The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-05
CANDIDATES SPEND FINAL DAYS IN THE IMPERIAL COUNTY Aspirants for Judgships All Here Yesterday Ex-
 cept One BOTH KENNEDY AND
 MERRITT IN CITY All Express Confidence in the Out come Tuesday and Appreciate
 Work Done by Their
 Friends

J. NJ Bonner of Camden. author of the
 famous bull bill, and candidate for court
 of appeals, was conspicuous by his ab-
 sence in Birmingham yesterday With
 the single exception of the statesman from Wilcox, all the. candidates for the appellate bench were in the city. Judge
 John Pelham has been here for several days, as has Judge Thomas K. Knight. General Bricken left yesterday morning, but will return again before the close of the week.
 t Chancellor w W. Whiteside was very busy among his friends in the city and he is making whirlwind campaign in this county Judge wniteside up until this trip, has not spent great deal of time in this county. Judge J. B. Brown of Cullman, who has been working in Jeff ferson county for the past 10 days. was also here yesterday
 Ill addition to the candidates for court | of appeals, Henry P. Merritt of Tus- kegee and Sam P. Kennedy of Anniston, opponents for the presidency of the pub lie service. commission, are closing their
 campaigns in this county. Both will prob ably be here until the voters of the state have registered their wishes at the polls Tuesday. Although J. A. Carnley of Elba, the other candidate for the head of the public service commission. was not here he was represented by Kyle-B. Price who has delivered a large number of ad- dresses in the interest of the Elba can dfdate.
 The usual prediction confidence pre- vailed among the various visitors who are seeking these offices. Judge Pelham, who has been unable to go all over the state on account of tile almost continuous ses- sions of court, expressed confidence in the result My friends have done much good work for me, and I have kept in touch with the situation by correspon- dence," said Judge Pelham. Since court adjourned 1 have been able to. visit many places, and l find that the people every- where believe am entitled to re-elec- ! tion." Judge Pelham is the presiding officer of the court
 T have been highly gratified by the almost unanimous support my candidacy has received from the attorneys of the state,' said Judge Thomas F.. Knight Of course the lawyers are in position | to know the qualifications of the candi- dates for the bench better than the aver age citizen. Everywhere l have been during the campaign found that many 1 of the people were already for me because l of the strong support I was receiving | from the various members of the har'' My friends assure me that I am cer- tain to be one of the three successful can didates for court of appeals, said Gen l eral Bricken. And from the support
 l am receiving from all parts of the state. l am convinced that they are correct. | However, there will be no let up on my 1 part in the activity with which I will prosecute my campaign until she polls tclose Tuesday night"
 1 Both Chancellor Whiseside and Judge Brown expressed themselves as being confident of success Judge Brown ba s
 been very active in his race recently. as | has Chancellor Whiteside.
 ln' the race for president of the pubIic service commission, Merritt and Kennedy could hardly be more confident .I am confident of the result" said Mir. Merritt | yesterday. However, I shall be buster during the last few days than I have been | at any time in the campaign. I find that splendid work. has been done for me in Jefferson county. and in north Ala ba ma oy Henry T. DeBardeleben, who is man. aging my campaign in this county. and Murray Brown, who is state chairman of my campaign committee. The work of these and the other we'll known men Who are assisting me has brought results Tn the form of active support from lead | Ing nien all over the state'
 F have been all over the state and have considered the situation carefully.' said Sam P. Kennedy. "I believe I will receive larger majority in six or seven
 of the large counties I will Carry than my opponents can receive in all the coun- ties they will carry. I am absolutely con fident'
 MT. Price stated that the situation wa encouraging to the supporters of MT. Carnley The people of Alabama appre- ciate the fight we have been making fo, them. and they will elect Mr Carnlev ' next week" said Mir Price