The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-14
ROBSON IS MAKING HARD FIGHT AND HE
 IS NOT HESITATING
 AT PERSONALITIES
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l
 elect one of their own citizens to Con- gress, and they DOW with intense dis
 favor upon any movement which would seem to emulate the old pocket
 borough system in England. They do not want to elect to Congress a man who cannot even vote in his home dis
 trict, man who cannot even cast a ballot in support of the democratic
 ticket in the election in November,
 when many of the candidates in the
 counties of the Tenth district will have
 strong opposition from the republicans. WILL CARRY TWO COUNTIES 1 From the best information I have
 been able to gather over the district,
 Hobson will carry two out of the seven
 counties. The indications are that he
 will win in Pickens and Fayette by
 about 25O majority in each. Bankhead
 seems certain to carry the other five
 counties. Walker, his home county, will | give him, in my opinion, majority of l $50, and I consider this a conservative 1 estimate. It may go higher Winston
 will probably add 250 majority to the
 Bankhead column, Franklin about 175.
 Marion about 125 and Lamar 100. I
 think a safe estimate of the Bankhead
 maJorities in the five counties he will carry is 1900, while Hobson's lead in
 the two counties he will carry will be about 500. This would give Bankhead
 a lead of 800 in the district. Most of
 the Bankhead supporters feel that their candidate will defeat Hobson by from 1900 to 1900, but I think the figures I
 nave set out, based on my observations
 all over the district, express the sit-
 uatIon as 1t exists today. However, would not be surprised to see this in creased before election to 1000 or more"
 A. s. PRESTON'S VIEWS
 The statement of the situation in the Tenth made by MT. Cannon is in line with the observations within the past week of number of prominent citizens from that section who have been in Bir- mingham. A. s. Preston, mayor of Jas- per, and we'll known banker, says there 1 Is now no doubt auout the success of Bankhead. "Bankhead is gaining ground daily" said MT. Preston, and his suc- cess by good majority now seems ahso- lutely certain. The former Houson men who are supporting Bankhead are very
 numerous in every beat in the district. They are making no attacks on Hobson but they say they cannot support him in
 this race. They believe the captain made a mistake and that he was persuaded to
 make the race largely by people outside the state and district who were not familiar with conditions in the Tenth MANY CITIZENS QUOTED
 | The Carbon Hill Journal, in recent issue, contains a large number of let ters and interviews from prominent men all over the district who had always SUD- ported tho captain in previous races, but who declared unequivocaliy in favor of Eankhead in this contest. Dr. w. j..
 McCrary If Winfield. declared that he had always supported Hobson, was one of his warm supporters in the race agairst Underwood, but added: T cannot support the captain in the present cam paign. I will not support a nonresident of the district, and think this should be the view of all democrats"
 Jonas Sims well known resident of Walker county. said: I have always been an ardent supporter of Captain Hob son. but will not vote for him in his race. against Will Bankhead. feel that to vote for Hobson in this race would
 be to sacrifice every principle of home rule and local self-government."
 pr. S, E. Maddox, who has always sup ported Hcbson and who IS one or his
 greatest admirers. said; 'T would not