The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-25

rights of the people of Alabama, as com
pared to the men on the other side seek
ing to belittle him whose shoes they are
not fit to unlaee.
IL want to prophesy that O'Neal will
beat 'em 1000 votes When the amend
ment fight came up they had compact
organization, were flushed with victory
had flour barrel full of money, 40V
preachers on the stump and 10000 pure
women, but we routed and destroyed theiI
organization, and they now stand behind
a makeshift with no chance in the world.
MI. Bowman accounted for the
fact that r, A. Weaver OF
Blount giving his support to Mallory as
due to the fact that he and Mallory are
both Louisville and Nashville attorneys.
In closing Mr.. Bowman asked the voters
of the county to reserve their votes, not
TO promise any man, for any O'Neal man
who pledges himself to a Mallory candi-
date for the legislature is stabbing Mr..
O'Neal in the back
Committee Is Appointed
Stallngs first got down to the business
of the meeting, and at his suggestion a
committee of three was appointed to
select the committee of 20 to choose a
ticket for the legislature. They made
this report:
DR.. j. f. Hancock. Morris. r. F. D. I:
p. NJ. Bankston Warrior, r. F. ID. :, j.
II. Burton. Adamsvillei Ben Davis, IRON
dale, George Whitfield. Avondale; j. r.
Gibson, Woodlawn, D. L. Williams, West
End; w w. McTyerie, Ensey, j. II.
Leath, Ensley; ]. c. Almon. Pratt City;
j. C. Waldrop, North Birmingham; e. A.
Little, Bessemer Thos. Y. Huffman, Bes-
semer L. X Scherry, Birmingham; An
dy Marx, Birmingham; Jas. Weatherly,
Birmingham: W. c. Agee, Birmingham
j. w. Altman. Birmingham, Sol Caheen,
Birmingham; H. A Haigler, Warrior;
Tom Bowling, Trussvile, p. Nets, Short
Creek.
COMMITTEES to meet at circuit court
room at l p. m, Monday
Mr. Stalings' most sensational charge
was that Ellis and Jelks are representa-
tives of insurance companies, and you
know what that MEANS" Bowman fol-
lowed il up with the open charge that
they intended TO influence legislation to
help them continue to rob the women
and children of the state
IF Bowman and Stallings nominated
O'Neal, | must say I'm blamed proud of
the job, for I can truthfully say that ld
never have chosen Mr. Mallory For gov
erncr of Alabama we want man whom
nonse else can control. or whom no Law
hand on him and tell him to act against
his conviction
lightning Rod Up
'The speaker then opened up on the men
who went over to Mallory, because they
were expecting pie and didn't get it. Sid
Bowie kept his lightning rod in the cloud
for about 60 days and not a single streak
Of lightning touched 1t. Never a clap of
thunder struck Charles pole. Ray Rush
ton fiddled around for 40 days and was
worse even than Seed. / ask every
thoughtful man in this audience If Bow
man and | had selected anyone of them.
do you think they would have quit? When
they were left out like Benedict Arnold,
they went over to the other side, but they
cant carry six votes. Freemen don't fol-
low traitors. Any man who would fight
tor liberty and homes and constitutional
government, and then go over is a traitor
TO his cause.
When they are seeking to elect officers
from governor to constable, when the men
who voted for the amendment are lined
Up in a solid phalanx for Mallory, 1t is
Your duty as citizen to vote down any
man who voted to send paid agents of the
law into your house with the power to
search even your person, who attempted
to strike down cur bill of rights. the most
pernicious effort ever attempted to strike
down the liberties of the people in a sin
gle state in the history of this union.
We will never cease this fight until the
fanatics are dead forever November 20
was the greatest burial day for bitten pol
iticians that ever happened in this land
Already Lined Up
Sure, we are going to line up. we
don't need to line up for the lines are
already drawn. When the Anti-Saloon
lao tr al ,f<s<1
crookedness behind Mallory, it is our
duty to keep awake and not let another
bunch like that last go down to Mont
gomery."
He laughed at Bankhead, who ''slid in
on us on that good roads issue. Every
body's for good roads. even the negro,
who can't vote. That issue has been
worked to death, but it seems to be Nal
lory's best card The idea of asking us
to vote for a fellow who is so weak that
Lawrence and Crumpton could make him
drink against his will is a joke. We
want a man who stands straight up on
his legs and tells you what he's for and
what he's against.
''Shall we ground our arms, tear down
the victorious flag of constitutional gov
eminent now at the head of our columns
Take down the standard bearer Emmett
ONeal, for the reason that the leaders
of the Anti-Saloon league and their allies,
the remnant of the political parsons, say
the amendment is dead?
mo; we are here tonight to convince
them that the battle by the conservative
forces of Alabama Is only begun We
will quit fighting when fanaticism and
fanatics have let go the reins of power
in this state; when the Anti-Ssloon
league leaders quit Decorating the tenn
pies OF the living God and the Sabbath
day with their never-unding appeal for
cash-more cash."