The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-25
MULKEY TALKS OF
 POLITICS IN STATE
Legislator From Geneva Says Alabama Has Been in
 Turmoil for Past 8 Years

The situation in south Alabama as con- cerning the gubernatorial situation is, in
 the opinion of w o. Mulkey of Geneva,
 member of the egislatu.e in doubt. q presume that south Alabama is not
 unlike north Alabama he added "It ap- pears that there will be no runaway The candidates evidently know that they have
 a hard fight before them, irrespective of the loud cries of their respective allies and supporters. The outcome, in my
 mind. is dependent absolutely on the di-
 rection the vote cast for w. D. Seed goes.
 'If Seeds vote was a prohibition vote.
 the bulk of it will go for Conner; if 1t
 was a personal vote dJe to the large
 acquaintanceship of Mir. Seed, the bulk
 of it will in all probability go to Hen derson.
 Seeds strength, as a matter of fact.
 surprised everyone. In Geneva county, for instance, I thought that he would receive about 250 votes. He received 750.
 The bulk of that vote came from fra ternal circles. chiefly from Woodmen of the World and was not cast in regard for against prohibition.
 Personally, I am taking no active part
 In the fight I could not ardently sup port MT. Conner and I could not vigor-
 ously fight him on account of my warm friendship for his son-in-law Craig Smith. I played a more or less active part in the campaign in which MT. Underwood and Captain Hobson were the candidates, and in the congressional race of my dis triPt I fp1f hpt tho honor of ha tat
 was at stake in the senatorial campaign
 and I did what I could for Mir. Under wood. I aided Mir. Clayton. His fight was a hard one. In the beginning, Henry B. Steagall seemed to have an advan- tage. His followers like those of Cap
 tain Hobson, were loud in their talk
 But when the fight reached the point
 upward on the table, they were shoi bout 5000 votes
 MT. Mulkey did not stand for reelection to the legislature. Nevertheless, he is deeply interested in speculations on whd. the body will do in it's next regular ses- sion.
 "I sincerely hope that the legislature will convene with it's heart fixed on ac- complaining much needed remedial and constructive legislation" he said. IF )i
 eight years Alabama has been in q tut
 moil. When MT. Conner was governor we regulated the railroads. or attempt ed
 to regulate the railroads. In business circles there was more or less distress And the Conner legislature made Il play
 at statewide legislation and followed that
 play, by attempting to put prohibition in
 the constitution. This precipitated a bit
 ter and destructive campaign. And then followed the O'Neal legis-
 lature That legislature was determined
 to undo the prohibition laws made by the Conner legislature. We were fighting day in and day out, tne issues between
 us being liquor. As a result. we left
 unoone many things that we might
 should-have done.
 'I hope the body 1n its next session will profit from our mistakes. Alabama
 needs peace and opportunity to heal
 it's wound, an opportunity for the re-
 turn of prosperity Partisanship should
 be forgotten when We get together to legislate for our great state'' Mir. Mulkey thinks that the subject of taxation should be given the closest at tention during the next regular session oi the legislature.