The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
In Anticipation of
 Ton1orro1U' s Election

ot theese cannydates will do the most good fCv the State and for the country, and who will reflect the most on me and my intelli ginse as voturl If you will honestly ask yourselves theese questslons, am will ing to leeVe the results in your hands. Now 1 think that s awful square in me to leeve the thing rite with you, if you will orly rawse and reflect and ask yourselves theese questsions. Suppose | should re- fuse to leeve 1t with you, unless you agreed to do thisg But we'll let that pass. l 3an afford to be gennerus. I have always been that way. I run for offise myself ollse, and did the same thing; left my case rite with the peepul. | was glad aftur- wards Chat did not leeve enny thing else with them, but that was long time ago and in Etowah County, wheere l was born and raised, and the home folks weer on, while my opponint cum rum Tennessee, and they didn't know much about him.
 hen the peepul refuse to pawse and reflect, gentul votur, the polytisians cum into power, and the Statesman gets the hook Frequintly 1t is a verry hard task 10 tell a polytsan rum a Statesman. Polytisians have a way of talking like statesmen; of acting like statesmen, and looking like statesmen; the best way to lJlU out II ll lS Teei. lS lO SID Delluu Iuc seems, put the assd test to lem, and nine times out of ten they will shrivvel up like a Bush Leege feenom in the big show.
 1eere Is this difference between a rolytisian and a statesman which prob. aoully you have obsurved. The polytisian keeps his ear to the ground to catch the furst murmur of a growing sentimint, and catching 1t, does his best to beet evvery uther polytsan to it. He capabilities 1t and ingrasiates himself into 1t. It may be laWdabul public sentimint, or 1t may be a passing fansy of the peepul, its charactur makes little difference to the polytisian. He turns it with all his mite to his own profit, but gives presious little worry oVver turning himself to it's profit. If he can rise on the crest of the valves of popu- lalri'v of this growing sentimint to phase and lower--thats him. On the uther hand the statesnan-which we will say in pass ing is Il rare burd -analyzes evvery thing ho does with one object in veew, the same being will the result be the best thing for all the pecpul-all the time9
 Alabama has produced sum statesmen in days past, and theere air still few left. Sam Of them air to be voted for in tomor- rows contest for Grvvernor and the Senit. Deer Notur, but far be it rum us to men Slon enDN names. II we weer to do so lt would do no good and you mite cum to the conclusion that we weer trying to think for ycu
 So when you go to the polls to vote tomorrow. Deer Votur, remember that the eyes oi tue country and myself air upon you. am not just sertain how the coun- try will feel about it, if you don't cum cleen with us but as for me I shall be peeved with you, take it rum me- I have defended you valliently whenever enny persun dared reflect upon you as the cleo tCrate of Alabama. If you blow up tomor- row, you will not destroy my faith in you, but you Il cripple it for life.
 Therefore, pawse and reflect-if you will only do ths-and beleeve you will we'll win tomorrow by 40,000 majority his Is my minimum estimate of the value of reflectsion. Yours trooly,
 BILL VINES.
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