The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28
THIRD DISTRICT TO' LONG FIGHT. IN PRIMARY MONDAY. Long and Short Terms Made Vacant by Clayton to
 be Filled TROUBLE STARTED MANY MONTHS AGO Speight and Mulkey Fight for Short Time-Evans, Fraser and Ste
 gall Race for the Regu-
 lar Term

The Third congressional district. after a political siege which has endured for nine months. will, after Monday, be per mitted to rest. Nor on that date occurs special election out of which will come a congressman to fill out the unexpired term of Henry D. Clayton. and demo- cratic nominee for Congress to serve after March 4
 More than any other district of the state the Third has suffered from politics. Along with other districts 1t was torn to pieces in the struggle between Oscar w. Underwood and R. P Hobson. and in the double-barreed struggle between Charles Henderson and B. B. Conner. And then it had it's private troubles in the adjustment of which longer time will have been re- quired than in any other subdivision of the state.
 The candidates for the short term are J, J. Speight of Eufaula and W. o. Mulkey of Geneva present member of the legisa- ture The candidates for the regular term are Judge A. A. Evans of Clayton. former member of the supreme court; Thomas s. Fraser of Union Springs. member of the state senate and of the governors staff, and Henry B. Steagall of ozark circuit licitor.
 How Situation Developed
 The private troubles of the Third began when Henry D. Clayton announced him self a candidate for the United States Senate. As soon as he entered that race number of prominent citizens announced for Congress. And then MT. Clayton, -44 sl.I. ID. tired from the senatorial struggle. Just then beginning, and became candidate for another term as congressman. All opponents save MT. Steagall dropped out. MT. Clayton, after . spirited and bitter contest, defeated MT. Steagall overwhelm- ingly. carrying practically every county of the district.
 And then MT. Clayton was appointed to the federal bench for Jurisdiction over the northern and middle Alabama divisions. It thereupon became necessary for the peo- pie to elect congressman for the short term and congressman for the long term. For the long term, MT. Steagall an- nounced and Judge Evans and MT. Fraser followed, The executive committee of the district. in formal session, nominated J. J. Speight, erstwhile private secretary to MT. Clayton, for the short term. w. O. Mulkey at the meeting of the state ex- ecutive committee. declared that his name should be placed in nomination on the regular democratic ticket. He carried his point and the contest was on
 Points at Issue
 The issues involved are not of apparent importance. MT Steagall is reminding the people that in the previous campaign he tJa~o l1 e,,r, ,f Ia friends contend that the President tam pered with affairs in the Third and pro duced his downfall. Someone has charged that Judge Evans favors woman suffrage. The judge has denied this charge. Mir. Fraser is referred to as the candidate of Governor O'Neal which of course he is not. He is simply member of the gov ernor's staff. Judge Evans is referred to as former appointee of B. B. Conner and an appointee of the present governor. Some things equally as unknind have been said concerning MT. Steagall.
 In the race for the short term, Mir. Mullsey charged MT. Speight with being the representative of the ring" Mir. Speght charges Mr. MullSey with having been republican "who became demo- crat for expedency's sake" He attempts to prove the former contention by publish ing a letter written in 1896 by MT. Null key to A. A. Mabson of Montgomery. in which the former declared himself to be a republican.
 The district Is considerably wrought up over the situation. and it is understood that great satisfaction will reign when the clouds Monday evening will roll away.
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 Crawford Returns From New York
 George G. Crawford, president of the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad com pany returned home last night from New York, where he attended meeting of the presidents of the Steel corporation subsidiary companies. The meeting was routine one