The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-28
Prohibition Leader Has Mailed Formal Announce ment to Chairman Graves, States Secretary
 ROBSON TO RESIDE
 AT JASPER, HOME
 OF HIS OPPONENT Race Expected to Over shadow All Other Political Activities as Both Candi- dates Are Able Orators

Richmond Pearson HoDson is a can didate for Congress from the Tenth district Captain Hobson has already mailed his formal announcement to Chairman Graves and it will probably be made public in Montgomery tomor- row.
 News that Hobson had announced was brought to Birmingham last night by w. H. Morgan. former secretary to Captain Hobson. MT Morgan, at the 4request of Hobson, made a tour of the counties of the Tenth district and reported on conditions there to Hob- son. Following the receipt of this re- port Hobson sent his announcement to the state committee.
 Hobson will remove to Jasper, which is in the Tenth district. during the coming week and will take up his resi- dence there. He will conduct an ac- tive campaign and will speak in all the counties of the district. All of the counties in the Tenth district with the exception of two were in the old Sixth district, which was represented by Hobson in Congress for several terms.
 Hobson will oppose William B. Bankhead of Jasper. The fight in the Tenth is expected to prove the most interesting political activity in the state and will probably overshadow all other political campaigns Both Hob- son and Bankhead are able orators and debaters and the campaign will prob ably be fought out largely on the stump.
 Added interest is given the coming campaign by the fact that Hobson made his entrance into politics in a fight against Senator John H. Bank head, the father of William B. Bank head, who was at that time congress- man from the Sixth district. The Bank head -Hobson race was the most sen sational congressional fight ever staged in Alabama and political ob- servers would not be surprised to see the present contest develop some sen sational turns.
 The recent declaration of William B. Bankhead in favor of the prohibition measure favored by the Anti-Saloon league will probably figure in the campaign to great extent. Hobson has for some years been the chief champion of the prohibition forces in the state and nation and it is not known just what effect the Bankhead declaration will have on this issue.
 The counties which compose the Tenth district are Walker, Marion, Fayette, Pickens, Lamar, Franklin and Winston. Winston and Franklin are the only ones in the district which were not formerly in the Sixth, which was represented in Congress by IIobson. In his race for the Senate against Underwood Hobson carried the present Tenth district by a large ftnc orn nized as the stronghold of the Hobson sentiment of Alabama.
 The manner in which the district was created at the last session of the legis- lature is expected to figure in the com ing campaign. It will be recalled that the charge was made that the district was created for the purpose of giving William B. Bankhead 8 seat in Con- gress, and those who opposed the re- districting measure pointed to the fact that the population of these counties was only half that of some other districts.
 Hobson's friends say he will contend that he is not an alien, seeking the suf- frage of the voters, but is merely com ing to his own people. He will con tend that the legislature, at the behest of Bankhead cut off his county from his former constituents and placed it among counties which were hostile to him.
 Friends of Hobson claim that he is making this race only after the most urgent insstence from his former con- stituents. They declare that he had no intention of entering the race until he was shown that it was the desire of his friends that he again allow them the op- portunity of voting for him.
 It is expected that a strong fight will be made on Hobson on the ground that he is an interloper and not bona fide resi- dent of the district. The charge of "car- petbaggism'' will be used all over the district and some rather bitter personali- ties may be expected.
 Just what position the prohibition lead CTS of the state will take is matter of considerable interest The recent dec- laration by Bankhead in favor of the prohibition policies will. in the opinion of some, cause the dry leaders of the state to remain aloof. Others, however, hold to the opinion that since Hobson is recognized by the Anti-Saloon league as their congressional leader. they are anxious to have him back in the House to stage the big fights which are sched- uled during the coming term looking toward the passage of the constitutional prohibition measure
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