The age-herald., 1900-10-06
BURNETT IS SURE
 IN THE SEVENTH
Has Done Great Work for the
 Co0Sa.
HOUSE COMMITTEE COMING
Congressman Bankhead Says Burnett Will Get Splendid Sum for River Burnett and Chairman Conf
 dent-Senator Pettus

''T believe that shall carry every county in the Seventh District, with the possible exception of St. Clair, and even in that county, the home of MT. Spear, my oppon- nent, consider by chances most excellent" said Congressman John L. Burnett yester- day.
 MT. Burnett and Chairman o. R. Hood of the Seventh District Democratic Executive Committee, together with other friends in- cluding W. P. Lay, spent yesterday in Birmingham, and had conferences with State Chairman Lowe, Congressman Under wood Congressman Bankhead, and other Democratic leaders
 T have been making speeches in Frank lin, St. Clair and other counties of my dis trlct, and everywhere find our friends con- fident.
 But the Age-Herald and the other Dem- ocratic newspapers circulating in the dis trlct should endeavor to impress upon the Democrats the absolute necessity of going to the polls in November!
 ''We have got the fight won; nothing but the most reckless over-confdence and inex- cusable carelessness can lose us what is ours.
 Tn Dekalb. Cherokee, Etowah, Marshall, Culman, and the other counties our pros- poets are the brightest.
 q am hopeful of St. Clair I have just visited the county, and on Monday will make another speech at Ashville, which will be the court-opening day.
 "The enemies of the Democratic party in the district are urging it against me that have not yet secured an adequate appro- priation for the Coosa river improvement. That is extremely unjust I simply have been in Congress since the river and har- bors were arranged for. The river and har- har ar1itt Of tLa xxi11x xrir rit district immediately after the November election and will personally inspect the Coosa.
 "It is perfectly well understood that the Coosa will be placed in the next bill this winter, and I am certain that I will succeed in getting a splendid appropriation at this the very first opportunity that has arisen since I entered Congress. I take just pride in what I have already done to aid the Coosa. and the voters of the Seventh Dis trict, am confident, will endorce me"
 Congressman Bankhead Talks
 Congressman Bankhead the leading Democrat on the River and Harbors Com mittee was asked yesterday for a state ment as to the Coosa river improvement.
 q do not in the least doubt that the Coesa will be handsomely provided for during the coming session of Congress- said Colonel Bankhead. q could not un- dertake to say just how much money will De ueNOltu lO llc SOOSdb puI ioOh iOi o handsome sum It may be a half million or million dollars.
 '"rhe River and Harbor Committee Will inspect the Coosa as soon as the commit tee can be gotten together after the Presi- dential election. We shall begin at Rome, Ga, and steam down stream to Gadsden, and so on to the Southern Railway bridge at Riverside. There we shall take the train and go around to Wetumpka, and in- spect the lower reaches of the river; going by boat from Wetumpka to Montgomery I regret we shall not be able to go down the Alabama river to Mobile. We shall not have time for that before Congress reassembles.
 ''They are charging in the Seventh Dis trict I hear, that MT. Burnett failed to get an appropriation for the Coosa, while I got $SO0OO0 for the Warrior. That IS false and misleading. The great sum which I was instrumental in securing for the Warrior was obtained before MT Bur- nett entered Congress. MT. Burnett has done all that a Congressman could have done, and he will get this winter a great sum of money for the Coosa.
 Chairman Hood Hopeful
 Burnett is certain of a great majority if the Democrats will simply turn out and vote, said Democratic District Chairman O. R. Hood of Gadsden. We must have out our full vote, and we shall give Bur nett such an overwhelming majority that there will be no future trouble with oppo- sition MT. Spears is not popular. He is charged with trying to straddle both the Populist and the Republican parties, and. neither one of them Is ardent in his SUD- port.
 ''I believe Burnett will carry every coun- ty In the district. That is, of course, based upon the assumption that all Democrats will do their duty on election day. The enemy is disheartened. Spears is beaten and they know it. Nov it is for Demo- crats to stand together and give Burnett the splendid majority he has already won.
 Senator Fettus
 United States Senator E. W. Pettus ar- rived in Birmingham last night on his way to the Seventh District to make speeches in support of Burnett.
 Senator Pettus' appointments are as fol- lows:
 Slxirum, DeKalb County MondSy, October s: Fort Payne, Tuesday, October 9.
 Albertvlle, Marshall County, Wednes- day October Il.
 Ashville, St. Clair County, Friday, Octo- Der H. Ragland, St. Clair County. Satur- day, October 12.