The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-18
Certain of Retaining Only
Three of Present Dele
CATION of Ten
SIXTH AND NINTH
TO HAVE NEW MEN
Either Hobson or Underwood Will Re-
tire to Private Life--Richard-
son 10 Be Opposed
by Almon
BY HUGH w. PopERTs

Alabama Is certain to lose two of Its
present congressman, and IS certain of
retaining only three of its present quota
of TO-
Oscar w. Underwood, leader of the
House. will not be present when the
next term begins. r. p Hobson, con-
gressman of the Sixth district, will net
be present. One of the two will be in
the Senate, the other in private life
1t is practically certain that no oppo-
sition will be developed to either Fred
l.. BlaclSmon of the Fourth, J. Tom Hef-
lin of the Fifth. or John w. Ahercrom-
bic, representative of the state at large
The other congressman have fights on
their hands.
The ineumbents and candidates by dis
tricts follow:
First District-George w. Taylor,
Oscar l.. Gray.
Second District-Hubert S. Dent,
Woolford Mabry.
Third District-Henry d. Clayton,
Henry B. Steagall.
Fourth District-Fred y. Biaekmon
(unopposed).
Fifth District-J. Tom Hefin un-
opposed.
Sixth District-w. B. Bankhead. w.
b Oliver.
Seventh District-John L. Burnett,
l.. b. Rainey.
Eighth District-Wiliam Richard
son. e. b. AlmonS
Ninth Decentralization H. Miller,
Jere c. King. George C. Huddleston,
George w. Darden.
State at Large-John w. Abercrom-
bic Cunopposed).
Sixth and Ninth
There are open struggles in the Sixth
and Ninth. for neither Mr.. Hobson nor
Mr., Underwood will stand for re- election.
In the Sixth there are two candidates,
w. b. Bankhead of Jasper and w. b.
Oliver of Tuscaloosa. In the estimation
of the general public oliver is the
favorite to win. The followers OF
Banl<head, however. are confident that
they Will spring surprise
The most interesting situation is in
the Ninth. where four gentlemen are
endeayoring to acquire the seat of the
dean of the delegation. the strongest
of the delegation, and of the delega
tion, the widest known The candi-
dates. as shown above, are Mr.. Miller.
Mr., King ar. MIR. Huddleston of JEFF
ferson and Mr. Darden of Blount. The
generally believed impossibility of any
other than jefferson county furnishin g
the congressman from the Ninth seem
ingly bars hope for Mr.. Darden. He
declares, however, that If he lands 5000
votes in jefferson he will win. lie
expresses confidence in his ability to
do so.
The candidates. as rule, are CON
Quoting unusually quiet campaigns. In
the beginning, the three sons of JEFF
ferson delivered several speeches. Last
week Mr.. King spoke In two counties.
Mr. Miller and Mr.. Huddleston are
flooding the district with literature.
The executive committee of this dis
trict Will meet in the near future and
if II Is determined that the action of
the state committee in providing for
majority primaries is not binding. the
style of primary adopted for the Ninth
will be dependent on the wishes of the
candidates. 1t is believed that the cam
didates in that eXigency would vote
for the plurality plan.
Miller the FavOrite
In the regard of the public which dis
cusses politics on street corners, Mr. Mil
Ter seems to have an advantage which
insures his election. However, Mr. King
is most optimistic. Mr. Huddleston' S
friends contend that he will spring the
surprise as a result of his fraternal con-
nections and his indefatigabe effort in
the way of correspondence.
The campaign has up to the present
time been conducted on an exceedingly
high plane. The candidates. as rule
have refrained even from dismussing the
records of their rivals.
Mr.. Huddleston's View
There ha been one notable exception.
Mr.. Huddleston has inquired into the
prohibition record of Mr. King, who is
running on a local option platform and
as an avowed supporter of Oscar w I'm
derwood and the issue of his former al
legiance or nonallegiance to the cause of
woman suffrage has been injected. Mr..
King has discussed the advanced ideas
of Mr. Huddleston, and has read an ex-
cerpt from the minutes of the State Bar
association in which in the following Ian
guage. Mr. Huddleston discussed the en-
franchisement of negroes of both sexes:
I'VE have the negro here with us.
We cannot kill him. We cannot de-
port him. We have got to make him
citizen. How are you going to do
1t so long as you deny him the right
to vote? The right of r1anhood's ex-
preston is the greatest incentive he
can have to make himself man. |
agree with Mr.. Wood element Wood
that the right of suffrage should be
extended irrespective cf race and sex,
irrespective of anything save honesty
and intelligence"
AS to whether or not as the campaign
nears it's conclusion, the record of each
candidate will be discussed in full. is not
indicated by the presence quescence un-
der which the struggle has settled.
Gray New Richmond
In the First, Mr.. Taylor has opposi-
ton in Oscar l.. Gray, a prominent young
attorney of Butler, Crenshaw county
The rumor which obtained some time ago
to the effect that Mobile would groom
one of its sons for this race is no longer
in circulation. Mobile. howeNe er, will hold
the balance OF power, and il 1t is trr.e
that encouragement from the Gulf Citv
is responsible for the entrance of M.
Gray, 1t may happen that Mr.. Taylor's
opposition will beformidable
Woolford Mabry. in the Second. is con
Quoting an aggressive campaign agains.
Mr. Dent, although the issues as yet have
not been clearly defined. During the re-
cent meeting of the state democratic
executive committee. Mr.. Mabry con-
Quoted campaign headquarters in the EA-
change hotel. Mr.. Dent, freely minglins
in the crowds in the lobby, declared
that he had little apprehension as to