The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06

his brother, the senator, both Know, 1 had, perhaps, more to do with the gen erals original appointment as register ol
 the land office than any other person. Tn response to an expressed desire by Pres-
 ident Roosevelt to appoint to that positlon an old Confederate veteran, l recom-
 mended General Johnston, and he was
 duly appointed While the correspondence
 was had before Senator Johnston's cleo
 ton to his present position, it is on file and open to inspection, verifying what now say General Johnston resigned of
 his own accord, as the records show, ana when called upon by the President for an- other name l recommended for the vacant
 place in the land office (not a negro, as Stallings says), but another Confederate veteran, Judge John A. Steele. a Prince ton graduate, and as estimable citizen as
 he was a brave soldier. The records and correspondence on these appointments are open to the inspection of anyone. I have successfully used my best efforts to have faithful and efficient public service given the people by the national government. I am willing to allow democrats to an I swer if I have not been more liberal to
 members of their party than they have been to mine. I have not, however, recommended nor would I recommend, the appointment of such men Bowman
 
 or national.
 | Some insinuations have been made that 1 I have not discharged the duties of my | federal office. When person sells l liquor without obtaining a United States 1 internal revenue special tax stamp, 1t is
 for me and my deputies to run him down. When United States revenue special tax stamps are taken out In state prohibition territory 1t proves beyond doubt that xlxI z-<-f-.<
 their duty. The Birmingham Age-Herald,
 under date of October 90, 1910. mentioned
 the official report just issued at Wash ngton, from which 1t appeared that such diligence had been exercised by me that l I had collected S3S,0 900 for special tax
 stamps sold for wholesale and retail 1 liquor dealers, which was the largest
 amount collected in any state in the south. Under my administration of the office of internal revenue collector the laws of the United States are respected and observed. I have no different creed when 1t comes to enforcement of the laws of the state. When 1t comes to enforcing the laws of my country do not stop to inquire whether they are democrats or | republicans.
 In my speech of acceptance said: "It was declared that the main ob- ject for assembling nearly 10 years ago
 of the last state constitutional convention
 was to free the white man of the shacllles of an oppressive political seryitude. If that claim was made in good faith there
 can be, from that viewpoint, no good
 reason why the thus enfranchised white
 man should not conduct himself as free" On September 15, 1910, in his speech at Eufauda, O'Neal declared, in substance, that the white man in Alabama must vote for him as the nominee of the democratic party, irrespective of any other reason whatsoever. He stated that the suffrage | provisions of the constitution of 1901 | (which was the prime object of the as | sembling the constitutional convention) l had utterly failed. His language was: Yet that hope has been in vain." Shall l it longer be in vain? My appeal is
 to the manhood of Alabama. Shall all | hope be abandoned? Do you not wish to
 bestow upon your home, your neighbor
 and your state the greatest act of love and patriotism in your power? Defeat 1 O'Neal and teach the democratic party
 that to win success in the future it must
 deserve it.
 1 It was my fond hope in the outset Of ] this campaign to be able to make a gen
 eral canvass throughout the state, but
 my maimed condition at present has ad-
 monished prudence. I have been com 1 peled to restrict my canvass to limited
 
 l ering It has been a matter of profound
 regret that the privilege of meeting my fellow citizens In every part of the state | has been denied me. I have been grati- l fed by the receipt of a large mass of | letters from leading democrats through out the state assuring me of their sup port in the protection of our liberties, the virtue of our homes, and the preserva-
 ton of our laws from the dispollment of the liquor men led by those unworthy
 representatives among our own people
 who are thirsting for the emoluments of
 political power
 If chosen governor I shall faithfully
 and fearlessly enforce all laws, op-
 pose any weakening of our present liquor statute and drive out and keep out the clandestine dens which endanger our
 homes and our society. No greater ca-
 lamity could befall the state than the
 election of Emmet ONeal. Behind him will be the mighty forces of liquor. which, knowing that they cannot again fail in their efforts to restore the saloon