The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-10
GREENSBORO JOINT
DEBATE WAS WARM
Hobson and Bankhead Exchange
Bitter Words
CHAIRMAN POURS THE OIL
The Merrimac Hero Exclaims, "You
Can't Come to Greensboro and
Tell the People That Rich
Hobson Lied"
CHAIRMAN POURS THE OIL

Greensboro, April 9.-(special) To-day
was a red letter day in the history of
Greensboro. Bankhead and Hobson adj
dressed the citizens of Greensboro and
Hale county in the opera house. Cir
cult court was in session with Judge
Miller and Solicitor Thompson in at
tendance md the Southern university
boys crossed bats with the Marion boys
on the Southern university campus
The joint debate between Colonel Bank
head and Captain Hobson attracted
large and enthusiastic audience and the
distinguished speakers were accorded the
most careful attention throughout their
speeches. They were introduced by W.
e. ". Yerby, chairman of the executive
committee, who announced that Colonel
Bankhead would open with an hours
speech, Captain IIobson would speak for
one hour and half and Colonel Bank
head would then be allowed thirty min
utes rejoinder
Colonel Bankhead said that this was
the second joint debate of The campaign,
the first having taken place at his own
home and. proving most pleasant oe-
/
then entered upon what he called a dis
| cusson of matters of Importance. He
said that Captain Hobson had failed to
register and qualify a voter, but in
spite of that he stood for an eleetor-at-
/ large. Had the issue been a doubtful one
! iobson's Illegal vote could have been
challenged and the result changed He
impugned the captains statement that
he had mad no time to register and to
vote, lie might have been off delivering
lectures. certainly was not making polit
zeal speeches. He charged that Hobson
was in Greensboro Sunday when the
books were to be opened Monday and he
left Sunday night for Scottsboro to de-
liver a lecture.
Position on Rate Regulation.
lie declared his position In regard to
railroad rate regulation to be unassail-
able and the records would bear him out
| in all he claimed. He was in favor
though of fair treatment to railroads, as
he was to all other interests of this eoun-
try. Here he begged forgiveness for d
personal allusion, saying he had dseov
cred early I'M life that If he didn't brag
ON himself no one would. He said that
he was appointed on the committee that
prepared the plank on railroad regula-
lions for the democratic platform during
the convention in Chicago and that 1t
always voted for every law regulating
the railroads and explained his position
in regard to railroad subsidies He said
| that money was appropriated yearly to
put on fast mail between New York
and New Orleans to get mail as quickly
/ as possible TO South American countries,
thereby facilitating trade with them. The
people could give 1t up If they wanted
to, but the Americans never go back.
Appropriations for Rivers.
Speaking of the appropriations he had
secured for rivers and harbors in Ala
bama he noted the fact that Mobile had
no commerce when he went on that COM
mittee In Congress because she hadn't a
deep harbor, but now things were
changed and the channel would be deep
er still. He explained his connection with
the locks and their failure to be finished
in time. His part though was through
when he got the money. He didn't be-
lieve Hobson could get any appropriation
at all were he on that committee, COM
posed as 1t was of twelve republicans and
six democrats, owing to his wild cat
scheme of a billion dollar navy. He
touched on Hobson's naval supremacy
bill In very satirical fashion and was
afraid Hobson's time would be wasted
in that direction rather than in securing
appropriations for improving the rivers.
complmented Bankhead upon his tenn
perate address lie himself would not
say a word against Bankhead in Green's
boro, though Colonel Bankhead spent 80
minutes i'm abusing him in his own town.
He wished this campaign to be one of
issues and not of personalities. lie
stated though that a circuit judge had
been a party to the intimidation of
voters, and declared Bankhead had en-
tered into an agreement as to having the
managers of the elections arranged and
then went back on It,
Captain Hobson Replies.
Colonel Bankhead here interrupted, de-
nying that he had entered into any such
agreement Captain Hobson arraigned
Bankhead for not getting money earlier
for rivers not having the locks finished.
not securing public buildings, having soil
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