The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-12
BR|NDLEY BRINGS
 POLITICAL GOSSIP Gadsden PrOhibitiOnist Sees
 Lively Times Ahead STRONG FOR WILSON
Thinks Appellate Court Unnecessary Expense on State, Especially When Veterans Are Unable
 to Get Their Pensions

A. R. Brindley. the gentleman from l Mowah" of rhe Alabama legislature, | announced with a. smile of satisfaction l yesterday afternoon that in the recent
 municipal election In Gadsden the pro-
 hihitonists had made clean sweep. l There Is no prohbitlonst in the state
 more consistent than Mr. Prlndley. and
 few have done as valiant service against the monstrous evils of demon rum" But | the gentleman from Etowah states that
 he will support Woodrow Wilson in Mo- vember and not the nominee of the pro
 hibition party
 In the opinion of Mir Brindey, further-
 more, the leader of the fearfu,ly dry con-
 tingent, will receive very few votes in Alabama.
 You see.' he explained, there are
 very few people who are invariably con-
 slstent-ether In the cause of prohibi-
 ton or the cause of any other great moral or immoral issue"
 | In discussing prohibition from a na-
 tional standpoint. MT. Brindley admitted
 that the greatest obstacle in the way of
 the rigid enforcement of sumptary legis- 1 lation is to be found in the fact that by
 the railroads "wet'' goods into dry
 territory may be and is shipped; and also
 that if this handicap Is ever removed. ! that act must be accomplished by the Congress of the United States. | However" he affirmed simply be-
 cause this is true is no stable reason for | the democrats of Alabama who are firm
 in the belief of the efficacy of prohibit
 tion to swerve from their loyalty to the
 political principles of the fathers.
 "rhe needed legislation might be had
 before a prohibitionist Is elected 10 the
 presidency of the United States The den-
 ocrats might pass the necessary laws, or
 the republicans. in an idle moment might
 inadvertently accomplish something con
 tainIng degree of real merit" Other than prohibition and his allegl- I ance to the democracy of the nation. Mr.
 Brindley discussed other matters of in- terest. He was prominent figure in the last session Of the Legislature, and In addition to other service, was the head | Of the committee which produced the rev. | enue bill-that which. at the present time
 is the subject of much discussion. | That but for the action of the First
 National bank of Birmingham in financ- | ing the state through it's present crisis.
 an extraordinary session of the legislature could not have been postponed until Jan | uary. is an opinion of Mir. Brindley. And. | despite the act of the financial institu- | tion of Birmingham, the Etowah legisla | tor finds little satisfaction h the states | postponernent of the pay already due the cid soldiers of Alabama "The sum 10 which the veterans arc entitled is a mere plttance," said he, and
 should be rendered promptly every quar-
 ter. Especially should this be done when
 1t is known that no appropriation bill in
 favor of school or college was passed by
 the legislature without previously having
 attached a string
 | Mir Brlndley is one of several members
 of the legislature who have recently ex- pressed themselves as awaiung an op-
 portunity to go gunnins for the appellate 1 court
 T will assist in a movement,' said he
 yesterday. "to abolish that institution. ro
 my mind. it mas accomplished very little
 Ii any of good, and in the present finan-
 cial condition of the state, a needless and
 expensive judiciary has absolutely no
 reason for existence.
 The new court has not wrought a
 change in judicial procedure 1t is not of | final Jurisdiction and the fact does not
 exist that cases of kindred nature are
 necessarily disposed of by identical tribu- nals.
 "For instance if two people are injured in the same accident. sAd one sues for
 5000 and the other for S25o0a, one of tho | cases when appealed goes to the appel
 late and the other to the supreme court. l MT. Brindey is also interested in the | redistricting of the congressional domains
 of the state. He holds that 1t would prob
 ably be wise to make Jefferson county d congressional district of itsef. Were this done.s stated he. ''all that
 would remain to be accomplished would
 be minor changes in the other districts. There will probably be an interesting
 legislative scrap over this issue, however. for I understand that Dallas county
 wants district of which it would be the | center. and politicians in northern coun- ties wau district the center of which would be Tuscumba."
 As for the Seventh. his own district. he Is Of the opinion that all would be well | were Winston county eliminated. One the political situation In Alabama. | MT. Brindley did not indulge in discus | sion to the extent of expressing his par | tiality for either of several prominent I gentlemen mentioned for exceedingly high | honors. But he declares confiti point 1 to several campaigns in which, there
 will be remarkable opportunity for honor and advancement.
 He does not believe that Congressman Burnett will retire at the conclusion | of his new term. But his own friends believe that should the congressman. tired | with his burden of political honors, leave the field for other worthy aspirants. one of the gentleman to he reckoned With would be none other than Mir. Brindleys himself.