The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-01
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Colbert Man for WALLACE

To the Editor OF The Age-Herald.
| lnasmuch as the coming election for the
| governorship will be strictly Conner and
anti Conner, statewide prohibition or local
| option, it behooves the people, who are
not in sympathy with Mr.. Conner in his
personal fiAlt with the Louisville and
Nashville railroad, and who are unalter-
ably opposed to a drastic statewide pro-
hbiton law, such as MI Conner, the Rev.
Brooks Lawrence and others lammed
down the throats of the people of Ala
bama. not so many years since to select 4
standard bearer who can win
1t matters not how good a man may
be, il he cannot win in the coming CAM
paign our people cannot afford to waste
their votes on him. Mr.. Seed is not
known In the race in north Alabama.
Mr.. Conner Is and will be the statewide
prohibition candidate Opposed to Mr..
Conner, we have Captain kolb. Mr.. Hen
deIson and John Wallace to select from.
We cannot win with all three of them In
the field If the anti-Comer votes are split
up to any great extent, and the logical
thing to do is to select the strongest OF
the. three last named.
Captain kolb having bolted the demo-
cratic ticket when beaten in the conven-
ton cannot possibly be elected governor.
Captain kolb seems to have some sup
Farmers union. and also in my county
from a few. very few men, engaged In the
saloon business. Either of the two or
ganizations, as far as north Alabama ia
concerned, are dead cocks in the pit"
as being able TO control any consider
able strength.
Mr.. Henderson, while a most estimable
man, is not very well known all over
the state nor can he make the character
OF speeches necessary to win our fight.
The people of north Alabama have no
fight against the Louisville and Nashville
railroad or any other railroad within the
boundaries of the state: they want a just
and equitable regulation of rates, no
more or less. The amount of the states
money and what good was accomplished
by the Conner administration in spending
this money is thing to which very few
people care to point with pride
have read carefully Mr.. Wallace's
speech at Spruce Pine, and to use the
language of a most estimable old lady
whom l once knew, his platform will do
to tie to-" He can sotdify and unite
all the anti-Comer forces. AS state game
and fish commissioner he Is better known
all over the state than any man In pub
lie life in Alabama. The law which he
wrote and put through is now regarded
by all classes one of the best laws
on the statute books. Having defeated
In his last race for state game and fish
commissioner, he will have in the present
race the prestige of a winner.
The farmers of the state, and which
honorable occupation the writer follows.
also the town man who owns an automo-
bile and every other sensible person wants
better roads. and it seems to be great
deal better business proposition to adopt
Mr.. Wallace's plan to work the shors
time convcts on the public roads of the
state. than to hire them to the mine
owners. and let some one get away with
the rr'.
Mr.. Wallace was born and reared to
early manhood in Colbert county. He
carried every vote i'm the precinct in
which he was reared with the exception
of single vote He can and will carry
north Alabama again. regardless of who
runs. / think he is the strongest. by
far anti-Comer man we can get, and our
people would be glad to see your paper
give him your support. Very truly yours
o. l.. HENNIGAN.
Justice of the Peace
Sheffield, r. F. d. No. 1. July 81. 1918