The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-08
CANDIDATES MUST QUALIFY MARCH ID
 ID ENTER PRIMARY
Many Aspirants for Sena- tOrial Honors and Other Offices of State and
 County Announced

Next Wednesday is Che last day on , which candidates who expect to go be- fore the democratic primary election. May Il, can qualify. The state com mittee, at its meeting here on Janu- ary 30. fixed March 10 as the final limit for candidates to qualify, thus giving sixty days in which to prepare the ballots and arrange for absentees to vote.
 At the May primary election two | nominees for United States senator representative from each of the ten congressional districts. and also the following state and county offices; President of the Alabama public util- ities commission. two associate jus tices of the supreme court. one associ- ate justice of the court of appeals, di- rector of the department of conserva- tion and. in Jefferson county. five members of the board of revenue. tax assessor, coroner. two judges of the circuit court and several constables. There are about twenty candidates for member of the board of revenue, l several candidates for the two judge
 ships. and number for each of tho ether offices to be filled at the Novem- Ter election.
 1 At the primary election there will l also be elected four delegates from the state at large to the democratic na- \ tinno1 of the ten congressional districts. two presidential electors from the state at 1 large and one from each congressional district.
 HAVE TO QUALIFY 1 All of these have to qualify by We'd | nesday night in order to get their names on the official ballots. Calling the special election for the election of a successor to Senator Rankhead for November 2 simplifies I that matter. It avoids the necessity | of holding two primaries or two cleo l tions. the state committee providing | for that nomination at the primary election on May II. unless the mem bers go contrary to the suggestion of State Chairman W. D. Nesbitt, which ! is not likely.
 | It is probable that the present list of four candidates for United States senator to fill out the unexpired term ! of Senator Bankhead will be swelled ! by the addition of at least two or three others, and probably more. Rep- resentative J. Thomas Heflin, former | Gov. Emmet O'Neal former United States Senator Frank s. White and
 former Representative John W. Aber- crombie from the state at large, are
 already avowed candidates. MT. lief lin stated in Montgomery Saturday | that he would begin canvass of the state at once and the others will not delay. their openings very. many days, ! it is believed A
 ! Of the half dozen other names
 mentioned as probabilities. at least two or three are expected to get in the race. Col Bibb Graves of Mont l gomery is known to be seriously con sidering the matter. while the friends or Ray Rushton of Montgomery are Il urging him to come out for the office. The same is true of John H. Bankhead
 Of Jasper. son of the late Senator Bankhead.
 THREE-CoRNERED RACE
 Unless the Anti-Saloon League lead CTS succeed in drawing off one of the two opponents of Senator Oscar w.
 Underwood. this will be three-cor- nered race. with the advantage, ad- mitted by Superintendent Brooks Law
 renee. in favor of Senator Underwood.
 The race for president of the public utilities commission will likely be linn ited to three men--the incumbent, Sam P Kennedy of Anniston. A. Coke
 Smith of Montgomery and A. G. Pat terson of Albany, Mir. Patterson hav- ing entered the race last Thursday An effort is being made by large ship ping interests to bring out another candidate. several conferences for that purpose having been held during the past week, but so far no one who Is willing to make the race has been agreed upon. As only three more days | remain in which to qualify. it is not
 believed that a fourth man will come out for the office.
 Judge w H. Thomas of Montgomery, who is serving his first term as asso- ciate justice of the supreme court, is
 a candidate for reelection. and while he has opposition it is conceded that he will make strong and probably a
 successful. race.
 1 ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
 I Associate Justice Brown of Cullman, who was appointed to the vacancy ere ated by the resignation of Judge May field last fall. is a candidate to suc- ceed himself and Judge Henry P. Mer- ritt of Tuskegee. who took Judge Browns place on the appellate court
 bench, is seeking election for the ball
 ance of the unexpired term.
 John H. Wallace. director of the de- partment of conservation. offering for
 reelection. has opposition. one other
 having announced for the office dur ing the past week.
 In Jefferson county the greatest in-
 terest centers around the board of l:eveHue. All of the five members are to be elected next November, two of 1.-the present members--President Jere levin and Thomas E. Huey-are seek
 ing election. MT. Huey has served less
 than year. having been appointed to
 the vacancy created when Robert F.
 loyelady resigned last summer.
 The new board will have over S3.000,- 0c0 of the proceeds of the 5000, 900 oi
 road bonds authorized at a speciai election recently to spend, in addition
 to the other funds coming into the
 county treasury from taxes. The list of candidates. it Is stated. will be
 scanned with great care. the voters
 wanting to be sure that only the best available men be intrusted with the expenditure of such large sum oi
 money.
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