The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-07
The Giants in Caucus.
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Greensboro. Ala. M

GFeSu8DOfog Aidss &A1tIH p ASvn. Editor Montgomery Advertiser. In a special to The Montgomery Adver- tiser of the Srd inst, which is headeN "All Eyes on the Sixth" the Bifmings ham correspondent Of that paper says: Politics was doing at the Metfopolitan Hotel to-day and tonight. Fresh from the skirnishes with Captain Hobson at Hamilton and Baxter, Congressrnan Bank head came to Birmingham to-day to plan hostilities which are to begin at Jasper l tomorrow. The political beli-weather of the Sixth was joined here tonight by Giants of the district who are his friends. They came here by appointment. State Auditor Tom Sowell, Walker county leader, Ali Tunstall of Hale, W. W. Bran don of Tuscaioosa and McCollum of Walk CT, were in conference with Congress man Bankhead tonight. Undeniably the friends of Colonel Bankhead are bulld- ing political causeway for Captain Hob son. Naturally the Bankhead adherents are not talking, but there is an under current of opinion that the Sixth district leader will have to fight for his political fife. Walker and Tuscaloosa counties are to be the Manchuria of the Bankhead- Hobson campaign. They are the largest counties in the district. The best that Bankhead's friends claim in Walker is 100 majority for their candidate. Wise
 acres declare, however, that lHobson will get Walker by 260 majority"
 In addition to the above-nanned parties,
 Messrs. O. B. Mobiy of Greene, c. IT..
 Allen of Sumter and chas. E. Waller
 of Hale are mentioned by The Age-Her-
 ala as being participants in the caucus. Of course these gentlemen had q per
 feet right to meet and confer with Mr. l Bankhead, and, if they saw proper to do AaA fN tnh trs Haff1A F5fsfftlAat
 eauseway for Captain Hobson. Cause
 ways are built for the purpose oferen- | dering q road more easy to travel and l from what occurred in walker county in | the Joint debates subsequent 10 this eau cus we are inclined to think that the causeway built for Captain Hobson will | enable him to drive hls political cart cas- | fly into the Democratic nomination on I April 11th.
 The Advertiser correspondent very prop | eriy describes the gentlemen who com posed this Bankhead caucus at the Metro | politan Hotel as. Giants of the Sixth Con- | gresslonal district. They are all polite. | fans of a high order of merit, but, if we | judge the signs of the times correctly. after the result of the primary is made | known, Che question win be asked. as ll
 was asked of old. Where are the scnl | of AnakT'
 The truth is, political caucuses amount ] to very little now. We know thai the Bsnkhead men control the inachiner1 of the party in a large measure, and while we wait to see how they are going to use it, we realize that the popular
 will Is the supreme law, and that tho | will of the people will ultimately deter. | mine this contest.
 Tn old times. man could say, very
 often. what a county or a beat would do. | Now, thanks to the action of the State Executive Committee. every mans vots counts the same and. in our judgment,
 Hobson will be nominated regardless of l an occasional caucus of the Giants. | Captain BanlEhead says in his public | speeches that he desires Captain Hobson's | name put on the ticket. We presume he | is sincere in this. but, if the Giants ol the district successfully oppose such ac- ton by the State Committee, it viii looh as if Captain Bankhead's statement ia ! merely for political effect
 | The Giants are said 70 have had this question under consideration.
 l The people await with interest the ac- ton of the State Executive Committee in
 the matter. and feel confident of fair ! treatment. Thomas E. Knight,
 Chairman Hobson Club of Greensboro. 1 Ala. if