The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
Judge Wm. H. Sanford
 A Native of Alabama g Years a Citizen
Opponents Eleventh-Hour Canard Seeking To Put His Citizenship in Question Sweep ingly Refuted By Enviable Record of
 Birth, Residence and Service

Birth, Residence and Service To My Friends:
 had hoped that this campaign, for of the judge ships the Appeals might have been conducted on plane above that of the ordinary "ward heeer, where of the truth told and the whole truth lett uptold for the purpose of misleading the public
 My opponent for Judge of the Court of Appeals who
 informed is not native of this state and who until recently the election of Governor Henderson, in whose behalf he gained local prominence, was for years employed in minor capacity in lawyers office New York City, charges and undertakes by tain records to mislead the people of Alabama into be-
 eving that not citizen of this state at the time of appointment to the position of Judge of the Court of Appeals, which now hold.
 life of 52 spent citizen of this state ought to be sufficient to protect from eeventhhour pol cal canards promulgated for the of benefng the who, desperation has brought himself to make them His statement will not fool any lawyer, but msead a layman, and hence constrained to make the following statement
 The of Sanford is not unknown to the people of Alabama. My great grandfather Rev. Thomas Sanford,
 Methodist preacher of the Georgia conference preached the Gospel in the territory before this state admitted to the Union. My grandfather Wm. F. Sanford, Meth oist preacher, this state when my father two years age and during the days preceding the Civil wrote and made history under the de plume of Warwick" My father, Governor William J. Sanford, when boy of IT. entered the Confederate army in the 46th Alabama regiment and served this state throughout the He member of the constitutional
 ton of 1875 member of Congress speaker of the House of Representatives of Alabama and president of the State Senate and finally died in the office of governor 19O1
 born in Alabama just 52 years ago this month; educated at Auburn and married in Troy in 890 where began the practice of law in 1894. By my marriage four and daughter all born and educated in this sate besides adopted also born this ate Three of these enlisted in the army Alabama to help whip the Kaiser and win this war;" and the fourth enlist in September of this year. Two them are now with the army somewhere in France the third is on his way.
 Twas member of the constitutional convention of 19O1 eector for the state at large 1904 president the electoral college of Alabama of that year I began the practice of law in Troy 1894 and in 1909 moved to Montgomery At the time was appoted to this office was member of the firm of Bell Sanford of that city, and citizen of this state As member of that firm be- chief counsel for the Manhattan Insurance com and for that and other engaging in other practice with them participating in their firm practice, associated with the firm of Rappao & Kennedy who lawyers and the local coun se for the company still retaining my practice and office and citizenship in Montgomery Ala As chief counsel of the Manhattan Life Insurance company required to be in New York for of each month for part of that time my wife and daughter with me- and while they were with had apartment at 790 Riverside Drive also retaining resdencea BIO Mildred street in Montgomery, where continued the general practice of the law and who then dependent upon me- were in school in Aabama at the University and the others at Auburn.
 have voted claimed citizenship elsewhere than in this sate and have taken prominent part in every po
 cal campaign in Alabama since 1894 For 40 years my church membership has been continuously in Alabama and at the time was being charged with being on-res den member of the Court Methodist church. Montgomery, and my lodge memberships, both Masonic and K of P and still in this state. Every dollar of property in Alabama and all the interest have is here.
 If the gentleman had wished to tell the whole truth he would have also said that all of the principal legal drec tories listed me member of the firm Ball Sam ford Montgomery and the other facts he either knew or could have known for the asking H in fact he qua fled to fill the office he seeks, be would know that live temporarily in state and still retain his ct zenship in Alabama
 The effort to make at this late date when he thinks will not be able to contradict it. that cit zen of my native sate is like saying, T child of my mother and cheap political canard unworthy of one who aspres place judge of of the highest courts of the state.
 When was appointed to this office was not an app- cant until four members of Supreme Court and the otner two members of this court without my knowledge procurement had requested the appoint me to the place This was great honor upon being urged to apply and being reminded of democratic nrecedent