The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-24
SPICY COMMENT ON
THE DELEGATES

Elihu Root has a nation wide repu-
tation as far-seeing man. Yet at the
republican national convention in 1912
he was totally unable to recognize 6
bull moose delegate on the floor, ever
if he were right in front of the plat
form. Culpepper EXum felt like one
of those Roosevelt leaders that Root
could not see after the advertising con-
vention adjourned last night Despite
his flaming necktie and his repeated
attempts to gain recognition, Chairman
Pattie Ruffner Jacobs simply couldn't
see Gully.
Solicitor Hugo Black was very dere-
lict in his duties. The new primary
law provides that it is an offense to
offer or accept brides, and it is also a
violation of the law to electioneer al
the polls. B. c. Cox bribed every dele
gate at the convention with one OF
his fine satsumas, and all the candi-
dates did more or less soliciting just
before the vote was closed. This dere-
LECTION on the part of the solicitor will
be called to the attention of the grand
jury by Harry Jones, who claims that
he swallowed a seed which he found
in the satsuma
1t would never do for Brock Mus
grove to be an election officer if Ala
bama joins the rank of the suffrage
states. Instead of collecting the bal
lots as his duty required. and turning
them over to the committee, he hung
on the box where the ladies sat and II
required violent effort on the part OF
two policemen to keep him from climb
ing over the rail.
Frank Dominick CWoodrow Wilson
from Pratt City,, is reported to be
planning to run for office. His speech
at the convention, which was an elo-
quent arraignment of corporations ir
general and the Birmingham Water
works. the Birmingham Railway, Light
and Power company and one or tive
others in particular. is said to have
been an experiment on his part to see
if he could really make a speech fol
the people after taking the other side
for so many years. However, he es-
I'd blished beyond doubt that the in
tercsts had raised a mighty slush fund
almost as large as that which is
usually used against Hobson, and were
using it to defeat his candidate Ir
fact, he proved beyond doubt that he
was speaking for the crowd that put
Barber in" But being good politician
and now having heard the crowds
nick carefully refrained from stating
how his candidate stood on that mo-
mentous issue.
Albert I.atady, ,"the gentleman from
Sunny Italy" threatened to quote some
poetry, but he stopped before the crowd
became unruly. He insisted that his
reference to the steps on Jacobs lad
der had no reference to the chairman
nor to the manner in which she stepped
ON those who tried to interrupt Erie
Pettus when he was making his perora-
ton in favor of woman suffrage.
Phares Coleman. who nominated Mr.
Lewis, and exhibited as evidence of his
prowess an advertisement he wrote fol
Caheens must accept personal RESPONSE
bility for the defeat of his candidate
The advertisement exhibited won instant
favor. and it looked for time as il
the election of Mr.. Lewis would be made
by acclamation. But in moment oil
thoughtlessness Mr.. Coleman admitted
that his candidate was not Lewis &C. ;
The defeat of Mr.. Lewis was then GER.
tain.
w iicu MIS-. JdcopS ihtiO0ucCu L rain .
White as Senator White. he modest1y
corrected her saying he was Next Sena-
tor White" The senator insisted after
the convention adjourned that he had
said Tex senator but since all the dele.
gates knew what he really had in his
mind they did not accept his explana-
ton. And it might be remarked thai
Senator White is so accustomed to speak
ing to the people on the stump thai
he could not refrain from slipping in
phrases which the high brows would tern
"argumentum ad populum The senator
evidently did not want to forget how K