The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
MASON AWAITING OPPORTUNITY ID
 REPLY ID HEFL|N
Illinois Man Is Not Satisfied, It Seems, to Drop Personal Controversy With Ala
 bama Member
By HUGH ". ROBERTS


 Alabama.
 According to MT Mason Mir. Heflin said nothing in that speech to which he could rise to a point of personal privi- lege. Tn all probability, he could not secure unanimous consent in order that he might continue an oratorical cam paign of personal ridicule. Therefore, as he states, he will have to await op- portunity
 Mr Heflin said nothing of MT. Ma son which reflected on his integrity or really on his patriotism His principle personal reference was to the fact that MT. Mason has lent his expression of ap- proval for advettising purposes to patent medicine company.
 GALLERIES DISAPPOINTED As matter of fact, the House, and especially the galleries, were disap- pointed. MT. Heflin took high plane. It had been the hope that he would as cleverly assail MT. Mason as MT. Ma son had assafled him, and that as a result, an entertainment of laughter ana merriment would be afforded. Because Mr. Heflin did not elect to discuss MT. Mason as MT. Mason had discussed him, there was very little fun for the au- dience except that which came as a re- suit of republican heckling.
 MT Heflin, because of republican op- position, had difficulty in securing the l floor. He was denied unanimous con sent, and before he was permitted to i proceed to the point of personal pnvl- | lege, he was forced to state the exact | features of the Mason speech when ne 1 construed as giving him the right oi reply. In this way, he had to remind the House that MT. Mason had said that l he had the bravest mouth and most cow ardly legs in America, that as ne walked 1 down Pennsylvania avenue witn eye ! brows properly manicured, he expected I the opposite side to tilt in his derection, and that all this The Age-Heraio nao published l to proceed but not in peace. He was continually interrupted, forced to new | strictly to the line in confning hlmsei ] to the subject, and denied his speclai
 plea that he be permitted to make ms speech in his own selected way.
 MENTIONED AGE-HERALD <
 The Age-Herald constituted perhaps
 more than it's share of the Hefhn re- l ioinder MT Heflin continually referred | to the fact that he could not understand ] why The Age Herald should have printed a speech delivered against him by an | Illinois republican. He intimated Una this action had been taken because lhe 1 Age-Herald did not contemplate sup ] porting him in his contemplated race TOT l inc Senate against Senator Bankneao | He reached the conclusion, also, that MT l Mason could not have procured an Age l Herald editorial reference to him unless # had been furnished for the occaslof hv someone personally interested. Ine l inferance was. of course, that in MT 1 Heflins opinion, MT. Mason's gun nac been loaded by Senator Bankhead- Y | MASON MAKES STATEMENT | Tn discussing this point. MT. Mason de' | clared to the representative Of The Age. | Herald that while he knew senator l Rankhead-they served together onct mon time in the House-he had no ] seen him for some years, ana was IT no particular, intimate with nm. n. l referred to the fact, also, that he nae ! ,sa5 K daalinp with the correspondent of The Age-Herald until after ne nao | dalivered the speech in which the cal | torial was used $ weapon. 1 Mar Mason added that 1t was w1tnou'
 +rn,,h,a that he secured local color for bis ant, -Heflin effort. He declared that following his speech April nc racaived many letters from the state some from MT. Heflin's districI 1T II. which new dope was contained. lt known that he has received severa copies of the campaign letter MT r1el lin recently franked into the state' ai'. one ,of few existing copies of speeci
 ,;a;o,I;nr Mr Heflin delivered som'
 wears ago in Birmingham by s. A. Hop
 son.
 HEFLIN HAS PROOF
 MT. Heflin, himself has proor tna
 unknown friends sometimes arm poi
 ;ticians. For he has received certail letters from Illinois in which the DO
 litical life of MT. Mason IS dlscusse from an unfavorable standpoint.
 some of them reference is made to MI
 Mason's alleged attempts to secure en
 actment of legislation alleged to De un 2 American: in others reference IS mau to features of his long pohucal career l during which he served in bot I hranches of the national Congress; i h others. criticism is made of the fac e that Mir. Mason has permitted his pho r toaraph and signature to grace ad | yertisements of nuxated iron.
 In refuting MT. Mason's statements lMr. Heflin was compelled to spea handsomely of himself. He had bee 2 called COW ard He replied by statin that as soon as war was declared h Q offered his sword to the President e who replied that the government need e ed him more in the House than on tn | battlefield. Tn refuting charge o { tvanity, he declared that the ladies wer entitled to feast their eyes on him
 ana other patriots-after having oh served this walking advertisement fo s,s nuxated iron"
 In discussing the incident of som
 years ago in which he severely wound
 ed gentleman instead of an imprr
 dent negro at whom he was shooting
 Inc defended himself by stating tha
 Ihe had cared for the injured man wit
 all medical attention, including ths rendered by his brother. pr. Wyatt He1 lin of Birmingham, and that he ha
 paid all bills the total of same bein
 in excess of $2000.
 The charge of ignorance was passe
 over as being unw orthy of reference. ;, HAD SERIOUS GROUNDS y Irrespective of the outcome of the ds bate. MT. Heflin's fSiends admit ths | The must pave had some serious ground a was a big one. In the first place. M E Mason is old and more or less feebl Y While MT. Ileflin is young and a giar 2 in stature. Tn the second place. no ma [ in Congress is more clever in the ui st of ridicule than Mr. Mason
 se And in the third place. 1t is obviousl 5. difficult to attach the stigsna of UT n American to any man who has offere