The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10
SELMA IS STIRRED
 BY APPOINTMENT Topic of Conversation is Edito- rial in Morning Times SMITH ON REVENUE BOARD  Negro Arrested for Assault Makes Break e Liberty and Fires
 Twice at Officers Pur.
 suing Him.
 
SMITH ON REVENUE BOARD


 Selma, February s-(special) )-rhe topic for discussion on the street cor ners and around the cotton exchanges today has been the appointment on Tues day afternoon of MT. Julian Smith, prominent civil engineer, tax payer and democrat as a member of the court of county revenues by Governor Cunning ham. Rather the comment has been caused by an editorial in the Morning Times today written by Editor J. H. Nunnellee. who is well-known over the state. From the editorial 1t seems that MT. Nunnellee did not know of the va cancy in the court until he saw the an- nouncement of the appointment in yes- terday's Age-Herald
 The editorial begins:
 Yesterday mornings Birmingham Age 1 Herald, which is the first out-of-town daily to be distributed in Selma every morning. brought to this people the in- formation that Capt S. M. Kirkpatrick had resigned his position on the board of county commissioners. and that MT. Julian Smith had been appointed in his stead"
 After characterizing Commissioner Kirkpatrick as being on his death bed and eulogizing his services to the county the article continues:
 "The writer of this doubtless had as much to do with the hr-t appointment or Captain Kirkpatrick any man in Dallas county. We carried his application and placed it before Governor Johnston. There were only twenty-seven on his pe- tltion but .hey were members of the democratic executive committee of Dallas county. The gentleman who opposed him for the appointment had 300 names on his petition, yet Governor Johnston appointed Captain Kirkpatrick. Il was an open fight. however. There was no star cham Der proceeding about it Governor John ston appointed Captain Kirkpatrick and his honorable opponent did not sulk or kick on the appointment.
 "rhere was no excuse for this star chamber proceeding
 "The people of Dallas county had right to know that Captain Kirkpatrick had resigned and that hls successor was about to be appointed.
 "The editor of the Times made an eff fort to find MT. Cliff Kirkpatrick yester- day to find out something about the af- fair, but could not.
 Judge Pitts was seen and he said that he and Mir. II. s. D. Mallory had written letters recommenolng MT. Smith. That was all that we could find out about the matter except what was stated above that MT Cliff Kirkpatrc-- carried over his fathers resignation and had MT. Smith appointed.
 "Yesterday morning the editor of The Times sent Governor Cunningham the fol- lowing telegram:
 Governor R. M. Cunningham Montgom-
 cry, Ala:
 "rhe people here protest against star chamber appointment of Julien Smith. Public knew nothing of Captain Klrpat- rick's resignation till Smith was appoint ed. Is this Alabama or Russia?
 "It was one of the most damnable po- ltical tricks that has been played on the De7nle in many a day.
 Tt emacks of ring rule of bossism, of trickery, of underhandedness, of taking advantage of the right of petition
 "We believe that the people will pro- test
 '"N-r dp no. xl.ow who else wrote let