The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-02

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 His address to the people in an- nounoing his candidacy in the primar- ies for the short term Senatorship con- tains his platform--it shows his ready grasp of the situation; proves that he has studied current events shows that he is we'll posted upon the issues that now confront us, and makes it sure that if he is elected to the Senate he will be an able and faithful exponent of the rights and liberties of all our peo- pie.
 He stands by the traditions of his fathers, the constAution-the bulwark of our freedom and our liberties-will be his guide in shaping all laws.
 "He is for educating the children for the Confederate soldier; the friend of the farmer; the friend of agrieul- ture, the very foundation of life it. self; a friend of our only seaport, and of Mobile harbor. and has pride enough therein to do all in his power to aid and develop it in every way; he is progressive democrat. in line with the administration of President Wilson and as the candidate of Montgomery coun- ty, he goes before the people confident of his ability to serve them and with the cordial and enthusiastic indorse- ment of his home people."-The Mont gomery Times.
 ''The three candidates are Messrs Watt T. Brown of St. Clair. Ray Rush ton of Montgomery and Frank S. White of Jefferson. They are all men of character, and each has many friends
 MT Rushton has not held office, but has been conspicuous in politics in middle Alabama for number of years He is one of the ablest lawyers in south Alabama, man of the high est character. He is a local optionist in principle, but was MT. Mallory's campaign manager in Montgomery county in 1909. In this campaign he has been pronounced active support CT of MT. Underwood and has been the assistant to Mir Forney Johnston in the management of the campaign.
 MT Rushton has been bold and effective partisan of MT. Underwood MT. White is understood to have been opposed to MT. Hobson, but he has kept relatively quiet in the hot fight so far. He has not been active or conspicuous in Mr. Underwood's interest
 "Inasmuch as this paper believes it to be duty to make a choice for the large office of senator and governor it avows it's preference in this race. That choice is MT. Rushton as the logical result of the past political record of the several candidates, and the present lineup in Alabama politics. ."-Birming- ham News.
 The majority of the newspapers of the state and large numper of the voters appear to have espoused the cause of Ray Rushton of Montgomery county, candidate for the United States Senate (short term), not because of the inferiority of other candidates, but because MT. Rushton fully measures up to the new standard that the people demand in their national representa- tion. Higher intellect, higher purposes, stricter consciousness of public duty and constructive mind are the modern requirements. Those who know Mir. Rushton best say that he possesses these requirements in large measures. He Is progressive democrat but not a faddist or a chaser after the political chimeras of the moment; his ideals are cast on high plane and his neigh bors esteem him as man of clean life and lofty principles.
 ''Mr. Rushton is practically self made man, having gained his academic and legal education by his own efforts and being now one of the leading at torneys in Alabama. He was the first graduate of Howard college after that institution was removed to Jefferson county. His life, as told by Mont gomery friend in the Birmingham News, has the romantic turn described in the attainment of high place at the bar from the position of country school teacher. The friend is so enthusiastic about MT. Rushton that he likens him physically and mentally to Abraham Lincoln-and their lives seem to have been cast on the same lines up to the point of successfully overcoming all obstacles of early adversity.
 MT. Rushton is. therefore, truly a man of the people. By the cultivation of talents with which he was naturally en- dowed by .untiring energy and study he has risen above the mass, but the hear. or such a man must always beat true in its recognition of the claim of all the people upon their representative. He has been through the mill of life and his characteristiSs resemble those of the great figure in American history to whom he has been likened
 The platform recently published by Mir Rushton shows him to be in full ac-