The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-07
IN
 MONTGOMERY MONTGOMERY
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE OPEN ING OF THE PROSECUTORS
 CAMPAIGN ON MONDAY.
Attitude Taken by Each of the Can didates in Their First Appeal 10 Voters for Public Support
 In District.

More real support was swayed to and from the various candidates for presenting attorney in this district yesterday than win ever be changed again during this memorable cam. paign, as the detail of the opening of the campaign in Montgomery coun. ty Monday found it's way about over this and Montgomery county, and i'm pressions were formed which will nave very material effect on the actual balloting which takes place March 27
 The opening of the campaign at Mt Ida almost removed J. B. Wood as probabiltY5 according to the opinions of many That Witt profit ed by the scenes enacted at Mt, Ida, his home city, was generally con fessed George P. Wilmington, through his masterful presentation of an array Of court records which sum- marized little of results in the admin istration of j. B Wood, took promi- nent part in the race, and admitted ly strengthened himself before the people Cobb and Farmer took much of middle ground view of the situa- ticn. following along such similar lines in the whole of their appeals that it would be but fair to both to assume they divided the following to which their atttudepappealed 7
 The day opened bright and cold in Mt Ida. From all over the country there had assembled the typical court crowd, augmented by these attracted ia anticipation of the political pyro. technics the situation had promised. Judge Gotham permitted the candl- dates to use the court room from 1O:30 until o'clock, deferring the l organization of court until that time.
 There being four candidates from Garland, all bringing their fight into Montgomery county. Hon Clip Witt. the Montgomery candidate. claimed the defensive position of speaking last H ffe zst7rtt-1i ffrarTfkffy to the other fnnr candidates that he had no idea of the nature of the campaigns that would be waged against him. there fore he was granted the privilege of the last speaker
 Under agreement between Whiting ton, Cobb, Farmer and Wood, the or der of their speaking vas drawn from hats. and Wilmington drew the first position. Cobb second. Farmer third and Wood fourth. The manner Of the drawing. while unprecedented as to fairness, was somewhat of disap- pointment Most of the people gath cred there expected the fire of the campaign to be poured ont by j. B. Wood Each of the candidates rather anticipated they would receive the harshest of criticism if not seyerest of oratory and abuse from the pres ent occupant of the office, who Is waging his campaign as a reformer
 Tn opening the debate, George P Whit lsfston was introduced briefly He was the author of the legislative bill that created the new judicial district, He reviewed briefly his public service. Then he stated. rais- ing his voice to emphatic mood, that he had not come before the people of Montgomery county to enter into per sonaities with his opponents, but ask ed them to draw a distinction be- tween personalities and a public rec ord. which he proceeded to review He claimed there were but two issues before the people. the first as to whether J. B. Wood had been sue cessfui as their public official. and the second as to which Of tine four other candidates should be elected if he convinced the people that the pub lie service of J !, Wood had not been satisfactory.
 Wilmington then entered into re view of the public record of Wood His speech has been published almost in it's entirety from advance notices furnished this paper He received several interruptions from Wood as he expounded comparative figures taken from the criminal records of this county, but he was ready to affirm the absolute correctness of his fig ures with large batch of transcripts taken from these records, which he Haunted before the people in emphat-