The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-06
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE
PLANS ACTIVE RACE
AGAINST HUDDL ESTON

There is another Richmond in the
field.
This will serve to introduce Francis
B. Latady, the republican nominee for
congressional honors of the Ninth dis
trict, section of this great and glori-
Gus United States which is dignifed
by the city of Birmingham and rep
resented at the national capital at the
present time by George Huddleston.
Francis Latady like the bold knights
of old, who followed the Holy Grail on
the crusades, is convinced that there is
something radically wrong with the en-
tire scheme of things-especally in
the monopolstic manner in which the
democratic party rules in the south. and
to bring it closer home, in the Ninth
district. Conditions in this district to
Mr.. Latady, or to the other republicans,
| appear to their captious. critical souls
as nothing short of being on the verge
of the eternal bow-bows.
A HOME TOWN BOY
Mr.. Latady is home town boy He
is a product of Birmingham, clean,
forceful and enthusiastic. He is
graduate of the local public schools, the
University of Alabama and of the Uni
versity of Virginia. In both of these
universities he earned no undue flat
tering enconiums for department, but
he graduated. He got married and
hung up his single as a practicing
attorney. He's been practicing ever
since, and making a tolerably fair liv-
ing out of it. Now he is in politics
That statement should be qualified,
as the democratic brethren do not con-
slider being a republican in the south
as being in politics.
Withall Mr.. Latady believes that he
is in politics. He believes that he has
a mission, which is to so educate the
voters of Jefferson county that two
formidable political parties will be pos
slble within the next few years. Mr..
Latady intends that the republican
district and he is planning on dethron-
| ing George Huddleston from his annu-
ity at Washington.
There is no reason" said Mr.. Latady
"wky there should not be two political
parties of formidable proportions in the
south, but more particularly in the
Ninth district"
"Nvhy the Ninth district?' was the
question.
Because this is nominally a protec-
ton district. The city of Birmingham
needs tariff protection more than any
other municipality in the south and
the democrats have consistently refused
| the Ninth district anything resem-
bling protection from foreign competi-
| ton.
TO MAKE ACTIVE CAMPAIGN
1T is my intention to make an active
campaign. 1t is my intention to person.
| ally meet every voter in the district if
| possible and to explain to him the re-
publican doctrine and the prime impor-
| lance of two political parties
But the wages here are high and pros
perity is shouted from the housetops," he
was told.
| There is. I will admit, an outward APP
pearance of prosperity said Mr.. Latady,
land wages are at a decent scale, but in
the business of defending people from
! having their homes foreclosed over their
4 heads you will find that down deep there
\ is unrest and dissatisfaction which can
only be ira ced to an economic basis
| "You represent people whose homes are
about to be foreclosed?"
| I'm many cases 1 do" replied Mr.. La
| tady In the past year or two I have
| had many such cases and conditions in
the local loan field are now very bad.
They could not be worse
"But I was reading in The Age-Herald
this morning of advertisements offering