The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
People Will Vote for Man Best Fitted to Be
 Governor
M'CORD AND JULIAN
 APPARENTLY BEATEN
If Either Wins It Will Be by Closest Margin-Race for Short Sena- tOrial Term Is Nip
 and Tuck
Fly HUGH W. ROBERTS

olHtr than the SlTuSSle between Underwood and MT. Hobson. the strug- gle between Mir. Conner. MT. Hender son, MT. kolb and Mir Seed and the struggle in the several congressional districts for tickets to the lower house of representatives, the most interest ing races in which the people of the state whole will participate and which the people will settle Monday are those for lieutenant governor and the short term in the national Senate. In each of these there are three can didates. Thomas E. KiIby, Scott F. Chesnutt and Thomas A. Curry are as pirants for the berth of lieutenant gov | ernor. Frank S. White, Sr., Ray Rush | ton and Watt T. Brown are candidates to succeed to the short term in the F. Johnston.
 Worthy to Be Governor" l The race for lieutenant governor will
 be won by Thomas E. Kilby The race
 for the senatorial term of Senator Johnston may be won by White or by ! Rushton. Beach is confident. The masses believe that the struggle is close, even as it has been short, and honest and clean. The three candidates are honest and clean and worthy. 1 The race for lieutenant governor is interesting on account of the fact that | it has recently been made clear by unusual and sensational incidents in
 various states of the union that the lieutenant governor is nothing more or less than the governor in waiting, 1 The people have asked themselves
 whether MT, Kilby or MT. Chesnutt or MT. Curry would serve best as gov ernor. The answer has been in favor of Kilby.
 MT. Kilby is a business man of large affairs. He has been alderman, mayor ] and member of the state senate. That he would make an excellent presiding officer of the senate is known That in | the event of death befalling the gover- nor, he would succeed and preside over the Gostiny of the state with credit is
 firmly believed As a result, his cleo tion on the first ballot is generally pre- dlcted.
 l MT. Isilby was without opposition for a year During the meeting of the state democratic and executive commit tee MT Curry annoupced, and it was then reported and published that he had entered as a candidate of the present state administration, representative of | the ideas of the present state admin istration. MT. Chesnutt is a Southern league umpire and a mighty good one. 1 fie IntkeS d SOOu appearance. He Is an orator of the Hobson variety. He
 is local optionist and a supporter of | Oscar w. Underwood He says that his experience as an umpire will be of ben eft to him when he is lieutenant gov ernor.
 Julian and McCOrd | The other state race in which there | has been interest-great interest-is for associate members of the railroad | fsnr llrf,ic Cin fntY 1afn | Two men are to be elected. Two are members of the commission today Frank N. Julian and Leon McCord. l Two are running as protestants against 1 the recent settlement of the railroad rate war
 | In the beginning MT. Julian had a | "cinch''-this being chiefly due to his personal popularity. When the settle
 ment was made he lost strength. MT. McCord also lost strength. Both lost | more strength when, in their public l statements, they differed as to the wis dom of the settlement. It is now be- lieved that neither will win. If either
 wins, it will be by the closest squeeze. | Mobile says that it's candidate, S. P. | Gaillard will win. It Is certain that Bir-
 mingham's candidate, B. H. Cooper, will win. It is generally believed that he will | lead the ticket. He will cast the solid vote of Jefferson county. He is consid- | aggressive.
 Cooper's Bold Card | MT. Cooper yesterday issued the follow | ing statement: T am certain that I will | win. In the beginning, I had strength enough to assure me in claiming one of l the seats. Since the commission, how ever, made it's settlement with the rail-
 roads, a settlement which has aroused the latent indignation of the people of the ct nd ei be txyn to | bers who aided in making that settic- ment and who are candidates for re-elec- 1 tion, differed as to the wisdom of that | settlement, the general impression is that 1 they will be swept out of office. I am opposed to any settlement of any differ l ences made in secret. I wish to thank | the people who have rallied to my stand ard. l wish to promise them again that | when l am in harness I will give them clean, aggressive administration, and that | nothing will be done behind closed doors
 which can possibly smack of trickery,
 chicanery or of indifference to or careless
 ness in the transaction of the business of the people"
 The Other Candidates The other candidates and the offices for | which they are racing follow:
 For Secretary of State Vote for One)s- | William B. Cobb. Charles II. Greer, James H. Nunnelee, John Purifoy.
 For State Treasurer (Vote for One)-
 R. l.. Bradley. M. A. Graham. w. L.
 Lancaster. c. Brooks Smith.
 For State Auditor (vote for One)-M c. Allgood, w. F. Wilkinson.
 For Attorney General (vote for One)- | Gardner Green. William l.. Martin, George Pegram. D. H. Riddle
 For State Superintendent of Education (vote for One)-William F. Feagin. For Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries (Vote for One)-L. F. Greer, A. A. Persons. W. H. Seymour, J. A. Wade.
 For Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (Vote for One)-John C. Anderson.
 For Associate Justice of the Supreme
 Court for the Cnexpired Term (vote for One)-Lucien D. Gardner
 1 For Associate Justice of the Supreme
 Court for the Regular Term vote for
 Two)-Romaine Boyd, Edw. deGraffen-
 ried. J. J. Mayfeld, R. T. Simpson, Will | liam H. Thomas.
 For Judge of the Court of Appeals (vote
 for One)-J. B. Brown, E. Perry Thomas. S New Problem
 From Judge.
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