The age-herald., 1898-03-16
GREAT SENSATION
 IN LOCAL POLITICS A Combine of the Four Opposing Candidates. TO DEFEAT CHAS. A. SENN For the Associate JndSeShip of the
 City Court. CLAIM HE'S NOT A TRUE BlMETRLLIST And That His Support Comes From Palmer and Buckner BoIters, and Others With
 Republican Sentiments Gen.
 ter on the Strongest Man.
CLAIM HE'S NOTA TRUE BIMETALLIST

Two big sensations were sprung in the already over-wrought political situation of this city yesterday.
 Both of them were in connection with the judicial contests that are to take place on April g, the first being in connection with the associate judgeship of the city court. and the second being over the judgeship of the Tenth judicial circuit.
 The former is the better developed sen- sation of the two. and the sum and sub stance of it .s not lengthy. It is that his opponents in the race are determined that Chas. A. Senn shall not be the next asso- ciate judge of the city court of Blrming- ham.
 To Center on One Candidate
 H. K. White, c. B. Powell, J. A. Mitchell and John F. Gillespie are the other candl- dates in the race. The plan these gentle men have adopted to defeat Senn they con- slider a sure one. It is for all of them eX- cept one to Withdraw from the race and by concentrating all their strength on that one, to carry him into office by over whelming majority. An impartial commit tee consisting of friends of each of the four opposing candidates has been appoint ed and this committee is to decide which of the four is to make the race. The com mittee will carefully examine the strength of each of them and the strongest will be selected. The others will withdraw.
 Must Be Done Before Monday
 This selection will have to be made by next Monday, as the time limit before which all candidates must be officially en- tered in the race expires on that night at 12 o'clock. They have all agreed to this measure and they will abide by the de- csion of their committee.
 These gentlemen say that they realize thIslt with five candidates in the field, Senn is the strongest man, and that in order to defeat him three of them must retire from the race. One of the opposing can didates in discussing the situation said to an Age-Herald reporter yesterday that the reason of the combined opposition against Senn was because he was not considered a true representative of tine silver democ- racy; that he has tine appearance of being a bimetailist from policy rather than from principle.
 Claim of His Opponents
 His opponets claim further that his sup poM does not lie in the silver ranks but among the gold men, the Palmer and Buck ner bolters, the big corporations and banks which they stay are almost universally re- publican in political sentiment. The mere fact that he draws his strength from the recognized enemies of the organized silver democracy they cay ts enough to seal ms doom as a democratic judge.
 Said to Have a Barrel
 The belief is also expressed that Seinn has a large campaign fund supplied by the gold men, with which his candidacy is being most actively pushed. Paid men are said to be scattered all over the county sstraining every nsQve in Senn's behalf The point is also made that Senn's cam paign manager is Henry Gray, the recog- nfzed leader of the gold men in the demo- cratic party.
 Senn's four opponents assert that they have no person. objection to him. They say he is a good lawyer and would proba- bly do credit to the office, but because or the nature of the influences that are be- hind him, they feel constrained to defeat him at any cost.
 MT. Senns Friends
 On the other hand, the friends of MT. Senn deny in toto the charges that have been made against him. They claim that he is and has been a consistent advocate of bi-metallism and that his record Will hear the closest scrutiny.
 The rumor that he has "a barrel'' Is also denied in the strongest terms. His friends also make the counter charge that the other candidates are seeking to turn the tide of losing battle.