The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-04

| N-ttA14AHHuc cheering. =. Leptain Hobson raised his nano' ou' tne crowd did not heed him.
 Friends enfreat you," Captain hon- son called arising and holding his nanos nleh; II beg you to give my opponent a satr hearing.p
 1mmediately there was silence. and Coionet Bankhead thanked Hobson as ne continued his argument, taking up me great naval scheme.
 Hs charged Captain Hobson with pro posing to carry the principle of the Mon- roe doctrine to China and other Easterh countries, and scoffed at Hobsons pto- posed appropriations of two billion i.x hundre6 ana fifty millions for larger navy. It was a deception, he said, to say tnas this money could be raised witnort pie.
 Bankhead's good roads scheme, as out uned At Jssper. was applauded. He pointed out that soil survey was now going on in Walker County.
 Colonel Baalthead's time expired and he concluded by saying he would answer Ho5son's speech. written in Washington, m his fifteen minutes rejoinder | Hobson Given Ovation. I When Captain Hobson arose to speak one hour and half he was received With shrieks of delight and was bombardad | with beautiful bouquets of flowers by the ladies' Hs opened by saying that he cid not wonder t,lat Colonel Bankhead found 1t hard to answcr his speeches. l Captain Hohson explained his failure to register. On examining the election law he asccrtained it was drawn by John H. Banlxhead. IT., member of the Leg isiature. The law worked hardship on | young men, he said. And the young men are for you. too." came voice from the audience.
 Captain Hobson said he proposed that the men who would come of age before election that they be permitted by the State Committee to vote in the primary. The Committee, he said, could do tnis l legally. The Committee could not do le- gally what Colonel Bankhead proposed. | that all disabilities should be removed. He ridiculed Colonel Bankhead's state ments that he appointed poor boys to the navy and army schools. He named Sey- mour of Sumter, Meredith and Coleman of Greene, and others. whom he sad were sons of wealthy and influential friends.
 Captain Hobson told of his mistake l about Cadet Rawls. and his retraction. 'T made an honorable mistake" said | Hobson. "I declare that my opponent has never in his whole life made an honorable retraction when he made any l sort of mistake"
 Tt is .true," said Captain Hobson. T I was educated by the government.
 They made a. mighty smart out of you" called voice. and the crowd yelled.
 Captain Hobson devoted considerable time to explaining his eye trouble and his efforts to ba retired.
 l Rebukes Colonel Bankhead.
 Hobson said he would not descend to personalities and criticised Bankhead sharply for dragging these debates into the mire--of ridicule and scoffing and 1 evading issues"
 He spoke of the duties of Q Congress- man,, citing instances where, in his opin- ion. Colonel Bankhead had failed in his duty. S&
 He said the public roads in the district didn't seem to him to be any better than they were eighteen years ago. Enquir- ing why Colonel Bankhead had become recently so interested in building roads, l he said he doubted # the government could build public roads for Walker County. It would be an invasion of the States, and he declared himself unequi- vocally against it.
 Colonel Bankhsad had gotten up this issue. he declared, to meet his scheme for a greater navy. r-''~t fl asked Colonel Bankhead. n
 l.'Did you not apoint Mir. Powers of Florence e cadet?" "I did" said Bankhead. '..
 From what county7e
 From Tuscaloosa he had lived there three years" st %st'et
 ''Wss he bonahde resident of this district2'' r BgH les- a.-
 An! exclaimed Colonel Bankhead. ! La A. afnl fNnv akoG.. YaH, son. and the law requires it."
 This incident caused wild applause.
 "The Washington Speech"
 Hobson then read from Colonel Bank. heads ''record' or his so-called Wash. lington Speech" which was frequently applauded. Captain Hobson charged that every time Bankhead had to choose be. tween the railroads and the Democratic party, he voted with the railroads.
 He said that the people had as well ex. pect to have the Transcontinental Rail. road build the Panama canal as to ex. pect Bankhead to improve river naviga- ton.
 In closing Captain Hobson spoke upon the navy scheme and other national ques- tions which he showed were integral parts of that question. His peroration was brilliant. full of eIoquence, portray ing his Idea of the future for America, it's people and industries. Captain Hob- son closed at 10:15 o'clock and was liber- ally applauded.
 In his rejoinder of fifteen minutes. Col onel Bankhead said Captain Hobson had furnished him with some news when say Ing he had been on both sides of the money question. He denied that he had voted for bill to abolish national banks.
 HobsOn said he had the record. Bank head challenged him to prove 1t. Cap tain Hobson produced his compiled infor- nation. Colonel Bankhead said 1t was written by Hobson's paid agent and was Inot true.
 T am not ashamed of any vote l ever cast" exclaimed Bankhead.
 We are not either. Captain,' came a voice from the audience.
 Another Controversy.
 Then there was another controversy be- tween Bankhead and Hobson about a bin giving railroads a franchise to control cabs in Washington. Captain Hobson read from his record and Colonel Bank head read from the Congressional Record, explaining the merits of the cab bill.
 Returning to the national bank bill, Colonel Bankhead said, You all know I took the stump against that proposi- ton"
 T don't know it." said a fellow half asleep,
 You don't know anything" cried Bank head, good naturedly.
 He admitted that he ''dodged and run like the dickens" when that bill was up
 Pointing to the compiled record of Cap tain Hobson he said: q know Claude