The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-18
.BANKHEAD IS AGAIN
 NAMED FOR SENATOR Eulogistic Speeches Made in
 Both Houses JOINT SESSION TODAY
NIT SESSION TODAY
State Senator Bcasley Made the Chief speech in Nominating Senator Bank head in the Upper House-The Senator in Washington
 Beasley's Speech

of March 1. 1913 Stirring nominating speeches in his behalf were made by
 State Senator Beasley and others in the
 senate. and by Speaker E. B. Almon and
 others in the house.
 By action of- the legislature last week, greetings were sent to the distinguished
 Alahamian now in attendance upon the
 sessions of the United States body at Washington, and in these greetings he was practically assured of his reelection,
 and told not to come to Montgomery for
 the purpose of receiving the election. In
 obedience to this good will, he was not
 present in Montgomery today. but was at
 the United States capital in attendance
 upon bis duties there.
 Re-electionEof Senator Bankhead to the high office which he holds pays another tribute to one of the states most dis tinguished sons, and to one who has en- joyed distinction at the hands of the
 state for more than 50 years As an in-
 dication of his popularity and of his success in office, most hearty seconds
 were given to his nomination in both the senate and the house.
 While the election must he had to-
 morrow at a joint session of the two houses. the action of the legislature to- day assures the result ..
 BeasIey's Speech
 Senator c. H. Beasley spoke as follows in nomination of Senator Bankhead in the upper house.
 Having been born and reared in the same county where the distinguished son
 of Alabama. whom we are about to elect
 to the United States Senate was born
 and readed having lived in the commun- ity where his name has been a house hold word in every home for many years before he became so familiarity known
 to the people of Alabama; having learned to follow the wisdom of his advice and counsel as I would that of a father: having enjoyed an intimate and close relationship with him for eight wears and knowing how earnestly and sincere ly are his efforts for the happiness and
 prosperity of the people of Alabama. hope I may be pardoned for expressing
 peculiar pride in this opportunity of presenting him as his own successor in the United States Senate.
 Born and reared in the hills of what is now Lamar county, at time and un- der such circumstances and conditions, that have contributed to the best and noblest development of that type of
 strong, steady American manhood, he is a product of his kind and generation When the cause of his native state de- manded his service, at the age of F years
 he enlisted as a private in the Confed-
 crate army and followed the blood stained stars and bars to an inevitable but glorious surrender, and now car ries on his person the scars that bear testimony of a brave and courageous soldier. Returning to a home where pow
 erty threatened as dire disaster as the I invasion of the enemy. to a community
 that had been stripped of its food and
 supplies to sustain the southern armies,
 without education or training this
 strong hearted, sturdy son of Alabama, without murmuring or complaining de-
 voted his energies to the rebuilding of
 the south, lending helping hand to' the
 weak, spreading cheer and comfort to the
 distressed and disheartened. by his ex- cellent judgment and practicable advice
 he counseled a weak and disconsolate
 community to. efforts of a renewed life of vigor So helpful and effective was the result of his la bor, and so much did his sound judgment command the respect and confidence of his neighbors, they
 elected him to the legislature. After his service there he returned home and re
 sumed his labors on the farm, and was
 later sent to the state senate. He dis
 played such a grasp of affairs, his judg-
 ment was so practicable, and conserva-
 tive, that he was appointed warden of the penitentiary at Wetumpka, where dur Ing his four years In that position, he
 inaugurated certain policies of admins
 tration that have resulted in great bene- fit to that institution.
 In 1886 he entered upon his duties as
 the representative of the Sixth district
 of Alabama in the United States Con-
 gress, where for 20 consecutive years his
 efforts in behalf of the development of
 the natural resources of the state were
 so successful that they are well known
 to the people of Alabama.
 Experienced in the affairs of the na-
 ton, acquainted with the methods of
 national legislation possessing to a
 remarkable, degree a capacity for un-
 ceasing, constant and watchful labor
 in behalf of the interest of his state.
 together with a practicable judgment
 of those things which are most bene-
 ficial to the nation, the people of Ala bama designated him as the successor of the first of their two venerable sem
 ators, who might first be called ito cross the river and rest under the shade Ol lHc tIccS. IHclC ICii uPOh iitS siiobi- ders the mantel of the lamented John T. Morgan So effectively has he dis
 charged the duties of this position that the democracy of Alabama named him his own successor.
 This is propitious time in the political and economical history of the | nation. The country demands the ser vice of a man with brain and expe
 rience, and the democracy of Alabama l ,..ts .tt h. frv nearly quarter of a century stood in the councils of the nation and has never lost sight of the fact that he lis a trusted servant of the whole peo- | pie. The control of the affairs of this government will in all probability pass into the hands of the democratic party and the south demands senator who will never subordinate the individual rights of the citizen to the greed and
 avarice of the money changers, and the democracy of Alabama responds with a citizen who learned the sim | pie but eternal truth of that party in the furrowed field along the walks ! of the common people. and who's hearts beat in unison with that great | mass of humanity who must have an equal opportunity in every field of bus l mess and industry.
 The country Is pleading for the res toration of our government along those lines of economical administrations, and | Alabama responds with man who is | the embodiment of all the sacred tra ditions of the past. who places the SOW l creienty of the state. and the indi- vidual rights of tre citizen. above the
 exigencies of policy or an apparent | plausible necessity. > The country de-
 mands the service of a man who IS concerned with the development of our | immense natural resources. and the | ,,ro ctica1 consorva finn of hor rrodlcts