The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-04-05
[. B. WHITE IS
NOMINEE FOR
ATTY-CENERAL
HON. W. s. FLEMING, JR., MAKES
NO QUESTION WHEN RETURNS
ARE cANvASsED.
BOTH THEM MADE STRONG RACE!
Defeated Candidate Has No Complaint
to Make and 10 cratified by Sup
port Of Home People-Democratlc
Party United.
Mondays Daily Herald.)


Hon. L. B. White Of Lawrenceburg
is the Democratic nominee for attor-
ney-general OF the eleventh judicial
circuit. This announcement was made
to The Herald this afternoon shortly
after three O'Clock by Hon. w. 8.
Fleming. Jr.. the unsuccessful candi-
date, who stated that on the face Of
the returns as canvassed by the ex-
ecutive committee Mr.. White has a
majority of 1870 in the four counties.
Il am satisfied with the result"
said Mr.. Fleming. land l have no dis.
position to. contest the findings of the
committee. ! am grateful to the peo.
pie OF the district for the support that
was given me and / feel that my short
term Of office as acting attorney-gen-
eral and my race for the nomination
has been of great benefit to me. l
have made many friends and have
learned much law that might have
taken many years for me to have &C.
Quired in any other manner. be-
speak for Mr.. White the united sup
port Of the Democratic party in the
regular election"
Mr.. White stated to The Herald that
although the campaign had been
spirited one. no i'll feeling had been
engendered and that both he and Mr..
Fleming are on the most friendly
terms. He said that he would issue
formal card of appreciation to the
voters within few days.
The judicial committee Of the
Eleventh Judicial District met this
morning at ten thirty and was lin
session practically all day, taking q
recess at noon and another recess at
$3.50 o'clock. All Of the committee
was present, w. G. Whitthorne. of
Maury, chairman: T. ]. Whitby. OF
John Ballanfant. of Giles;
and John M. Foresythe, OF Lawrence.
secretary. 5f
The face Of the returns show that
Looney White is the nominee for at
torney general of the district by Q
majority of 1870 votes. But before the
committee took any action as to the
of the nominee, W.. s. Flem-
Ing, Jr., the present attorney general,
asked that the committee defer the
matter for q few days. shsa
J. B. Gardner, attorney for Mr..
White stated to the committee that to
60 into these returns would be open
Ing up practically every precinct In
the entire district, and that he did
not see any reason why it should be
done. He insisted that the face of
the return showed Mr.. White'e elec-
ton, and thought it was the duty of
the committee to so declare him as
such.
He also called the committees at
tention to the fact that six OF the
precincts in Maury county had not
been brought in but that he had been
willing and had accepted the returns
as tablulated by the two papers in
Columbia which gave Mr.. Fleming a
majority of 875 in Maury county.
After discussing the matter at con-
siderable length the committee asked
that the interested candidates, their
attorneys and the newspaper men re-
tire and they would 60 into executive
session. After about twenty minutes
private session a recess OF thirty
minutes was taken.
The vote of the counties as shown
on the face of the returns is as fol-
lows:
Counties Fleming White