The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-18
Ennis of Livingston Says
Tuscaloosa Man Will Sup
port H0bs0n
LEON C. BRADLEY is
OF CONTRARY VIEW
Both Are Oliver Supporters and Brad
ley Says No One Is Author
lied to Speak for
Mr.. Oliver

Although neither of the present Sixtl
district congressional candidates has ever
supported Captain Richmond Pearson
Hobson in his several campaigns for Con-
gress, Julian b. Ennis of livingston while
in Birmingham. declared that the great
unorganzed Hobson organization would
support ". b. Oliver of Tuscaloosa.
Mr.. Ennis also expressed the opinion
that Mr.. Oliver would support Captain
Hobson in his campaign for the Senate
and would support the hero Of the Merri-
mac even should Oscar w. Underwood
announce.
Mr.. Oliver has not told me so' added
Mr. Ennis, but feel sure that he will
support the captain in his race for the
Senate it matters little who announces.
And | would not have you to believe
that the Hobson' organization of the Sixth
district has formally agreed to support
Mr. Oliver. There has not been any pass
ing of instructions down the line II
would be natural for the men who have
stood with Hobson in the past to stand
against William B. Bankhead in the pres
ent. Oliver has never been Hobson
man. but he has not been as antagonistie
as the Bankheads. And, as | have said
in the captains campaign for the Senate,
Oliver will, | firmly believe, support him. .
Bradley Doubts Ennis Conclusion
All of Mr.. divers friends do not feel
as certain as Mr.. Ennis that the Tusea-
loosa candidate will support Captain Hob
son.
Il doubt very seriously" said Leon c.
Bradley, editor of the Tuscaloosa News
who was in Birmingham yesterday, that
Oliver will vote for Hobson should I'm
derwood become candidate. lie has moi
told me so. But | have such confidence
in the sound judgment of Mr.. Oliver, in
his fine sense of discrimination, In his
sane idea OF the eternal fitness of things
that l am practically certain that his vote
will be polled for Oscar w Underwood
the biggest democrat in America today
and who will be elected to the Senate
by an overwhelming vote, by the mos
overwhelming vote ever polled for any
candidate with opposition in the history
of Alabama.
~ am heart and soul for Oliver. and
believe not only that he will win, bu
that he should win. But l am not fol
Hobson. | am for Underwood from tn,
ground up, and feel confident that Mr.
Oliver also will support him.
None Speak With Authority
II hardly think that Mr.. Ennis flatters
Mr.. Oliver although know that his state
ment was made with the best intentions
1t happens that everybody in the Sixth
is not as completely wrapped up in Hob
son as Mr.. Ennis Is. We are for oliver
not because he opposes this man or that
man. And none of his supporters have
been given authority to speak for him on
matter so delicate in the Sixth district
as is the race of Hobson for the Senate.
Il do not know positively that Oliver
will vote for Underwood. But | firmly
believe that he Will He is too big to aci
from a sense of political expediency, and
know that he knows that Underwood
could better serve the state in the Sen
ate than Hobson could"
Mr.. Bradley stated that in his speeches
Mr.. Oliver has been profuse in his praise
of Underwood. of his splendid leadership
and Incompatible knowledge of tariff leg
islation. He suggests that this is another
proof that Mi. Ennis is wrong when he
expresses the opinion that Oliver will sup
port Hobson.