The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-01
HENDERSON ISSUES
 REPLY ID CHARGES
 OF SHELBY SOLON
Attack on Governor Grew Out of Thwarted Political Ambitions, Declares
 Secretary

Montgomery, April so-In reply to charges made in certain papers of the state today by H. M. Judge. member of
 the legislature from Shelby county in ref
 erence to the appointment of solicitor of
 the seventh judicial circuit. Will E. Hen
 derson. private secretary to the governor,
 this afternoon issued statement in which
 he declared that MT. Judge had turned from his support of the governor because he had been thwarted in his political am
 bitions.
 ply endeavored to do MT. Judge friendly favor and in so doing had made a mistake with reference to the governors ap- pointee as solicitor of the Seventh district The governors private secretary stated
 that. owing to the similarity of the names
 of MT. Koenig and MT. Cornelius, he had
 made the mistake of informing Mir Judge. confidentially, that the former would he appointed, whereas the latter was the
 successful contestant for the office. Following is Mir. Henderson's statement: "When the governor announced the ap- pointment of solicitor on Friday, 23d. on account of the similarity and the euphony of the names of two of the applicants, Cornelius and Koenig. I was left under the impression that he had appointed MT. Koenig.
 Favorable Impression By reason of the fact that MT. Judge Tad made a fa la inn Scin upon me- and desiring to place him in pos session of information that would be grat- flying to him, although the appointment of the solicitor was not to be officially an- nounced until the following Monday, inn parted to him in the most confidential manner possible what believed to be the fact, that Mir. Koenig had been appointed. was simply mistaken. It was my mis- take. He gave the name of the successful applicant to his stenographer, MT. Spang- Ter, and when l ascertained on the follow l ing Monday my mistake l was shocked at the error I had committed, which was done in the best and purest of intentions. MT Judge on his own motion informed me that there would be a great mass | meeting held in Shelby county on Monday, 1 the 18th, and declared that he was strong | ly favorable to Governor Henderson's | financial policy At the mass meeting, l
 
 I his word, but that he introduced set of ringing resolutions, which were adopted
 which commended the position of Cover nor Henderson on the financial question l In the strongest possible terms and ex- pressed the utmost confidence of those as- sembed in his patriotism and integrity. Reversal of Position ''The quick reversal of his position rela- | tive to the governors programme clearly l indicates that Mir. Judge was influenced in assuming his favorable position to the governor by the hope of receiving his re- ward in the shape of political plum. He
 now manfests his disgruntled feelings by | a charge of duplicty which is absolutely
 unwarranted by the fact with view of | visiting his revenge on an innocent gov | ernor and upon me, his secretary, whose
 acts were animated by the purest and | most honest of intentions.
 "A careful reading of MT. Judges com munication will be sufficient not only tc convict him of bartering his opinion or public questions for the hope of reward but to secure his consummate stultifica tion."