The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-30
POLITICAL HIVE
/ STARTS BlJZzING
WITH ACTIVITY
Tuesday Is Last Day For
Candidates To Qualify
For Primaries
WOMAN rs LISTED
AMONG ASPIRANTS
Fourteen Major Positions
To, Be FilIed-Hot Con-
I tests Are Assured

Next IueSuAy, IN HuuAtkVh W pcmS
April Fools Day and the first day OF
the month. win be the last chance for
prospective candidates to qualify for
the state and county primary Of
May 13.
Around so candidates already are in
the open and trained political observers
Mt the court house expect to see sew
eral others toe the mark by Tuesday
night.
the race for the five seats on the board
of revenue holding greatest public, in
terest, will quickly reach its hectic
stage after the entry lists close, ac-
cording to Indications
Six weeks to the day from the clos
ing Of the lists the voters viii render
their decision in the several contests.
Mrs. Cooper At Work
Only one woman thus far has dared
to toss her bonnet into the ring. She
is Mrs. Sallie o. Cooper and aspires to
sit as q member of the revenue board.
Her campaign has been aggressively
waged for several weeks.
A total of IA major positions are to
be filled, in addition to q number Of
minor offices. The principal vacancies
are: Two supreme court judges; one
judge of the court of appeals; circuit
judge No. 3; one member of the public
service commission; commissioned of
game and fisheries; county treasurer ;
five members of the board Of revenue ;
one member of the board education, and
coroner.
Contests are assured in every race,
No less than 21 candidates are out fol
the revenue board, while, five are seek
ing the offic eof coroner. Four men
are. after the offic Of state game COM
missioner, and two or more candidates
are running for the-other places.
+ Heavy Campaigning
Most Of the candidates already in
the field have been marking time since
their announcement, except for the lit
tie personal work" they have been
able to put in from day to day. But
with the closing Of entries Tuesday,
heavy campaigning will promptly begin
In every section of the county.
Almost without exception, the can
didates viii take the stump, and the
voters are in for veritable seige of
orafory, with bright prospects for the
staging OLA number. of joint debates.
In the contest for the board of reve.
nue. the question of new Jefferson
county court house seems likely to play
an important part. Three members OF
the present board, w. B. Copeland,
Thomas b. Huey and Lacey Edmond
son, are asking to be returned. Jerry
Quinn did not seek another term, and
Chairman D. G. Ball is in the race for
county treasurer.
For several months the dominant
issue in the revenue board has been the
new court house. The board decided
on several plans, but none of them has
yet been carried out. Originally, the
board took firm position against al.
lowing the voters, to express themselves
on this subject, but few days ago it
receded from this attitude and ordered
that the electorate be given opportunity
to pass on the question in he primary.
To Charge Politics"
Some Of the board candidates have
clearly indicated their purpose to at
tack the incumbents on their court
house stand and charge them with 'po-
litlcal play" in relenting ''at the last
minute and referring the question to
the voters" 80
The incumbents who are seeking re-
election will accept this challenge, it is
declared, and vigorously defend their
handling Of the whole question. OBJ
servers look for several weeks Of spec.
tacular campaigning on this issue.
Although the voting day is more
than a month and a half away, the
candidates for days have had their
cards and other campaign literature
published and are circulating it daily.
The registration in jefferson county
this year shows an increase over pre-
vious years, and the large number Of
candidates and the sharp interest in
some Of the races are prompting the
politically wise ones to predict, even AT
this early date, that one of the heaviest
voice in the cOunty's history VIII be re-
corded.