The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

l ferson county, whose hearts beat true
 to our great national leader, Woodrow Wilson, are consciously ashamed. They
 find themselves at the seat of govern
 ment, when they go there to ask a favor.
 making apologies and explaining that the
 attitude of their representative does not
 represent the sober sense of the district
 
 /, Smolierjng in the hearts of many Of
 the loyal men in this imperial county
 of Jefferson is desire for a change of
 representatives, fermenting in their
 minds is demand for a leader who will
 not cast a shadow upon their patriotism because he is out of harmony with the administrations desire to make aggres- enemy, who stoops to any means to win victory which will establish autocracy
 and unhorse democracy.
 I We are misrepresented at Washington, our aspirations as patriots are unex- pressed in the halls of Congress, our belief in the President and his wisdom l in the prosecution of the war are rot made known. our sacrificial motives are not voiced in the conferences of those sitting in seats of power, our hands are tied so far as reaching those who would look with favor on our mighty efforts if they were made to stop and take stock of our war activities.
 We have had our dinners and we have ta6e~ and then gone out and put big things over. and we have done it boldly. without fear of giving offense to the mighty or without neglecting or intini- Kdating th. -~e 4k. We have looked at the community as whole and have gone through it for the sole benefit of Uncle Sam and his calls upon it We hays asked the big corporations to help, and we have made similar plea to their en- ployes. Capital and labor have both been solicited fearlessly and without fear or favor.
 We have got our clubs, our secret or ders, cur leagues, and we do lot of talking in them about dema-'ing that everyone shall be hundred per cent American, and yet when we get out into the field of practical politics we find many whose names and voices ring big behind closed doors or in the seclusion about taking stand to see to it that this great loyal district shall be represented l in Congress by man upon whom rests no suspicion that he is out of tune with the administration.
 I have eaten my share of dinners, ]
 have done more than my share of talk l ing in public, but I am not going to fail when the acid test comes, and I must take stand and fight to send to Wash ington a Simon pure American, who can
 be relied upon to stand behind the Pres
 ident, and not put obstacles in his way when he deems it necessary to push 6 fightful war which is draining the best
 blood in the world to save our democracy and make this old globe of ours de- cent place on which to live and rear a
 family.
 1 Sure, am heart and soul in America 8 fight for humanity, and I believe in our
 allied army and our protective leagues,
 and the vigilantes, and all that is be- | ing done in an organized way to support the organized war activities; but it will l be mere sentimentalism and sheer cow
 ardice if we do these things and close
 our eyes to the fact that right under our nose are things which smell to heaven
 and need to be removed. if we are going to purge the community from the taint of being misrepresented by man who | has openly and boastfully fought against 1 four needed measures for the successful
 prosecution of the war.
 l Whats the use of talking about fight | ing humanity's battles if we are unwill- ] ing to stand like men and fight for our :. citizenship and see that no man shall represent us who is not on fire with pa triotism to uphold the presidents hands? The present fight has revealed the bit | ing truth that many good men are allow
 ing their personal likes or dislikes to guide them in their choice of g candi-
 date. We must be big enough to face is. sues Instead of men, and vote for can l didates who are loyal to the core.
 and who do not have to apologize for their un-Americanism.
 Candidates are seeking suffrage at the hands of employers, workmen and pro- l fessional men. A candidate may have many good points about public ques- tions in peace time. but just at present
 the one business before America is to lick the Kaiser, and the only question for this county to settle just now n selecting representative for Congress- is he loyal American citizen, and win he support the government, or is he lia- ble to run off at tangent and waste his power and influence on vagary?
 do not question the sincerity of George Huddleston. To be honest, think he is an unusually conscientious man; nor do I question his belief that he is loyal. do, however, question his understanding of the administrators war policy, and his ability to act with those whose duty it is to put them into effect in way that will be sor the best interest of the coun- l try. I am opposing him because I do not know phat pacifist influences may