The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-16

voters and that James B. Ellis who ap- pears to be the only candidate for state 1 senator from the Dallas senatorial dis trict, had agreed to vote as a majority of his constituents ordered. Now comes report that the county committee will
 not submit the amendment and that Mir ] Ellis will have full sway in the senate | in so fai as his people are concerned This will mean vote against the amend
 'nent as MT. Ellis has already announced that he personally is opposed to ratifica- 1 ton.
 ] It has also been reported that Geneva l county would submit the amendment to | the voters, but it was understood this
 week that it also would withdraw sucn | plans and permit the representatives to { make the fight before the voters on rre i subject of ratifying or rejecting the amendment.
 FOUGHT OUT IN LEGISLATURE 1 It Is doubtful now that the voters of | single county will pass directly upon | the amendment The matter will be fought out in the contest for senators l ard representatives Both sides are I bending all energy now to the getting out of candidates in each county and ! senatorial district. c. B. Smith, state l insurance commissioner, and Cyrus B. 1 Brown, former secretary of state, are row travelling through the state in the | interest of the anti-amendists. They are 1 interviewing anti-amendists and bring ing candidates into the race wherever possible, Some trouble has been found in getting the consent of men to enter 1 the contest, due to the fact that each ! person whose help is needed has other f,,4 e4. ,snt, l tion during the time the legislature is in l session.
 1 Anti-amendists also contend that the l amendists are having trouble in getting 1 candidates into the race in some coun- l ties and senatorial districts. It is cer- l tain that both sides breathed sigh of ] relief when they were told by J. k. 1 Dixon, chairman of the state comm V l tee, this V eek that candidates need not l qualify until July 13. Although news 1 papers had attempted to correct the inn | precision that candidates had to qualify
 C. days before the primary. many feared | they would be too late and some wired I their announcements in compliance with 1 the corrupt practice act to the secretary l Of state.
 l CARMICHAEL'S ENTRANCE I One of the chief items of interest this l week was tho entry of A. H. Carmichael, l former speaker of the house of repre- | sentatives, into the contest for state ! senator against Walter F. Miller in the l Thirty-first district Both are prohibit l tionists and amendists. Many persons l hopes MT. Carmichael would be candi- l date for the house again in order that | he might continue as speaker. l Henry P Merritt of Tuske@ee. speak | CT pro tenn or floor leader of the pro- i hibltionists at the 1915 session, is d candidate for reelection from Macon county and if things go well in his | county and he is elected it is probable ! that m effort will he made by the | prohibitionists and ~amendists to make | him speaker.
 w. w Callahan of Decatur also ] caused much interest this week when | he entered the race for congressman from the Eighth district in opposition to Congressman Edward B. Almon. This will be MT. Callahan's third race ! against MT. Almon, having been his ! opponent in each race Congressman ] Almon has made. This time his friends | claim he will have strong support be- | cause of charges that Congressman AL ! mon in all things has not stood back | of President Wilson in the plannin. l of the military campaign against Ger | many. However. Congressman Almon has answered these charges so ef- 1 fectively that other would be congress. l men have been kept out of the race in | his district. The future must deter. mine what effect the charges and an swer will have on the Almon-Calia. l nan contest.
 l The secretary of state has been kept busy this week receiving statements from persons who desire to be elected l to office. especially from those who l would take part in the deliberations ] of the next legislature. It would seer, 1 that every man desires to fegisiate 1 The statements required by the cor rupt practice act have come in all
 forms Some are typewritten, others
 are in long hand. Still others are | tlegrams
 l FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 1 There Will be at least one other can didate for lieutenant governor. T. !, l Rulger of Dadeville, president pro ter l or the senate. has been the only con. l oidate' put Nathan l.. Miller of Bir- mlngham will be contender, and il 1 Is generally reported that the anti amendists will put candidate into the contest. Senator Bulger has not said I now he stands on the amendment. but ] his record is for prohibition Senator 1 Miller will be straight out for ratifi- catlon Palmer Pillans of Mobile has been consldered as candidate bv cefrain anti-amendists. but many fear l that the fact that he is far away fror, | the Dig voting population would on. l crate against him.
 Amendlsts are putting before their friends throughout the state the fact | that those favoring the election of the
 amendment candidate. Thomas F. Kil-
 py' should not vote second choice but
 snouid content themselves with a frs.
 ohoice vote for MT. Kilby. They point 1 out that MT. Kilby is the only can
 aloale who favors the ratification of
 .ne amendment and that vote fo, any other candidate may nulIifv tba
 Ilrst choice vote All other candidates l would like to have second choice votes.
 as ,hey have all to gain and nothing 10 lose by them. Friends of W. " 1 branQOn are still ma linnr ,.-e.A.a.