The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-25
SPEAKERS TAKE THE
BREATH OF HEARERS
Bowman and Stallings Use
Some Singing Language
WORDS ARE NOT MINCED
Meeting Was Regular Carnival of SEN
sati0nal Declarations In Which
Virtues and Vices We're
Called BY Right Names

What old line politicians declare to
have been the hottest political meeting.
the most singing rebuke ever handed
out from a public rostrum and the only
ham or in Alabama, was the menu for
three hours last night at P. G. Bowman s
meeting in the Jefferson theatre.
Words were not minced, and the lam
guage of the stump in all of its indig-
nant force, made reply to the attacks
which have been made on Bowman and
Stallings 1t was a carnival of sensa-
tional declarations. in which virtues and
vices were called by their right names.
The lower floor of the theater was
crowded to its capacity a number were
| seated in the balcony, and at times the
audience gasped for breath. as Bowman
and Stallings turned loose one hot shot
after another.
! 1t was announced that the meeting was
not an O'Neal meeting, but was called
to take steps to select a safe conservative
ticket for the legislature, and COM
mittee of twenty citizens from various
| f'oAAc VI Lie COuHly WAS dppbIiltu "
select this ticket and report to a mass
meeting next Wednesday night
The speakers not only gave the lie to
all the charges which have been made
against them and O'Neal, but returned
even more sensational charges Among
| these was the declaration that on yes
terday an insurance company deposited
In certain Birmingham bank a large
sum of money to the credit of Mallorys
campaign fund. The men who opposed
the amendment and have gone over to
the Mallory side were branded as Bene-
dict Arnolds. and traitors Mallory was
ridiculed as man so weak that Crump-
ton and Lawrence could take him by the
collar to Montgomery and force him to
drink whether he wanted to or not"
Bowman Opens Meeting
Mr.. Bowman opened the meeting by de-
claring that certain charges would be
| answered hot off the reel J. c. Manning
| was introduced. Mr.. Manning said that
the fight against fanatiesm is just be-
gun. that the leaders on the other side
are like sausages-they have just
changed links" He compared the NAL
lory plan for converting the world to the
system of dragging them in handouts
to the front seat, throwing them down
and saying, You must be saved or be
damned"' Chairman Honeycutt then in
troduced Mr.. Bowman.
Mr.. Bowman chose as his text Brooks
Lawrence and Blind Tigers: Mallory as a
Makeshift,' and launched at first into
discussion of the extra session of the
legislature when the constitutional amend
ment was up; how Conner, Weakley, Fred
Jackson and the Anti-Saloon league could
not furnish the necessary three votes to
carry it, and they decided to go after
Reese to get Mallorys support. He fin
lshed the three men and was then de-
serted by Weakley."
He then went into the history of the
convention which met in Montgomery to
protest against the amendment, and said
that O'Neal was the first to raise his
voice in protest "Jellxs, Bowie and others
refused to sign the call for the meeting,
because they thought it was a losing
fight, but after 800 had signed Jelks &c
Co. fell over themselves to get on the
bandwagon.
Mr.. Bowman referred to the address of
Ray Rushton at Centreville when Every
body in the audience was frozen. Rush
ton jumped on Conner and Weakley, and
said that If it hadn't been for Mallory
| Weakley would be running for governor
| on fanatic issue, and there would be
| h. to pay this year in Alabama, but l
would rather have h. to play in 1910
| free of cost than to pay $4,000 for it in
/ lb5. NOW COfteT Is lot D1dliOIg u
never cuss a man that's for me. j don't
care II he be the blacklist Hottentot, il
| he's for Bowman I'm for him.
Conner never struck man below the
| belt He fought the railroads out in the
| open. He never told man a lie to
conceal his position. Now, when Ray
| Rushton undertakes to abuse Sam Weak
ley, say that Sam Weakley is an hon
| est, clean man and a good lawyer, and
J<y,tf q IN pnchfon'g Y1ollfh abllqA
Sam Weakley who knows more law than
Rushton will know If he lives to be 1872
years old. Let's be fair to our enemies"
Has Gloves or
Mr.. Bowman handled Rushtons
statement in the Advertiser with gloves
| Off "The statement that Bowman and
| Stallings announced O'Neal as an anti
amendment candidate Is a cowardly,
malicious. Infamous lie, and if any
| one says that a conference was held
| in Montgomery attended only by Bow
man and StaIlngs he lies in his foul
throat. They can't come and spit on
private citizens"
| He then read the statement in the
Ledger of James Buchanan Bullfoot
Ellis. Mallory's campaign mana ger" He
made fun of the statement that "re-
ports from every part of the state
have been carefully compiled and show
conclusively that the O'Neal forces are
| on the run and when he came to the
sentence, 81 say that O'Neal and the
quartet that brought him into the race
are nghting on side that is directly
opposed to the principles set forth At
that Montgomery conference" he
| branded 1t as "a more malicious, cow
ardly lie was never put into print.
Any intimation that saloon, liquor or
brewery Interests have been to O'Ncai
or any of his friends and told them
that anything is expected from him
when he becomes governor, is absolute
ly false. don't pretend to say they
didn't go to Henderson. but I'm here
to say that II there was any liquor
money used in the late campaign, Hen
derson, who was campaign manager.
is the man to account for it,"
| For a few moments he spoke On
Brooks Lawrence and blind tigers,
asking II anyone ever heard of blind
tiger until "Brooksie" came here.
| ~ 'NIaIIory As . Makenhift.
| Mallory, as a makeshift," was The
second part of his talk. He named
seven men whom they started out
with, including Weakley, Bowie, Noodle,
Jeiks, Henderson and Seed. and de-
| scribed the process of elimination" an
| til they are all gone except Mallory
with his speakers denouncing Weak =
ley and Conner He's a makeshift and
you know it--a man without fol-
| lowing. | want to prophesy that Ack :
err, nor Bowie. nor Morrow, nor airy
Of those fellows will make a speech Tor
| him and If they do nobody Will be
| there to hear"
| He gave only a few words to NAL
| lary's speech at Oneonta, pointing to
| the principal issue then defined as
| good roads" but he emph a sized that