The age-herald., 1898-03-18
CHAS. B. POWELL
 WAS SELECTED To hakO the Race Against Charles A.
 Sem For THE ASSOCIATE JUDGESHIP Of the City COurt-H. K. White and James \. Mitchell Withdraw. LEFT TO A COMMITTEE OF FRIENDS To Select the Strongest Man-Senn's Support CTS See Success in the Movement,
 and Are Confident of
 His Election.
LEFT TO A COMMITTEE OF FRIENDS

Charles B. Powell is the candidate se- 1 lected to make the race against Charles l A. Senn for the associate judgeship of the | city court.
 1 II. K. White and James A. Mitchell have
 withdrawn in his favor and as far as possible have thrown their strength to him. This selection was arrived at last night | by an impartial committee appointed for the purpose of picking out the strongest
 candidate to make the race against Senn.
 The committee was composed of c. P. Bed-
 dow, John c. Pugh, Wm. E. Martin, Lee
 Cowart and T. c. Culverhouse. H. K. White was seen by an Age-Herald
 reporter last night and asked for his state
 ment of the situation.
 RIr, Whites statement
 "It became evident several weeks since,
 said Mir. White, 'that an effort was being
 made to unite the gold bug element of the i party and the Palmer -Bucknerites and also
 the great corporation influences in favor Of
 certain candidates, including MT. Senn. The other three candidates for this office, MT. | Powell, MT. Mitchell and myself, have been
 so unequivocal, in season and out of sea-
 son, at all times and places, in expressions
 of adherence to the Chicago platform and l especially the monetary plank of 1t, that | none of us could expect to have much SUD- | port from the elements named. All three of us were known by all who | had acquaintance with us to have been for | the principles pronounced in the Chicago 1 platform before that new declaration of | independence from British gold monometal- | lism was adopted, and we were also known
 to have voted and worked against every | candidate in the last primary who did not | stand squarey upon the Chicago platform. l We cid not vote for any candidates for the | legislature who went to Montgomery and
 voted for Col. Oates the goldhug, against | Senator Pettus, who did as much perhaps
 any man in Alabama to send dele | gation to Chicago which worked for the | adoption of that great platform and the
 nomination of MT. Bryan.
 strenth Was Divided | "As the concentration of the gold bug | strength in the last primary sent five gold | bugs to the legislature for some of whom | MT. Senn is said to have voted, 6 seemed l quite evident that a concentration of the 1 same strength in the coming primary would | succeed again in nominating the candi- | dates whom they might favor. Therefore
 the three of realizing that if our | strength was divided by all of us remain l ing in the race we would probably be de- | feated we took counsel of our friends and | relying upon such counsel, I have decided l to withdraw from the race for the asso-
 eiate judgship of the city court in favor or
 my friend, MT. Powell.
 q thank my many friends for their cor | dial support, and trust that all of them | will give their support to Mir Powell, whose | adherence to the Chicago platform has
 been as unequivocal as that of any man | in this county and who has done noble work for true democracy I think no man | should be elevatetF to the bench, no matter 1 what his party service may have been, 1 unless he measures to the judicial stand | ard of legal learning and experience MT. | Powell however, certainly measures up to this standard. He has practiced law for | eighteen years and has had varied prac- 1 tice in all the courts-law, chancery and l federal. He has never held any office, | elective or appointive, except elector for | Mr. Bryan but his experience as lawyer | thoroughly qualities him to fill the high | judicial office he now asks for" Mr. Mitchelps Position | James A. Mitchell was seen by an Age Herald reporter and said:
 s.Yes I have withdrawn from the race for several reasons. The large number or candidates for this office, the strength and
 resources of the political ring which IS supporting one of them, and other c1rcum-
 stances unnecessary to be mentioned, nave impelled me to adopt this course, and to forego an honorable ambition to serve upon the bench until some more opportune time. My sincere and heartfelt thanks are ex- tended to those loyal friends all over the coo,ntv who honored me with their sup port and regret that circumstances have made it necessary for me to withdraw rom the race"
 MT. Senn's opponents. Messrs. Powell, White and Mdtchell deSlre to Htahe Lipe hoi lowing statement
 .The statement in Wednesdays Age
 Herald that MT. Senn's opponents admit
 ted that he was good lawyer and would
 do credit to the office of judge of the city court is a mistake to certain extent. MT.
 Senn's opponents say that it can not be
 stated with any certainty whether he is a good lawyer or not: that he has held the
 position of clerk of a court for nearly twen- tv years and has not practiced law in that time: that he never did practice but two
 or three years. and while practically be- ginner at the bar. was appointed by Cham
 cellor Cobbs to the position he now holds.
 This is not judicial but clerical posi-
 tion. and is not different from the position
 of clerk and register of the city court held by Mir. N. L. Miller"
 Senn's Friends Confident
 H. B. Gray, one among the supporters of
 MT. Senn, when being appraised of the new developments said: sAThe action of MT. Senn's opponents was not surprise
 We have contended all along that MT. Senn was the only qualified man in the race,
 known silyerite and democrat, and have also claimed that ne Wouu Set i,"io .o.eS than White, Powell and Mitchell put to-
 gether. Their action shows that they apree with us. Two of the candidates, to- rether with their friends, realizing the ab- solute fruitlessness of their race, are now
 attempting by a back room caucus to de- liver their little strength to another cam didate.
 "Of course such a course means that senn will be nominated beyond doubt, and that the last wall of the dying cam didates, against such a party worker, ex- colIent lawyer upright gentleman and ar-