New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-03-19
Al 4R4M4 HEROES FACE 10 FACE
ON THE STUMP.

ln the Sixth Alabama district is cN
citing general interest. As hi,
candidates are described, CAPT
| liobsou, the hero who dared /,
bottle mp the tieel Of Admiral Ter
vera at the risk ot his life. IS nuN
"A man OF II Cot Baukhead i.
i, nearly twice that age Yankee
bullets made holes in his gray
clothes before Hobsou was born
He is serving MS ninth term in the
House When first elected to that
body he was a warden in the Ala
bama peniteutiary. He SCOTS at
the idea Of relinquishing his seat to
Hobson The Democratic primary
will have to choose between them
aud they are stumpiug the district
together.
\ staff correspondent of the
Montgomery Advertiser declares
Hobson "a wonder ON the hust-
ings," that his talk about a mighty
American navy makes an astouish-
ing hit with the hill folks, and that
the Colonel has a rocky road to
travel. The competitors met twice
in Joint debate, at Jasper in the
morning and at Carbon Hill in the
evening. The Jasper high school
boys went to the morning meeting
~ "a body, and took a Hobsou yell
along. Besides holding forth at
length and fcryidly on what a
mighty navy would mean and do
for the country, the former naval
constructor talked about Col
Bankhead. He said he had TO; it
was a case Of Hobson's choice with
him; the papers were all on the
Coloncl's side He said the Col
oncl hadneglected the rivers. Why?
Because the Colonel and his kin
were interested in railroads, and
the railroads had no use for river
navigation. Then The Colonel had
not got the district its fair share Of
rural free delivery; he had not in
dueed the Agricultural Department
to make soil surveys in the district
the had neglected his plain. every
day, bread aud butter duties to his
He had not given
the district ; bright boys a chance
TO 90 to West Point or Annapolis
no competitive examination for a
oadetship had been held in the dis
trict in eighteen years
When Bankhead's tnrn came
there were hisses. Hobson inter
posed requesting his friends to be
civil to the Colonel. Bank head
thanked his "yonng friend. - He
said the hisSers We're not Democrats
and his young friend was not a
Democrat. His young friend had |
not voted a Democratic ticket in his /
life, nor paid Il cent Of taxes IN /
Nor had he ever fought |
for white supremacy Hobson was |
Roosevelt's chum;" he had sat |
and spoken on the same public
platform with Crunpackcr, the
South hater; he had expressed a !
to LET Republican boys |
md negro boys compete for cadet
ships; his speeches were written /
Tor him by a man at Washington.
The Colonel denied that he had |
neglected the district aud his con
3titnents He said that, while the
Democrats Of Alabama were regis
ering, Hobson was probably III "A
'ilk bathing suit on the beach with
, girl at Atlantic City--"or some
,ther place up in New England. -
We people down here go in wash
ng in the creek, " he said, "but
lot so Capt. Hobson." Then the
Colonel told the crowd how much
,ould be done for good roads, etc
With the money the Captain was
aid he h')l fought on a hundred
)attlefields fer his country and for
Democracy.
When the Captain got up again
he applause was deafening, the
aides stood and shrieked," " The
Captain apologized for having
Isked them to attend the meeting
md bring their children He had
lot foreseen that they would have
o listen to snch talk from Bank
read There was much unpleasant
less at Carbon Hill Hobson bad
aid he had seen the Colonel's por-
raft in apatent medicine advertise
nent. MY picture has never been
Il comic newspaper III the act Of
,issing another mans wife, re-
orted Bankhead.
Of course this is all taken see
md hand 1t is a running account