The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05

" Q typ tHS Quciyt w ho as Alabama's Wflson?
 "In the person of my distinguished fel- low townsman, Col Thomas E. Kilby, l believe that we have in the race for lieutenant governor a man of this type, one who will measure up to every essen- tial of the standard you set forth for the consideration of your readers. MT. Will son, in my opinion, might be termed a progressive conservative or conservative progressive, and this is the kind of man | the people of Alabama have the oppor- 1 tunity to place in the office of lieutenant governor by electing Tom Kilby. MT. Kilby came to Anniston 26 years ago as a minor railroad official. He took charge of a small manufacturing business and has built it into one of the largest locomotive and machine works in the south. establishing in Birmingham a branch which is now almost the equal of the parent industry. I saw him assume the presidency of a small national bank, build it into solid institution and then consolidate 1t into one of the strongest national banks in the south, with him. self as president. In these enterprises and other business undertakings he has 1 manifested business acumen, integrity and initiative far beyond the average quail flcations imperatively demanded of Ala bama's public men today.
 For several years Mir. Ki1by served Anniston as alderman, then for two terms he held in his hands the reins of government as Mayor Eminently successful in every undertaking, his friends urged him to go higher and he was elected state senator. All of this has meant personal sacrifice and it will be a sacrifice for him to fake the office of Lieutenant Governor, but in the face of Alabama's financial con- dition at the present time, the people nF ha cfn fn fa1 ,,se1v q placing a man of small calibre, one in- capable of steering the ship of state, in the event of a possible vacancy in the gubernatorial chair
 Moulton Advertiser.
 Hon Thomas E. Kilby of Anniston, a clean and worthy man, has qualified as candidate for Lieutenant-G Governor and solicits the support of all good men at the primary on the 9th of April We are going to vote for Kilby because he, like The Moulton Adver- tiser, stands for all that Is good and against all that Is bad
 Tho Anniston Star
 No candidate for minor office in the present. campaign in Alabama has re- ceived such unqualified indorsement from so many responsible men or so many fn- f'uentiai newspapers in the state as has
 Hon. Thomas E. Kilby of this city, state senator and candidate for lieutenant gov-
 ernor in the primary election to be held
 on April 6. Never before in the history
 of Alabama, so far as the writer knows,
 has a man of such large ability offered
 to serve the people in a minor capacity;
 and, Judging from the spontaneous SUD-
 port that his cause has received, it would
 seem that the people of Alabama appre-
 ciate the unique merit of Senator Kilby's
 candidacy.
 Within the past few weeks, two oppo-
 rents have entered the field against the
 Anniston applicant. One of thefn Is a
 lawyer of small calibre. practically un-
 known outside the bounds of his own
 county, and the other is a baseball eum-
 pire who is seeking a little cheap noto- riety. The people of the state have not taken either of these gentlemen seriously, and no one questions t.e nomination of
 Senator Kiby by an overwhelming ma- iority in the first primary; but The Star
 begs to caution the voters against cara
 lessness in voting for minor officials
 to impress upon them the unquestioned
 supremacy of Senator Kilby and to stress
 his eminent fitness fol the position he seeks.
 "If he should have a majority over all when the total vote is counted, the editor
 of the Star will be delighted" says Ed
 Wdiu Doty tut bIlSnl paper ne eulrS at Andalusia. From Kilby is all right for any office within the gift of the peo- ple,' he continus, and this seems to De the universal opinion.
 Furthermore, the people of Alabama
 seem disposed to look upon the office of lieutenant governor with more serious consideration than they did formerly. The
 recent episode in Virginia, growing out
 of the trial of the Allen gang. where
 tho governor of that state could not
 leave the commonwealth because of the
 niistrustf of his lieutenant, together with
 the expulsion of Sulzer and the eleva-
 tion of Lieutenant Governor Glynn in
 New York, who is giving the people n
 creditable administration. has caused the people to think. Besides, Alabamians will
 recall the death of Governor Sanford.
 who was succeeded by w. D. Jelks pres ident of the senate and afterward goyer-
 nor, as we'll as the serious illness and absence from the state of Governor Jelks.
 whose place was most capably filled bv Cr. R. M. Cunningham. then lieutenant
 governor, for about a year.
 The people should exercise the same care in the election of lieutenant gov ernor that they exercised in choosing their governor. and they have an excel lent opportunity to show their good Jude-; ment in giving Senator Kilby an over whelming majority, for he Is unauesrion- ably the peer of any man seeking the higher office highly rsted in business and finance, with pi1vate and political career without the stain of a single blem-