The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-01
COUNTY NOMINEES HAVE CLEAR FIELD IN NOVEMBER FIGHT Congressman Only Office Where Real Contest Is
 Planned MILLER WILL NAME SENATE COMMITTEES State Committee Meets Here Tues day to Organize and Canvass
 Returns-Nesbitt to Be
 Chairman
By w. J. ROLES

Democratic nominees for office in Jef- ferson county, except for Congress, will have a clear field in the November cleo ton. This was assured yesterday when the republicans met in county conven- tion and adjourned without transacting any business.
 This is interpreted to mean that the re- publicans see faint hope of electing their candidate for Congress- and rather than take any chances of alternating any democrats that might feel windy dis posed toward their man by making fight all down the line they. will leave an open field to every candidate except the one running for Congress.
 There is a normal total qualified vote of approximately 1900 in Jefferson county, although nothing like this vote has ever been cast. About 25oO republi- car votes are cast normally Under or dinary conditions republican nomina- ton in the county would be worse than hopeless.
 Realizing this, the republicans will cen- ter all their efforts on the congressional race and hope, with the aid and votes of some thousands of democrats who bitterly opposed MT. Huddleston in the primary election campaign, to put MT Thompson over in the November cleo tion.
 NAMING STATE COMMITTEES
 When the legislature convenes next January it is probable that Lieut.-Gov. Nathan l.. Miller. who will preside over the senate, will be empowered to name the committees in that body. Since the adoption of the present constitution there have been four lieutenant governors, in cluding MT Kilby, the incumbent Two of these were permitted to name the senate committees and two others were not, that power being given to the pres ident pro tenn.
 Information comes from a reliable source, however, that majority of the democratic nominees who will be elected in November have committed themselves to the proposition that committee as- signments be left to the lieutenant gov ernor. These assurances come from both amendists and anti-amendists, it is stat ed, and as a majority of the former are in accord in this matter, with a cons1d- erable percentage of the antis agreeing thereto, it is almost a certainty that MT. Miller will name the committees.
 Walter Miller defeated candidate for the senate in the Colbert Franklin dis trct, is the only candidate for clerk Of the senate up to the present time. One other name is mentioned in connection with that position, but he has not defi-
 
 get in the race
 MT. Miller is a young lawyer at Tus- cumbia, and entered the race for the state senate several months before the primary. Until the last three or four weeks of the campaign he was given to understand, it is stated. that he would have no opposition. H. Car michael of Tuscumbia, for years prom inent in democratic politics, ands a member of the last legislature, an nounced for the office and, in the ab- breviated campaign he made, won out Perhaps the clerkship will be given to MT. Miller as a peace offering.
 NESBITT NEXT CHAIRMAN | William D. Nesbitt, manager of the Thomas E. Kilby gubernatorial cam paign in the recent primary, is tipped as the next chairman of the state dem. ocraticaexecutive committee MT. Nes- bitt is one of Birmingham am's most prom 1 inent and successful business men ana an astute politician He has beer 1 active in state politics ever since lhe | Conner campaign, and as chairman ol
 the state. committee he will continue this activity, and no doubt will have considerable influence with the state
 administration during the next foul i years.
 Fred Gormley, popular Montgomery newspaper man, will be clerk of thu next house of representatives. and J O. Adams of Ozark, Dale county. vii l ha his assistant according to the lateS