The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-09
.LEGISLAT URE: HAS
.FE W We TEXANS BUT
MANY YOUNG F ACES
SoIons For Most Part Are Sur
prisingly Young, But Old
Heads Are There.
Also One Woman
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU |
THE AGE-HERALD
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AlabamaS new legislature is new
in almost all respects. 1t is com
posed of many men who have never
appeared in legislative halls as mem
bers before The surprising thing is
that the composite age of the legisla-
tors probably will be less than any
of recent years. Young men seem
to have heen more successful than
the old men in the recent campaign
which resulted in the election of a
Legislature.
But there are exceptions to all
rules There are veteran legislators
in the list, veterans in age and vet
Grams in experience. 1t would hardly
be fair to tell the ages of the veter
ans, but it would not be wrong to
refer to those who are veterans in
experience.
Colonel TunstalI Back
Col. ALI Tunstall of Hale is back.
He IS the dean of the lawmakers. No
body would dare count the sessions
he has represented Hale county His
colleague, Judge w. c. Christian. has
returned. w. Y. Adams of Blount is
back. as are John C. Lee of Marion,
w. G. Allen of Marengo and Z. Stew
art of Bib, ]. Lee Long of Butler,
Y. L. Burton of Chambers, who
served in 1915, but not in 1913; John
E. Deloney of Colbert. who served in
years gone by; ]. NJ. Parker of Coosa,
r. r. Moorer and r. M Guy of
Lowndes, William Warner of Macon,
w. P. Letson of Marion, who served
in other years; ~ NJ. Coleman of AL
bertville, who came in 1911; G. j..
Hubbard of Pike, a member In 1915;
C. B. Werner, who served 20 years
ago and quit until he was persuaded
by Governor Brandon to become a
candidate last year; John T. Bealle of
Tuscaloosa, who served in the house
in 1915, and in the senate in 1919, and
r. J. Goode, Jr., of Wilcox, who was
a member in 1915.
Many other members of the house
have had legislative experience, but
gossipers were unable to place any
others during the preliminary eau
Gus at the Exchange hotel.
Old Heads in Senate
In the senate may be found sew
eral persons who have been in the
legislature in the past H. A. Grif-
fifth has returned from the Third
district; w. C. Tunstall, who was out
for while, Is back as the senator
of the Seventh; John w. Conner, who
was in the Conner legislature of 1907
and 1909. will again represent the
/ Ninth district; H. NJ. Caffey has re-
turned as the senator of the Six
teenth; j. t. Carlton will again
speak for the Twentieth district;
Senator ]. NJ. Bonner, who became
famous in 1915, is again the senator
of the Twenty second district; G. Er-
nest Jones, who made a name for
himself and was chairman of the
senate rules committee in 1915. is
back as the senator of the twenty
fourth district; B. G. Waddell, who
represented Russell county in the
house. is now the senator of the
Twenty seventh district; Charles b.
Teasley of Montgomery has the term
as the senator of the Twenty eighth
district; Senator John Craft of Mo-
bile was reelected without opposi-
ton in the Thirty third district and
w. H. Howle, who represented Gle
burne county in 1919, 1920 and 1921,
was elected to the senate as the
member from the Thirty fourth dis
trict. OF course, Senator j. b. Ellis
of the Thirtieth district is back and
will be president pro TEN.
Few of 1919 Back
But not many members of the leg
islature of 1919 are back, the number
in the senate being limited to five
and the number in the house to IL
Senator's who will succeed hem
selves are A. A. Griffith of Cullman'
II. NJ. Caffey of Lowndes, ]. I. Carl
ton of Marriage, C. B. Teasley OF
Montgomery, ]. B. Ellis of Dallas and
John Craft of Mobile.
Members of the house of repre-
sentatives who survived the last
electie and who will succeed them
selves are NJ. G. Stewart of Bib; W.
Y. Adams of Blount; j. Lee Long Of
Butler; j. NJ. Parker of Coosa; A. Nj
Tunstall and w. c. Christian of Hale;
r. r. Moorer and r. NJ. Guy of
Lowndcs and William Warner of Ma
con; w. G. Allen of MarengC; John
It. Lee CT Perry and John j. Russell
of Mobile.