The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05

pronounced to be among the best heard 1 in the house during the entire session. l MT. Stoddard introduced a bill in the l house to transfer Montgomery county i from the second to the Fifth district,
 which was understood at the time to be l an effort on his part to get rid of Montgomery, the largest county in the district, and thereby pave the way for | the qualification of his congressional
 ambitions. In recent years Montgomery 1 has monopolized this office the incum- bent, MT Dent, being a resident of Montgomery, and is understood to be a candidate to succeed himself.
 1 In the third district Representative J. | A. Carnley of Coffee county is under l stood to be at least in a receptive mood 1 for the democratic nomination for rep resentatiVe in Congress to succeed the ] incumbent, Mr Steagall, who also will be a candidate for another term. MT, { Carnley made strenuous fight to re- peal the laws exempting the water pow CT, shipbuildng and cyanamid plants from the payment of taxes for a period
 of years. He was chairman of the tenn perance committee in the house and viz orously fought every attempt to modify
 the prohibition laws of the state. Senator A. w. Briscoe's name was mentioned frequently as a probable can aida te for Congress in the Fifth district III ODDOSlIlOn 10 J. | uOHldS 116iliut pul his appointment as state insurance com
 missioner the early part of the week takes him out of that race, and so far as political gossip goes MT Heflin now has no opposition
 In this connection it may be stated however that rulnors current in Mont gomery during the last weeks of the legislature connected Mir. Heflin's name with the United States Senate, but it was IilxnIu Q wO11ld main in the lower house of Congress until Senator Bankhead is up for re- elec- tion rather than get into the scramble next year.
 Representative Thomas E. Orr of Mar shall county, author of the bill to take the convicts out of the coal mines and work them on the roads, will in all prob ability be candidate for Congress in the Seventh district. He was one of the conspicuous members of the lower house supported the administration in all or it's constructive programme, including the general revenue bill, the school and health codes and the highway measure He was also an ardent advocate Of the ratification of the woman suffrage amendment, which went doWh to ueleaI
 in both houses
 Representatives A. '. Hollis of Lamar county and J. w. Partridge of Franklin county the latter a Baptist minister, are
 understood to be tentative candidates for Congress in the Tenth district against
 William B. BanJhead;~~ the incum pen'
 MT. Hollis several weeks ago authorized the announcement of his candidacy ana
 during the last weeks of the session dls-
 cussed the matter frequently with his
 friends.
 So far as political gossip among the solons at Montgomery was heard, none of the other representatives will have opposition.
 R Dec. waddell, one of the rrpresen- tatives from Russell county, Will De candidate for probate judge at the eiec- t;or paxt year He was one of the ac- tive members of the lower house and mas a strong following in his home county
 The incumbent, MT Boyldn, who Will
 probably be candidate to succeed hiln- self. was appointed to the office two weeks ago by Governor Kilby to fill the vacancy caused by the death Of Judge Benton.