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

'In the person of my distinguished fel- low townsman, Col Thomas F. 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 progressive conservative or conservative
 progressive, and this is the kind of man the people of Alabama have the oppor- tunity to place in the office of lieutenant
 governor by electing Tom Kilby. MT. Kilby came to Anniston 26 years ago as 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 branch which is now almost the equal of the parent industry. I saw him assume the presidency of small national bank, build it into solid institution and then consolidate it into one of the strongest national banks in the south, with him self as president. In these enterprises and other business undertakings he has manifested business acumen, integrity and initiative far beyond the average quai- fieations imperatively demanded of Ala
 bama's public men today.
 For several years MT. Kilby served Anniston as alderman, then for two terms he held in his hands the reins or government as NldyOF. EnlHeDliy successful in every undertaking, his friends urged him to go higher and he was elected state senator. All of this has meant a personal sacrifice, and 1t will be a sacrifice for him to take the office of Lieutenant Governor. but in the face of Alabama's financial con- dition at the present time, the people of the state cannot take the risk of 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 Governor and solicits the support of all good men at the primary on the 9th of April. We are going to vote for Ki1by 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 so many in-
 fluential 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 minor capacity: and, judging from the spontaneous SUD- port that his cause has received, it would
 seem that the people of Alabama appre- cate the unique merit of Senator Kilby's candidacy
 Within the past few weeks, two oppo- nents have entered the field against the Anniston applicant. One of them is a
 lawyer of small calibre, practically un- known outside the bounds of his own county. and the other is baseball um- 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>ie nomination of Senator Kilby by an overwhelming ma
 jority in the first primary: but The Star begs to caution the voters against care 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 majority over all when the total vote is counted. the editor of the Star will be delighted. says Ed ward Doty in the bright paper he edits at Andaiusia. Tom Kilby is all right for any office within the gift of the peo- ple." he continus,. and this seems to pe the unlVerSdl Oplnion.
 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 the governor of that state could not leave the commonwealth because of the
 mistrust of his lieutenant, together with the expulsion of Sulzer and the eeva- tion of Lieutenant Governor Glyn- s,, New York, who is giving the people > credtable 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 gover- nor. as we'll as the serious illness and absence from the state of Governor Jelks. whose place was most capablv filled by rr. R. M. Cunningham. then lieutenant governor, for about year
 The people should exercise the same care in the election of lieutenant covS cinor that they exercised in choosip Q their governor, and they have an excel lent opportunity to show their good iudp- ment in giving Senator Kilbv an over whelming majority. for he is unauestion- ably the peer of any man seeking tha
 higher office. highly rated in business
 and finance. with a pi1vate and political | career without the stain of q single bIem ish. The Star unhesitatingly recommendsI ] him to the voters of Alabama