The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
By FRED n. GoRMLEY Montgomery Bureau The Age Herald, 221-2 First National Bapk Building

NSl-~ ElEHN t1aHH buhuihh Montgomery. February 11.-(Spe ciall-Nith the state democratic primary less than six months in the distance, all plans for the primary made and the certainty established that the democratic convention which will write party platform will meet in Montgomery. September [. per ! sons in political and public life ex ] cept the state campaign to be en- livened during the next few weeks. The decision of the subcommittee to impose only small financial bur den on candidates in the way of l assessments probably means that more candidates will enter the va rious contests. Tn fact, reports ot other candidates have already bean started. Some are waiting until the state democratic executive commit tee decided by referendum whether or not candidates for the public serv- Ice commission and the judicial of fees will be required to designate the number of the position they seek.
 The decision of the subcommittee to assess a candidate for vgovernor only $260 caused some surprise. It had been thought this assessment would not be less than $500 and many had expressed the opinion that i; would be as high as S1.000, the lat ter suggestion resulting from the fact that little interest is being shown in the governors race and there being little indication that there will be more than two candidates, if that many
 Other Offices
 Candidates for lieutenant governor will pay $50: for secretary of state attorney general state auditor, su- perintendent of education, state treasurer and commissioner of agri- culture $100 each. for public service commissioner s125; for Justices of the supreme court $200 for judges of the court of appeals si75. for cir cult judge Se0; for circuit solicitor $50: for congressman $i25: for state senator $10, and for membership in the house of representatives, mem hership in the state democratic ex- ecutive committee and for member ship in the state democratic conNen- tion s5 each.
 Completion of all plans. for the campaign and primary means that Judge William W. Brandon will make his formal announcement for gov ernor during the next month. ac- cording to semi official information. Judge Brandon informed his friends during the meeting of the state com mittee that he intended to make his announcement during the next six weeks. With his formal announce ment he will make public some Of the things he will stand for. but according to his friends, will inform the public that his duty first will be to carry out the wishes of the party as expressed in the platform which will be adopted by the state demo cratic convention a month after the primary.
 Cut Expenses
 However. Judge Brandon as early as June of last year gave the people | some of the blanks of his platform. His declaration was made in an ad- dress at Providence church in Lex ington beat of Dallas county. He promlsced to cut the expenses Of the state government "to the bone" but not to reduce the appropriations for education, Confederate pensions and other eleemosynary institutions. One of his cardinal princiupies. according to his address, will be. "A poor state and a rich people rather than rich state and a poor people"
 Col. Bibb Graves, who has already officially announced his candidacy for governor. has already made pub lie the platform on which he will seek the nomination. Many of the pro nosals made by Judge Brandon in his Lexington speech last June were in- cluded in Colonel Graves platform. l However. Colonel Graves platform was more complete and outlined just i what he proposed to do If elected.
 No others Mentioned
 No other name has been mentioned i for governor and persons in public 1 life seem to believe no other candi- date will announce.
 Only two persons have become l connected with the race for lieuten- I ant governor, they being Senator | Charles s. Mcdowell. who is running | as the partner of Judge Brandon, | and Senator B. T. Phillips, who en- tered the race for lieutenant gov ernor at the time Colonel Graves an nounced for governor.
 Chief interest in the state cam paisn probably will center about tho [ race for the two positions on the ! public service commission. B. H. Cooper and S. P. Gaillard, incum- bents, have already announced and | have started active campaigns among their friends. It will be several | weeks before they can get Into the field. however, because of the hear ings on the commissions general citation tQfne railroads to show why there should not be general re- a adjustment of all intrastate freight rates in Alabama.
 The other candidates already in the race for positions on the public serv- ice commission are Fitzhugh Lee, state auditor, and Be-to H. Johnson, member Of the board of revenue. Mir. Lee, like Mfr Cooper and Mir. Gall lard, is known throughout the state, and proposes to make an active cam paign until the election. Mir. John son is q prominent figure in frater- nal circles and in politics of central Alabama He also is Known among travelling men throughout the state.
 Morgan Mentioned
 Another person prominently men toned for public service commits sioner is Frank P. Morgan of Mont gomery. recently eieoted president of the Montgomery Travelling, Mems club. It became known during the week that travelling men. merchants and shippers in large numbers have urged Mir. Morgan to enter the race and he informed his friends that he g~ Id have definite statement soon. Mr. Morgan has been traveling man Ia Alabama for 1s years and has had Headquarters at Selma, Montgomery, Dotjran, Gadsden and Bir- mingham. He Is a native of Ala pama, having been born in Randolph county and reared at Heflin, county seat of Cleburne.