The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-15
HObsOD and Bankhead Again Meet on
 Stump. STUDENTS ARE DIVIDED
 ----s----- Strenuous Demonstrations for Their Respective
 Fayorites. Captain Hohson Becomes vsxed by the Interruptions snd Talks Back to the Boys-Bankhead
 st His Best
STUDENTS ARE DIVIDED
BY BRUCE KENNEDY.

BY BRUCE KENNEDY.
 Tuscaloosa. March 1s.-tstas Cores pondence 9ATwo hundred students of the State University took charge of the Bankhead -Hobson meeting at the Acad- emy of Music here this morning and the two candidates for Congress spoke three hours throbgh interruptions. college yells. ieers and the sharpest sort of good nat ured youthful wit. and bantering
 Eight hundred persons crowded into the little theatre. which has been declared unsafe and is little more than a ruin of its former glory. This crowd consisted of 200 college hoys. 200 ladies and chill dren and perhaps t0o voters. large ma 5ority Of whom reside In Tuscaloosa prop CT. Few people came from the country. The ladies and children almost filled the paraueu The young roysterers from the University overhowed the balcony from which they trreverently hurled epithets and shafts of humor at the speakers. The voters occupied every other point of van tages standing. in aislcs and sitting -- in windows. The auditorium was literally packed --.4a--.s....
 All Dignity Lost
 College fraternity loyalty played large part In the meeting and caused these young Alabamions to lose all respect for the dignity of the oceaeian. Hobson Is q Fipb Alpha and the Kappa Alphas are naturally proud of him. Dozens of them were under his hotel window to awaken him before breakfast this morning with their ear-piercing yells
 Long before the speaking began the colfegee boys gathered at the. theatre They carried Christmas horns. COW bells. whisties and other noise-making instru. s1ents. leaders stood at the entrance ta the balcony and directed the Hohson and Bankhead partisanp to their respectiye seats. The Bankhcad boys. representing Opposing tfaternities to the KappdA sat onEshe south siae og the BaIrony facing the Hobs6n boys They pfactically had the gallery Co themselves. and as soon As they were in their seats the uproar began Each point made by the speakers brouaht out all the noise that could be desired by the youngsters and soma of their clev.. CT sayings reflected no discredit on the institution they represented Tuscaloosa citizens said. there would have been an iucipient riot at the Uni vefstty if effort had been made to keep the students at work today with so much fun going on down town. Most of the boys rode the sick and took holiday"
 The Town For Dankhead.
 The audlonce on the first floor accepted the situation with good grace. as one would expect of people accustomed to pranks of students. This part of the au- dienee made little demonstration. It was as orderly and resrectfni as the audIen "a upstairs was disorderly and irreverent. Plainly the men and women of Tusca- loosa are for. Bankhead. They were with him from beginning to end and the Con- Bfessman made the best speech he has made during this campaign.
 HObsou for the first time lost his boise. enlked back at the school boys and mani Tested much irritation. Bankhead has been resting and was in the pink of con dttt11. Hcrpon has been working hard. His hnes voice was. husky and he looks paler than when he was fin Walker coun- ty week ago.
 Both speakers introduced considerable new matter but their speeches were in the main along the old lines. In his rejoinder Bankhead dealt Hobson some body blows. charging him with too liberal views on the negro question. He supported hts statements by reading from a Washing. ton paper of Hobsons speech with Crum. packer at meeting in the Capitol He also introduced affldavits from Democrats of Marion County, who swore that Hob- son in his speech in Hamilton said if ne- gro boys stood better examinations for cadetships than white boys, they should have the places. Hobson presentel coun- ter afhdavits and Invited Bankhead to leave the decision to other men who were present at both places. He declared he would exclude negroes and Republicans from examinations.
 The Decisive Battle Ground.
 Tuscaloosa is stirred over the camS paign. It is the metropolis of the dis trict and this county Is regarded as the decisive battle ground. Some of Bank heads friends think he must win here or not at all. Conservative men Of Tuscaloosa, pface BanKhead's majority in the county at 500. although tt is admitted that Ao6son is stronger in the country beats than in the city. Vance and Brookwood beats are said to be solid for Hobson. It Is significant that Bank head has cancelled his apointment al Brookwood ana Hohsoa will go there alone tomorrow. Both men have can celled the CottondaIe appointment for Wednesday. They will. not get together again until Thursday morning. when thev meet at Eutaw and begin trip through Greene County.
 Business men of Tuscaloosa citv are largely for Bankhead. The city will probably poll 800 votes ana 1t Is claimed for Bankhead four to one, 7. O. Prude former sheriff. estimates Bankhead's ma jority In the county at 800 to 1,O0O F. W. Brown, a brother of Probate Judge Brown, who has just defeated Colonel Brandon. says two-thirds of the Tusca- loosa vote will be for Bankhsad. He says the eloquence of Hobson will not turn the older heads of the county. Among Those Present.
 Friends of the candidates came here from all parts of the district and the lobby of Tuscaloosas one hotel today looked much like Mohtgomery's hotel in anti-primary days. Breck Musgrove, Horace Gibson and Tom Long came down from Walker. the latter to shout for Bankhsad and to bet his money. Mus grove and Gibson are H6hson's strong friends. Indeed Musgrove. who Ia just from New York and conferences with Tammany. talks seriously of Hobson as Vlce-Presidential timber He deeIareS his honest belief that Hobson would strengthen the ticket ana says New York