The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-14
ELECTION AFTERMATH.

Gadsden Journal: At any rate "Jim Dandy meal has been we'll advertised
 Enfaula Times: We can hurrah so far for the winners-they made a noble fight but then in the county there will have to be another race-which ought not to have been.
 Memphis Scmitar Returns received from the Sixth district indicate that Hobson s latest bottling adventure was not a success The cruiser Bankhead Is able to get out of the harbor and Is ex- pected to make journey back to Wash ington.
 Mobile Item: Its no disparagement to Captain Hobson to say that the voters of the sixth district did the proper thing in returning Congressman Bankhead from that district to congress as indicated by the returns in at this hour. It was the proper recognition of a faithful and eff cient official The Item never believed for a moment that the voters of that district would do anything else. Captain Hobson should not feel agrieved or even disappointed. He went before the voters of that district without an issue with his competitor, and the vote he received was great compliment to him personally.
 Anniston Star: Every candidate could not be nominated. Circumstances were | such that defeat was necessarily the doom of the majority. But those who have met defeat have accepted the result gracefully. They acquesce in the will of the majority and extend congratula- tions to the winners But the work of yesterday didn't quite finish up the job It left some out entirely, 1t landed some safely but others will have to put their trust in the ballot box again. The coun- ty officials who have won are: Judge Crook, Superintendent Persons, Treasu- Ter Glover, Clerk Watson, Tax Collector Goodlett, Coroner Murphy and Commis- l sioner Tarvin.
 l Chattanooga News: The returns from the congressional primary in the Sixth Alabamadi strict indicate that Congress- man Bankhead has given Captain Hobson crushing defeat, and the fate of one
 
 | ton results Hobson relied largely on his popularity as a naval hero to win the 1 election for him. He stood for larger navy. and grew eloquent over what this country should and would accomplish when its navy is built up to first place. It is evident that the people of Alabama are in favor of getting along with their present navy and spending the surplus cash in the United States treasury for im- plements of peace rather than engines of war. Captain Hobson merely misunder- stood the temper of the people. Whileahey applauded him for his daring al Santiago, they declined to stand for his greater navy policy. In short, they are in a peaceful mood, and no candidate advocat- ing war can make any headway with them. In mental and oratorical equipment, Hob- son Is Bankhead's superior, but his ar gument and eoquence were wasted in be- half of war enginery. The next time Cap tain Hobson runs for congress in Ala bama he will doubtless stand for good roads, river improvement and the like and cut out his demand for a big navy. Alabama wants no more war, and our opinion is that the whole country is com ing to that way of thinking. and sooner or later it will put the military and naval spirit to sleep. There is lesson in Hob- sons defeat that could be studied with good profit by a number of gentlemen who are running for office in the United States