The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-18
NATIONS EYES ARE
FIXED ON ALABAMA
SAYS THIS TEXAN
Needham Avery, Former
Citizen of Randolph,
Writes Views
COMMENTS ON HOBSON'
AND UNDERWOOD
Thinks Captain Should Become Ma
tional Suffragette's Leader-Fred
Jones of Livingston Gives
Western View

That former Alabamians and the peo-
pie generally of other sections are Follow
ing the progress of the senatorial cam
paisu in Alabama, and that practically
everybody expects Alabama TO oereat
Richmond p. Hobson overwhelmingly, was
attested yesterday in the reception by
The Aee-Herald of two letters. The hrst
was from c. Needham Avery, chairman OF
the state mining board of Texas, who Tor
merIy lived in Randolph county, and the
second was from Fred H. Jones Of LdV-
ingston, who after tour OF the west,
is en- route home.
The chairman of the state mining board
of Texas writes:
at am not an outsider desiring to.
Interfere. | was born in Randolph
county and lived there for many years
Over here we lose sight of the little
partisan issues that might have been
injected into the senatorial campaign
in Alabama We look only to the good
that the respective candidate might
be able to accomplish in the event OF
his election.
The View of Texas
we oil IeXdS DelltNt thde Ai'' -
derwood is one of Americas greatest
statesmen. We believe that his serv-
ice to his country should be reward
ed by an overwhelming election. We
believe that insofar as actual strength
in the council of the nation Is con-
cerned, Hobson, in comparison 10 IN
derwood, falls as fiat as CAKE on a
hot iron. We admire Hobson as
naval hero, and believe that he Is
capable of making Underwood feel at
a. loss in pink tea AFFAIR in the
interest of the suffragettes. But when
it comes to a study of their ability
to serve, the comparison Is ridlcu-
lous.
>eThis may be to you local hght.
1t is not by any means. IL is
national fight Texas is as anxious as
if it was directly concerned. 1 know
the feeling of some of the most ardent
prohibitionists in Texas, and to man.
they are for Underwood.
II have admired Hobson. But be-
lieve that he should be free of duty
in order that he might become the
national leader of the suffragettes
we hope that Alabama, will send its
honored son to the Senate. We ex-
pect this, and feel confident that we
will not be disappointed
Attitude of the West
Fred H. Jones of Livingston. writing
from Hot Springs, Ark, says:
Il have been travelling in the west
As soon as it becomes known that 1
am a resident of Alabama, the peo-
pie ask me concerning the Under
wood-Hobson campaign. The nation Is
interested. The people out west can
not understand how it is that Under
wood has opposition. The leader is
regarded as a national fgure-as
statesman The hero is regarded
we'll, not seriously. Everybody tells
me that the joke is already on Ala
bama, inasmuch as Alabama mas
permitted the campaign. That Ala
bama would prove itself incapable OF
discrimination and unworthy of the
blessing of popular government should
Underwood be defeated, is freely
stated.
Il hasten-for the honor Of the
state-to tell the people that Hobson
has no chance. l believe tnat the
state as whole is as safe as my
home county. Sumter. Have you ever
heard of Sumter giving the hero a
majority? You never WILL