The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-19
PARTY LEADERS SOUND SLOGAN OF
 UNITED DEMOCRACY Conner, o Neal and Heflin Heard in Ringing Speeches
 At Jefferson
PRESENT UNITED FRONT
 TO PARTY OF PRIVILEGE
Speakers Pay Special Attention To J. 0. Thompson and Score His Ad- herence to ssBIack and Tan"
 Ideas

| lower floor of the Jefferson theatre last night, listened to eloquent addresses fired with the principles of democracy and cheered to the echo the fine points made 1 by Congressman J. Thomas Hehin, Gov. B. B. Conner and Col. Emmet O'Neal. Each of the speakers captivated the audience in his own way Congressman Hefin, who had to catch an early train for Louisville, where he will speak to- morrow, was the first speaker. He was introduced by Campaign Chairman Jesse Stallings. who said: q am glad that there are so many democrats here reunited un- der the common banner of democracy. There are no factions in our party, for we can look around the-country and see that now Is the time for us all to fall in line. I am here to introduce some of the most gifted speakers that ever appeared before a Birmingham audi ence."
 He then presented MT. Hef1n. who first directed his remarks along national lines, assailing the tariff and the protection system which he said Is building up the patrician classes, increasing the price of living so as to make life for the poor man intolerabe He charged, with the late Senator Deliver, that Congress is becoming a bargain counter where the trusts get what they want.
 He took up the tariff in detail, showing that 1t has been raised all along the line, that there have been no decreases in the essentials of living, and that the re- publicans had deceived the public.
 Democracy Has But One Candidate
 Then, coming to the situation In the state, he said: q voted for the amend mekt, and I voted for MT. Mallory, but democracy has one candidate, Emmet O'Neal, who is able, competent, full of courage and conviction, and for whom will cast my vote as a true democrat. We have 90 days in which to fight and squabble among ourselves, and after that time croaking around the camp and barking up a tree Is absolutely prohibited by the statute of democratic limitations"
 He then lit into Joe Thompson, nom- nee of the prohibition republicans, with gloves off. 'It III becomes the leader of the black and tan republicans to appear in the garb of a prohibitionist with white badge on his breast, when In his bosom he harbors scores of negroes" said MT. Hefin. That Thompson gained his appointment through Booker Wash ington, that when he became referee there were IT negro federal employees in the state, and now there are 160, were some of his points.
 He delivered his now famous reading of '-The Fifth Chapter of Sanscrit,' which must be heard to be appreciated It kept the audience bowling with laugh ter, as he described in biblical phraseol- ogy the words and actions of Thompson, Goodhue, Scott, Davidson, pr. Hughes and many other republicans.
 Insisting upon the supremacy of the whites, and pointing to the use of negroes as immigration and naturalization inspec- tors in northern states, he declared that 1t Is the south's duty to kill the negros dream of equality. In the latter part of his talk he urged the democrats to stand by their ticket and go out to the polls on November S.
 Governor Comers speech is given in full
 In another column. He answered conclu sively the arguments of some of the most fanatical prohibitionists that they should vote the republican ticket and calls on all democracy to stand together.
 Colonel O'NeaI Speaks
 Among other things Colonel ONeal said: "I desire now to thank you for the splendid vote given me by this imperial county in the recent primary My grati- tude for that manifestation of your con fidence and trust is enhanced when re- member that my success was over the opposition of a gentleman so worthy of any office within the gift of the people of Alabama as the distinguished democrat from Dallas. who contested with me the party's nomination.
 T congratulate you that when the party's verdict was rendered all demo- crats Loyalty accepted the result and are now earnestly supporting the nominees and principles of the party.
 q congratulate you that when the smoke of battle had cleared away we tt-k >1~xx, fxrA1 nr given except in honorable and manly po- litical warfare-whether by myself or my honorable opponent or the leaders of our respective forces. No wounds were in- flicted which were not speedily healed by the soothing balm of democratic unity.
 Tt has been charged that the demo- cratic party of Alabama is divided into two hostile wings. There was wing composed of 73,000 white edmocrats, which had the honor to lead in the recent pri- mary, and there was wing of many thousand which followed the standard of the distinguished statesman from Dallas, but since the result of that primary was announced the two wings have coal esced, and hauling down the banners of their leaders, have flung to the breeze the starry banner of triumphant democracy. Side by side we march under it's folds to certain victory in November.
 Create No Apprehension
 ''If there have been any assertions from our ranks, neither in character, influence or numbers have they been sufficient to attract any notice or create any appre- hension. Their places have been more than supplied by loyal republicans who recognize that their party has willfully refused to keep the pledges heretofore made the American public, that they have practically surrendered the taxing power of the government to special interests, and by system of unnecessary, unjust and unwise tariff taxation increased the burdens of the people. This Is demo- cratic year. The republican party, facing a record of broken pledges and violated promises is hopelessly divided into waver- ing factions. sweep the country this fall returning democratic congress to power in the lower house, elevating Champ Clarke to the speakership and Oscar Underwood to the chairmanship of the ways and means committee--to the leadership of a united and victorious party Who Is so nessimistic as to doubt that under the leadership of Judson Harmon and Wood row Wilson we will not come into our own in 1922" he asked. Then, and not until then will the trusts, the off, snrinr of vicious system of iniquitous tariff taxation, be curbed and curtailed." Col. O'Neal dated the greatest advance of Alabama in every line, commercial educational and industrial. from the adoption of the constitution in 1910 when the system of white supremacy was established, and he said 1t would not have been possible had the democratic