The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
THOMPSON TELLS VOTERS OF COUNTY ISSUES ARE PLAIN Says He Feels Greatly En- couraged Over Prospects
 for Election to
 Congress

Joseph 0. Thompson, republican nominee for Congress from the Ninth district. has been making an active canvass of Jefferson county during the past week. having gone Into several outlying precincts. in nearly every one of which he made short talks to gath erings of voters.
 Mir Thompson says that he has been cordially received wherever he went, and that the encouragement given him convinces him that the voters of Jeff ferson county will cast their ballots at the November election for candidate who is 100 per cent loyal to the Amer ican cause.
 During the last few days MT. Thorip. son has received number of letters from old-line democrats who promise their hearty support to him in this campaign. Among the letters so re- ceived was one from J. A. Yates of the J. A. Yates Machinery company. MT. Yates wrote as follows:
 'lf there was such 8 thing as democratic primary obligation, the po- litical situation in our district will warrant true and loyal American cit izens to depart from written or un- written laws; to answer the one clear call of our national party leader for dependable representative in Con- gress from this district"
 THOMPSON SPEAKS IN ENSLEY Among the places visited by Mr. Thompson during the past week and where he made short speeches to the voters was Ensley. He was there Fri day and when the working men came out of one of the shops he asked and received their attention. Among other things he said:
 When Washington said put none but Americans on guard tonight, he spoke as commander-in-chief of the Colonial army. Any individual on guard at that time who was not 100 per cent American might have delayed or prevented win ming the war for independence
 Wilson, as chief executive of the re- public, created through Washington s timely order to. put none but Americans on guard tonight has outlined a plan and a purpose to conduct war for worldwide democracy in the broad sense of Washington, Jefferson, Hamil- ton and Adams, who adjourned party politics to win the war of independence as Wilson has adjourned party politics during the war today.
 'sWilson needed men to make laws to win the war. men 100 per cent American. Without proper laws the Germans would win, Slayden of Texas, vardaman of Mississippi. Hardwick of Georgia, Hud- dleston of Alabama, did not represent ideas in consonance with what Wilson thought necessary to carry the allies to a speedy and victorious conclusion of the war.
 ..slayden, vardaman and Hardwick 1,ox va to v,riVy ta "a Ivy hat respective constituents. Huddleston was renorninated to Congress by this great district. It is not conceivable that. the voters of this district are less patriotic, less loyal to Wilson. than the peoples of Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, who re- tired Clayden, Vardaman, Hardwick, be- cause they did not support Wilson 100 per cent in war work. Yet the people of this district did renominate Huddles- ton, who did not support Wilson's war measures.
 SEEMS CONTRADICTORY
 Strange as it may seem, contradictory as it appears, many men assert Huddles- ton will be reelected and at the same time say if there was any possible chance to defeat him, they would write in the name of J. O. Thompson, for Congress, and vote the democratic ticket.
 Party democrats who say they never scratched ticket, also say they want to see Huddleston defeated and would vote against him if there was a chance to beat him. Does not such thought ex- press an effort to find way how not to do a thing, rather than to find a way how to do thing? Does not concedine Huddleston to be invincible before the voters, also concede that the voters agree with Huddlestons position on the war, and in So doing they disagree with Wilson?
 ono tho yuap ana wor,an nP fh;o diu trfct who have done their full share and more to sustain Wilson in men money, munitions, materials, prefer Huddleston's ideas to those of Wilson or do they in secret hold the principles of Huddleston and in tho open, shout for Wilson? Such condition is un- real. Such a condition cannot be real Men who know the game of politics in this district are sleeping on their knowledge, confronted with bogey man
 THE WAY TO DO IT
 If the influential men, the men who do things, the men who play the political game, are in earnest and wish Huddles- ton defeated. they can and will defea, him because they have facts that would defeat. that have defeated, men far the superiors of Huddleston in the affairs ol the republic. The way to do a thing is to so and do it and not even consider the idea that any man is greater, oi better, or more deserving than his party his district, his state, or his country. Oi course those who think as Huddlestou thinks. will vote for him. But wh, should those men who think as Wilson thinks, vote for Huddleston to assist ts defeat the plans of Wilson. to assist thu Huns to defeat the Americans?
 s'In this dire hour of distress, witt more than 100000 American men and women in Europe, battling with life ana death to whip the Hun, do not believe the men of this district will elect te Congress a man who will not suppor, measures to support those 100000 male and female soldiers fighting to whip ths Hun. tkf "In this day of sacrificial offerings ol 1Oo,000000 American men and women ant children to do the best they can, ire spective of party, cred or color, to hell whip the Hun, it is not conceivable that majority of voters in the Ninth con gressional district of Alabama will vott to send back to Congress Huddleston whose ideas. if not his principles. would have German victory in this world war 10 (1Cl1 Limited Service