The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-13
BANKHEAD-H0BSON
JOINT DEBATE BY CANDIDATES
 FOR CONGRESS.
Hale County NIan Tells Why He is Not a Voter, and Banikhead Ridicules Ills Speeches for the
 Party.

Fayette. March 12.--iSpeeial)- )-Cap- tain Richmond Pearson Hobson, can didate for Congress from the Sixta District. and Congressman John H. Bankhead engaged in a joint debate In the court house here today before five hundred people This was the first day of the Circuit Court as a consequence there was a large crowd in town from all parts of the country.
 Hobson spoke for one hour, Congress
 man Bankhead for one hour andsa half and then Hobson in reJoinder of for ty minutes. Hobson explained his po- sition in the canvass and told of his popularity throughout the country and how he felt confident that he would be ahlA to receive consideration at the hands of Congressman from other sec lions of the country which was not he- iu.x accorded to the present Represen- tative He said the present regime in Congress could be charged with the trusts. tariffs and railroad domination. He told how 1t was that he was not registered In Alabama. and said that while the registration books were open he was making speeches in doubtful States in the interest of the Democratic national ticket
 When Congressman Bankhead got well into his subject he ridiculed Hob sons speech making tours and stated that in West Virginia the Republican Congressman was reelected by larger majority than before Hobson speech was delivered there. He also stated that the speech made by Hob son at St. Louis was so detrimental to the party on hcconnt of its criticism of labor and Bryan. that the National Committee was afraid to publish rhe speech,
 Hobson In the rejoinder showed plain Iy that the ridicule extended by Con- gressman Bankhead fretted him. He was dramatic at times. During the main address, Captain Hobson stated in defense of his bigger navy Ideas that wars could be prevented, that all wars in the extreme East had cost the Southern farmers considerable by reduction of cotton prices and that another danger now stared the people in the face, in the way of war with China. He stated that Japan was arming China to light America and that if there was big navy in this country such possibility would not exist. Hobson went outside the court house, and mounting a bench oh the streets addressed seven hundred people who gathered. Tonight he delivered his third address for the day at Bethlehem Church a small settleWent apost TOUT miles from town.
 His bookings between now and April 23rd. when the primaries take place are for from one to three speeches day. -,-. <,... rressman Bankhead. stated today that onlv Democrats could participate in the April primaries, that is men who had not scratched in any way the Dem ocratfc ticket. The intimation is rhat if this is enforced, as 10 the last state election, less than three hundred men can vote in Fayette County as the tax assessor who is very popular and popu- list, got all of the twenIy-two hundred registered voters in the county save abort four or five hundred. The sher- ] if of the county is a Republican as are majority of the county eommls- sioners.
 To this Captain Hobson replied in the street speech, that he wanted all men who did not vote against Bankhead in the congressional election to vote this | time and he would have representa- tives at the polles who would see that
 the voters got what was due them, and