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student of government, and that is what
We are needing in these days.
Are the conservative forces, who won
this great victory, and who have been
commanded by the people of Alabama to
carry it into effect. going publicly to con-
fess that they are incapable and fncom-
petent to execute the commission, when
they have invited the people to entrust
10 them, and at the end of this mighty
contest sit down and ask the present adj
1inistration and the Anti-Saloon league
to appoint some one to carry on the gov
errment?
In other words, is the whole conserya-
tive movement, which we have inaugu-
rated and carried through to success, to
be submitted by it's leaders to be a dis
tinct and pronounced failure, because in
all of that grand convention which met
at Montgomery, and among all of the
thousands of men who supported us in
that movement, we have not one fit or
suitable man to be appointed or selected
as chief executive to carry out the poll
cies declared in the convention; but that
the situation is such that we must call
upon the present administration or the
Anti-Saloon league to appoint some one,
Mr.. Mallory for instance, to carry on
the government, because of our incompe-
tence in the premises?
Notwithstanding the disaffection of
some who are prominent in our support
in that movement who have gone over to
Mr.. Mallory on personal grounds for
myself L will say that l am not willing
that all of the fruits of this victory
should be lost and that the principle of
conservatism which 1t emphasized and
established should be abandoned upon
any consideration. For my part, l am
going to vote for Mr.. ONeal. l believe
a large majority of the people of Ala
bama will do the same, and l believe that
he will be triumphantly elected and that
the second victory for conservatism will
be greater than the first
About Mr.. White
''And, finally, referring more especially
to Mr.. White and Mr.. Bankhead, who
will be my opponents for the position for
which l offer, will say:
First, with reference to Mr.. White.
He was a member of the constitutional
convention of 1901, and l, as president of
that convention, and intensely interested
in its work, watched his course with a
great deal of interest. He came to the
convention with the reputation of being
a ready debater, and 1 hoped that his
ability might be made available in ac-
complishing the main purpose for which
We had assembled, namely, the reform of
the suffrage. l was disappointed in this.
Mr.. White did not assent to the suffrage
plan recommended by the committee of
which he was a member. his idea was,
as l understand it, that we should not
have any suffrage plan at all, but simply
a poll tax of So for every citizen, whether
under or over the age of As years.
The committee did not agree with
him. and I did not agree with him. The
result was that he opposed strenuously
the suffrage plan reported by a majority
of the committee. Out of membership
of 1856 he secured in support OF his oppo-
sition not exceeding 20 votes in the con-
vention, including democrats, republicans
and populists.
IF elected to the Senate, If he cannot
do better than this, frankness compels
me to say the people would do well to
choose a wiser and better advocate of
their interests.
Second, as to Mr.. Bankhead Mr..
Bankhead has been in Congress more than
20 years. He has been In the Senate for
a little less than a full term, having
been appointed to succeed the late Sena-
tor Morgan of this state.
Il have watched his public career with
a good deal of interest. In many respects
It is remarkable He has been in some
kind of office for 45 years, commencing
warden of the penitentiary of this state.
He was in Congress for something like
20 years, and during this entire time took
practically no part In the debates in the
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his first term in the Senate, and has
taken practically no part in the debates.
II you ask friend of his in reference to
him, he will Immediately inform you that
Senator Bankhead is q good man to get
on committees. His browning glory as
representative from Alabama In the House
Is that, having remained in Congress
q long time, he finally succeeded in be-
coming member of the committee on
rivers and harbors in that body
Another distinguished achievement
which he has accomplished and which
Is very frequently mentioned and en-
phasized by the press of Alabama, to his
credit is that he has succeeded in be-
coming acquainted with Mr.. Burton, a
republican from Ohio, who was the chair
man of the committee on rivers and har-
bors, of which committee Mr.. Bankhead
was q member l have never met Mr..
burton, but / know that he Is man of
ability: that he took an active part in
the debates of Congress, and that he ex-
ercised a potential influence in the ac-