The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-16
CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR HAVE
 SAME PLATFORM Brandon Joins in With Kilby on All Main Issues of the Coming
 Campaign
By FRED F. coRMLEY

MOnlSomery, NOYemDer 1b.-(Spe-
 cial)-The sign of tfee times and the
 handwriting on the wall seem to spell
 prohibition" this week in letters so
 large, so glaring, that all who run (politically speaking) may read. Just
 at the time when the Anti Saloon league of Alabama had thrown it's strength to Thomas F. Ki1by of An-
 niston for governor. up steps William W. Brandon of Tuscaloosa, becomes a party to q contract with the people of Alabama, deposes and says: 'T am for prohibition.''
 MT Brandon's platform, made pub ! lie Tuesday, says in unmi stakable terms that he favors the present pro hibition laws and that he will when governor have them strengthened if such action is necessary to give the people the full benefits of real pro- hibition.
 MT. Brandon's platform has surprised many persons. The greatest surprise is among friends of Mir. Kilby. They are almost ready to accuse Mir. Bran don of plagiarism. Mir Kilby months ago said he was for prohibition and opposed to any change in the proti- bition laws which might weaken the enforcement of the statutes. Mir. Bran-s don's platform says the same thing. MT. Kilby two months ago sent forth a warning about the complete separ- ation of church and state. MT. Bran don followed with the same declara tion
 Mr. Kilby announced that he favored a budget system and the proper con sideration of financial problems and the making of no appropriations whicf would exceed the states income Mr. i Brandon has announced the same 1 plank.
 Mi. Kilbv put the states financial problems first in the list of the de- mands to be made on the next gov ernor Mir Brandon did also. MT. Brandon has been known to fa- vor all the blanks which he has in- cluded in his platform with the ex- ception of prohibition. He had been nondeclarent on this subject and was so branded by the Alabama Anti-Sa loon league last week when it am nounced publicly that its influence would be given to Mir. Kilby. His fa- voring of prohibition leaves only one candidate on the other side--John IT. Wallace, Jr.. of MontEomery If Charles E. Teasley of Montgomcry
 does not enter the race Mir. Wallace probably will be the sole represented tive of the section of the democratic party which favors local option and he does not say that he favors local cp tiou. He would submit the issue o1 bone-dry prohibition and local option to the voters If the voters favor bone9 l dry prohibition he would give 1t td ! them If they favor local option he would give every county the right tN say whether or not liquor shall be sold within the boundaries of the
 county and in addition would permit each tos say what liquors should be sold.
 Mir. Brandon's friends contend that his announcement for prohibition is in line with his every official and polit ical act i'll recent wears. They point out that every time the issue has been raised in his home county. Tuscaloosa, he has opposed liduor. They now point out that Judge Henry B Foster. hts campaign manager, is prohibition{ ist. one of the bone dry tee-total kinds and is a Baptist in addition.
 The budget system seems to be common stamping ground, figuratively speaking. Each candidate up to this time seems to favor a budget which will show the law making body what
 revenues may be expected and which will keep all appropriations within the limits of the budget.