The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-07
Administration Expected to Name Committees in Vari-
 ous Counties to Help Fight
ALL FACTIONS ARE
 TO BE REPRESENTED
Little Talk Is So Far Heard Regard ing Spring Primary-Candi- dates for Court Places
 Writing Letters
Fly l.. s. BETTY

Montgomery, November 6.-{Special) With the states credit apparently at stake, and with one of the greatest is- sues in many years confronting the peo- pie, it is considered in official circles as no less than extraordinary that the citizens of Alabama are displaying so lit- tie interest in the proposed constitutional amendment to authorize the million and half bond issue.
 Whatever interest there is felt in the amendment appears to be confined large ly to the small coterie of officials who compose the states administration If the rural population and the business men throughout the state are giving much thought to the subject it is not known at the capitol
 Neither is it known whether anv gen. eral campaign will be waged either for or against the amendment It has been announced that the administration would organize campaign in support Of the movement, but 1t is not known whether any such effort will extend beyond the selection of strong committee in the several counties of the state. This the admlnlstration is preparing to do, and as soon as the personnel of this commit tee mas been selected it will be made known through the press of the state
 Nonpolitical Committee
 This committee, it is announced. is to be nonopliucal. It will be composed of business men and bankers. Conner men ana Henderson men alike.t But when thls committee will be named, or wheth- CT the efforts of the administration will extend beyond the selection of this cam palen committee, is not known The gov- ernor has been rather reticent on the subject, and no one else has been au- thorized to speak.
 Nor Is it known whether or not any orsa nized fight will be made against the bond issue. As is known, the amend ment has it's opponents, including many leading men of the state, but it has not peen learned whether or not they intend to fight it.
 In other words, there appears to he lit- tie interest manifested in the amendment notwithstanding the fact that it contem- piates an issue of rather supreme in- portance The state owes, in outstanding warrants, loans and unpaid salaries, more than s3,Oo0,00O, s1,000,O0O more than it did thls tlme last year. Whether or not the new revenue bill will remedy conditions remain to be seen but it is considered far rom probable It will be nearly year refore the new revenue law has been thoroughly tested. and it is not considered wise to wait until that time before mak ing provision for the states immediate needs. Therefore, the bond issue
 Little Interest in Candidates
 But the bond issue is not the only question of importance before the state in which there is little interest mani Tested Up to the present time there has been little talk in reference to the r-yrS1o ov~xr rIk
 peen various rumors of probable can didates for the numerous offices to fall vacant in January, 1917.
 Six or these offices are on the two appellate courts at the capitol, three on each court. For the court of ap peals there are now five announce ments, three of them being by the present members of that tribunal. all of whose terms will expire in January. l917 These judicial officers are Judge John Pelham, presiding justice; Judge J. B. Brown and Judge D. Perry Thomas In addition to these candi- dates, Chancellor w. w. Whiteside of the northeastern division and Thomas E. Knight of Greensboro are candi- dates. For the supreme court, on which three judges are to be elected there are no candidates save those members of the court whose terms will expire and probably there will be none
 The three judges of the court of ap- peals are all confident of being re- tained on the bench, and already each has received many assurances from friends throughout the state of their support in the primary. Judge Pelham, who has been with the court since it's establishment, recently sent out more than a thousand letters to lawyers over the state. No answer was re- quested but in a few days he had re- ceived about 400 replies from attor neys pledging him their support. Judge Brown and Judge Thomas are preparing to send out letters to their friends and they are sanguine of sim liar results
 The members of the court of appeals are taking the position that the law yers of the state believe in judi ciary trained to efficiency through service, and on that platform they will make their campaign.
 The other races. are in camatose condition. While there are many ru- mors of candidates, there have been