonel Moffett knows everybody and every body knows him. "If Montgomery was other than a delightful place in which to live, would move to Birmingham. he said.'
 Leon McCord. associate member of the railroad commission, is in Birming- ham, He will attend the meeting of democrats today.
 Congressman J. Thomas Hefiin Is on the scene. Following the speaking to- night he will go to New York, from where he will go into various states in the interest of the national ticket.
 Congressman Fred L. Blackmon of the Fourth district, states that he is as certain of the election of Wilson as he is that he will be elected to serve another term as congressman. He has opposition from both of the factions of the g. O. p. crowd
 Pat McGauley, official stenographer for practically every democratic gath ering in Alabama for the last 40 years, today.
 Lon Greer convict inspector; W. NJ. Coleman, one of the wardens at Speig- ners; Theodore Lacey, chief clerk of the convict bureau, and James c. Oakley president of that bureau. are all in Bir- mingham.
 Capt. will T. Sheehan, associate editor of the Montgomery Advertiser, will re- port the movements of the democrats in Birmingham today for his paper ''I am, always glad to see the lights, he re- marked as he stepped from the train.
 
 A. T. Goodwin. member of the electoral college and father of the chairman of the