The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-15
ROBSON SPOKE ID
 THREE B|G CROWDS Campaign in the Sixth Closes
 Next Saturday ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN Candidate to Succeed Congressman Bankhead Denies Some Reports
 That Have Been Spread
 In the District.
ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN
BY FRANK H. BELL.

Cordova, April 4-(Special.) )-Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson closed the next to the last weeks campaign in the race for congressman against the present rep resentative from this district. John H. Bankhead. at Cordova tonight He made the third speech of the day to an au- dence of more than 200 voters, taking up and discussing the various issues of the campaign and answering some of the charges brought against him by his op- ponent and his iieutenants.
 The first speech was made at 10 o'clock this morning at Kansas to about 75 voters and an equal number of women and children. At Horse Creek this afternoon the candidate spoke to much larger audience, over 100 people going from Cor dova to hear him. His reception at all three speakings was most cordial and the various points of his talk were applaud ed heartily
 Day of Campaign Literature.
 It has been a day of campaign litera- ture in the district. The opposition turned out thousands of hand bills charging Cap tain Hobson with one thing or another, and the hand bills were spread broad cast over the county. Among other things he s charged with a verbal assault on Confederate Veterans, with not being a registered voter in the district and with stating that white teachers should be placed over negro pupils.
 Captain Hobson denied the charges about the veterans and the negroes, and said that the matter of his not being reg istered was mere technicality. and would soon be remedied.
 Great Day Coming
 Previous to the opening of his speech this morning the audience sang There is Great Day Coming" among other hymns and one of his constituents said that 1t certainly was so and that Mir Hobson would be the chief figure on that day. Just after the hymn Captain Hobson began speaking.
 The speaker said that during the cam paign he had endeavored to appeal to only the best that there is in men. and that he had sought to make it an educa- tional campaign. He expressed sorrow that MT. Bankhead had not seen fit to conduct his campaign on the same basis but had made a number of unl1ind per sonal remarks. and that his lieutenants had been guilty of many breaches of campaign etiquette. He said that em- isaries of MT. Bankhead had spoken to his (AIr Hobsons) audiences several times without invitation. He did not ob- ject to MT. Bankhead speaking whenever he felt inclined to do so at the same meeting, but did not think it was the proper thing to send lieutenants
 Praises the Veterans.
 MT. Hobson said that the other crowd was attempting to make it appear that he was opposed to the old veterans. What an absurd idea" continued MT. Hobson. Such thing Is impossible love the old soldiers. My father was one and l had thirteen cousins and uncles in the battle of Gettysburg. I intend to do something for the old veterans when l go to Washington. The time is ripe for the government to do something for the Confederate veterans. They realize that the southern soldier fought for princi- pie, and that they were conscientious in what they did. The south has been pour ing money into the treasury all these years paying pensions to the northern soldiers, and l would work for a bill to get pensions from the government. I believe l am better qualified to urge that bill than Mir. Bankhead. who is a veteran and therefore would be a benef- ciary from such a bill Under the law he would not be entitled to vote for the bill
 ''The bill would not benefit me personal ly, and my father is now dead and could derive no benefit, therefore l am in a position to offer the bill and urge it's adoption. I intend doing something for the veterans, as I said before. and as for my being against them, that Is out of the question.
 Negro Question.
 Another thing. They say that I wish the negro and the white people to mix and have white teachers in negro schools. I do not want any such thing. l have been in countries where the people are mixing with the aborigines and it has