The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-26
Assails Age-Herald in West End Speech for Its OppO-
 sitiOn to Him
SAYS T. AS DO NOT CARE WHETHER THE
 CITY IS RUIN B D
Says Anyone Is Liar" Who Says He Is Under Any Secret Obligation
 Whatever

"Stand up here like a man, my 1it- tie simian-headed friend, and I will | tell you what I have done; you come stand up here where they can you,
 don't sulk down there in the crowd
 my simian-headed friend,' said George
 Ward last night in West End. as he
 addressed 300 voters In front of the | library In an opcn-air meeting to ! disturbing person in the crowd who
 continued to ask the speaker what he had done to claim election.
 l DuPont Thompson was the first speak | CT and was followed by Judge L. J. Ha- | ley. J. H. Ward presided over the meet ing, and introduced the speakers. George Ward waded into the crowd from the very first words he uttered. There was a disturbing element present, and before the speaking there was an attempt made to start Barrett rally, and, failing in this heckling was mildly indulged in by some of the spectators. These MT. Ward silenced with his blunt call-down of questioners.
 When a second interruption greeted MT. Ward, a man asking him, What are you running for?" he answered, ITO serve you ana to protect you run your own ignorance"
 NEVER TRIED TO TAKE CREDIT T have never tried to take credit Cor what my associates have done,' said MT. Ward, "but they could not have done what they claim to have done if they
 had not had my aid, for I was raising
 the money for them to pay the freight | lro1 time that I wanted to. But I always
 told them to go ahead, I was for their
 plans. and I got the money to pay for it.
 "Weatherly joined the T. A. society for a specific purpose--he was running | for governor then. He saw the wonder l ful combination of joining the Civic as- sociation, 250O strong, with the T. A. society, and making powerful politi- cal combination. But that is one time that J. Featherly Waverly overplayed l his hand
 The T. As care little for my saw | ing $3o0000 to the city on one deal 1 for that is no issue with them. It is a matter of whether you are T. A. or 1 mot; that is all that they care for At this juncture someone asked MT. l Ward what he thought of Arlie Barber, l to which he answered: .'Arlie is all right | 1 is straight
 ..Literature being written by Dr. Dozier l and circulated by the T. A. organization l would have you believe that I am not ] a Protestant. but am 8 Catholic I am
 a Protestant and I do not believe in Roman Catholicism, and so far as know I have never appointed 8 Roman l Catholic to office I know nothing about ] the Knights of Columbus, but if it is a secret. political organization. then I am l just as much opposed to it as l am l to the T. As.
 T just as strongly oppose the Catho- lies or any other religious organization trying to run the government as I do the T. As. My contention is that when l an issue of this kind is raised. mem Der of neither should be elected. have no secret political or religious entangle- ments whatever and in a position to serve
 the entire people fairly and squarely in 1 the future.
 Because I would not if requested to ivote for the dismissal of Chief Eagan on the mere ground that he was Cath olic. the T. As are using every means, legitimate and otherwise, to defeat me. l I stand ready to vote for the removal
 of Chief Eagan when shown that he Is Iunfit, dishonest or corrupt, but never for the mere reason that he is Catholic. | I stand for fairness to. all men, whether he be Jew, English, Greek, Italian or any other nationality"
 PLATFORM IS A LIE
 "The T. A. platform as published is a lie," shouted MT. Ward. T hope they are here tonight-lots of them--so I can call them lie to their faces, for ithey know that they are. Come up
 here, all of you. and face me, and I I will tell you to your faces what I a msaying now. What the T. As have had printed as their articles of faith is no more than any true American
 believes We all believe in the ex- termination of the boil weevil, too.
 "The Age-Herald Is fighting me. This paper was attacked by the T. A. organization and compelled to dis
 charge the editor of that paper, MT.
 William Ryan, of whom D. w. Bar rett the cringing little fellow who owns The Age Herald. said in May,
 1916. there was no more chivalrous.
 courteous. southern gentleman alive
 (Continued on Pare Nine)