The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-03
CAPT. FRANK WHITE SPEAKS IN ANN|STON Has No Unkind Word to
 Say of Opponents MERRILL STUDIES CASE Anniston Jurist, Who Will Preside Over Oakley Trial at Columbiana,
 Reading Up on Case-Assail
 ant Found Guilty
MERRILL STUDIES CASE

Anniston, April 2.-(SpecalD-Dr. J. F.
 Walker, himself veteran of the Lost Cause, paid high tribute to Capt Frank s. White, candidate for United States senator in the short term campaign, on
 Wednesday evening. and the address de- ivered by Captain White was an appeal 1 for recognition of service faithfully rem dered in behalf of the democratic party.
 T have devoted my life to a fight for
 white supremacy and I want to see
 White supremacy continued in this cleo tion' he said. T am the only White man in the race he declared humorous iy. and if you elect me l will be the only White man in the United States Senate"
 Captain White told of his services in ridding the state of Mississippi of carpet hhg rule, his bill to impeach the lieu tenant governor for the pardon of two convicted criminals.
 We kept the Anglo-Sa race in pow CT in Mississippi" he said, "py bu1ldoz- ing. l found when l came to Alabama. 1 however, that it had to be done by fraud He said that he never did like the idea of fraudulent counting of ballots to win elections and when he was asked 10 stump the state for John T. Morgan as head of the famous flying squadron" he did so only on condition that he be allowed to speak at the same time in 1 behalf of a constitutional convention. As Q result of this campaign, he said, Nor gan was elected, the convention was called, the election laws were reformed and the iefr cal l.xY1 1n, Eutting an end to the reign of fraud
 T have given the best years of my life fighting for you, my friends" he declared at the close, and now in the | eventde of my public career am ask ing that you give me the crumbs that drop from your table. l come to you as did Lazarus of old. but, unlike Lazarus, | m not going to be licked.
 Captain White was very confident in his address He had no unkind word to say of his opponents, but he declared that they are yet boys. and should stay at home with their mothers awhile longer"
 Judge Hugh D. Merrill of this city. presiding jurist of the circuit court of the Seventh judicial circuit, is spending prac- l, tleallY all of his spare time to an ex- animation of the law bearing on the case of James G. Oakley. who will be arraign- ed before him on April on the charge of embezzling state funds Judge Mer- Till will hear the case a special term of his court at Columbiana.
 Much local interest centers in this case and Annistonians are wondering sjust what P. G. Bowman. attorney for Oak ley, meant when he stated that he is | going to take off the lid" Whetherl or not he will be able to get Theodore, Lacy to testify. he proposes to do, is' a matter of speculation but those here who have watched the case doubt if Lacy will testify
 Lon Higgins negro, who was tried Wednesday on charge of assauItng Patrolman Will Fruit as a result of which the officer was confined to the hospital for several months was found guilty. His sentence will be from one to 10 years, and he will probably be sen fenced Saturday.