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

lar republican. is offering the same sort of opposition to ]. Tom Hef1in incum- bent. In the Sixth district Richmond Pearson Hobson Is unopposed Tn the Eighth district Jake J. Huber, a social ist, is opposing William Richardson in- cumbent, and in the ninth district oscar w. Underwood is unopposed for re- turn to Washington.
 senator J. H. Bankhead democratic nominee for the United States senate, is unopposed. The legislature which is to be voted into service Tuesday will for mally chose him senator almost imme- diately upon convocation in January. Prohibition Issue
 Like an old sore the prohibition oues- ton which has been in the limelight in Alabama for two years has again fig ured conspicuously In the campaign now drawing to close. Candidate Thomp- sons opposition to Col. Emmet ONeal has been almost solely on the prohibition issue, the candidate having openly an- nounced himself in every speech for rigid
 'statewide' laws that will close up every whisky establishment that might even be suggested. In the Seventh district the old amendment question has again fig ured, NJ. w. Howard being recognized as the anti-amendment champion against the amendment views of MT. Burnett. Mir. Howard. il will be recalled, was au- thor of the dissertation 'If Christ Came to Congress" The book appeared during the incumbency of Mr Howard during the years 1S94-9S.
 As conclusive evidence of the extent to which the old issue has figured, the ac- ton of the democratic campaign com- mittee is sufficient proof. Best men on
 both sides of the question have stumped the Seventh district from corner to cor
 ner, breaking down prejudices and fore ing to the attention of all the straight Jeffersonian principles.
 Some Speakers
 Among these speakers may be men, toned the followng R. P Hobson, Sen
 ator Bankhead, Senator Johnston, Con- gressmen Hef1in and Clayton, State Aud
 itor w. W. Brandon. ]. A. Lusk, Lem Greer and Colonel O'Neal In addition a number of the best speakers in the counties of Marshall. Cherokee, DeKalb
 Etowah St. Clair, Franklin, Cullman and
 Winston-comprising the Seventh dis
 trict-have been pressed into service Some of the most eloquent members of the above aggregation have been kept in
 the harness in the above counties almost continuously. For two weeks General Brandon, who knows how to sway any audience from motley aggregation of kids" to gathering of old veterans, has not seen the light of any other dis trict.
 An interesting situation is reported by these speakers. Many of them who have been interviewed give out that in theil opinion DeKalb county, In which MT Howard now resides, will give it's major lty to MT Burnett. It Is generally con- ceded that MT. Burnett will carry his own county, that of Etowah The coun- ties which are considered the most doubt ful, insofar as a majority for MT. Bur nett is concerned, are Franklin, Gull man, Winston and DeKalb. The last named county, according to the latest re- ports, will swing on the Burnett tide. Goodvyn's Forecast
 In an interview given expressly to this correspondent, Tyler Goodwin chairman of the state democratic executive com mittee, indulges in the greatest optimism concerning the prospects in Tuesday s election. He says:
 q don't think that there will be any republican or independent candidates for county offices elected in more than four or five counties at the outside. l think that O'NeaIs majority will be about the normal democratic majority and prob- ably larger than usual. The republican effort to secure votes from prohibition democrats will fail except In & few in- stances where the question of prohibit tion proves with the individual para mount to his party tles There will be few democrats, indeed, who will violate their obligation to support the nominee after having participated in the May pri- mary.
 "The indications are that Burnett will