The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
ROGERS HAS LITTLE
 REGARD FOR ROBSON
Says HObsOn Has Never Made a Prediction That
 Ever Came True

To the Editor of The Age e-Herald. VIII you let me in your columns answer the requests which I am re- ceiving to become candidate for Con- gress from the Sixth district? My friends, when I see good, sen- sible men following, and the best of women blindly lowing down to man like Hobson, there Is little inspiration to enter public life.
 Until our people begin to think for themselves it is going to be extremely difficult to defeat jingoes like him. though the sooner he is repudiated, the better it Is going to be for the Sixth district, for the state, and for the na- tion, for we are judged by the world at large by the class of men on whom we confer honors.
 Because of the prominence given him by the public, because of his abil- ty,, so far, to deceive large part of it, he is the second most dangerous man this country has produced since Aaron Burr, and because of his con tinued efforts to provoke war he Is a greater enemy to the human race than the Roman Caliqula.
 Ostensibly an apostle of peace, he is constantly advocating strife. by urg ing larger armaments, and by trying to provoke conflict with that nation which not only has never given us any cause for offence, but which Is an ar dent admirer of ours, and shows It by initiating the American spirit
 He never made prediction that ever came true, although like the ancient
 iIh n A day. possibly using as they did the entrails of animals from which to make his forecasts, for they are filled with as many horrors and marked by the same degree of certitude as theirs.
 Yet each new prophecy is received as though the ones before them had not proved false.
 His present utterances are as unre- liable as are his prognostications, for no man but himself knows where he gets his statistics.
 He defeated John H. Bankhead for Congress by branding him as the most venally corrupt man in public life. He afterward indorsed MT. Bankhead for the Senate, saying In effect that to retire him from public life would be distinct loss to the south He now addresses MT Bankhead as My Dear Senator" and signs himself sincerely your friend" with regards and best wishes," "R. P. Hobson.'
 It is impertinent to asked whether MT. Bankhead has ceased to be cor ruptionist or if Mir Hobson has be- come a partaker in the senator's all legged crimes?
 Hobson voted for the ship subsidy which would have put millions into the pockets of the ship trust and taken the same number of dollars out of the pockets of the people.
 His utilization in Congress has been so close with the republicans that he had to get a letter from Champ Clark to show that he wasn't one.
 MT Clark didn't say. however, that MT Hobson was democrat. He said that he had been elected as one.
 On the pretense of securing another investigation. though there had already been five or more showing their guilt, he voted to restore with honor to the army the negro soldiers whom Roose- welt had dismissed for murdering white women and children In Brownsvilie, Texas.
 For these crimes and misdemeanors he has not only been forgiven, but seems to be more fully In the confi- dence of the people than ever before, and Is cheered the one pure patriot with the courage of his convictions.
 Notwithstanding the temporary sue cess attained by Captain Hobson, and the halo of glory which surrounds him as the hero of the Merrimac his down. fall is as sure as that in the end and in the long run truth is mighty ana must prevail"
 am going to continue to take an active part in politics, not as candi- date for any office. but with the boys