The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-08
v. B. BANKHEAD AND
OLIVER IN DEBATE
To Be Held in Fayette To-
day-Interest Is Keen
POLITICS is INACTIVE
Candidates for COmmissiOnership De-
vote Time to Personal Canvass
ing-Training School Will
Open Tomorrow

ing-Training School Will
Open Tomorrow
Tuscaloosa September 7.-(Special The
keenest interest is being taken in Tusca-
loosa in the joint debate which occurs at
Fayette Monday between ". b. Oliver of
Tuscaloosa and w. +. Bankhead of JAS
per, rival candidates for Congress from
tlhs district. The first and only joint de-
cate yet held was at Vernon two weeks
ago. In this discussion neither candi
date indulged in any personalities and
the debate, while a very interesting af-
fair, was considered rather tame 1t is
thought that the two candidates were try
ing each other out, and it is believed
that the meeting tomorrow will furnish
ample spice for the most exacting. AS
debaters and speakers the two candidates
are considered among the best in the
state. According to reports received here,
keen interest Is being taken in Fayette in
the. result, and enc of the largest crowds
of the year Is expected to gather for the
debate Court opens Monday and that
will serve to draw farmers from all over
f'ayette county. 1t Is reported that kole
and Wallace, candidates for governor,
will also attend the meeting at Fayette
and make addresses.
City Politics
With but one week remaining before
the election for a city commissioners,
the campaign still continues dull and
uninterestng. The three candidates for
the position, j. r. Van de WORT, an
attorney; w II, Nicol, city engineer
and Hugh Prince, merchant, have
largely devoted their time and atten-
tion to personal talks with the voters.
1t is expected, however, that during the
next few days, the campaign Will warm
up and greater interest will be taken.
The election is to fill the place made
vacant when Sam Friedman retires
from the board. Mr.. Friedman declined
to stand for e-election
On Monday, the fifteenth, an election
Will also be held to decide upon the pro-
posed issuance of $140.O0O of municipal
bonds for public improvements. The
money is to be spent in case the issue
is passed. for the extension and i'm
provement of the water works system
owned by the city. for the purchase of
a city park. for the construction of an
incinerator plant and for the purchase
of additional equipment for the fire de-
partment.
1t is believed here that in spite of
some slight opposition the bond issues
will be favored by the voters
Training School To Open
The University Training school for
boys will open for the fan term here
Tuesday. This school was established
two years ago by Prof. S. ]. Pullam
VINO was induced by the people of Tus-
caloosa to come to this city and estab-
lish school to prepare boys for the
university. 1t has met with a splendid
success and now has a patronage eX-
tending all over the state 1t has been
necessary to greatly enlarge the fac
ulty and trained football coach has
been secured for this season.
comply with the requirements of the con-
stitution and law on this subject and or
der elections to fill about 20 vacancies now
existing in the legislature.
"The election law requires that certifi-
Gates of nomination or petition of candi-
dates should be filed with the probate
judge 20 days before the election. In no
other way could the name of candi-
date be put on the ballot In a number
of counties an election without a nomi-
nation would mean the election of anti
democratic candidates. / believe it is de-
structive of party organization and in
tegrity to hold any election without an op-
portunity for nominations.
Fifty or Sixty Days
If time for nominations had been al
lowed before the election to fill the va
cancies the elections could not have been
decently held short of so or 50 DAYS The
primary election law requires that candi-
dates shall file their names Is days be-
fore the primary. 1t would have required
% or 30 days to hold the primary and
20 or 80 days thereafter to hold the cleo
tion. If no time had been allowed for
nominations it would have required 25 or
80 days to hold the election. 1t would be
necessary to allow a few days for candi-
dates to secure petitions to- get their
names on the ballot. After the vacancies
in the Legislature had been filed eight
or 10 days would have been required in
preparing and passing through the two
houses bill providing the necessary ma
chinery for an election of senator.
ut seems to me that a nomination for
senator should be made by the democratic
party. In an election there may be four
or five candidates. The republican vote
in the state Is close to 5000. With a
number of democratic candidates. ii is
possible for one republican candidate to
win.
Time for Primary
IF a primary was to be held some time
would have been required. Without pri-
mary the election could not have been
held within 80 days as the law requires
that names of candidates to go on the
official ballot must be filed with the Sec
retary of state that long before the cleo
tion. 1t is apparent that an election could
not have been held if primaries inter-
vened within three or four months, and
without primaries and without filling the
vacancies in the legislature within 80 or
c. days The item of cost to the tax
rayers of the state if primaries had been
held would have been $4,000 or $4,000.
and without primaries $4,000 or $25, 600.
Taking all these matters into consdera-
ton, [ felt that the best thing to do
was for the governor to make a prompt
appointment and get the question settled
before subjecting candidates to a cam
paien and the people to large cost Be-
leving that the governor had power to
appoint. l thought a majority of the Sen
ate might take the same view. Unfor-
tunately the republicans are taking a
party view of the matter and the demo-
Gratis are considering it from the stand
point of personal opinion of the meaning
of the amendment. If the republicans
would consider it from that standpoint
still believe that a majority of the Sem
ate would vote that the governor had
the power to appoint