The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-10

surveys, etc. He said there was a pre-
JUDGE against Bankhead in Congress be-
cause he was a Confederate Veteran,
that he was hampered by 1t, but that he
himself having served in the Spanish war
and not having taken part in the civil
war this prejudice would not exist in his
case and he could serve his constituency
better.
Pension Confederate Soldiers.
He said that if sent to Congress one
of his first efforts would be to have
the government pension the Confederate
veterans. This provoked the widest en-
thusiasm from the audience. Captain
Hobson taking advantage of this to in
troduce II. c. Compton. candidate for
railroad commissioner to Colonel Bank
head. He grew eloquent when he spoke
of the railroad ruling the country, poll
tics and all. He stood. he said. for equal
ity of charges by the railroads with de-
struction of open discrimination by them
against localities. No corporation ought
TO be permitted to continue in course
of favoritism to any Individual any in
terest or any locality.
Make IL impossible for the railroads
to charge as much for a short haul Of
some tens of miles as they do for long
haul from st. Louis or Chicago he
said. The child's play exhibited in the
supposed power invested-i in the railroad
commission should be made real. He ac-
eused Bankhead of being the $3.50 p, m.
creature and tool of the railroad. 1T Is
time to change If you hope for relief
he said Il am being fought by every
corporation in the country They could
not touch me and they Know it," Here
Captain Hobson asked Colonel Bankhead
how many congressman from Alabama
were railroad attorneys. but the colonel
professed ignorance on that point. If the
railroads power be not destroyed a new
feudalism will begin in the worlds his
tory. a
Change them" he said. why not try
me-" He noted the fact that Colonel
Bankhead voted against the building Of
three new battleships of the Oregon class,
but if we had not possessed them war
with Europe might have followed our
conflict with Spain. He again asserted
his democracy. and Bankhead accused him
of dragging the republicans into the
primary but that If they voted for the
right man Bankhead would say nothing.
He assailed Bankhead's democracy, as
serted that he had gone off with the
greenbacks and populists. He could Inn
agne jefferson coming back to earth and
scourging the democratic party like the
master driving out the money changers
in the temple. Captain Hobson explain
ed that the only two men who had ever
questioned the legality of his vote as an
elector at large were the negro. Ad
Winds, and Colonel Bankhead.
Bitter Words Are Exchanged
When Colonel Bankhead rose to make
his rejoinder all was not quiet along
the Potomac and bitter words passed
back and forth, Chairman Yerby being
obliged to call them TO order. Colonel
Bankhead denied that he abused Captain
Hobson.
Hobson reiterated that he did and said
You can't come to Greensboro and
tell these people that Rich Hobson lied. ="
Cries from the audience announced that
they were in hearty sympathy with Hob
SON Bankhead referred TO the card
sent out by Hobson recently and said It
was a fair invitation to republicans to
come into primary.
At this point sharp words again passed
between the two
II. c. Compton was then introduced to
the audience and addressed them for
twenty minutes.