The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-06-05
IS NOTIFIED
OF VACANCY
Official knowledge Of
Impeachment.
MOBILE CITIZENS In CITY
Object to Appointment Of John 5.
Drago.
Governor Had Scarcely Received No
tice OF Vacancy When Law
and Order People sought
an Interview.


waiting for him the certificate of Gen.
eral r.. f. Lyon, Clerk of the Su-
preme Court, telling of the vacancy In
the office OF Sheriff, of Mobile County,
caused by the impeachment and re-
moval of Frank Cazalas, Sr. He must
scarcely have scanned the certificate, to
which was attached the courts judg-
ment in the case, before he was sought
by prominent Mobilians, representa-
the interests of the Mobile Law and Or
der League. They wanted a sheriff-a
sheriff, as they told him, of vertabrae
and action.
According to the wise acres close to
the Governor, His Excellency has a
broader view of men of backbone than
the Law and order League and he may
yet appoint some one not to the liking
Of that organization. At least rumor
has 1t that John s. Dragoa Of the city
OF Mobile. though very acceptable to
the Governor, was not included in the
list OF desirables handed in by the Law
and Order folks. And Mr.. Drago, at
the present writing, has seemingly a
long call on the rest of the field, as
the successor OF Mr. Cazalas.
Among the callers on the Governor
were Rev. H. H. Mcneil. pastor of the
st. Francis Street Methodist Church,
and Attorney William C. Fits. promi-
nently Identified with the Law and Or
der League Of the Gulf City. They
talked at length with the Governor,
withdrew and Mr.. Mcneil talked again,
but IL IL said that little satisfaction
was gained by the interviews. Mr.
Drago would bob to the front, II was
said, and the offer may get to him some
time soon.
The Law and order League. it is
known, would be satisfied In Mobile
with the appointment OF any of the
following; william o. Haas. Steven
Touart. Paul Savage and Judge r.. L.
Maupfn. These names are said to have
been suggested to the executive but
with little signs OF approval attached
to any.
Those familiar with the supreme
loyalty of the Governor to his local
leaders. predict that Mr.. Drago will be
his choice as Mr.. CazaIass successor
He was the Governors campaign man
ager in Mobile County during the cam
paign OF 1904 for President of the Rail-
road Commission. Mr.. Drago has since
that time, been very cordial to the
Governor on his numerous visits re-
Gently to the Gulf City, when not all
the Inhabitants Of that burg were 80
inclined. The probable appointee is a
grain merchant.
1t seems that John Case, irst ru-
eliminated from the race.
appointment Not Made.
At q late hour yesterday afternoon
the Governor had not appointed the
successor. 1t may come today, but he
has not indicated the time.
Following is the copy of the certin-
cate OF General Lyon sent to Governor
Conner yesterday and the judgment that
was entered by the Supreme Court:
Hon. B B. Conner, Governor OF Ala
bama, Montgomery, Ala:
Dear Sir-A final judgment OF con.
viction having been rendered on June
3, 1903, by the Supreme Court of Ala
-bama, in the impeachment proceedings.
pending In said court, against Frank
cazalas. ST.. Sheriff of Mobile County,
Alabama, and an order entered by said
Court removing the said Frank Ca
zalas, Sr., from said ONCE of sheriff.
Now. then, in compliance with Section
7122 of the code of Alabama, I, as Clerk
Of the Supreme Court OF Alabama, do
hereby certify that vacancy has been
created and now exists in the ONCE of
Sheriff Of Mobile County. Alabama.
= "a certified copy of the Judgment of
the Supreme Court OF Alabama in said
Impeachment proceeding is hereto at
tached- Very respectfully,
"Robert B. Lyon,
CLERK Of the Supreme Court of Ala
bama."
Copy Of JudgmenH.
Comes the State OF Alabama, by the
Attorney General, and by other coun-
sci, who appear and prosecute for the
State, and comes also Frank Cazalas,
ST., Sheriff of Mobile County, the de-
PENDANT, in his own proper person, and
by counsel. and says he is not guilty
of the matters alleged in the charges
and specifications contained in the ar
ticles of impeachment. preferred
against him, and filed on the 9Th day of
April, 1909. And the testimony In said
cause being introduced, and the cause
being argued and submitted, and duly
examined and understood by the court,
1t is considered that the charge and
specifcation-"Of neglect of him. the
said Cazalas. as Sheriff of Mobile Coun-
ty. owing to which a prisoner was I'M
lawfully taken from the jail of Mobile
County and put to DEATH. is true, and
that he, the said Cazalas, is guilty as
thus charged in the information.
1T is.stherefore considered, ordered
and adjudged by the Court that the
said Frank Cazalas, Sr.. Sheriff of Mo-
bile County, be and he Is hereby re-
moved from the said ONCE of Sheriff of
Mobile County. and that he is disqual-
flied from holding Office under the au-
thority of this State for the term for
which he was elected.
"It is also considered that the State
of Alabama do have and recover of the
said defendant the costs In this behalf
expended. for which execution may is
sue"
Lawyers are growing in the belief
that Mr.. Cazalas may succeed the ap-
pointee of the Governors in 1911, when
the present term expires. He may not
hold office during the term for which
he was disqualified by impeachment.
nor can be his own" successor. Thus
there is nothing. seemingly. to prevent
his election and serving in 1911. or
making the race during the primaries
of 1910. And the report is that his
friends will force him to get in the
race, for what they denominate his vim
dication.
cROps many nAMAGEn