The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-06
SUCCESS MARKS
OPENING DA Y AT ALABAMA'S
BIG STATE FAIR YESTERDA Y
WILSON NEXT PRESIDENT,
IS OPINION OF SENIOR
SENATOR, j. H. BANKHEAD
Will Banhead Not Candidate for United States Judgeshp
Hughes Disappointment to His Party-Senator to
Speak at the Good Roads Meeting

the west and the east Is still a problem.
The republicans have made some head
way on this issue by crying about the
terrific need of protection after the war.
that after the war the country will go
to rack unless there is protective tariff.
The democrats claim that there will be
70 goods from the warning countries to
sell in this country then because they
will need everything they can produce.
The republicans contend that since the
United States will have practically all
the money in the world, the people in the
warning nations will of necessity have
to sell their products to us in order to
get some money to operate on.
SOUTH TO PROSPER
1.-THE south is the only section of the
country which has not been wonderfully
prosperous on account of the war. But
for the fact that our cotton crop OF 1914
was practically ruined, and the short
crops of the past two years, we too,
would have been prosperous.
GAS it is. | am convinced that after
the war we will come into our own.
The people of the north, east and west
will have millions and billions of idle
money They must invest it and the
south will be the one fertile field open
to them. Then we will see prosperity
such as even the other parts of the
country have not seen during the war
Senator Bankhead had little to say
regarding the vacancy for the district
federal judgeship in the southern Ala
bama district caused by the resignation
of Judge Toulmin. He admitted that
he had received many letters and tele-
grams indorsing the various candi-
dates but he was not yet prepared to
make a prediction as to the possible
winner nor would he yet announce to
whom his support would be given.
However, he was of the opinion that
no man who lived outside the southern
district would be able to land the
place. The entire policy of the govern
ment was opposed to that, he stated.
/ 81 want to distinctly state, how
ever, that my son, w. B. Bankhead,
who has been mentioned in the news
papers as a possible applicant for this
place. is not in any sense candi-
| date" said the senator. ST cannot be
too strong in my statements in this
regard. Will has no intention of APP
plying. He has just been nominate
for Congress from the Tenth district
and that is his only concern. / regret
as he does. that his name has even been
mentioned in connection with the place
He will not apply neither would he
accept the place should he be named
He asked the people of the Tenth dis
trict to name him for Congress and
he has been nominated. He will be
elected in November over his republican
opponent. That is the only political
ambition he has at the present time
Senator Bankhead is in Birmingham
to make an address today at the or
ganization of the Memphis-B irming
ham-Atlanta Highway association. He
was of the opinion that the organi-
cation would accomplish much good.
eff this proposition is handled right
it can be put through said Senator
Bankhead with the state aid money
the government funds and the county
| money it will be an easy matter to
get this highway. Already the greater
part of it has been built AS mat
ter of fact this is the ideal route from
Los Angeles and the west to New York
and the east. There is almost a bee
| line from Los Angeles to Atlanta and
you avoid all the mountains. Then from
Atlanta to New York the road is COM
pleted and the highway meets all the
requirements. BY the use of this route
not only the mountains but practical
| 1y all the bad weather will be
avoided"
| Senator Bankhead arrived in Biz
| mingham last night and he will be
] here until tomorrow afternoon.